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of the charges. The concept is that the system is biased toward the ethnic majority and nullification can be used to balance the system for minorities. However, the ethics of this practice are in question. This issue and other ethnic issues in the court system will be examined in…

providing a means by which drug offenders could be rehabilitated rather than incarcerated, drug courts were established. Through the analyzing of empirical studies, it was illustrated that drug courts are successful in reducing the recidivism rate among drug offenders. Even though drug courts have a net-widening effect, they are a beneficial in treating low-risk and high-risk offenders. In addition, drug courts are most promising effective form of treatment for drug offenders and should be given…

State and federal courts determine when they must be answered. Some of the many things the questions want to know are time and date of the incident, weather, property damage, and medical providers with their names, addresses and reports. Interrogatories are useful in clarifying…

Attending court, for many individuals, is a highly stressful event. The main reason for the anxiety associated with going to bankruptcy court, or any other court hearing, derives from the uncertainty of the outcome. Hopefully, with additional information about what usually happens in bankruptcy court can curb some of the angst associated with using the US Bankruptcy Code to obtain relief from extreme debt. How Bankruptcy Court is Different In criminal court, there's a prosecutor and a…

convincing evidence, unless the child is placed under jurisdiction of the adult court under a waive, in which case the standard of proof is beyond a reasonable doubt (938.243 (h)). The standard of proof needed for juvenile matters is greater than CHIPS or civil actions, where all that is needed is a preponderance of evidence, but less than what is needed to convict in criminal matters. The language used in the juvenile justice court system is a strength in the process, as it highlights…

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…

plea and got out without any strings begin attached. Now as a part of the plea deal Arma must live with the consequences. When watching this documentary, I learned that lawyers give this option to their client if they believe they will not win the court battle or simply want to get it over with.…

I could observer people coming in and out of the court room doors. There were three courtrooms in each side of the building and chairs and benches, couples of tables as well. There were people sitting outside of each courtroom doors, I assumed waiting for the trial or litigation to begin. I stood out for a while to observe what was going on around me. There were people in packets here and there, some of them had worries faces on them. I figured these fellows were families of the defendant. The…

One proposition for reform is to transfer preliminary cases to the General Court, which may reduce the CJEU’s workload and thus reduce the delays in the procedure as a whole. This proposition is upheld by commentators Broberg and Fenger, who suggest that the transferring of preliminary cases to the General Court is already contained in the provision Article 256(3) TFEU, which states that the General Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine questions referred for a preliminary ruling…

that Mr. Latimer’s Charter rights had not been violated (Supreme Court Judgments, 2016). This is significant because it was Latimer who violated Tracy’s Charter rights and he was receiving the appropriate consequences for his intentional actions. Moreover, I feel this way because Constable Lyons stated, “Certainly the grounds to arrest were present, certainly there were reasonable and probable grounds to arrest him”(Supreme Court Judgments, 2016). This proves that the Supreme Court’s decision…