holistic outcome for all parties involved. The issues that explore and reflect the role of discretion within our criminal justice system are police discretion‚ charge negotiation and judicial discretion in sentencing. The first aspect of the legal system in which discretion is used is in the powers given to police in the criminal investigative process. The responsibility of enforcing criminal always and ensuring they are adhered to lies with the police in the prevention and detection of crime
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1. From the book‚ why might a Prosecuting attorney act unethically? Provide a few examples? In the book prosecutor attorney misconduct takes place is because it works. This utilitarian rationale assumes that the intended good that results (conviction) outweighs the possible negative consequences (misleading the jury‚ undermining the adversary process‚ and possible erroneous convictions). An example given in the book is the case Miller v. Pate‚ where the prosecutor concealed from the jury that the
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insufficient evidence of recent history of traditional ownership of the land. This was a problem faced by many other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. As well as that the High Court had ruled that the Yorta Yorta were required to pay for the legal costs of the
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Memorandum –to-the- File: Comprehensive Income Date: June 5‚ 2013 RE: Question about the definition or example of comprehensive income. Facts: I have been contacted by my client who has asked the question about the definition or example of comprehensive income. In recent years‚ there is increased use of fair values for measuring assets and liabilities. Furthermore‚ possible reporting of gains and losses related to fair value has placed a strain on income reporting. Because fair values are
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Hello‚ Lynne – I am kindly asking First Unitarian Society to please help with my rent for this coming Dec 2015. The last date for the rent is Dec 3rd‚ 2015‚ at 12 noon. I don’t want an eviction on my record or neither to lose my apartment. I work as an Intern at Hennepin County as IT Change Coordinator and make Three Hundred and Ninety Five Dollars ($395.00) every other week. My rent is Seven Hundred and Sixty Nine Dollars ($769.00)‚ excluding other bills (food‚ transportation‚ electricity which
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To: Lauren Smith From: Tax Accountant‚ CPA Date: August 22‚ 2012 Re: Deductibility of Education Expense Facts You incurred $15‚000 in education expense during the tax year in the course of earning an MBA from a local university. You wants to deduct these expenses on her tax return as an employee business expense‚ as your employer does not have an education expense reimbursement program. Issue The issue is (1) whether education expenses can be deductible on the tax return as an employee
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SUMMARY: The bicycle is a common form of transportation recognized by most people in the world. However‚ it is a machine with many different aspects necessary for it to function. Because of its place in everyday life‚ and its mechanical complexity‚ I‚ an engineering student‚ have been asked to write this document describing a conventional bicycle in order to practice technical writing about a subject related to my major. DETAILS: The bicycle is a two-wheeled transportation
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Ethics & Human Service: Walterboro South Carolina Jaime E. Davis-Nash (J.D.) Springfield College The article‚ a review of “Ethical and legal issues in research involving human subjects: do you want a piece of me” (2006)‚ is about the legal aspects‚ and ethical concerns‚ in regards to clinical trial participants’ dignity and privacy. The author’s abstract raises the question of how “These ethical concerns have been translated into a complex regulatory apparatus in the USA‚ containing specific
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Speluncean a. Truepenny CJ i) Does the law exhaust the requirements of ’justice’? Depends on one’s view of Justice. Justice in Truepenny’s eyes is to extend clemency to the defendants and that if this is done then in his eyes‚ ’ justice will be accomplished without offering any encouragement for the disregard of law’. ii) Mercy may not be part of the law if it is followed to the letter of the law. iii)
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Nonprofit Formation Memorandum Date: November 11‚ 2016 To: Knowledge Tree From: Kayla Brown Subject: Filing for the 501(c)(3) redemption status Summary of Facts o Knowledge Tree is currently in the process of forming as a nonprofit entity that will provide local primary schools in the Northern Nevada area with the tools to develop their own community gardens and incorporate educational field trips to promote the understanding of sustainability. o The entity is classified as a nonprofit and not
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