Business Law 115 Superior Court Observation The Superior Court session I observed was an alcohol impairment case. The defendant in this case‚ had been found guilty in District Court‚ but had filed an appeal to the District Court’s decision. The morning began with the juryselection process. The potential juror pool began with 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
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Court Issues and Victims’ Rights Kimberly Smith CJA/394 Instructor: Roy Diaz April 6‚ 2015 Court Issues Analysis According to Muraskin and Roberts (2009)‚ one strong current that arose throughout the concluding part of the twentieth century was the mission for individual protection‚ stability‚ and hazard lessening in a then randomly unsafe biosphere. Crime deterrence curriculums on a social level challenge the communal origins or communal circumstances that breed chaos. Victimization deterrence
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Over the past two decades‚ specialized courts have resulted‚ according to Quinn (2009)‚ in response to‚ the “problem solving court” movement (As cited in Cole and Getz‚ 2013). Such courts‚ Quinn (2009) noted‚ have come to focus on social concerns such as‚ addiction‚ domestic violence‚ and mental health issues‚ and have come to asset that such courts have cured addiction‚ addressed issues of intimate violence‚ prevented recidivism‚ reduced costs‚ and implied that they have even saved lives (As cited
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Specialty courts are problem solving court systems that focus on treatment and rehabilitation as opposed to straight jail or prison time. The focus is on treating the underlying issues that led the defendants to court in the first place. The types of specialty courts in Massachusetts vary from mental health‚ veteran’s treatment‚ firearm session‚ and drug courts. Normally when suspects are arrested and they are arraigned in regular district courts like everyone else. But over time courts have been
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The United States court system has evolved in many ways since its inception. While there are many issues that courts and court administrators face in today ’s society‚ the U.S. court system has improved immensely and can continue to improve in the future. Through the evaluation of the evolution of the United States court system ’s handling of victim ’s rights during court proceedings‚ one can better understand how the court system will deal with the future management of issues‚ as well as other trends
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Small Claims Courts Small Claims courts are a crucial aspect of the Canadian Legal system that could even be relevant to you one day. Small Claims courts are were created to try and give the average Joe a cheap‚ simple way to settle any type of arguments involving property or finances‚ without necessarily having to know a whole lot about law. You do not need to know many legal terms and the case usually consists of you telling your story for the judge to make a decision. It is a court that was
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Table of Contents Introduction 3 Contextual View of the Caribbean Court of Justice 4 The CSME and CCJ Connection 6 Funding and Integration 8 Two Significant Cases 9 Appendix 3 INTRODUCTION It is said that within the economic sphere‚ the Caribbean is caught between two worlds. The old world of trade preferences‚ concessional flows of financial resources to the region‚ domestic protectionism‚ state dominated‚ and over-regulated economic activity is vanishing or is already gone. The
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Unarguably‚ drug courts are specialized courts that are intended to manage adult‚ nonviolent offenders suffering from substance abuse issues. Thus‚ drug court integrates an extremely supervised drug treatment program as an alternative to regular sentencing from the court. Characteristics of drug court include the timely identification and placement of suitable applicants‚ drug treatment with concise goals and regulations‚ a cooperative approach‚ a monitoring of asceticism‚ jurisdictional participation
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juvenile may be brought to a juvenile court and if the crime is more severe‚ an adult court may be more appropriate. The author will discuss the differences between adult and juvenile courts. Finally‚ it will discuss what can happen if juvenile courts are abolished and implications for young offenders. Compare and
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Criminology Course Paper Title Page Mentally Ill Criminals and Mental Health Court LaToya Bruns DeVry University Part One: Introduction to Mentally Ill Criminals Are the mentally ill consider criminals? Are all criminals mentally ill to some extent? I wouldn’t say all but I think that it depends on the extent of the crime when comes to someone that has already been diagnosed as mentally ill. Committing a crime without actually knowing that you are doing it would be a different case for a mentally
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