Misconduct In Court Case Study

Courtroom participants most have professional standards when serving the public. In Kenneth Olsen’s case the prosecution withheld information. In Brian Adcok case there was ineffective assistance of his counsel. In Judge Amanda F. Williams her court room was not properly ran. Because of theses misconduct, two defendants in these cases were able to appeal their court’s decision. Misconduct of any kind can set guilty criminal free and innocent people to jail. It also shows that there is ineffectiveness in the crime control model and due process model of the criminal justice system. Kenneth Olsen had been charged and convicted of developing a biological agent to use as a weapon. There was little question about that Mr. Olsen did attempt to produce ricin, the bigger question was did Mr. Olsen have intent to kill. Mr. Olsen admitted to making the ricin but claimed it was out of morbid curiosity. The strongest evidence that …show more content…
Williams was first elected judge in the 1990 (Brown, 2011). Misconduct is a huge issue for judges. Any rather he or she is appointment, election, or merit in their position can easily misuse their powers like Judge Amanda F. Williams did. People who become judges should not be bias or affiliated with a political party. Judges who are hired to their position by merit are not associated with a political party, are able to do their job with our bias.
Prosecutorial misconduct, ineffective assistance by criminal defense counsel, and judicial shows an ineffective in the crime control model and the due process model of the criminal justice system. The criminal involved in misconduct can appeal the discussions made by the court. In Mr. Adcok case all charges against him were dropped. If Mr. Adcok was guilty he is now released and will not have to pay for the crime he committed. This making the crime control model and due process model ineffective because criminals aren’t properly held accountable and brought to