control since 1898 but it was not used to hold prisoners from the Afghanistan war until January 2002. Since then‚ hundreds of “law combatants” have been held there against the Geneva Convention and their rights have been removed. Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp became a matter of international concern when it was stated that the prisoners were‚ in fact‚ prisoners of war and therefore entitled to some rights‚ as specified in the Geneva Convention. Since that moment‚ other incidents such as the suicide
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offences as a court of first instance‚ that’s over 96% of all criminal cases. The majority of either-way offenders opt for a magistrates hearing as they hope for a shorter sentence because the magistrates sentencing powers are limited to 6 months imprisonment or 12months for 2 offences‚ and a maximum fine of £5000. They hear preliminary hearings for all criminal cases‚ but they then transfer indictable offences‚ some either way offences that are outside their sentencing powers‚ or are particularly
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303: Corrections R.D. Robertson April 26‚ 2010 I wanted to start off by giving the definition of Jail and Prison. There really isn’t much of a difference and I will explain the difference in a little bit. The definition of jail is a place of detention; a place where a person convicted or suspected of a crime is detained‚ and Prison is a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes. I believe that there is not too much of a major difference between jail and prison for a
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paid to local councils by residents in that area. A variety of orders can be made to establish liability and to enforce an order‚ including attachment of earnings (compelling an employer to deduct the ordered payment from an employees wages) and imprisonment for wilful refusal to pay. Other powers Magistrates perform important functions before defendants ever appear in court. People can appear in court direct from police custody – where they have been arrested and go to court before being released
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Restorative Justice I have a strong passion for the topic I am about to speak on. As a former correctional officer working with both juveniles and adult offenders‚ I could see very little difference in their thought patterns. Prisons and detention facilities are supposed to act as a deterrent to criminal activity. I mean being unpleasant‚ potential offenders are suppose to be afraid of going to prisons. However‚ I found out that it doesn’t work that way. The criminal mind
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Mr. JUSTICE THORNTON delivered the opinion of the Court: By the order of this court‚ the writ of habeas corpus was issued‚ commanding Robert Turner‚ superintendent of the reform school of the city of Chicago‚ to show cause for the caption and detention of Daniel O’Connell. The petition of Michael O’Connell represents‚ that he is the father of Daniel‚ a boy between fourteen and fifteen years of age‚ and that he is restrained of his liberty contrary to the law‚ without conviction of crime‚ and
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thousand years to clear court dockets. Because of this backlog‚ detainees who cannot make bail are sometimes kept in pretrial detention longer than the maximum sentence they would have received if convicted. In one case‚ a man was held in pretrial detention for 54 years even though the maximum sentence for his crime was only 10 years. During these periods of pre-trial detention‚ arrestees are at the greatest risk of human rights abuses as victims have
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the victims that witness and experienced these imprisonments. Leila words were that when 10 of her classmates and her were taken to the Estadio Chile. “There detainees were kept in the stands‚ with their hands tied‚ with soldiers constantly pointing machine guns at them”(“Life under Pinochet: They were taking a turn to electrocute us one after the other 1). This happens to Leila and her classmate was scared for their lives and during their imprisonment they lost track of time. Leila was later freed
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Firstly‚ one similarity of assault and battery is that they both form the mens rea. For example‚ both intention and recklessness form mens rea. The mens rea of assault is content when the defendant intends to cause the victim to apprehend violence or does it recklessly. This can be found in the case of R v Savage (1991)‚ a woman threw a pint of beer over the victim’s head in a pub. The glass slipped out of her hand‚ smashed and cut the victims wrist. The victim was the defendant’s husband’s ex-girlfriend
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recipient‚ and it is from the European methods of imprisonment from which the U.S. drew inspiration. Punishment such as crucifixion‚ burning on pyres‚ guillotines‚ and gauntlets are but a few examples of what methods were utilized as early methods of punishment in early Europe. This illustrates the underlying ideology that punishment should be administered with two principles in mind‚ deterrence and retribution. Purpose and History Methods of imprisonment introduced near the turn of the eighteenth century
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