The Evolution of Risk Instruments have been used since the early 1980’s. The Post Conviction Risk Assessment also known as “PCRA‚” was developed by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The PCRA was created because 5 districts out of 16 chose to use a commercially available risk and needs tool. The AO got together with developers build the tool we call today PCRA specifically for federal probation. This tool was developed between October 1‚ 2005 and August 13‚ 2009. In the past few years
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Noel Delgado Controversial Issues In Law Enforcement 11/16/2012 Police Misconduct In the early hours of March 3‚ 1991‚ a police chase in Los Angeles ended in an incident that would become synonymous with police brutality: the beating of a young man named Rodney King by members of the Los Angeles Police Department. An amateur video‚ televised nationwide‚ showed King lying on the ground while three officers kicked him and struck him repeatedly with their nightsticks. No one who viewed that
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In the legal arena‚ a wrongful death is any death that resulted from one party’s behavior or negligence. The deceased’s survivors or dependents may then bring a lawsuit against the responsible party. This type of legal action is a civil suit that typically seeks damages for the survivors or dependents. Attorney Shayla Reed of Reed Law Offices PC‚ LLC‚ is a wrongful death‚ automobile accident‚ and injury attorney serving clients throughout the Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ area. Here‚ Attorney Reed shares three
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Police misconduct is happening every day. Police officers like to abuse their power to get their way. Police brutality is a violation that occurs when a police officer acts with excessive force by using an amount of force toward a person that is not necessary. When a police officer uses excessive force against a civilian‚ it is considered a violation of a person’s rights. The relationship between police brutality‚ police corruption‚ and police misconduct is the abuse of police authority. Police
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Unit 3 Law review- Purposes of Criminal Law- Exists to label wrongful behaviour‚ to identify violations and impose sanctions. Labelling ‚ identifying‚ and sanctioning wrongful behaviours achieves two things: retribution and the protection of society. Actus Reus: The guilty act. To prove actus reus‚ the Crown would have to demonstrate that a) there was no consent‚ b) force was applied. Mens Rea: The guilty mind. Done with criminal intent or knowledge that what he/she did was against the law
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Employment Law-Wrongful Dismissal Sandy Baratta (former Oracle Vice President for Global Alliance) vs Oracle (software and Hardware Company).2000-San Fransisco. Sandy Baratta claimed to have been fired for her pregnancy and whistle blowing against co-workers. The pregnancy termination claim was based on some deprecating comments made to her by the Oracle Vice President about pregnant executives. Sandy claims she was fired just after she had made a report about Oracle software group lifting some
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Mumia Abu Jamal In Mumia’s conviction there wasn’t any fair consideration for him as a person. So in a way you can not really consider it an actual trial. For it to have been called a “trial” there would have had to been more justice involved in the process‚ the court was completely unfair towards Mumia. Trumping charges and fabricating lies so that he would land in jail. Mumia Abu Jamal was born in Philadelphia on April 24‚1954. In his youth he was involved in Black Nationalism‚ an organization
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Mikayla Creek JOUR 195h Mar. 26‚ 2018 “Citizen Kane” Lists “Citizen Kane” Lists LIST ONE BUSINESS PRINCIPLES Conviction: Conviction is necessary to see out a goal. It allows people to concentrate. This is especially important within a business. It means the difference between prosperity and failure. Taken from the article “Why the Best Leaders have Conviction” by Travis Bradberry it states‚”When a leader is absolutely convinced that he’s chosen the best course of action‚ everyone who follows
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There were organizational ethical leadership problems that resulted in Columbia/HCA’s misconduct. They were focused more on profits. Leadership allowed and/or asked billing to overcharge Medicare and other federal programs. They paid doctor’s to sign off on records that a patient had a specific procedure even though they did not. They used a “patient dumping” system or released patients to other hospitals even though they were not in stable condition. And they minimized training from what is
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Corporate Executive Criminal Conviction Corey Elliott‚ Jordan Graves‚ Gwendolyn Hall‚ Monica James‚ Mitchell Stonebarger ETH 321 June 29‚ 2015 John Pierce Introduction In this paper‚ we will be discussing the food safety enforcement through criminal prosecution. We will also cover the threat within the food safety industry discussing and reviewing the following: the unethical conduct of the food safety industry. The crime committed in the food safety enforcement industry. Also how the food industry
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