Courtroom

grand jury or a preliminary hearing has found information. A trial jury is a group of people called upon by the courts to hear testimonies from the defense and the prospector, thus allowing the idea of “innocent until proven guilty” back into the courtroom. The jury of a trial can either convict or acquit the defendant, depending on the ruling of the…

All of these examples are legal cases that emphasize the challenges produced by legal courtrooms in regards to accelerant canine evidence. In the case of Daubert versus Merrel Dow Pharmaceuticals Icove, DeHaan, and Haynes (2013) discuss the right a judge has to exclude information based upon specific criteria presented in the court of law…

The Witches of Salem The Crucible, a fitting name for the play. Reading this play was like being thrown into a crucible, over a raging furnace, a boiling pot of of screaming and wailing, people getting hung like Christmas lights in December. From the setting, to the extra dialog, and to the added plots, there were a lot of things similar and different to compare and contrast the movie to the play. One major difference in The Crucible is the setting at the very beginning of the play and movie.…

Association of Colored People was established in 1909 as an attempt to combat the racial hatred and discrimination that plagued the era. Since its inception the organization has attempted to work with various non-white communities in and out of the courtroom. By supporting such cases such as Moore V Dempsey, Guinn V United States and the iconic Plessy V Ferguson, the group’s influence in both modern day and past civil rights movements cannot be denied. With this in mind this group has also had…

On Friday 17, 2105 I went to the Coconino Court house at 200 N San Francisco Street 10am to watch a court hear in Honorable Joshua Steinlage court room. I stayed for an hour listening to Honorable Joshua Steinlage rule on five different civil cases in dealing with sentencing. One of the main things I was struggling with was hearing what the judge had to say or what the defend was saying to the judge. Even with the one number I managed to write down, there was no court case on record in the…

to instruct the juries that the defendant is presumed innocent of the charges against them and also that the defendant guilt to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and the defendant has a fair opportunity to present evidences to the jurors and courtroom. Some of the procedures that are stated in the clause is that the defendant is able to wear proper clothes during a trail. The Fifth Amendment protects the criminals right to not testify against himself and to remain silent. If the defendant…

innate sense of racial bias that clouds their judgment when entering the courtroom. In the United States it is said that you are innocent until proven guilty, however, the actual validity of that statement has come into question more often than not, particularly in recent months, despite being…

A jury is a group of citizens, normally consisting of between 4-15 jurors who are randomly selected and are accordingly given the ability to make decisions in a legal case submitted to them to pass on a verdict. A juror is an individual citizen part of the jury. Jurors are normally made to attend to hear cases in the Coroner, District and Supreme Courts. They must settle on the facts before them and determine civil or criminal matters. They are the lone judges of the validity of the witnesses…

I think that is what I enjoy most about going to observe the courtrooms. I think the judges are doing exactly what we have learned and the basis of everything. The judges are there to enforce the law; regardless of, how people believe or what they think should happen in the courtroom the judges are simply enforcing the law. I think my uncomfortable spot is being in the courtroom for no reason, but to observe. I think it’s rude to sit there and watch people get confronted…

The chain of custody is the continuous documenting of evidence from the initial discovery, in situ, up it is used in the courtroom. Through each step of the process: labeling, collecting, preserving, transferring, and analyzing,each piece of evidence, including locations and all those involved in handling the materials are systematically logged. This is important for forensic anthropologist and archaeologist because not only does it keep material evidence extremely organized but if done…