either higher conviction rates or lower crime rates According to the data that Walker has cited‚ special prosecution units have not produced different results from regular prosecution teams. The data that Walker cited came from a San Diego‚ CA prosecutorial office. However‚ in an article published by the National Institute of Justice in the Office of Justice Programs‚ the data leads to a different conclusion. In Cook County‚ Illinois (Chicago) the conviction rate increased from 50% to 71% when using
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Over the past half century the United States have gone through all sorts of changes. Supposedly segregation has ended between Whites and minorities. Changes that have happened‚ is the election of this country’s first African American President. We have an African American Chief Justice just to mention a couple. Although several departments within the criminal justice department believe it is still okay to judge individuals on their color of skin. The hypothesis here is racial prejudice in our criminal
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approximately four percent which means that approximately 120 of the roughly 3‚000 inmates on death row in this country are not guilty” (Givens). b) Givens also states “The common causes of wrongful convictions are well documented: police and prosecutorial misconduct‚ mistaken eye witness identification‚ false confessions‚ lying incentivized witnesses (usually jailhouse snitches)‚ junk or stale science‚ and bad lawyering on the part of the defense counsel” (Givens). c) Information provided by Givens
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Juveniles and Capital Punishment One of the most controversial issues in the rights of juveniles today is addressed in the question‚ "Should the death penalty be applied to juveniles"? For nearly a century the juvenile courts have existed to shield the majority of juvenile offenders from the full weight of criminal law and to protect their entitled "special rights and immunities." In the case of Kent vs. United states in 1996‚ Justice Fortas stated some of these "special rights" which include; Protection
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care and education the legalization and taxation of marijuana can drastically help. It is shown that by legalizing marijuana the government expenditures would dramatically decrease. The savings would involve reductions in police expenditures‚ in prosecutorial and judicial expenditures‚ and in jail and prison expenditures. All of these events can be obtained with the legalization of marijuana. The biggest opponents of drug legalization are the drug dealers themselves. These dealers make enormous
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Should Juvenile Offenders Be Tried As Adults? A Developmental Perspective on Changing Legal Policies Laurence Steinberg Temple University and The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice Paper presented as a part of a Congressional Research Briefing entitled “Juvenile Crime: Causes and Consequences‚” Washington‚ January 19‚ 2000. Address correspondence to the author at the Department of Psychology‚ Temple University‚ Philadelphia
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One of the most controversial issues in the rights of juveniles today is addressed in the question‚ Should the death penalty be applied to juveniles? For nearly a century the juvenile courts have existed to shield the majority of juvenile offenders from the full weight of criminal law and to protect their entitled special rights and immunities. In the case of kent vs. United states in 1996‚ Justice Fortas stated some of these special rights which include; Protection from publicity‚ confinement only
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History of Criminal Justice System: Differences between Juvenile and Adult Systems Criminal Justice Systems‚ CJA302‚ Module IV – Case Assignment Dr. Gregory Herbert March 8‚ 2009 History of Criminal Justice System: Differences between Juvenile and Adult Systems When we talk about a juvenile being considered an adult for the purpose of administering justice‚ there are a multitude of factors that need and should be taken into consideration. First‚ is the age of the juvenile. Secondly‚ it
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Sociology 1/25/13 Illegal Mexican Americans Over the past 10 years‚ traversing the U.S.–Mexico border illegally has become increasingly dangerous for would-be immigrants. Illegal immigrants face kidnapping‚ murder‚ and rape at the hands of violent drug cartels and ever more ruthless human smugglers. Crossing treacherous desert areas exposes the travelers to heat exhaustion and dehydration. Hundreds of people die every year trying to cross the border into the U.S. However‚ illegal immigration
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experience instead of empirical facts. Evidence 1 • Criminal profiling is fundamentally created within a compilation of intuitions and common sense. There are a number of cases where the creation and use of a profile; combined with analytical and prosecutorial fervour‚ disrupted the investigation and on occasion lead to a grave breakdown of justice. • While it is very challenging to find cases where profiling had an important influence to an investigation. (Devery‚ 2010‚ pg. 404) Evidence 2 • There
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