Bail

Sexual assault is an involuntary sexual act in which a person is coerced or physically forced to engage against their will, or any non-consensual sexual touching of a person. This is stated under assault in section 265 of the Criminal Code. Unfortunately enough, it is very common with one in four North American women being sexually assaulted during their lifetime. Sexual assault is a top tier issue in Canada. The terrifying part of the issue is that 80% of assailants are friends and family of…

Midterm 1. Decide as an appellate judge based on the law that you have learned whether the police had a legitimate exigency based on the 4th Amendment and whether the trial judge should have suppressed the marijuana cigarette as evidence. In King v. State the trial judge should NOT suppressed the marijuana blunt as evidence. In this situation the police had "probable cause," meaning there was reasonable basis for the officers to believe that a crime may have been committed when they heard "Some…

including lots of trouble. Whether people travel for business or pleasure, there are often times when the ending of the trip is formidable. When this happens, it is very important to know what to look for when choosing an attorney and a Las Vegas bail bondsman. There are hundreds of bondsmen in Las Vegas. Each one is different from the others. They offer a different level of service. All bondsmen are required to charge the same fees to their clients so it has to be the level of service that…

could be because breaching their terms of release. Additionally, alleged offenders are being detained at these facilities to limit the risk to society, and to themselves. For example, these individuals may reoffend before their trail, or not arraying a bail, or have a high chance of not attending their court date, or trial (Griffiths, 2014, p.179). This paper examines the consequences of this uprising shift in remand custody; with a deeper analysis on the advantages, disadvantages, how…

After it has been determined that the prisoner is not eligible for or cannot furnish bail, the judge in charge of the case will indicate that the prisoner should be remanded to the custody. To detain a person in prison without trial is denial of the human rights of such under trial prisoners. Speedy trial is of the essence of criminal…

States Constitution, it is not guaranteed (Bohm & Haley, 2014). In this scenario, I believe that the judge did have a right to release Danielle on bond. Both of her offenses were felonies, but they were not considered violent crimes. The amount of her bail the judge set for her was not an excessive amount, considering she had two felony charges against her. The amount of bond is set on several different factors, for example, whether the defendant has ties to the community, the likelihood of the…

considered to be inhuman by society and various government officials it is not unconstitutional and does not violate the eighth amendment which states “excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” Excessive bail would be the act of the jury setting an outlandish amount for the bail of a criminal , if a person commits a heinous crime such as murder,federal murder,large scale drug trafficking,treason, terrorism,…

Knight's then attorney, Matthew Fletcher, claimed he was contacted by representatives of Floyd "Money" Mayweather. Reportedly, the representatives asked about using Mayweather's winnings from his highly anticipated bout with Manny Pacquiao to post bail on Suge Knight's behalf. Mayweather's representatives denied Fletcher's claims, saying that while Mayweather and Knight were once close, the two hadn't spoken in several years. But could there be another reason for Mayweather's change of…

mandatory bail conditions of the Walsh Act directly in their sights. As states and the Federal government set mandatory minimum sentences, judges lose discretion in deciding the best punishment fitting the crime and/or treatment options available for offenders. In a response to the federally mandated requirements, to date, “seventeen courts have addressed the constitutionality of the mandatory pretrial release provision of the Adam Walsh Act Amendments, focusing primarily on the Excessive Bail…

the Muslim community (Egger 212,213). During his time in jail, Zeitoun develops a conflict between his religion and his “adopted country” (Egger 255). He starts to inquire the real reason why he’s in jail, “he was being held without contact, charges, bail or tail”, knowing that the United State government can seize a Muslim man or women “without ever having to charge him [or her] with a crime” (Egger 255). Later on, Zeitoun finds out “[speculation] on possible terrorist exploitation of a high…