Alford plea

permitted to collect a sample of DNA from any person arrested for a crime of violence or burglary. Because a charge of first-degree assault is considered a crime of violence, officials were allowed to take King’s DNA. King entered an Alford plea, which is a guilty plea of a person who says they are innocent and that the prosecution has enough evidence to prove he is guilty without a doubt, to his charge of second-degree assault. Second-degree assault is a misdemeanor offense that on its own…

tell Foster he was a prince of a powerful king of West Africa, who would pay mightily for his sons return. Foster paid no attention to the prince’s pleas. Foster then cut the princes long hair, which was a sign of great beauty. This was more than humiliating to the prince. The haircut was “…something very close to the haircut of a Pullo child” (Alford pp 44). The Prince was put to work clearing the Fosters tobacco fields. This was mortifying to the prince, because the Fulbe people were “full…

All across the United States and all throughout history our judicial system has been terrible. Trials that stand out are very similar, they don’t have reasonable doubt, they all have a bias against the defendant to begin with, and the judicial system doesn’t want to look bad. The witch trials are a great example and one of the oldest to happen in the colonial era, but it was still in America. The West Memphis three is another great example of the judicial system being corrupt. Even though these…

Multicultural has been a huge influence in the criminal justice system in today’s society. In the United States, we trust with what the Constitution delivers. We are known for equality and everyone should be treated the same as an individual but the people who are high up in our justice system can let things get to their heads. We are a very diverse country which makes multicultural a huge impact on our justice system. There have been some changes in the system so that everyone is aware of…

The purpose of research is to reduce this gap and help laypeople understand the law. Plea bargaining and testimonies are two important components in the legal field. A trial usually consists of the primary victim, defendant, the defense, prosecutor, the judge, and secondary victims- the victims and defendant’s family. Unfortunately, the victim is usually left out the equation during the trial and plea bargaining process. Attorneys are supposed to do damage control for their clients, which…

The Devil’s Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three written by Mara Leveritt is a nonfiction story about a 1993 murder of three eight-year-olds and their three teenage killers. Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr., better known as the West Memphis Three, abducted three children, Christopher Byers, Michael Moore, and Steven Branch, on May 5, 1993 in West Memphis, Arkansas. The children were last seen playing together around 6:30 p.m. the evening they went missing.…