the criminal justice system in that sometimes things that are reported are not legally defined as a crime‚ therefore it cannot be taken to court to be prosecuted until laws are changed. Case attrition also allows the police to use discretion when doing their jobs. Discretion varies from officer to officer and agency to agency. Sometimes agencies have protocol that officers must follow their agencies protocol when enforcing
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Being an officer‚ you use a lot of discretion and doing this simulation really helped me understand the word ‘discretion’ better. Using the scenario of pulling somebody over‚ you have to listen to the tone of the person’s voice‚ and their facial expressions. In the first scene‚ the driver was going 10 mph over the speed limit in a residential area‚ but no children where outside. When I approached the vehicle‚ the driver seemed apologetic‚ and understood that he was speeding because he was in jeopardy
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-Conclusion Introduction Discretionary power defined could be the statutory power conferred by legislation to an administrator whom could be a Minister or any other government policy making body. All the powers exercised would consist to an element of discretion and the rule of law demands a control over the exercise of discretionary power which is inevitable. When exercising the statutory power certain elements are to be followed in order to keep a control over the discretionary power distributed. The
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Supreme Court of the Philippines The Supreme Court of the Philippines (Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman ng Pilipinas) is the country’s highest judicial court‚ as well as the court of last resort. The court consists of 14 Associate Justices and 1 Chief Justice. Pursuant to the Constitution‚ the Supreme Court has "administrative supervision over all courts and the personnel thereof".[1] The Supreme Court complex occupies the corner of Padre Faura Street and Taft Avenue in Manila‚ with the main building
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of part of the proceeds of sale which was surplus to the amount claimed by the mortgagee. A master granted an order for interim payment. The defendant appealed. The defendant contended that the order should be declined in the exercise of the court’s discretion‚ because of related proceedings between the parties and parties associated with them. The plaintiff was a company which was wholly-owned by Graham Margot‚ who had previously been employed by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the defendant. As part of Margot’s employment benefits his company
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Abstract Is capital punishment and the death penalty cruel and usual punishment? Should the death penalty be abolished completely? Is capital punishment a real deterrent to crime and homicide incidents? How many innocent people are victims of the death penalty‚ and how many may actually be innocent? These questions are still in debate not only in the United States (U.S.) but around the world. Many people believe it is a needed part of our society to detour and control the crime rate
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Soc 209: Thinking Critically – Lecture 2 (Jan.22) Thinking Critically Is the notion of crime and justice must be carefully considered Definition of crime‚ power relations The definitions of crime and power relations is defined by society‚ it is a moral argument Political media focus Increasingly punitive responses to crime Crime has decreased over the years‚ but if your only exposure to crime is through the media it might seem as though its going up. The severity of crime is also going
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pollution he brought on us. But when you hear of what I have done‚ you judge so harshly. Go on‚ threaten away! I’ll meet your match. If you overthrow me‚ then you win‚ but if the gods have ordained another outcome‚ then you will learn discretion‚ however old you are.” (Aeschylus 1411-1425) After the murder of Agamemnon and Cassandra‚ Clytemnestra attempts to justify her actions in a response to the accusations of the chorus. The aggressive stance that Clytemnestra takes in the beginning
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Keith Folger Grantham University Abstract The discussion that public administrators should be restricted to only laid down rules in the discharge of their duties bears a great many implications. Whether or not they should have some amount of discretion in performance of their duties may vary greatly depending on the amount of oversight required for the particular level of administration. Administrators working in the U.S. capitol may not be allowed the same freedom to execute tasks as those working
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trust agreement THIS TRUST AGREEMENT‚ MADE THIS _____ DAY OF _____________‚ 20XX‚ BETWEEN ____________________________‚ PRESENTLY RESIDING AT _________ ________________ ________________________ (SETTLOR)‚ _____________ ___________________‚ PRESENTLY RESIDING AT __________________________________ ______ (TRUSTEE)‚ AND ________________ __________‚ PRESENTLY RESIDING AT ________ ___________________________ (SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE). THE TRUST CREATED BY THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE ______________________
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