Running Head: The Pre Trial Process After a suspect is arrested and officially charged with a crime‚ he or she becomes a criminal defendant (Zalman‚ 2008). This step is significant in the criminal justice process because it brings several new sets of rules into play related to the defendant’s trial. Before a criminal defendant can be tried however‚ a number of milestones must be met and several obligatory processes must be completed. These procedures are designed to ensure that a fair trial
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University of Phoenix Material Prosecutors Scenario Ethical Issue: Prosecutors Officers Nixon and Rook decided to arrest the husband for driving under the influence. He is taken to the station for processing. During processing‚ the husband is visibly agitated. He keeps mumbling to himself and rocking back and forth in his chair. His wife comes to the station and reports that her husband had some bad experiences while in Somalia. She requests that he be allowed to return home with her after
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Courtroom Standards Analysis University of Phoenix Abstract The United State’s Criminal Justice system allows people to be put to a fair trial within a court of law. This means that everyone has the right to be tried for the crimes that he or she is being charged with and has the right to an unbiased trial. Though everyone has this right‚ many people do not know how the trial process works‚ or do not know what the courtroom personnel do. The purpose of this paper is to explain how the major personnel
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would go over to her grandparents house. The prosecutor asked the young girl a serious of questions such as “At one point were you scared to go back to your grandparent’s house because you knew what your grandfather would do to you.” I was dumbfounded when she answered “I was not scared‚ but I would get mad at my mom when I asked her if I can go over to my grandma’s house and she would say no.” As the trial continued the questions being asked by the prosecutor were getting deeper by the minute and the
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traditional and general sense‚ “plea bargaining” refers to pre-trial negotiations between the defendant‚ usually conducted by the counsel and the prosecution‚ during which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for certain concessions by the prosecutor. The concept of plea-bargaining is an alternative remedy to the long and tortuous process of trial in courts which has been introduced to ensure speedy disposal of cases and to reduce congestion in prisons. Plea bargaining is a contract with the
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------------------------------------------------- Courtroom workgroups ------------------------------------------------- Courtroom workgroups During trial there are ten basic roles associated with the courtroom. They are the judge‚ witness‚ prosecutor‚ the jury‚ clerk of court‚ court reporter‚ bailiff‚ defendant‚ defense counsel‚ and spectators or press. These roles make up the courtroom work group. All of these roles together help ensure the procedures of the criminal justice systems are being
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U.S. Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. NIXON‚ 418 U.S. 683 (1974) 418 U.S. 683 UNITED STATES v. NIXON‚ PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES‚ ET AL. CERTIORARI BEFORE JUDGMENT TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT. No. 73-1766. Decided By: Burger Court (1972-1975) Argued July 8‚ 1974. Decided July 24‚ 1974. * Defending Attorney for the President: James D. St. Clair Prosecuting Attorney’s for the United States: Leon Jaworski & Philip A. Lacovara On
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justice system. A just verdict that had been issued by the presiding officer in the criminal courts. Person involved Two accused men whom were sentenced to life imprisonment Police who investigated the case from the beginning to the end Public prosecutor whom prosecuted the case in court Presiding officer‚ a magistrate or Judge whom heard the case and issued a verdict. 3. Woman in Court for stabbing boyfriend to death‚ Reported by The Citizen on 25 March 2015. A 29-year-old woman accused
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accused and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to court approval. It usually involves the defendant’s pleading guilty to a lesser offense or to only some of the counts of a multi-count indictment in return for a lighter sentence than the sentence possible for the grave charge.” (p. 319). There are two different types of plea bargains there is charge‚ and sentence bargaining. With a charge bargain it gives the prosecutor the ability to
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this ethical endeavor is not only essential to the purity of the justice system‚ it’s vital. If left unchecked‚ a prosecutor could potentially bend the rules to conform to their own wants and needs in a case. This bending and breaking of the rules is called Prosecutorial Misconduct. Prosecutorial Misconduct is defined as‚ "An illegal act or failing to act‚ on the part of a prosecutor‚ especially an attempt to sway the jury to wrongly convict a defendant or to impose a harsher than appropriate
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