............................................9 5. Duties of Public Prosecutors........................................................................................14 * Cases reflecting the duties of public prosecutors 6. Public Prosecution: In need of reforms........................................................................17 7. Conclusion....................................................................................................................19 Acknowledgment
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The Aztecs‚ who say that the goddess Cihuacoatl took the form of a woman dressed all in white and spent the nights weeping about the impending doom of the native people by the Spanish conquistidors. Later in a story reflecting the Greek story of Medea‚ a woman has children by the conquer Cortez’ and when he is called back to Spain and decides to take her children with him‚ she kills them and then dies herself. She is later seen weeping by the lake and named La Llorona. A number of cultures have
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1. CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMES AND PROOF: 1.1 Structure of Criminal Law in Australia: There is no one set of criminal laws in Australia. Criminal laws at both State and Commonwealth levels operate in parallel with each other. 1.1.1 Commonwealth criminal law: • The Commonwealth can only make laws in relation to those powers it is given under the Constitution‚ therefore‚ any criminal law made by the Commonwealth has to be justified under a power in the Constitution. • The Federal Government does
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approximately 30 people. The Clerk of Court‚ Wendy Williams‚drew twelve names at random form a bowl to begin the selection process. Once the initial twelve names were pulled‚ both attorneys had the opportunity to “interview” thepotential jurors. The prosecution attorney‚ Emily Cowen‚ began the process by asking each person to givesome general background information on themselves. This information included where they were from‚ how long they had lived in the Hendersonville area‚ their maritalstatus‚ occupation
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double jeopardy clause protects person "against multiple punishments for the same offense‚ and second prosecution for the same offense after acquittal and after conviction" (Adler)‚ in the United States of America parallel prosecution of crimes at the federal and
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ensured criminals who format hard drives and destroy mobiles devices employed in their criminal activities‚ do not escape detection‚ arrest and prosecution. Judges and court prosecutors can now produce criminal information which was initially hard to avail‚ thanks to developments in
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Sierra Arzate Ms.Shields Pre-Ap 10 November ‚2016 Antigone In the book Antigone written by Sophocles ; there are abundance of characters that had to make sacrifices to do certain things that they wanted to be able to do or to protect others . The characters in Antigone all have different types of character traits that make them who they are. Throughout the book you comprehend what the characters are like and the effects that they
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force‚ duress‚ intimidation‚ or deception as to the nature of the act.” Rape is a crime against women‚ deadly insult against you as a person‚ and the deprivation of sexual self-determination. Rape is a man’s fantasy and a woman’s worst nightmare. (Medea & Thompson‚ 1974‚ p.11) “The word rape is derived from the Latin work raptus‚ which was used to define the act wherein one man damaged the property of another. (Smith‚ 2004‚ p.122) There is said to
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a person who is able to understand questions put to him as a witness and give answers to them which can be understood section 53(3). * A person charged in criminal proceedings is not competent to give evidence in the proceedings for the prosecution (whether he is the only person‚ or is one
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known‚ the victorious Allied powers decided to hold war crimes tribunals to punish the political and military leaders of Germany and Japan. The Nuremberg and Tokyo trials were the first of their kind in establishing international precedent for the prosecution of war crimes. Later war crimes that were committed in Yugoslavia and Rwanda resulted in the creation of separate tribunals by the United Nations to punish the leaders who perpetrated these acts. Attempts are being made to set up an International
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