Court of Chancery

The room was extremely quiet as my team and I walked in. Everyone in the room turned their eyes to look at us. I was terrified of what this trial would entail, but I didn’t let my face show it. My team and I were about to face the defending champions of Empire Atlanta and I didn’t know if we could pull off the win. These were the people standing in the way of my team getting to the finals of the competition. As the trial went on I grew the confidence my team and my abilities. I took a shaky…

Most people will choose to go with the flow rather than against it, even if it means being untruthful to others or themselves. This is shown in the way the twelve jurors in Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose. When the jurors first voted they all voted guilty except for juror eight, who believed that there was reasonable doubt. The jurors go against the defendant ,in order to leave quickly and get back to their own families, without any doubt of them doing the right thing. That is, when juror…

As a criminal justice, major, I have taken on an American Criminal Courts Class. That is helping me to go more in-depth about the subject. With taking this class, I had the opportunity of going into an actual courthouse to do this assignment. I chose to go to the Chatham County Courthouse in Savannah, Georgia when I went home for Thanksgiving. On my adventure, there I learned a lot of new things. For example, the way they actors and actresses portray how it 's done is different than the way the…

The first recognized case of restorative justice in Canada was in 1974. After two young offenders vandalized 22 properties in a small Ontario town, the assigned probation officer and a Mennonite prison support worker asked the judge for permission to arrange for the two offenders to meet with the victims of the vandalism in order to see if reparations could be made. This new approach was a success. Since that time, a number of similar programs have been developed throughout Canada and…

The Different Litigation Processes What is Litigation? Litigation is an action or a lawsuit brought in court to enforce a particular right. It involves a series of steps that may lead to a trial and usually a resolution of the dispute. The two different types of lawsuits are civil and criminal. Although these courses of action seek to come to a resolution, there are many different steps or proceedings involved to get there. Civil litigations seek reimbursements of monetary damages or equitable…

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…

The Apology: Letters From a Terrorist, written by Laura Blumenfeld, details the her pursuit of Omar Khatib, the man who shot her father. Laura, thirteen years after her father was shot by Omar, writes of her encounter with the Khatib family as well as establishing a correspondence with Omar, who at the time was in prison, via an exchange of letters. Laura primarily uses juxtaposition, as well as pathos, to identify, and at times even to argue for or rationalize, the differing perspectives in the…

Adolescence are in a unique time in their lives. They have characteristics of children and characteristics of adults. So, when evaluating whether or not an adolescent should remain in juvenile court or move to adult court, it can be a very difficult decision. Look at adolescents and crime, we know that adolescents are still developing. They have weaker impulse control and are less likely to think ahead than adults. Furthermore, we know that as adolescents have less knowledge and experience, they…

despite humanity’s efforts to live morally grounded lives, it still makes the human person no less susceptible to sin and evil. This is exhibited through Geoffrey Chaucer’s use of the characters in “The Physician’s Tale” to expose the corruption of the court system, emphasize the absurdity of a Knight’s Code of Chivalry, and exemplify the manner in which such corruption preys on the virtuous. The story’s…

My report on courtroom observation focuses on observation of Family Court of Australia. This is the first time of my life visiting to court and I went to Federal Circuit Court of Australia in Parramatta around 09:30 am. I walked into the building, not knowing where to go, what to say or do, or even how to dress. I asked questions what times and what cases would be best to observe? They could not answer any of those questions. I ended up taking the lift to the second floor to the Courtroom 1.…