Assignments & Exams Course: Professional Responsibility & Legal Ethics: PLG-109-1406 Assignment: Assignment 1 (based on class 1) Although the “adversary system” used in the United States is not perfect‚ and is open to the judges interpretation of the law‚ at times subject to manipulation by rogue officers of the court‚ and does not always arrive at the truth‚ I believe that it is the best system of jurisprudence anywhere. Procedure in the adversary system in the United States is dependent
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defense attorney‚ Clarence Darrow‚ asked where were they to find an expert on the Bible who was acceptable to the court; Prosecutor William Jennings Bryan interjected “I am an expert on the Bible.” This was unheard of‚ a counsel for the prosecution offering to be a witness for the defense! After 8 days of trial‚ in which the jury heard no defense and nothing from neither the defendant nor any closing arguments it took the jury only nine minutes of deliberation to find Scopes guilty. He was ordered to
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the story. In six stories‚ Christie allows the murderer to escape justice (and in the case of the last three‚ implicitly almost approves of their crimes); these are The Witness for the Prosecution‚ Five Little Pigs‚ The Man in the Brown Suit‚ Murder on the Orient Express‚ Curtain and The Unexpected Guest. (When Christie adapted Witness into a stage play‚ she lengthened the ending so that the murderer was also killed.) There are also numerous instances where the killer is not brought to justice in the
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S. Republican Senator for the U.S. State Department. In 1946 Joseph McCarthy‚ who was one of the youngest to run for office‚ was elected to the U.S State Department and was reelected in 1952. When he was reelected he had more power to integrate witness that they said was a blatant violation of their civil rights. Because of this act more than 2‚000 government employees lost their job. McCarthy was a chair member of the Senate’s subcommittee. He took on various tasks but one that stood out the most
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Introduction Crime is as old as mankind in itself. There is hardly any civilization in the world which has not witnessed the upward trend in the crime graph. The forms of crime and the pattern of commission of crimes has varied from place to place and at the same place from time to time. The uneven development‚ greed‚ malpractices‚ high handedness‚ corruption at every level‚ uneasy money‚ defective educational system‚ deterioration of the values‚ broken homes‚ busy schedule of the parents
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Bill of Rights was ratified on December 15‚ 1791. One amendment that I feel is most relevant today in criminal law is Amendment VI Right to Speedy Trial‚ Confrontation of Witnesses. According to (Mount‚ 2011) Amendment VI states “In all criminal prosecutions‚ the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial‚ by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed‚ which district shall have been previously ascertained by law‚ and to be informed of the
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Guide to Understanding the Rights of the Accused under the Bill of Rights AMENDMENT IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated‚ and no Warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by Oath or affirmation‚ and particularly describing the place to be searched‚ and the persons or things to be seized. Terms and Tidbits Unreasonable Regulates government action‚ not
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The number one problem is the eyewitness identification. More than 75% of the convictions are from misidentification of the witness. The problem with eyewitness is their perception and memory when they recall the incident. Before DNA was used to overturn most of the convictions due to the witnesses’ misconception the police stations would have the witness look at photos to identify their assailant. After which time the victim was called back in to the police station to identify the person
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the cross- examination of the witness‚ since they did say they viewed everything. Evaluating everything the jury does seem to agree on the defense lead to poor. One juror comes to the conclusion that he thought his client was guilty. But there is second-guessing such as‚ other explanations and interpretations for the half- hearted defense. The jury has the power to question the evidence‚ to show the competing theories of the case that are presented by the prosecution and the defense‚ to find what
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thought to be justifiable by all but one of the jurors. Than man who opposed the entire jury was the only one who did not assumed that the evidence was the truth and not exaggerated. One of the more substantial evidence given at the trial was an eye witness by an old man who stated he heard the boy yell at his father saying he was going to kill him‚ and then ten seconds later run down the stairs and out the building. This was a crucial part of the case against the accused‚ although no one questioned
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