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    Sentencing

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    perpetrated by any act imminently dangerous to another and evincing a depraved mind regardless of human life‚ although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual‚ is murder in the second degree and constitutes a felony of the first degree‚ punishable by imprisonment for a term of years not exceeding life or as provided in s. 775.082‚ s. 775.083‚ or s. 775.084. Whenever any person is charged with knowingly committing an assault or battery upon a law enforcement

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    him other than the fact that he he was found guilty of three felonies he neglected his sworn oath. The oath states‚ I Aaron Persky do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons‚ and do equal right to the poor and to the rich‚ and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.” The felonies Turner was found guilty of included assault with intent to commit

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    While proposition 47 reduces many drug related felonies to misdemeanors this may help whites being released from prison as incarceration even for a misdemeanor can have long reaching stratifying effects for Blacks and Hispanics when it comes to jobs‚ housing and other resources. Which leads to higher recidivism rates for blacks and Latino as the stigma of incarceration adversely impact their life chances chance as they find it hard to rebuild relationships with loved one or find support services

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    Juvenile Crime

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    of the trial in criminal court is known as the verdict‚ in the juvenile court it is adjudication. Sentencing options in adult court are based on the state or federal statutes. For example a misdemeanor usually results in probation or jail time; a felony however will result in prison time.

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    pursuit of the truth · Know what tort is and tort law i. Torts are civil wrongs recognized by law to be grounds for a lawsuit ii. tort law deals with conduct that leads to injuries not considered acceptable by societal standards · know felony and misdeamonor i. felony is a serious criminal offense generally punishable by more tha a year ii. misdemeanor less serious crime puinishable under a year · what is a court room group i. Lawyers‚judges‚clerks‚judge‚public defenders etc · What is a consent

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    Florida Incest Case Study

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    Jamie should be charged with Incest‚ a 3rd degree felony under Florida law. Florida statute 826.04 defines Incest as: Whoever knowingly marries or has sexual intercourse with a person to whom he or she is related by lineal consanguinity. Because Jamie knowingly started to have sexual relations with his 14 year old sister Cersei since the beginning of summer and this violates our Florida statute‚ he is guilty of incest under Florida Law. Jamie may not be able to defend his case because they are

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    Recidivism In Corrections

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    programs. (Pertersilia‚ 1998) Probation is under the constant criticism of people questioning if it actually works. There were multiple studies (and some that are still continuing) that are testing the effects of probation. In 1985‚ a sample of 1‚672 felony probationers sentenced in Los Angeles and Alameda Counties in 1980 were tracked for a three-year period by RAND researchers. Over that time period‚ the researchers found that 65 percent of the probationers were rearrested‚ 51 percent were reconvicted

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    It could be a minor or misdemeanor crime or something as serious as a felony. Even if two people get arrested for what seems to be the same thing judges have different things they also look at. They can go back and look at a criminal’s history‚ if the offender was the main offender or the accessory‚ whether anyone was hurt

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    Children in foster care should not be able to return to their parents who have committed a felony. It is unsafe for the child‚ the child is at risk to be singled out by other parents‚ and overall it is morally wrong. No child should every be able to return to their parent or parents if they are at risk in any shape or form. For a child to return to a parent or parents who have committed a felony is unsafe for the child. The parent may be mentally unstable‚ which may blur the way they think and

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    CVS Pharmacy Scandal

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    same crime but was caught by police‚ according to Evanston Police Department news release Thursday.Hilton D. Corin’s‚ 36‚ of the 7700 block of Bolton Way in Hanover Park‚ is being held in Cook County Jail in lieu of bail as of Friday. He is facing felony charges of armed robbery and attempted armed robbery‚ according to authorities.Bail was set at $150‚000 each for the charges.Police said in the news release that a man‚ now identified as Corin’s‚ entered the CVS Pharmacy in the 100 block of Asbury

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