Court systems

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 impact of the judicial systems operations in the slow process of prosecuting, sentencing, and…

discussing Japan’s criminal justice system. I will be addressing the law enforcement, courts, and correction workings of their criminal justice system. I chose Japan because I believed that it would be interesting to learn more about how their criminal justice system works. It is important to look at other countries criminal justice systems so that we can compare them to our own to see if we need to make improvements or if we can help to improve others. Japan 's legal system is based on civil…

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Legal traditions within a country are important to understand because they are directly related to the type of justice system the country will formalize. The United States criminal justice system is known to have derived from the Common Law legal tradition, which is one of the four major families of law (Dammer and Albanese, 2014, p. 42). It should be noted that most legal traditions originated from the type of religion practiced in the region or country. Originally Common Law originated from…

The article of the Small Claims Court was an article that dissected what television shows like Judge Judy does to the general public and beyond. This article focused on juries that were in Manhattan, the District of Columbia and Hackensack, New Jersey. However, it would have been interesting for the article to have polled other cities that were not in the northeast of the United States. I believe that if they would had used more different regions in the study, it could have been more…

today that the courts use to help clear up the caseloads as well as lower the costs. When a case goes to a jury trial it can cost the courts money due to the witnesses and jurors that need to be called in for the trials. When a case gets settled through the plea bargaining process it will bypass the jury trial stage eliminating that extra cost to the courts. Plea bargaining can be in the best interest for the defendant, save the court money, and help lighten the caseloads in the courts. The…

What does Serial say about our Justice system? Serial shows that our justice system does not always work and is often times considered broken. Locke, Phil. "Why I Think the US Justice System Is Broken - and Why It 's Not Getting Fixed." Wrongful Convictions Blog. Ed. Nancy Petro. N.p., 20 Feb. 2013. Web. 16 Nov. 2015. Summary: In this Article, Mr. Locke argues that there are fourteen reasons that the justice system is broken. While his first points are rather lengthy they get much shorter…

In the United States a courtroom is divided up into two main parts, the Judge and Jury. It is one of the better systems because it provides a relatively unbiased system that uses a group of people to judge a peer. It, however is not without flaws. There is a possibility of the jury becoming biased due to the media coverage of a case. There are multiple ways around this such as replacing the juries in favor of a panel of judges. Next would be using a set of professional juries instead of the…

Characteristics of Juvenile Probation & Requirements Most Common Types of Probation Requirements Along with juvenile probation comes juvenile probation requirements. In 2009, 59 percent of juveniles were deemed delinquent by a court of law, and out of that, 60 percent were sanctioned with a probationary sentence (NeMoyer et al., 2014). When placed on probation, juveniles face a plethora of stringent obligations, which includes, but not limited to, probation officer check-ins, adherence to…

We live in a world where our law enforcement systems are both corrupt and unjust. When it comes to defending the innocent or prosecuting the guilty, apprehending and/or sentencing, our justice system doesn’t follow the laws set forth through oath. We allow guilty parties to run free rather than alot them to a fair trial. When you think of the criminal justice system, you feel that nothing can harm you, and you are protected. Even though a police officer’s badge says, “to serve and protect,” we…