Criminal accusation

If politics can be described as a spectacle dominated by candidates attempting to paint a narrative about themselves or their opponent, then prosecutor elections are not an exception. Similar to general elections, prosecutor’s will change their behavior to improve their conviction rates through dismissing cases, taking high-profile cases or increasing trial convictions. In fact, a study about prosecutor elections and trial convictions concluded that “ when an incumbent runs for reelection, the…

Criminals come in all shapes, sizes, ages, and different walks of life. There are so many factors that can contribute to a person being the way that they are. Just as there are so many theories that can explain why a person is involved in the life of crime. Many professionals have come up with many different theories throughout the years to help explain what factors could prompt a person to become a criminal. Six different types of criminals could have six different types of theories to explain…

Garner (2004) quoted a part of the criticism J.W. Cecil Turner directed against this term in his Kenny's Outlines of Criminal Law 77 (16th ed. 1952). Turner described this term as misguiding. According to him, the word inchoate is used to describe an action or something that is not complete. As the crime of incitement in itself is complete and punishable once the utterances…

was been written by Dan Morain and published by the Los Angeles Times on Christmas day in 1995 is one of the articles that exposed the controversies in whether recovered repressed memories are real, authentic, and can be counted upon in cases of criminal convictions and prosecutions. The article also demonstrates how frail a memory can be and how misinformation can contribute to a construct and formation of false memory. The idea of Repressed Memory that traumatic memories…

Some criminals weight the consequences and know what the punishment might, but commit the crime either way. (Tania, 2014). Rational theory applies to all people from different social classes it does not just focus on specific class. It also explains that any person…

When each suspect was interrogated, there was little truth of the confessions. Because they contradicted each other's confession. And the others said that they saw Barr with Matthews the last time she was alive. This accusation made Barr be placed on the blacklist of suspected criminals. Barr was sentenced for 85 years in prison for the murder and sexual assault of Matthews. Barr had been in jail for 14 years until he was exonerated. The false interpretations of Barr have been cleared from…

poor and unethical forensic practices of the Houston Police Department's Crime Lab that may have led to hundreds of wrongly convicted innocent individuals going to prison. The report led to a series of accusations and scandals in the HPD’s Crime Lab, which…

justice system is organized. Kerman was indicted on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering. A conspiracy charge accuses a group of people plotting to commit a crime. The accused are usually brought to court by someone who has exposed their criminal acts in exchange for immunity. Under a conspiracy charge, the defendant is sentenced for the total amount of drugs and crime involved in an operation, not for their own role in it, whether small or big. Even if Kerman were to expose all of the…

proving guilt. The pretrial detention is defined as the detaining of an accused person in a criminal case before the trial as even taken place in court. Normally the reason this type of action takes place is because either failure to post bail, or due to the denial of release under a pretrial detention statue. The tradition in bail is which the defendants favor and accord with the due process model of the criminal justice system. It…

she wants to examine “how repeat offender leave the state’s criminal justice system quickly and commit more crimes,” (Hudetz and Contreras) crimes like police officer shooting. Moreover, after seeing this incident, finally a new three strikes law in New Mexico decided to take action on repeat offenders especially criminals like Davon Lymon, who was charged by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), who filed a criminal complaint against him with a violation of the federal…