Paper September 2‚ 2012 Drug Court vs. Incarceration Drug addiction has increased drastically across America in the last fifty years. Non-violent drug offenders fill our jails and prisons. Taxpayer dollars are put into a prison system that is proving to be counter-productive. Recidivism rates are high. Drug Court is an alternative to incarceration that offers rehabilitation to criminal offenders. In drug court‚ the traditional functions of the U.S. justice system are profoundly altered. The
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The Court Case In the courtroom there are two specific cases that are taken to be justified which are‚ criminal and civil. Civil is when there is a well mannered conflict and criminal is when someone is committing ruthless crimes. Atticus Finch is a well respected man‚ in the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This book takes place in the 1930s. Atticus has a case on a white girl being raped by a black man. Atticus is a father of two young children‚ Jem and Scout. Atticus has a sister who
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Federal Jurisdiction Henry‚ a resident of Nevada‚ sued Adam‚ a resident of Utah in the Federal Court in California. He sought $60‚000 damages for personal injuries arising from an automobile accident that occurred in Los Angeles‚ California. Does the Federal Court have jurisdiction? No the federal court does not have jurisdiction over this case. In order for this case to fall within the guidelines of a federal suit it would have to qualify for diversity of citizenship. Diversity of citizenship exists
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Juvenile justice system Checkpoint/Juvenile Court Process The Juvenile Court system is managed under the theory of rehabilitation rather than punishment in which also acts as parens patriae. Parens patriae is when a parent is reluctant or incapable to control a child‚ the state has the power to step in and act in the child’s and society’s best interest (Meyer & Grant‚ 2003). All juvenile courts have a judge of some type and have limited jurisdictions in which the judge is only allowed to hear
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Interpreting Laws and Court Decisions Interpreting labor and employment laws‚ as well as court decisions‚ can be a tedious task at best. The laws set in place are constantly changing and use language that is not easily deciphered by the average working American. The United States Labor laws cover the binding legal connection between the employers‚ their employees and the employee labor unions. Within the borders of the United States; it is generally know that employers
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Additionally‚ while completing court observations I had the opportunity to sit in on three separate criminal trials. The first trial I sat in on was a case involving sexual assault where the defendant was accused of “violating of the sexual integrity” (Arcaro‚ 2009‚ p.151) while she was sleeping. Due to the sensitive nature of the case‚ a publication ban was put in place. The judge allowed us to sit in on the case‚ but made aware to the students sitting in that we were not to publish any names or
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The United States legal system ladder‚ begins with the federal courts and numerous levels of courts. The hierarchy of courts is known to be the most complex system in the entire world. Many individuals use these systems of the courts to resolve disputes. It’s a system that functions successfully in a country as big and varied as the United States. The Supreme court is the highest court in the land it has the ultimate authority to appeal over all federal and state cases. Matters that involve
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Court Observation Report 1. Introduction In the Australian legal justice system‚ with the increasing demand to expand summary jurisdiction‚ there has been a controversial issue as to which process is more appropriate to deliver justice to public as well as litigants; efficiency process or due process. While the former focuses on informality and efficiency‚ which requires judicial officers to struggle to manage limited time created by long case lists‚ the latter emphasizes formality and due process
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Mental Health Court Developments in Michigan In the state of Michigan‚ mental health courts are only in select counties. It is also just a recent change‚ that is still being done. But is showing improvements in are jail systems. The year of 2007‚ is when the concern for mentally ill people going / being in jail became a huge concern. In 2009 a bill was introduced by eight senators‚ Brater‚ Anderson‚ Switalski‚ Prusi‚ Thomas‚ Scott‚ Clarke‚ and Jacobs. The majority of them were Democratic.
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An appellate court is a court that takes initial trial decisions into review upon the outcome being seen as unconstitutional by either the defendant or the government. Congressional act of 1789 Created a supreme court‚ appoint 6 justices and establish a lower federal court system. Various acts of congress have changed the number of seats in the supreme court over the years. the lowest amounts between 5-6 and the highest 10. In fact after the civil war the seats were fixed to nine‚ that’s 1 chief
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