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    Courtroom Work Group The courtroom work group is known to keep the courtroom in order‚ and to successfully help bring the procedure to a close. Courtroom work groups are made up of professionals such as a judge‚ prosecutor‚ defense attorneys‚ public defenders‚ and others such as bailiff and court reporters. These players work together and help to prosecute those who’ve committed crimes for the overall wellbeing of society. This work group also serves to deter criminals from becoming repeat offenders

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    utilizes. These are as follows; investigating crimes‚ evaluating them to determine whether a legal proceeding should be initiation on the basis of the available evidence or not and then appearing in the courtroom. The prosecutor uses the prosecutorial discretion process. Through this process‚ the prosecutor evaluates filed charges and corresponding testimonies and evidence before

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    Yale Law School Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository Faculty Scholarship Series Yale Law School Faculty Scholarship 1-1-1979 Understanding the Short History of Plea Bargaining John H. Langbein Yale Law School Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers Part of the Civil Procedure Commons Recommended Citation Langbein‚ John H.‚ "Understanding the Short History of Plea Bargaining" (1979). Faculty Scholarship Series. Paper 544. http://digitalcommons

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    In The United States criminal justice system the informal arrangement between a criminal prosecutor‚ criminal defense attorney‚ and the judicial officeris called a courtroom work group. The courtroom workgroup was proposed by Eisenstein and Jacob in 1977 to explain their observations of the ways courts‚ especially lower level courts‚ actually come to decisions. This foundational concept in the academic discipline of criminal justice identifies the seemingly opposing courtroom participants as collaborators

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    | Illegal Immigration: The Story Behind Amnesty | Has Amnesty Changed through the Years? | PAD 510 Dr. Mustafa Abdelwahid | Lachera S. Huntley | 3/3/2013 | Although thousands of immigrants come to the United States Illegally‚ most of them are in this country for the jobs that Americans will not do. That is why so many illegal immigrants come to the United States. However‚ everyone that breaks the Immigration Law should be punished‚ even if they are not citizens of the country. According

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    What powers are extended to the federal government? Explain in detail. The powers extended to the federal government are collecting taxes‚ regulate interstate commerce‚ making of coin money‚ regulate currency‚ set standards of weights and measure‚ declare war‚ and Raise and maintain an army and navy. They also have implied powers based on the elastic clause (Art. I‚ § 8‚ cl. 5)‚ powers considered “necessary and proper” for carrying out the enumerated (or express) powers For example‚ in 1791‚ Federalists

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    Criminal Law Foundations Evaluation Georgette Heisterman CJA/484 July 28‚ 2013 NIcholas Barbella Criminal Law Foundations Evaluation The Juvenile Justice System Juvenile justice is the section of law that applies to persons under the age of 18 not capable of receiving sentencing in the adult court system or old enough to be responsible for criminal acts committed in society. In most states the age of criminal culpability is 18 however‚ the age requirement can be set lower in accordance to certain

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    conduct or any prosecution; (iii) to require that the Prosecutor-General keeps the Attorney-General informed in respect of all prosecutions initiated or to be initiated which might arouse public interest or involve important aspects of legal or prosecutorial authority. I shall refer later herein to the ’ relevant detailed 3

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    evidence” of their guilt. In fact there had been exculpatory evidence that he had quashed. His apology was rendered to a judge who later sentenced him to one day in jail and a $500. fine for contempt of court. He could have received thirty days (Prosecutorial Indiscretion‚ 2008). What did Nifong do that was wrong? Nifong had a vested interest in winning the Duke University Rape case. He was using the rape case as leverage to move into a more powerful office. He provided interviews to the press

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    Thomas Midkiff * Title: U.S. v. Wise‚ 221 F.3d 140 (5th Cir. 2000) * Facts: John Cain met employee Oliver Dean Emigh (“Emigh”) and owner John Roberts at the Bargain Barn in March of 1998. John Cain (“Cain”) was a self-employed computer consultant. John Roberts (“Roberts”) explained to Cain that he needed documents typed for Republic of Texas (“ROT”) legal matters due to being a member of the ROT. Cain met with Johnie Wise and Roberts the next day at the Bargain Barn to discuss

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