do have the right to take felons criminals straight to jail while pending a court date. The second part is the court system. For the most part‚ in court there is a prosecutor‚ a judge and a suspect who are formally known as the defendant. The prosecutor is an officer selected by the government‚ to prosecute all offenses. The prosecutor introduces the allegations against the defendant that is suspected to be guilty. However‚ if the prosecutor’s facts are not satisfactory or accurate he or she will
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Maryland. There are four types of situations in which the Brady doctrine applies; the prosecutor has not disclosed information despite a specific defense request‚ the prosecutor has not disclosed information despite a general defense request for all exculpatory information or without any defense request at all‚ the prosecutor knows or should know that the conviction is based on false evidence and or the prosecutor fails to disclose purely impeaching evidence not concerning a substantive issue‚ in the
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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT YEARS FIGHTING IMPUNITY Case Information Sheet ICC-PIDS-CIS-DRC-01-010/12_Eng Updated: 13 September 2012 Situation in Democratic Republic of the Congo The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo Case n° ICC-01/04-01/06 Found guilty‚ on 14 March 2012‚ of the war crimes of enlisting and conscripting of children under the age of 15 years and using them to participate actively in hostilities. Sentenced‚ on 10 July 2012‚ to a total of 14 years of imprisonment
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Plea Bargaining Plea bargaining is extremely popular in our criminal justice system. In fact‚ 90 percent of all criminal cases are negotiated through plea bargains. The defendant‚ the victim‚ law enforcement officials‚ the prosecutor‚ and the state‚ all benefit in various and significant ways from plea bargains. In this paper I will discuss how plea bargaining ensures that the criminal justice system is not overrun by criminal cases. I will also explain what plea bargaining means and where it
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nature of the charges‚ plea bargaining‚ and sentence recommendation" (U.S. Legal Inc‚ 2016‚ p. 1). Prosecutors are not obligated to take a victims accusations and represent it in front of a jury. However‚ the prosecutor is obligated to listen to the story‚ analyze the evidence‚ and then decide if they want to move ahead with the case (Bazelon‚ 2006‚ p. 2). The discretion comes into action when the prosecutor has analyzed the evidence and learns whether or not the case can be won with the evidence provided
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judge watches on. This means that the roles played on both sides are very distinct. The defense counsel as one adversarial party gather the arguments to defend the client and attacks the credibility and worthiness of the evidence presented. The prosecutor puts forth the arguments on behalf of the state and gathers and presents the evidence pointing that the accused has committed an offense. The judge is the referee and arbitrator on issues related to clarifying what the law is. The judge does not
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another way of judging and punishing criminals that does not include jury trials and fair judicial process that finds defendant guilty or not guilty. This system is called plea bargaining. A plea bargain is an agreement in a criminal case whereby the prosecutor offers the defendant the opportunity to plead guilty‚ usually to a lesser charge or to the original criminal charge with recommendation of a lighter than maximum sentence. Plea bargains have its advantages and disadvantages. First of all‚ plea
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Right to Counsel CJA/364 05/25/2014 Right to Counsel Right to Counsel The right to be represented by an attorney is one of the most important rights that are awarded to the accuser. The accused person of a crime usually does not receive adequate defense without having the assistance of counsel. In the twentieth century‚ the development of the right to counsel mainly focused on the issues of whether the state had to pay for the poor’s attorney. With the case of Powell v. Alabama‚ the
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major powers. “The Table‚” by Ida Fink is a play that describes the recording of statements given by multiple witnesses on behalf of a war crime that occurred. The prosecutor in charge interviewed 4 people who were present during the crime and took note of their testimony. The interview seemed more like an interrogation‚ since the prosecutor wanted every detail from that day. Although a work of fiction‚ the tales of atrocity provided by the witnesses in the play represent the magnitude of brutality the
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Ethiopian revenue and custom authority’s prosecutor Vs. Ato Daniel mekonin case* Salahadin Towfik 1. Synopsis of the case The prosecutor of Ethiopian revenue and custom authority (prosecutor here in after) had brought a charge against Mr Daniel mekonin (the accused here after) before federal first instance court‚ alleging that the accused had been caught while transporting 46.96 KG of crude gold from Ethiopia to Djibouti‚ between walechit and metahara. The prosecutor asserted that the accused committed
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