Supreme Court Case Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States” involved the heart of Atlanta motel which is located in the state of Georgia whom refused to rent rooms to blacks. As a result of their actions congress enacted the “Civil Rights Act of 1964”‚ which made it illegal for motels‚ hotels to discriminate guests based on their race. The heart of Atlanta motel brought action to declare the “Civil Right Act of 1964” was unconstitutional. The United States Supreme Court held its judgment that congress
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was never found. Issue: Barry Jewell was convicted of burglary with a deadly weapon resulting in serious bodily injury‚ a class A felony. Also‚ Battery resulting in serious bodily injury‚ a class C felony. Rule: The court used the case‚ Ellyson V. State‚ 603 N.E.2d 1369‚ 1373 (Ind. Ct.App.1992) In that case‚ Ellyson was charged with burglary because he broke into the house where him and his estranged wife lived with the intent to rape her. He was still charged with burglary even though he had the
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Mandatory Sentencing “A mandatory sentence is a court decision setting where judicial discretion is limited by law. Typically‚ people convicted of certain crimes must be punished with at least a minimum number of years in prison.” – Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopaedia The difference between normal and mandatory sentencing is the process that this happens in as normal sentencing sets a range of penalties‚ which allows the judge and the magistrates to see out the sentence according to the circumstances
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When it comes to sentencing a juvenile who has committed a murder or heinous crime it all depends on the circumstances. There was a Supreme Court ruling stating that juveniles could not be charged with life sentencing because they felt as if this was violating the Eighth Amendment on cruel and unusual punishment. Marjie Lundstrom‚ Paul Thompson‚ and Gail Garinger agree with the Supreme Court ruling of not giving life sentences to children‚ Lundstrom feels if they think a juvenile is old enough to
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Basically the Exclusionary rule as set forth by the US Supreme Court states that any evidence obtained by police through search and seizure‚ arrest‚ interrogations and stop and frisk situations or any other evidence despite its relevance can be excluded as evidence. The Weeks v. United States was basically the origin of the Exclusionary Rule in 1914. In Weeks v United States Mrs‚ Weeks was arrested for shoplifting and attempted to get a note to her husband about this. Law enforcement went to the
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Development? A) life expectancy B) under age 5 mortality rate C) adult literacy rate D) infant mortality rate E) population density | | | 4. What are centrifugal forces? A) cultural and political forces acting to weaken or divide an existing state B) geological forces acting to cause tectonic plates to move further apart C) economic forces acting to worsen a region’s economy D) geophysical forces acting to create earthquakes E) sociological forces acting to promote out-migration | | |
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effects of to this day: mandatory minimum sentencing. Mandatory minimum sentencing is a procedure in which a judge must sentence a citizen convicted to a minimum amount of years in prison for a crime regardless of circumstance. Because of this‚ the amount of prisoners in federal prison has skyrocketed from “only about 25‚000” inmates in the 80s to “more than 215‚000” as of 2014 (Miles). As a direct result of minimum sentencing‚ according to the U.S. Sentencing Commission‚ at least 50% of those incarcerated
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The four fundamental philosophies surrounding the purpose of sentencing are retribution‚ deterrence‚ Incapacitation‚ and Rehabilitation. Retribution is the belief that those who commit criminal acts should be punished according to the seriousness of the crime and that no other circumstances are considered. It relies on the principle of just deserts‚ which holds that the severity of the punishment must be in proportion of the severity of the crime. Deterrence is the thought that if the punishment
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Arguments at sentencing May file appeals Counsel defendant and family about civil matters if applies. Should a defendant be found guilty an defense counsels job continues as referenced in this slide. If found guilty a defense counsel will present arguments at sentencing to persuade a lighter sentence‚ or mistakes‚ although this will not change a guilty verdict‚ it does however provide the defense and the defendant the opportunity to address the court. It does also allow the prosecution and the victims
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alternative outcomes in the sentencing process. The different alternatives are a newer approach than what it used to be before World War 2. The sentencing process is the post-conviction stage of the criminal justice process‚ in which the defendant is brought before the court for the imposition of a penalty. If a defendant is convicted in a criminal prosecution‚ the event that follows the verdict is called sentencing. A sentence is the penalty ordered by the court (“Sentencing‚” n.d.). The main goal
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