Is it part of the concept of a fair trial that‚ if an accused cannot afford legal representation‚ the state must provide it? INTRODUCTION ‘When a person is faced with deprivation of liberty‚ the most stringiest standards must be followed to ensure that the person is properly subject to that restriction.’ The notion of obtaining a fair trial has long been questioned as far back in the time of trial of King Charles I of England in 1649. His highness insisted upon his conception of the rule of law
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Should teens get punished for committing murder even though they are not adults yet? Teens should get sentence with life in prison but sometimes that is not the case because some teens are ignorant and too young to get that charge. Therefore they only get sentenced for some years. Though teenagers do get true justice for committing murder. To begin with‚ everyone gets a fair trial. A fair trial means that the people in charge of the case make sure that the process of the trial is fair (“The Right
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FAIR TRIALUNDER CRIMINAL LAW 1. INTRODUCTION The concept of fair trial has been adopted by almost all the countries in their respected field of laws. The purpose behind the establishment of fair trial is to protect the common man from unfair means of any injustice and violation of fundamental rights. The principles of natural justice are the ultimate basis of fair trial system. As far as country like India is concerned‚ the concept of fair trail is envisaged under the Constitution and other
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victors of this massive war‚ were concerned with one particular thing: What was to happen to the senior Nazi officials who were largely responsible for the various war crimes that were committed throughout the war? The British‚ led by Winston Churchill‚ were in favor of executing these officers without granting them a full or fair trial‚ which was also called summary justice. On the contrary‚ the United States proposed military tribunal. In the end‚ military commission won. A series of trials‚ called
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The right to a fair trial is a common law right. A fair trial is designed to prevent wrongful convictions‚ protect people’s life‚ liberty and reputation. A fair trial ensures that accused people remain innocent until proven guilty and that their reputation is not harmed in the process (Australian Law Reform Commission‚ 2014). To ensure that every individual who is facing court after being accused of committing a crime has a fair trial‚ laws have been implemented to restrict powers specifically of
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hard life was for colored people back then. How one couldn’t even receive a fair trial because of someone’s color or ethnicity. How is was virtually impossible for them to receive a fair trial without people using stereotypes to structure their judgment. To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates many conflicts‚ one being the beating and rape of a white woman by a black man‚ which back then was punishable by death. With this case‚ a man by the name of Atticus accepts to defend the man who is accused : Tom
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Anyone that has watched television‚ has probably watched a civil or criminal court case. Court TV‚ Judge Judy‚ The Peoples Court‚ or even the news. Odds are‚ these shows have altered your perception about what happens in court. The media being present in this type of environment can influence how a person acts. Some people might get nervous and be apt to change their testimony‚ or might even play it up for the camera. With the peer pressure of being on television‚ do you think allowing media in
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Fair trial If the prosecutor‚ while working out a file‚ appreciates that a criminal lawsuit must be initiated‚ then he/she shall send a copy after the resolution for the initiation of the criminal lawsuit to the suspect person involved in the precursory criminal investigation‚ a person who‚ under the circumstances‚ becomes a defendant. The resolution shall be motivated. Also‚ when a person is summoned before a criminal investigation body or a court of law‚ a summoning notice is
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3rd Juror says that “everybody deserves a fair trial.” Does the defendant in this case get a fair trial? Twelve Angry Men‚ a play by Reginald Rose‚ was written in 1955 at a time when America was involved in a cold war with communist countries. It shows the strength of a deliberative process that enables individuals‚ who have “nothing to gain or lose‚” to reach a verdict. In the American jury system “everybody deserves a fair trial” and in Twelve Angry Men the defendant gets a very fair trial. All
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reason that the court itself was not fair was that the four Allied Powers and their judge representatives came into the trials with strong anti-German approaches and they did not judge the Germans objectively and Fairley. Both the Soviet Union‚ France‚ The United States and Britain blamed Germany for its horrible acts during World War II and they put that blame on the individual defendants instead of Germany as a whole. The Soviet Union blamed the defendants for murdering many people and for turning
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