Murder Trial of Nicholas Lindsey, March 2012 Factual and Procedural Background On the evening of February 21, 2011, Police Officer David Crawford of the St. Petersburg, Florida police department was fatally shot while investigating a report of a s Continue Reading...
So, if they witnessed someone else accidently start the fire, they could also still be charged with manslaughter as they were in their trial. Mental State A person's mental state is important because we should know if a defendant knows right from Continue Reading...
Diverse Policing Criminal Profiling While this opinion might be considered unpopular, the reality is that these repetitive stops are reasonable. These repetitive stops represent a phenomenon known as criminal profiling. Criminal profiling is done s Continue Reading...
Insanity evaluations represent the most challenging forensic assessments in the criminal domain" (Rogers, 2008, p.126). This is due to the fact that insanity evaluations require the psychologist to assess whether a defendant had a mental illness at Continue Reading...
9/11 terror attacks was characterized by enactment of new laws and executive orders that focused on enhancing homeland security. However, these laws and orders have become controversial because they have ceded power to the executive branch and limite Continue Reading...
history plea bargaining? When ? 2. What recent statistics plea bargaining U.S. ( current year)? What Bargaining With Pleas The history of plea bargaining can be traced back to the end of the colonial era in the United States. Plea bargaining was k Continue Reading...
Government Since gang-related crimes fall within the jurisdiction of state, this research will give an insight on the need to find solutions that increasingly include all levels of government. Congress needs to pass legislation that will change im Continue Reading...
Human Trafficking Transnational crime Human trafficking is defined as the trade in humans for the purposes of forced labor, sexual slavery, or organ extraction Avdan, 2012. It has been estimated that human trafficking is a lucrative industry that Continue Reading...
Criminal justice system is comprised of elaborate pieces of a huge puzzle. The age of "Order," CSI, and various other TV programs has actually all however removed the genuine components of the puzzle that bring about the arrest of the suspect. Prior Continue Reading...
Criminal Justice INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM Supervising Attorney Paralegal John Ebersol Determine whether Mr. Ebersol was guilty of shoplifting. If Mr. Ebersol was guilty of shoplifting, determine what he can expect his punishment to be. FACTS: Mr Continue Reading...
Oregon Supreme Court lately endorsed a disciplinary damage verdict for trespass stemming from an ecological remonstration. Even though the law at present authorizes disciplinary indemnity for trespass, this Memorandum makes a case that an instructio Continue Reading...
role that bail is playing in the criminal justice system and how these amounts are determined. This is accomplished by looking at the Robert Blake murder trial, the Roman Polanski rape case and the Carlos Lehder drug trial. Once this occurs, is when Continue Reading...
It is difficult to argue that the death penalty is being applied evenly and fairly as required by the Supreme Court's Furman v. Georgia decision. In fact, it could be argued, with statistics like these, that the application of the death penalty is b Continue Reading...
Evidence In regards to whether the testimony of the deceased victim can be used as evidence, this seems to be a somewhat grey area. One case in 1995 in Arkansas, however, indicated that the testimony of the deceased victim could be used, provided th Continue Reading...
Supreme Court In the case of Brady v. Maryland (1963) is a 14th Amendment case governing due process in the court of law. Brady was prosecuted for murder in a case where there were two accused, the other being a man named Boblit. There was a handwri Continue Reading...
Sutherland wrote "No attempt was made to investigate. Defendants were immediately hurried to trial...." The Court noted that "a defendant, charged with a serious crime, must not be stripped of his right to have sufficient time to advise with counse Continue Reading...
However, the prosecutor is not the only person who can seek a transfer. Juvenile court judges can also begin transfer proceedings (Michon, 2012). Furthermore, in some states there are automatic transfer laws, which require that juveniles over a cert Continue Reading...
prisoner in Texas, while being transferred to a medical facility, became disruptive and violent, forcing the accompanying guards to restrain him. While being restrained, the prisoner, Curtis Weeks, announced that he had AIDS and wanted to take as ma Continue Reading...
1921 and 1927, the trial and appeals of two individuals, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti,, dominated the news and were the inspirational source for many political movements throughout the world (Frankfurter). The profound and wide ranging effec Continue Reading...
However, even if they had a warrant, the entering would still in all likelihood be considered an illegal search and seizure. All warrants must be proper. In order to be proper it must be based on probable cause. There is no probable cause that the Continue Reading...
Death Penalty Evolution of the Death Penalty in Supreme Court Jurisprudence Capital punishment has been in existence for centuries. As early back as the Eighteenth Century B.C., the use of the death penalty was found in the Code of King Hammurabi ( Continue Reading...
King In this case, two juvenile brothers murdered their father using a blunt object and then burnt his body to hide the evidence. Alex, the youngest of the brothers, claimed that the murder was done intentionally but was a result of years of abuse, Continue Reading...
Juvenile and Adult Justice Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems Similarities and differences: Juvenile and adult criminal justice systems The goals of the juvenile justice and the adult criminal justice systems are fundamentally distinct. The go Continue Reading...
The prosecutor allowed that the crime is third-degree battery and that the homicide occurred during the battery. The mitigating circumstance in Alex King's situation was the influence that Ricky Chavez exerted over Alex, who was 12 years old at the Continue Reading...
Legal Brief -- Cronin v. Town of Amesbury Cronin v. Town of Amesbury, 895 F. Supp 375 (D. Mass 1995) Type of Action The action was an appeal on the part of Michael Cronin to the United States District Court in Massachusetts. It was an appeal on th Continue Reading...
Apparently Brandt handled the medical needs of Bruckner well because Hitler made him "…his personal physician" and in time Brandt was given the rank of "major-general in the Waffen-SS" (Spartacus Educational). Brandt helped establish the "Law Continue Reading...
Social psychologists have shown that a group can be heavily influenced by the dominating, authoritarian decision making of one or more strong supporters of the death penalty. Despite the democratic process of picking jury members, many typical jury Continue Reading...
R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and Attorney General Richard Kleindienst. In his speech, President Nixon said of the Watergate break-in that he was "appalled... and... shocked to learn that employees of the Re-Election Committee were apparently among th Continue Reading...
Robert Ray Courtney Case Background In 1998, One of Robert Courtney's sales employees, Eli Lilly, noticed inconsistencies between the quantity of the cancer drug Gemzar that Courtney shipped in and the amount he sold. Lilly upon investigation of th Continue Reading...
All judges of the above courts are appointed by the president with the approval of the Senate (USCourts, 2012). In all cases, the court serves as the arena where disputes are argued, and a fair verdict pronounced. The court is normally, replete wit Continue Reading...
He is also recognized as the Killer Clown, due for his enjoyment of entertaining children in a clown outfit. The time the bones were established to be those of human beings, forensic anthropologists Charles Warren and Clyde Snow came in on the inves Continue Reading...
E.D. is to "make his mother proud," which demonstrates some pro-social behavior and an interest in solidifying family ties. According to the Washington State Juvenile Pre-Assessment, Xander's social risk factor is moderate. His gang associations low Continue Reading...
If Harry had been stopped at a sobriety checkpoint, the outcome of his case would be dramatically different. The Supreme Court has determined that sobriety checkpoints are legal, as long as they are conducted in a neutral manner. Stopping all appro Continue Reading...
Business & Society Questions Business & the Environment The UPS Green Fleet A United Parcel Service (UPS) store is located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The company has established a number of initiatives that are environmentally friendly Continue Reading...
Ethical Issues With the Insanity Defense Ethical Issues w / Insanity Defense The insanity defense may seem to have a distinct and real place in the legal world. However, defining who is insane, who is not insane, what the definition of insanity is, Continue Reading...
Constitutional Violations Two types of remedies that protect citizens against governmental wrong doing and ensure the projections of the Constitution are the Exclusionary Rule and Defense against Entrapment. The Exclusionary Rule means that any evid Continue Reading...
2, 1992). If the accused is found fit to stand trial, the defense can still attempt to plea NCRMD. In order to be found not criminally responsible, the judge or jury must find that the defendant did commit the offense, but that a mental disorder at Continue Reading...
Padilla v. Kentucky: Implications for U.S. Immigration This paper provides a review of the relevant literature concerning the case, Padilla v. Kentucky,[footnoteRef:1] discussing citizenship, and similar predicaments in other countries. It is this p Continue Reading...
Criminal Justice Agency The American legal system is very systematic and works amazingly well. It's complicated given its intricacy as its framework is argumentative. The Supreme Court sometimes changes the law as it holds that authority. The Suprem Continue Reading...
Racial Discrimination and the Death Penalty The United States Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that at the end of the year 2000 that there was 1,381,892 total number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of federal or state Continue Reading...
