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    will do some time in a prison during his lifetime (Mauer‚ 2004). The reason behind why racial disparity continues to grow is for four reasons. The four reasons would be prosecutorial discretion‚ ineffective assistance by attorney’s and procedural bar‚ venue and jury selection‚ and racism by the jurors. In the case of prosecutorial discretion the comparison of white-collar crime and street crime will show the discretion. The sentence in a white-collar crime case is less than the sentence in a street

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    JUS 100 Intro to CJ Final Exam Name: ___________________________ 1. Name the case in which the Supreme Court overruled a federal appellate court which had decided that an Oklahoma school district’s drug testing policy was unconstitutional. The SC ruled that a search of schoolchildren may be reasonable when supported by “special needs” which included a faculty monitor standing outside a bathroom listening for the “normal” sounds of urination. a. Gideon v. Wainwright b. Pottawatomie County

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    following associated activities. Discuss pretrial detention and the concept of bail-   Explore the right to a preliminary examination and the role of the grand jury Analyze the prosecutor¿s duty to disclose exculpatory information Discuss prosecutorial misconduct.   Explore the right to a preliminary examination and the role of the grand jury A preliminary hearing may not be held in every criminal case in which a "not guilty" plea is entered. Some states conduct preliminary hearings only

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    the jury should not alone depend on just eyewitness identification to convict an individual. However‚ numerous convictions have been overturned due to eyewitness misidentification‚ false confession‚ forensic error‚ perjured testimony‚ and prosecutorial misconduct. Defend your position. What does current research say as to the reliability of these witnesses? In the course of recent years‚ social researchers have recognized a large portion of the particular reasons that eyewitnesses commit errors.

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    abandoned their responsibilities to obtain justice and to serve as the lawful agent for the people; instead‚ they deliberately violate the moral principles of their duties and the rights of the defendants to secure convictions. The usual forms of prosecutorial misconduct include but not restricted to: “coercing false confessions”‚ “lying or intentionally misleading jurors about their observations”‚ “failing to turn over exculpatory evidence to prosecutors”‚ “pressuring defense witnesses not to testify” and

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    cases. In 1993 a man by the name of Reggie Clemons was sentenced to death in the US state of St. Louis due to being an aid to the death of two young white women. There was no physical evidence that he helped cause these deaths and due to ‘prosecutorial misconduct’ the jury was sacked. Even so‚ Clemons is still on death row despite no evidence against him. This shows that even people who have done nothing wrong can be falsely accused and convicted. This is inhumane. Also in the state of Georgia‚ September

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    -american-mantra Harris‚ David. (2002). Profiles in Injustice: Why Racial Profiling Cannot Work. New York: New Press. Jacob‚ Herbert. (1971). “Black and White Perceptions of Justice in the City.” Law and Society Review 6:69–90. Lu‚ L. (2007). Prosecutorial Discretion and Racial Disparities in Federal Sentencing: Some Views of Former U.S. Attorneys. Federal Sentencing Reporter‚ Vol. 19‚ No. 03‚ p. 1-11. Shah‚ Palak. (2005) Defending Justice- Low Income Individuals/Activists.

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    The values-learned perspective states that police officers learn their ethical or unethical behavior through indoctrination into the law enforcement organization they are a part of. The indoctrination into the subculture molds and shapes the behavior of new officers and as they learn to behave like their colleagues‚ what is expected of them in order to be included becomes their moral standard. One example of this from the audio recording is the officers who worked with Adrian Schoolcraft. These officers

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    1 THE ROLE AND INDEPENDENCE OF PROSECUTORS Paul Mageean‚ Belfast‚ Northern Ireland 17th May 2005‚ Cairo. I. INTRODUCTION I would like firstly to thank the organisers of this event for the invitation to speak to you today. I would also like to acknowledge the role of Professor John Jackson from the School of Law in Queens University Belfast. The international sections of this paper draw on his work. I should also like to make clear that I am speaking in my personal capacity today. This paper

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    The Death Penalty Haylen Carlisle Poland Seminary High School Author Note This paper was prepared for Government‚ Period 1‚ taught by Mr. Skinner. Abstract Capital punishment is the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime. The legal killing of people convicted of crime is morally unjust and wrong. The use of the death penalty does not‚ in actuality‚ deter crimes being committed. There are innocent people being put to death which cannot be taken back once proven

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