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    have the right to remain silent during custodial interrogations. *Criminal defendants have a right to remain silent at their criminal trial. *In all other legal contexts‚ citizens have a right not to answer specific questions that might tend to incriminate them. 2. What is necessary for a statement to be considered “self-incriminating”? 5pts *A statement can be considered self-incriminating if it could lead to criminal liability in any jurisdiction. It is also giving a testimony in a

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    Because I assumed he was a criminal‚ I also made the assumption that the police officers who came after‚ were in pursuit of him. As a result of believing that he is a criminal and was desperately running away from law enforcement‚ I assumed he must have done something wrong. At the same time‚ I felt the urge to protect him. Perhaps I’m just jaded towards the justice system and especially police officers‚ but I also felt as if the man was in trouble

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    the least severe type of criminal punishment? A fine. A prison sentence. A hearing. Retribution. Question 4. Moral acceptability is: The key element to all criminal laws. Unimportant. An influence on mala prohibita criminal laws. An influence on mala in se criminal laws. Question 5. What was one of the first known criminal codes? Roman law. The Code of Hammurabi. The common law system. The civil law system. Question 6. Which

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    discussed their trails‚ how long they been incarcerated when they’ll be released‚ and how often they been in & out the system. There were also some factors that were discussed on why some of them end up back in the system‚ why some of them act out the way they do‚ and why one individual turns to drugs. This video showed me how right I was about how corrupted the criminal justice system is when the narrator said there are more prisoners incarcerated than the number of beds they have to offer. The military

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    Meg Houbolt April 19‚ 2013 “Paradise Lost” Criminal Justice 101-A Law Enforcement 102-A Jessie Misskelley’s signed a Miranda waiver on tape before he was interrogated by Detective Ridge. His confession is not admissible under Iowa law on “Miranda” voluntariness‚ but I do not believe that the evidence supports his confession. In the case of State of IOwa‚ Appellee v. Jimmie Lee HODGES page 347‚ Hodges confessed to the crime that he was accused of after the police officer “suggested that by

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    Encounter is performed by a team of Police officers with proposes to eliminate notorious terrorist or criminals. Although it has come to knowledge of court and public at large there are vast criticism on style of eliminating individual or group of individuals without actually having complete authority from the honourable court to perform such duty. Technique cowardly performed by police officers to eliminate human being. Most of the times‚ the head of operation would take such individual or group

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    of services in the field of mental health within the criminal justice system‚ and the significant challenges faced upon reentry (p.445). Research findings illustrate that the target problem areas to reinforce for policy reform are better coordination of care to clients when providing mental health services and education of the direct population to service providers. Casual arguments reiterate the struggling aspects of the criminal justice system such as‚ inadequate mental health treatment to individuals

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    Frank Herton CJ411: Drugs and Alcohol in the Criminal Justice System Unit 2 Assignment May 1‚ 2012 Drug and alcohol abuse has been around as long as humans have been around. People have always had the desire to use substances to make them feel relaxed or stimulated. So because drugs and alcohol have always been existent‚ they have always been a part of our American culture through politics‚ media and advertising‚ and other American concepts. The time period of 1950-2000 was exceptionally active

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    There are three philosophies about regarding policy‚ and each one in itself is harmful. Each of these functions is equally bad‚ but when you bring all three together it can be catastrophic. When all are put together you can create laws that are extremely disparate. The Political function aims to prevent violent interpersonal crimes from happening‚ to remove the predators before they actually commit a crime and once they commit the crime put them away from a longer period of time. This function aims

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    number of people arrested spiked. By ninety-ninety‚ there was over one million‚ one hundred thousand‚ one hundred‚ seventy-nine thousand‚ two hundred prisoners. Federal law’s set a trend that was overdone; he was wrong for his ninety-ninety-four criminal bill. Many of our prisoners begin incarcerated for many small misdemeanor crimes that had longer sentences‚ mandatory minimums to spend a long time in jail. If they do not have money to bail out of jail or have someone that is willing to bail

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