four characters within the story were noted as Danglers‚ Ferdinand Cadarouse and at his own account Villefort. Henceforth‚ each of the four men collectively betrayed Edmond Dantes for their own selfish reasons. However‚ Gerard de Villefort the prosecutor ultimately betrayed Edmond Dantes the most. As an illustration‚ betrayal is a conscious act of disloyalty and deceit on another person. In essence‚ the dualism the author shows they undertook unfaithful pretenses to exploit an innocent party.
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Stephen Shoup Professor Maloney Policy‚ Professionalism & Ethics October 1‚ 2012 Ethical Dilemmas Chapter 8 Situation 4 In this situation if the I was the prosecutor I would waive the juvenile back to juvenile court. Also‚ I would charge the individual in the juvenile court with assault‚ not murder. The 12 year old committed the crime with his older brother and should not be fully liable for the actions that took place. I feel like maybe I am acting on my own conscious‚ but a 12 year old boy
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Introduction. This deterioration seemed unthinkable just ten years prior to the scandal. According to polls from the 1950s two thirds of the nation believed in the government. Similarly‚ according to the Pew Research Report‚ in 1958 73% of Americans said‚ “They could trust the government just about always or most of the time.” The government had saved the country from the Great Depression and won World War II. The government was using its power to bring positive social change. However‚ by 1974
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procedure is designed to be as efficient as possible with the prevention of long trials when able. The most prevalent difference between the civil litigation process and the criminal litigation process is the burden of proof. In a criminal case‚ the prosecutor must prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt‚ whereas in a civil case the plaintiff must prove its case by a preponderance of the evidence which is a much lower burden. A criminal case will only prevail if there is absolutely no question of
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and makes arrests. Prosecutors handle the adjudication — dismissing charges‚ negotiating pleas‚ and taking cases to trial" (cited by Abel‚2017‚ p. 1732). There has to be a crime that has occurred‚ whether seen by a witness who reports to the police or the police witness the crime as it happens. Once the crime is committed and the police have been verified‚ there will be an investigation‚ with enough evidence collected to make a charge. An arrest will be made after the prosecutor decides‚ the suspect
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A prosecutor and a defense attorney are different in a lot of ways. In all cases‚ the prosecution is the lawyer that acts on behalf of the state and victim(s) in a case. The defense counsel is the lawyer who represents the party being accused in the legal matter that they are charged in. Both are present in court and debate back and forth against the evidence being presented‚ proving that the defendant is to be found guilty or innocent. One major difference is that the prosecution is to seek justice
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CVIP is also maintained by NCMEC to help identify children in child pornography cases. The CVIP report was sent to the prosecutor to assist with sentencing. The CVIP report shows how many of the submitted videos are identified series of a child victim. The court can then impose the suspect to pay restitution to the identified victims. Sentencing Giering is currently
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Attorney-Client Privilege: The Flaw on Our Justice System Abstract This paper explores what I think is the constitutional flaw of our criminal justice system‚ attorney-client privilege. Under certain circumstances‚ information possessed by an attorney cannot be disclosed to others without the client ’s consent because of the attorney-client privilege or certain other legal concepts. The attorney-client privilege‚ which dates back to the reign of
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In Chapter 7 of our textbook‚ Real Estate Principles by Charles J. Jacobus‚ we learned about real estate fraud and many cases of fraud‚ as well as the statute of limitations and its purpose. In this particular case‚ a former real estate agent named Donald Johnson was convicted of 17 felony counts of selling unregistered securities and also selling securities without the proper registration. He was charged with swindling money from former clients‚ co-workers and even some church members out of hundreds
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woman named Mayella Ewell and her father filed a rape charge against a maimed black man.The courtroom was packed to the brim with white and black viewers. The judge‚ Mr. Taylor‚ was draped lazily across his chair‚ looking very well asleep‚ as the prosecutor drilled first Mr. Tate‚ the local sheriff‚ then Mr. Ewell‚ and finally Mayella. According to the witnesses‚ the girl asked for Tom Robinson’s help to “bust up a chiffarobe” and when she turned to give him a nickel he sprang on her and beat her and
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