One habit of the defenders in the American legal system is their propensity to answer any outcome within the system that “the system worked.” Subsequently, as long as the defender can define what is meant by the claim, there is no result that can disprove it. Due to this, it is reasonable to argue that the acquittal of Casey Anthony and the removal of charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn are both examples of how the system should work. However, when accepting this argument entails recognizing the imperfections the American legal system must endure, even though it is doing what it is thought to do. One inevitable imperfection of the system is sentencing innocent people to incarceration and letting the guilty go free. This is because the suspected criminal must be proven “beyond a reasonable doubt” to be
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The police collected all the evidence available to them, however most of the evidence was circumstantial evidence in which the court could not prove “beyond reasonable doubt” that she was the murderer. The police’s function in both the Casey Anthony and Dominique Strauss-Kahn cases were to serve as law enforcement. However, they also gathered information, such as collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses for the case as discussed in the e-text.
The article in Questioning Justice: An Introduction to Criminal Justice relates to the lecture in minute ways. As stated above, the lecture also discussed that 17% of a police officer’s duty is crime fighting. Both the Casey Anthony and Dominique Strauss-Kahn case are examples where police engaged in crime fighting. With these cases, the police gathered information to help the court find the criminal. In addition, the police officers who mostly likely arrested these individuals had the police style of crime fighter and/or law enforcer as discussed in
The police collected all the evidence available to them, however most of the evidence was circumstantial evidence in which the court could not prove “beyond reasonable doubt” that she was the murderer. The police’s function in both the Casey Anthony and Dominique Strauss-Kahn cases were to serve as law enforcement. However, they also gathered information, such as collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses for the case as discussed in the e-text.
The article in Questioning Justice: An Introduction to Criminal Justice relates to the lecture in minute ways. As stated above, the lecture also discussed that 17% of a police officer’s duty is crime fighting. Both the Casey Anthony and Dominique Strauss-Kahn case are examples where police engaged in crime fighting. With these cases, the police gathered information to help the court find the criminal. In addition, the police officers who mostly likely arrested these individuals had the police style of crime fighter and/or law enforcer as discussed in