In this new era of modernization and globalization‚ employers have become increasingly concerned about knowing if an applicant has a criminal record or mental illness. More employers are conducting pre-employment background checks for these kind of drawbacks. Employers have been the subject of large jury verdicts for negligent hiring in cases where they hire a person with a criminal record or a mental illness that might harm others or cause difficulties for the company‚ and it could have been avoided
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remain blinded to the errors of DNA. Studies have shown that this impact strongly affects the convictions of individuals. This impact known as the ‘CSI effect’ in which the Director of Civil Liberties Australia‚ Tim Vines‚ explains to be‚ “Where juries will consider DNA evidence a stronger form of proof over any other because of what is presented to them in the media.” has strongly impacted many convictions including the Jama case. Television programs such as‚ CSI‚ have created the notion that forensic
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awareness of incidences of coerced false confessions‚ as well as the associated personal and legal implications involved. The Innocence Project‚ a non-profit legal clinic that assists those wrongfully convicted of crimes‚ claims that 8% of wrongful convictions are due to forced confessions prompted by police. Consequently‚ measures have been taken to try and reduce their frequency. There are many aspects in which coercive tactics are problematic but for the sake of this essay I will focus solely
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a person can truly see. There have been several accounts of individuals that have been convicted‚ imprisoned‚ and put to death off of flawed testimonies by an eyewitness. In this I will attempt to show you my discussions of several statistics‚ convictions‚ exonerations‚ and key cases that will test the views of anyone when eyewitness testimonies are concerned. Within the past 30 years crimes were committed‚ and the people who witness these crimes made the cases have different
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Joshua Forte 9/27/2011 Group 2 Assignment #4 Unjust Punishments & “The Case of Crack Cocaine” Unjust punishments can occur because of sentencing disparities and wrongful convictions. Current prison populations show a higher population of African Americans and Hispanic men leading some to believe that a sentencing disparities caused by racial prejudices and discrimination are the causes. Sentencing disparities occur when offenders with similar criminal histories who have committed the
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Wrongful Conviction of The Innocent It has always been “Innocent until proven guilty‚” yet in some opinions it has turned into “Guilty until proven innocent.” Every year thousands of people are convicted of crimes that they have committed. However‚ as that notion is true every year many people are wrongfully convicted of crimes that they have not committed. How do these injustices occur? Much of the time‚ this occurs because detectives decide they have the correct assailant‚ and they must receive
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violating the doctrine of Brady v. Maryland for alleging prosecutorial suppression of exculpatory evidence. The Brady doctrine applies to this case in 4 areas; “1) The prosecutor has not disclosed information despite a specific defense request; 2) the prosecutor has not disclosed information despite a general defense request for all exculpatory information or without any defense request at all; 3) the prosecutor knows or should know that the conviction is based on false evidence; 4) the prosecutor fails
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endeavored murder of the police officer. While he was in prison he read in the newspaper about the murder of Linda Craig and tried to frame somebody of her murder whom he assumed to be dead to buy his way out of prison. But due to his previous record and wrongful accusation‚ police officers assumed he committed the assault and murder and charged him for crime. He was later sentenced to death in 1982. During his time in prison he fell sick and
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released before they should be. 2. 2. Without parole‚ then there are fewer ways in which to hold the inmates accountable for their misconduct and to make them head to discipline‚ so that they have to attempt at trying to have a good record before going in front of the parole board. 3. 3. Elimination of the parole may reduce discretionary release decisions‚ but prosecutorial discretion is only a substitute. This only cause the discretion that is exercised in private‚ and there is no review or public consideration
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t is important to distinguish unfair dismissal from the common law remedy for wrongful dismissal. The latter is a civil law remedy essentially based upon breach of the contract of employment. From the point of view of the employee‚ there are significant deficiencies in this civil law relief as a remedy. Because an employer is generally entitled under the terms of the contract to dismiss upon giving the appropriate period of notice as stipulated by the contract‚ damages will often be limited to the
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