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    courtrooms‚ a brief summary of each must be presented. Once each of these is portrayed‚ an attempt to compare and contrast the two styles and the differences that exist between them can be discussed. Lawyers: better in the abstract than in person? Maybe. Studies indicate that people think less of lawyers after consulting one than they did before. Why? Because real-life lawyers cannot measure up to the models portrayed in popular culture such as movies and television‚ says David R. Papke‚ the R. Bruce

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    COURT VISIT Date of court visit: 25 October 2010. Court name: Snaresbrook Crown court. Courtroom visited: court 1. Judge: T. Lamb QC. (Queen’s Counsel) Name of case viewed: Trial part heard; Remo Rossi. (Rape of a juvenile family member). Representation: V.Girling QC (Instructed by L.Lewis solicitors) for the defendant. G.Reece QC (Instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service) for the Crown. On Monday the 25th of October 2010‚ I attended Snaresbrook Crown court at court 1 which was hearing

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    Court observation The courts have the function of giving the public a chance to present themselves whether to prosecute or defend themselves if any disputes against them rises. It is known to everyone that a court is a place where disputes can be settled while using the right and proper procedures. The court is also the place where a just‚ fair and unbiased trial can be heard so that it would not cause any disadvantage to either of the party involved in the dispute. The parties are given

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    On November 16‚ 2012‚ I observed a court hearing of 14 cases. Some of these cases dealt with people who committed crimes such as aggravated assault‚ Acc involving Death/ Injury‚ Terroristic threats‚ Retail theft‚ conspiracy theft‚ Resist Arrest/Other Law Enforce and Knowing/ in Mftr/Dist of Design Drug. For the case of Comm. V. Helen Cole was a Retail Theft crime. The defendant Helen Cole was at Sears and stole items such as clothes at the store. She was ordered not to go to the Sears again and

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    request it from the court.  Most get probation with circumstances like community service‚ counseling or drug treatment. We have to look at juveniles differently than we do adults because of their developmental progress. Every juvenile officer who goes through training becomes knowledgeable about the juvenile developmental process. Research of court procedures in the state of Nevada for juveniles offenders who have not yet reached 18 years of age typically enter the juvenile justice system rather than

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    before the court today is whether the charge of kidnapping subsumes the charge of extortion or if the charge of extortion is an independent act from that of kidnapping. Were the proceedings cooperative or adversarial? The cooperative nature of the trial was characterized by the affable titles used by the lawyers and the judge when addressing each other and by the opportunities given to all parties to express their full opinion. Judge Silverman was referred to as “your honourable justice” and “your

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    of the criminal justice system. Each role plays a unique position inside the courtroom and each has a job to achieve in the end. These are just a couple of the main roles concerned with everyday life inside and outside of the courtroom. Victimization is the collision of crime on an individual victim‚ their close friends and family‚ but quite frequently crime victimization has important emotional and physical penalties towards a person or a group of individuals. Penalties that can make it harder

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    Since the formation of the United States‚ landmark court cases have helped shape the laws of the country. Many factors determine the outcome of these cases such as the morality of the justices and the mind set of the generation it occurred during. For example‚ extremely conservative Supreme Court justices are not going to vote in favor of a liberal court cases. These factors were what decided the outcome of Planned Parenthood v. Casey. One way to understand the outcome of a case is to understand

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    Florida‚ the Florida Supreme Court demanded a recount of the votes. This possibly violated the Constitution’s claim of equal protection and due process guarantees. The Supreme Court ruled against a recount‚ and gave instructions to undergo a recount that were impossible to carry out with the time given‚ thus essentially ending the election‚ and winning Bush the presidency. 2. The Constitution stated that there would be the Supreme Court‚ and Congress would create lower level courts as needed. With the

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    were referred to the Escambia county teen court. Only 25 of the teens reoffended. B. Teen court is a program designed to help teens learn accountability and responsibility after committing a crime. C. I became interested in this topic because I would like to learn what happens to teens that commit crimes‚ but don’t get incarcerated. D. It will help me learn about the court systems for when I become a lawyer in my later life. E. I believe that teen court is a very helpful program that gives juveniles

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