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    construction of courts for youths who are between 11 – 18 years (juvenile court system). These courts are referred as peer courts or teen courts. More of concern any youth charged with an offense has the opportunity to undergo the hearing and sentencing proceedings of juvenile courts and should agree to a sentencing forum with a jury of the youth’s peers. The peer courts are under the supervision of a judge‚ youth defendants‚ and volunteers who play a variety of roles in the

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    University of phoenix Criminal Courts Criminal courts are a process. Most assume that all the action takes place when the trial starts‚ but this is not true for all proceedings. Most offenders will enter a guilty plea to comply with a prosecutors “deal” offered to the offender. What is considered to be a courtroom work group? A courtroom work group is a group of participates in a criminal trial. The participants can be divided into two categories: professionals and outsiders

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    The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act‚ 1969‚ aims to prevent concentration of economic power to the common detriment‚ provide for control of monopolies and probation of monopolistic‚ restrictive and unfair tradepractice‚ and protect consumer interest.  Monopolistic trade practice is that which represents abuse of market power in the  production  and marketing of goods and services by eliminating potential competitors from market and taking advantage of the control over the market

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    Aristotle‚ he was born in 384 BCE at Stagirus‚ a Greek colony that is now extinct near the seaport on the coast of Thrace. He was the son of Phaestis and Nichomachus‚ who was a court physician to the King Amyntas of Macedonia. Many people claim this is where Aristotle got influenced to become part of the Macedamian Court system‚ although is has not yet been proving plenty of experts agree this is where it all began. While he was around the age of 7 his father and mother died and he became under the

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    Law Opinion Paper Lisa Bryant CJS/220 The Court System August 25‚ 2013 Darren Brodsky Creation of the United States laws is a very intense process. The law begins as an idea that has been brought to attention. The idea then has to be sponsor as a bill‚ and assigned to a committee for studying. If the bill has been released it will be added to the calendar to be voted on. If the bill passes by the majority votes it will then be passed to the Senate. The bill then will be passed by both

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    Lajwanti and a Girls Plea

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    NOTIONS OF WOMEN IN A PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY ‘Lajwanti’ the title itself‚ is meant to depict women as weak‚ fragile and brittle’. They are not expected to revolt or defend a just cause‚ like gender equality‚ in any manner. In ‘A girl’s plea’‚ the girl describes that her father sees her as ‘A meek‚ dumb‚ shy‚ submissive‚ frail woman.’ She is made to ‘eat humble pie and drink sheer humiliation’ indicating that oppression was her food and drink. The torture was inevitable and on a daily

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    Plea bargaining has become a common procedure in the criminal justice over the years‚ as it serve as a method of forming an agreement between the prosecutor and defendant in which the accused pleads guilty in exchange for a lesser sentence or reduced charge. Plea bargaining has become a prevalent method for several reasons. It benefits defendants in that it allows to avoid the time and expense of defending themselves during trial as well as the chance of harsher punishment. Plea bargaining also serves

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    acknowledging case at the Supreme Court level it must be a case worth the argument to continue it. The Supreme Court is the highest court that a case can reach and doesn’t give the decision of the case but gives an opinion on what they believe is right and the lower court from which it came from decides what happens to the case. The Supreme Court deals with the highest level of cases and is the only court listed in the constitution (Federal Court Concepts). The Supreme Court is known for decisions in landmark

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    The court system in the middle ages worked by using the term “guilty until proven innocent” and using trials of ordeal to determine innocence.The courts weren’t based on the idea of an accused being innocent until proven guilty as there was no concept to believe the accused was innocent. It was the job of the accused to prove their innocence. The accused could do this by taking an oath to prove their innocence. The accused would also be required bring oath helpers‚ these helpers would normally know

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    Court Systems University of Phoenix Survey of Justice and Security AJS 502 William Miller February 23‚ 2015 Introduction The case of Jodi Arias (Defendant) Case CR2008-031021-001 ("Criminal Court Case Information - Case History"‚ 2014) vs State of Arizona on the murder of Travis Alexander (Victim)‚ the modern day story of sex‚ lies‚ violence‚ and revenge. The trial of State of Arizona vs Jodi Arias is being tried in the Maricopa County Superior Court ("Criminal Court Case Information

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