U.S. Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. NIXON‚ 418 U.S. 683 (1974) 418 U.S. 683 UNITED STATES v. NIXON‚ PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES‚ ET AL. CERTIORARI BEFORE JUDGMENT TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT. No. 73-1766. Decided By: Burger Court (1972-1975) Argued July 8‚ 1974. Decided July 24‚ 1974. * Defending Attorney for the President: James D. St. Clair Prosecuting Attorney’s for the United States: Leon Jaworski & Philip A. Lacovara On
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Task Four Outline the power of the courts in sentencing offenders by using one example of a summary offence and indictable offence. There are two main courts - Magistrates and Crown Court. Magistrates have less power than Crown. magistrates can sentence up to six months in custody. Crown Courts can sentence longer up to life in prison. An indictable offence is one tried by a jury in the Crown court. When a magistrates court feels that the offence is so serious they cannot sentence accordingly i/e
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INTERNAL ASSIGNMENT ON LEGAL REASONING SKILLS State of Rajasthan vs. Vidhyawati and Kasturilal vs. State of U.P. 8/13/2013 N. NAGENDRA RAO AND COMPANY VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH – In this case‚ the appellant carried on the business in fertilizer and food grains. Huge stocks of food grains‚ fertilizers and other commodities were seized by police authorities. The appellant represented to the state authorities several times that fertilizer be sold otherwise it would become useless. No
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Frye v. United States In 1923 defendant James Alphonso Frye was convicted of murder in the second degree and appealed the decision. The defense counsel offered an expert witness to testify on the results of a systolic blood pressure deception test‚ which was the rudimentary precursor to the lie detector. That motion was denied. The defense counsel then offered that another test be conducted in the courtroom but were denied again. The prosecution then argued the “while the courts will go a long
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Prison sentences are too soft in New Zealand to the criminals who commit serious crimes and need to be harsher. In New Zealand criminals who commit serious crimes are handed a prison sentence. I strongly oppose the sentencing of criminals currently. I believe justice should be served more harshly. Presently the New Zealand court system is too soft on criminals who commit serious crimes. In 2012‚ there was approximately 376‚000 recorded offences. This resulted in 196‚000 convictions. That’s just
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Zimbardo Prison Experiments The Zimbardo prison experiment was set up to investigate the problem of what the psychological effects for normal people result from being a guard or inmate‚ and in a broader sense are normal people capable of being ‘evil.’ The research question being asked was‚ “How would normal people react to being in a simulated prison environment? In Zimbardo’s own words‚ "Suppose you had only kids who were normally healthy‚ psychologically and physically‚ and they knew they would
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Racial Disparity in Sentencing Donna Black CJA423 October 18‚ 2010 Shomari L. Gilford Racial Disparity in Sentencing Racial disparity in sentencing continues to be a long time culmination in the criminal justice system. The disparity in criminal sentencing is seen when individuals who commit similar or the same criminal act results in acquiring different sentences upon conviction (Jones-Brown‚ 2002). The paper will take a look at racial disparity in sentencing today‚ do an examination of
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The most dramatic developments in the Criminal Justice system during the late 20th Century were the revolution of the sentencing system. Prior to the sentencing reforms of 1984‚ most of the 20th century federal sentencing was largely based on rehabilitative model where sentencing was indeterminate. By the 1970s‚ the traditional sentencing system came under increasing attack as public interest in the criminal justice system prompted “crime research boom time” (Nagel‚ 1990; Wilkins‚ 1987). The concerns
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Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? Queensland Mandatory Sentencing Good Morning Class‚ today I will be speaking on a issue that‚ due to recent changes in legislation has sparked both support and outrage within the greater Queensland community. The issue of course‚ being the notion of mandatory sentencing. In recent years‚ Queensland and other States‚ including New South Wales and Victoria‚ have introduced mandatory sentencing laws for certain types of offences. The Queensland Government is now
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