process is where witnesses are called to give their statements. They are questioned and cross examined by all lawyers/attorneys. Cross examination is being questioned by each lawyer/attorney they may ask the same questions but in different words. The prosecutor is there to make the jury believe the criminal is guilty whereas the defense attorney is there to make the jury question if the criminal is really guilty. There are also three types of witnesses which are; ordinary witnesses‚ expert witnesses‚ and
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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF PLEA BARGAINING Plea bargaining is a very familiar process in our criminal justice system. Usually‚ the defense is allowed to bargain with a prosecutor to have a defendant plead guilty to a criminal accusation with the hope of getting a lighter punishment. The problem with this immediate approach is that dangerous offenders are pleading guilty to small misbehavior charges and they are keeping a cleaner record than they should have and getting reduced sentence. Plea
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of penalties that can be imposed for various offenses‚ and sentencing guidelines sometimes regulate what punishment within those ranges can be imposed given a certain set of offense and offender characteristics. However‚ in some jurisdictions‚ prosecutors have great influence over the punishments actually handed down‚ by virtue of their discretion to decide what offenses to charge the offender with and what facts they will seek to prove or to ask the defendant to stipulate to in a plea agreement
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everything before she murdered Travis . 3. What reasons does the prosecution give to support their conclusion? The prosecutors support of reasons where that Judi Arias was stocking Travis. Arias stole her grandparent’s gun to murder Travis. Also the day of the murder she rented a car and was using cans of gas so it seemed that she was never in Arizona. These evidence concludes for the prosecutors that Judi arias planed the murder of Travis Alexander. 4. What is the conclusion of
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decisions. I am also again the death penalty because I do not feel that any person should have the part they played in putting someone to death on their conscious forever. The Los Angeles Daily News reported that a republican‚ Don Heller‚ former prosecutor‚ and the author of the 1978 ballot initiative to that reinstated California’s death penalty‚ “voiced his support for replacing the death penalty with life without parole.” In this article‚ Mr. Heller states that there are “staggering” costs and
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MARK KODING v. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 1. FACTS: a. A Member of the House of Representatives‚ Mark Koding made a speech in Parliament on the 11th of October 1978 which the Public Prosecutor thought was seditious. b. Mark Koding asked for closure of Chinese and Tamil schools in the process of implementing the national language‚ Bahasa Melayu. c. Mark Koding was charged with committing an offence contrary to Section 4(1) (b) of the Sedition Act 1948 (Revised 1969). 2. PROCEDURAL HISTORY: a. After
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Therefore‚ within Deaver’s testimony‚ the court ruled that the police improperly obtained computer files showing Michael Peterson’s fascination with gay pornography and his email exchanges with a male escort‚ which prosecutors used in 2003 to establish a motive for Kathleen Peterson’s murder. During the trial Michael Peterson hardly said a word as he understood his rights and the aspects of the plea deal he was taking. He then sat passively as Kathleen Peterson’s two
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and later wrote the unanimous opinion which stated Nixon must turn over the tapes. James D. St. Clair was Nixon’s counsel. Archibald Cox was a key player in the beginning but Nixon later fired him and the appointed Leon Jaworski as the new special prosecutor in the case. Jaworski then issued the subpoena which ordered Nixon to turn the tapes over. Chief Judge John Sirica of the U.S. District Court for Washington D.C. approved the subpoena. Associate Justice William Rehnquist‚ a Nixon appointee‚ recused
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court the judge plays the role as a fact finder to ascertain the truth. The adversarial system is a contest between two opposing sides. In the adversarial system‚ the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The adversaries are the Prosecutor and the Defense. Each presents their best arguments and facts as about their theories of the case‚ and they show weaknesses in the other side’s case. The Judge is supposed to remain neutral‚ weigh the arguments and produce a judgment. Another
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detention hearing must also take place within twenty-four hours of being held at a detention facility. U.s department of justice. (). Answer # 2 Prosecutorial Discretion The Legislature has given the prosecutor discretion on filing with a defined list of cases in adult and juvenile courts. The prosecutor also gets to choose which court will handle the matter. U.s department of justice. ().
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