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    Federal vs. State Policy

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    Fedral vs. State Policy A public policy is the body of principles that underpin the operation of legal systems in each state. In this paper I am going to talk about federal along with state policies. I will discuss each of the policies and how they are similar and how they are different. Federal and State policies are made to help keep our Country running smoothly. If there were no policies then keeping our Country safe would be a hard task. Policies are principles that are set to help make our

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    Outline and Briefly Explain the Federal Court System The U.S. has a dual court structure. To be exact‚ we have a federal judiciary system and the systems that are operated by each of the states. This dual court structure is a unique feature of the American judicial system. Although most cases are tried in state courts‚ the federal court is playing a larger and larger role in finding resolutions to disputes. Partly‚ this is because congress in recent years has enacted a range of new laws that grant

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    The State and Federal Prison System Axia College Both state and federal prison systems have a long history in the United States as well as a significant presence in modern times as the prison populations for both state and federal prisons continue to grow. State and federal prisons each have their own types of institutions and security levels and house different types of criminals due to their differing jurisdictions over state versus federal prisoners. This paper

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    State and Federal Prison System CJS/230 In our prison system today there are state and federal prisons throughout the United States. Our prison system is based on the created of the nineteenth century prisons that were used. Prisons confined felons serving sentences longer than a year and those sentence to

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    Court Docket Cases

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    Analyze how federalstate‚ and local courts calendar and docket cases. Are these processes effective in promoting efficiency? • Court dockets contain all materials filed by the court or by any party in a court proceeding. In general‚ courts assign each newly filed action with a docket number‚ which often refers to the year in which the case was commenced followed by a sequential reference number. Additionally‚ letters or numbers indicating the type (civil‚ criminal‚ family court‚ etc.) or location

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    Korematsu v United States was a court case that argued that the orders provided to Korematsu were based on race only and were contradictory. Because they were only based on race‚ Korematsu argued they were unconstitutional. Korematsu argued he had contradictory orders‚ and‚ no matter what he did‚ he would have violated one of them. However‚ the United States argued that the government has different powers during peace time and war time. The government executed the orders to provide better security

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    State and Federal Prison Systems CJS/230 May 13‚ 2012 University of Phoenix State and Federal Prison Systems The United States has the highest‚ documented incarceration rate in the world (Wikipedia.2012.) Approximately 2.4 percent of the United States populations are currently incarcerated. Recently‚ there has been an estimated amount of 2‚266‚800 adults currently in prison in both State and Federal Prison Systems. In this paper‚ I will be talking about a State Prison System‚ “Louisiana State

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    History of State and Federal Prison According to "History Of State And Federal Prisons" (July 7‚ 2011)‚ “State prisons are primarily operated by state governments. Overcrowding is a persistent problem in most state and federal prisons. By the end of 2001‚ state prisons were operating between 1 and 16 percent over capacity. This makes the prisons more difficult to operate‚ and puts the health and safety of inmates and staff at risk. The prison systems known today are based on eighteenth century Age

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    The histories of the state and federal prison systems have some connections which both systems has something distinctive. The State is usually operated by the state governments and consists of prisoners that are considered blue collar criminals and the federal systems are mainly associated with white collar criminals. Both prison systems have security levels which include minimum‚ low‚ medium‚ and high levels of security. To learn the knowledge of the history about federal prison in so many different

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    history of state and federal prisons is quite interesting. Long ago‚ prisons did not really exist. Prisoners were housed in jails until trial‚ discharge‚ or execution. Since that time‚ state and federal prisons have been introduced and utilized. State prisons were the first to be invented. Prison facilities house criminals sentenced to one year or longer of incarceration‚ (usually felons). State prisons are run by the government of the individual state they are located in and the federal government

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