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Benekos, & Champion, 2017). At Jones’s hearing the courts determined that Jones needed to be tried as an adult as well. Jones did not agree with the courts and petition for habeas corpus. Jones complained that the criminal trial would then put him in double jeopardy (Oyez, 2017). Double jeopardy is when an offender is prosecuted for the same offense after conviction was made and given multiple punishments for the same offence at different degrees. The courts denied his writ and the case then…

mandatory sentence of life without parole. Miller’s defense attorney motioned for a new trial arguing that the sentence to life with parole violated Miller’s Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Circuit Court denied the initial motion, which led to appealing to the Alabama Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals held that Miller’s conviction was not unconstitutional despite his age. The utilitarian view of ethics places locus of right and wrong solely on the consequence of choosing one’s action…

PLAINTIFF’S TRIAL BRIEF REGARDING ADMISSIBILITY OF CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT: NOW COMES Plaintiff Lauren Coon, who makes and files this Trial Brief regarding the admissibility of Stanley’s criminal convictions, and will respectfully show the court the following: 1. Under rule 404 of the Texas Rules of evidence, “a party accused of conduct involving moral turpitude may offer evidence of the party’s pertinent trait, and if the evidence is admitted, the accusing…

The supreme court of Illinois ruled in favor of Rosewood Care Center, meaning that Caterpillar was held liable to cover the costs of Betty Jo Cooks care at treatment while she was recovering. The appellate court held that a promise to pay the debt of another is subject to the statute of frauds, because the employer promised to pay for the employee's care before the debt came into existence, the employer's promise to pay was not subject to the statute of frauds and that the health care provider's…

At this time, and in light of The District’s aforementioned jurisdictional objections, the District will only generally respond to the 6 specific allegations and the single proposed resolutions contained in the Complaint. By not offering a response to each and every factual allegation made in Petitioner’s Complaint, the District in no way are waiving its right to contest any relevant factual allegations in the due process hearing in this matter. A review of Petitioner’s educational records…

William Morgan EN100-27 October 9th, 2015 Dr. Bloom Just Justice: Is a fair trial really fair? In the article, 5 Ways America's Justice System is designed to Screw You posted to Cracked.com on January 28, 2015, by Talia Jane states that there are several ways that the American justice system is set up to fail you. Ms. Jane, a professional writer along with an anonymous expert source, that she claims is a former public defender who wished to go unnamed, says that without proper representation…

Judge a case in criminal justice has never been a simple yes/no question, or Not Guilty/Guilty answers without justification according to the facts. Even though some jurors do so. That been said, twelve men, member of the jury, truly got angry while they were trying to stand together to deliberate a verdict after an murder trial. This happened in the movies “12 Angry men” published in 1957 in New York City. The eight years old went to a trial for stabling his father to death. So after the trial…

The first case viewed was a defendant accused of 6 counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. The case went very quick and I didn’t really understand what was happening. I was distracted by the young lady from earlier who re-appeared and sat down right in front of me. She turned around and asked what we were going to school for. I mentioned Social work and she just looked at me and then turned back around. I was not able to really get an understanding from the first case due to being…

the journey begins. Imagine hearing a judge say, Mr. Johnson, I hereby sentence you to 30 years to serve in the United States penitentiary. D-Money looked back in the courtroom to see the prosecutor laughing at his mother as she cries before the Court. For the first time, he saw her pain. The loss of two sons and a husband or the father of her children was more than she could bear. Their mother was not a college graduate or a person of intellect or knowledge who understood the system. She…

Ndeumeni further avers that the trial court erred in denying his motion to exclude the testimony of Kemogne’s witnesses where Kemogne failed to adequately disclose the witnesses and the contents of their testimony in discovery. Maryland Rule 2-433(a) bestows upon the trial court broad discretion in remedying discovery violations. Md. Rule 2-433(a). Critically, Rule 2-433(a) employs a permissive, but not mandatory, “may” where the rule provides that “the court . . . may enter such orders in…