“if the gloves don’t fit‚ you must acquit”. The jurors found the verdict to be not guilty on all charges. This impacted the case in a huge way. People say that O J walked due to the fact that it was a jury trial‚ he was a famous football star and actor with many fans. Due to the fact that he was a celebrity‚ he probably had fans within the jurors which were a huge advantage for him. Even though he was found not guilty on all charges doesn’t make him innocent. A jury trial has many pros and cons. The
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all Germans‚ but they had different beliefs. Their idea about who was responsible for the war and everything else was different. The difference is obvious in The Murderers Are Among Us and The Bridge. In The Murderers Are Among Us‚ most of them were guilty somehow. While in The Bridge‚ the idea is that all the Generals and Hitler were responsible for anything that happened‚ and the rest of them had no power or guilt about anything
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help to enrich the actions and decisions in the jury room‚ resulting in a unanimous not guilty verdict. The film
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operated within courtrooms‚ so he was able to reveal the prevalent dishonesty of judges‚ prosecutors‚ defense attorneys‚ and guilty defendants because it is the dishonesty that is usually kept
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Are bystanders guilty or innocent when they witness civil injustice? In the ¨Harvest Gypsies¨ and ¨Wiesel´s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech¨ we are given evidence how bystanders can be guilty. Bystanders are guilty for not speaking up to injustice. Bystanders remain silent and ignore serious situations. Ellie Wiesel expressed in his speech how bystanders should take action when they see injustice of any sorts and not keep quiet. ¨Who would allow such crimes….How could the world remain silent¨(Wiesel)
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An example of this would be someone is charged with 20 counts of burglary after a spree of burglaries in his neighborhood. The District Attorney offers to drop the charges to two counts of burglary if the suspect pleads guilty right away. The suspect takes the deal‚ because his sentence will be shorter and he will be eligible for parole earlier than if he were convicted on every charge at trial. Another fairly obvious benefit that defendants can reap from plea bargaining
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GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT Debra Baker Comm/156 April 06‚ 2014 Adam Meehan University of Phoenix GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT There is a problem with our justice system. When a person is arrested and they are innocent‚ one of the first questions they will ask is what about my rights. Nowhere in the Constitution of the United States of America or the Bill of Rights‚ is it written that a person is innocent until proven guilty. There have been people on death row and some that have already
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and found guilty all in an hour or two. For many crimes this is not the case‚ the offender may never be found‚ or someone maybe falsely convicted. It all hinges on a set of people. The judge‚ the defense attorney and the prosecutor. All of which are not perfect like the US Judicial System‚ and justice is not always served. Individual rights are violated due to prosecutorial misconduct‚ ineffective assistance by criminal defense counsel‚ and judicial misconduct. In some instances‚ the guilty
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After many weeks or months of preparation‚ the prosecutor is ready for the most important part of his job: the trial. The trial is a structured process where the facts of a case are presented to a jury‚ and they decide if the defendant is guilty or not guilty of the charge offered. During trial‚ the prosecutor uses witnesses and evidence to prove to the jury that the defendant committed the crime(s). The defendant‚ represented by an attorney‚ also tells his side of the story using witnesses and
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only hearing - only where the person pleads guilty‚ no further enquiry is needed and the person already has or does not want legal rep. Final trial will be in either mag. or crown court Summary offences: nearly all driving‚ common assault‚ criminal damage under £5000 Can be dealt with in first hearing but unlikely‚ may need to gather evidence of root guilty plea‚ request medical reports‚ call witnesses‚ other information to determine sentence in guilty plea. Time is saved by new Early Admin Hearings
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