Bench

For the last 250 years, U.S. citizens have been given a controversial option of a jury or bench trial. Not everyone agrees with the bench trials. Although jury trials sound like a good idea, it is actually true that bench trials are better because it guarantees the right verdict almost all the time. Jury trials choose ordinary citizens off the street. For example, with the society today, people cannot stay off their phone, which makes them vulnerable to hearing or gathering false details about…

Article III, Section I of the Constitution states, “The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court.” This excerpt from the Constitution proves the overwhelming authority and control that has been vested by the Constitution to the Supreme Court. Justices appointed to the Supreme Court, “shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour,” or in other words, for life. To have a group of individuals hold such power for the duration of their lives is unprecedented.…

think it was of the essence on an to I the more you sure baby busy… that 's in the People get married to get divorced since I started 1949 when I passed wedding I think to myself that 's inventory. Statistics are the more money passes through family law court then all other law courts combine. The more you charge the more people willing to pay because they feel that money equals skill . You know we aren 't much different from any other segment of society in terms of money calling the shots.…

The quotes “you know my name not my story” and “treat others as you want to be treated” are quotes that will change how people see each other. Prejudice exist in almost everyone’s life and almost everyone has practiced it once or twice. What people don’t think about is how it will affect the other person’s future. In the past, this cruel act lead to catastrophic events. Prejudice impacts individual’s lives tremendously and can lead to various outcomes. Standing up for injustice is one outcome…

The judicial power of Sudan’s Constitutional Court is typical of any other of its kind. The court “sits at the apex of the centralized judicial system” (The Republic of Sudan Art. 119). It functions as the “highest court in constitutional maters and has exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate cases concerning: protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, resolution of disputes between the different levels of government, and complaints against any act of the Presidency or the National…

“The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing.” Caroline Kennedy, along with the founders of our nation, believes that to truly establish a just federal court system, we must create a branch of the government that is held accountable to the law and not the enticing-yet corrupted-motives of the public. While electing federal judges may appear to be the more…

Courthouse Visit On Tuesday, November 8th I visited the Price County Courthouse in Phillips, WI were the honorable Douglas T. Fox presided. Judge Fox is a circuit court judge which is an elected positon and he is currently serving his sixth term. I was not aware that Judge Fox was an elected official until I did research on his background, but I feel that this is a good way for the people to pick a judge that will be fair and impartial and has similar views as the public. On the day that I…

Jail overcrowding poses a problem for American society. Non-violent criminals, such as child support offenders and traffic violators who cannot get a speedy court date live for free in our jails while the tax payers support them. Others believe that these criminals belong in jail despite overcrowding. Although Glenn E. Martin, Marc A. Levin, Nicholas Turner, Julia M. Stasch, Malcolm M. Feeley and Kent Scheidegger differ on their opinions of overcrowded jails, they each share concerns about the…

There are many entities that play a role in the criminal justice court system. However, Magistrates are the ones with the most power within said system. They have the most discretion when it comes to deciding the faith of an individual. It has always been considered as a prestigious achievement inside any community. During one work day a magistrate can review over 50 cases, each with a unique verdict. In the 1905 article, The Prisoner at the Bar, Arthur Train includes many different examples of…

Due process as our text states is a “fundamental fairness insofar as a person should always be given notice of any charges brought against him or her, that a person should be provided a real chance to present his or her side in a legal dispute, and that no law or government procedure should be arbitrary or capricious” (Neubauer & Fradella, 2014, p. 38). A plea bargain, “a process through which a defendant is pleads guilty to a criminal charge with the expectation of receiving some consideration…