When preparing for my court observation‚ I began wondering what could possibly effect a judge’s decision when it came down to deciding a sentence for a juvenile. After some brainstorming‚ I decided to observe factors that juveniles themselves displayed‚ and attempted to see if those factors influenced a judge’s decision. When originally starting my observations‚ I went in with five variables to look for which included the gender of the defendant‚ the defendants attire‚ the attitude in which they
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political system in which power is divided and shared between the national government and the states. There are four types of federalism -- Dual Federalism‚ Cooperative Federalism‚ Regulated Federalism and New Federalism. Dual Federalism‚ from 1789 to 1865‚ divides nation power into two parts delegated to state governments and federal government accordingly. In agreement‚ they were not at liberty to interfere with each other. Politicians supported advocating a boundary between federal government
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In December‚ Republican North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed into law a bill that limits Gov. –elect Roy Cooper’s power in making appointments by combining the elections board with the State Ethics Commission. The State Ethics Commission oversees ethics laws governing lobbyists‚ elected officials‚ and government employees. Under this law‚ governor successors are only able to appoint 50% of the new board’s members under the requirement that two must be Republicans. Legislative leaders would
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Media in court cases has many effects. One of which is the possibility that the Medias opinion may result in tainting the jury with unproven facts. As humans we make decisions based on how we perceive the world and the information we have on decision we are going to make. Pre-Trial Publicity “Due to extensive media coverage‚ jury selection in a high profile case can be extremely difficult. Jurors will likely have developed some biases about the case based on the media coverage to which they have
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represent the best of their high school. However‚ I believe the classification of homecoming court has degraded over time and became moreover‚ a popularity contest. Students are forced to take away an hour of their academic time‚ to watch an assembly where homecoming court nominees are recognized for being on a higher pedestal than others. I felt that there needed to be a radical change in the way homecoming court functioned. As the chair of the homecoming coronation committee in leadership‚ I decided
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VICTORIA COURT Laureta‚ Ma. Theresa Cielo A. Gonzales‚ Bantican‚ Lagmay‚ Legaspi Domingo Galvez Munar CHAPTER 1______________________________________________INTRODUCTION Victoria Court Drive- in Hotel and Restaurant is a chain of full-service motels catering mostly to the upper income market segment. The traditional market for drive-in-hotels and motels are lovers who avail of one out of the many specially designed
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Written theme for a traffic ticket‚ 9/1/13 Tonight‚ I am writing a theme for the Cedar Rapids court system. The length of this theme was set at one thousand and five hundred words. I was issued this assignment of writing a theme after going in to court and talking with the judge about a recent traffic ticket I had received. I was given this ticket because a Hiawatha policeman pulled me over claiming I had run a stop sign. Whether I agree with his definition of stopping or not‚ I accepted my ticket
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It was a wet afternoon. Tom and Sam had arranged to meet up for a basketball game at the nearby basketball court. When they reached the basketball court‚ they were dismayed to find that the basketball court was still wet from the early morning downpour. Initially‚ Sam advised Tom not to play on the wet ground as it was slippery. Tom exclaimed‚ “Don’t worry! Nothing will happen.” Sam then agreed reluctantly. They were playing merrily and were clearly in high spirits. At a time when Sam was about
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Various states have their own court hierarchies. Washington D.C. is not a state‚ but nonetheless has its own court hierarchy. Initial criminal and civil complaints are filed at D.C. Superior Court. Unlike other states‚ Washington‚ D.C. has a smaller jurisdiction‚ and if a case is appealed it is brought to the D.C. Court of Appeals. Other jurisdictions usually have two levels of appellate courts. The case I observed at D.C. Superior Court was‚ 2016 DVM 1603‚ US v Dominguez. It was a criminal sentencing
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Criminal courts final review · what is a court? i. an agency or unit of the judicial branch of govern.‚authoried or established by statue which has the authority to decide upon cases · What is adjudication? i. the process by which a court arrives at a decision regarding a case · What type of court system do we run? i. Dual court system · Understand Due Process clause i. portion of the 14th amendement ; used by U.S supreme court to make certain protections in the Bill of rights applicable
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