Criminal procedure

Before I begin, I would like to take this opportunity to say God Bless America, God Bless the Bill of Rights, and Thank God for the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. The reason for my optimism is due to the fact that 2016 happens to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the renowned Miranda v. Arizona Supreme Court Case. Arguably one of the most influential Supreme Court decisions of our nation’s history, Miranda’s case caused a revision on how authorities from all over the United States would forever…

finding a job a year after they have been released (Pager, 2008). Checking the box on a job application notifying employers of your criminal record has them consider hiring an ex-offender, and most likely leads to them getting denied a job. In addition, spending time in jail and/or prison can create new social networks for ex-offenders with other criminals and could make criminal activity more likely (Schmitt, 2011). With around 95 percent of current prisoners going to be released, having a…

The limiting of access to information is pivotal to a juror maintaining neutrality. Criminal trials begin with the presumption of sanity and the presumption of innocence, however media and 24-hour cable news have created an environment in which innocence and guilt are often times decided in the court of public opinion. “When one considers the modern ease with which anyone, jurors included, can access the Internet with cell phones and other handheld devices, it should not come as a shock that…

Teen courts are a specialized diversion programs for young offenders that would use the court like procedures in the courtroom settings. The only diffrance in this would be that the defense attoryne, the procicusion and the jury are volntarry teenagers between the ages of 13 to 19 that give back by servecing these courts. Teen courts are a senetenciing processe that deal with class c criminal offenses. This trial allows the jury to get to know the offenders and hear all the evidence so that they…

testimonies of numerous defectors, the existing provisions supposed to uphold the right to liberty and security are very often not followed in the DPRK, leaving the alleged criminals without any guarantees to have a fair trial, and in arbitrary detention. Moreover, detainees in short-term prisons are commonly imprisoned without criminal conviction by a court of law. Thus, even though most detainees in the ordinary prison system are convicted to a defined prison term by a court, it is often the…

decision the Supreme Court held that a DNA swab test taken as part of the arrest procedure does not violate the Fourth Amendment because it serves a legitimate state interest and that, “respondent’s expectations of privacy were not offended by the minor intrusion of a brief swab of his cheeks.” (Maryland, Petitioner, v. Alonzo Jay King, Jr., 2013)The Court further held that ascertaining an arrestee’s identity and criminal history are crucial and that a DNA test is as valid and informative as…

According to Doerner and Lab, “the first change was the move by feudal barons to lay a claim to any compensation offenders paid their victims” (5). It was an effort made to provide rulers with more wealth and was therefore accomplished by claiming that criminal acts were made against the state, rather than the victim, ultimately reducing the victim’s role in the justice system. The second factor that contributed to the diminished position of the victim was the transition in society from a more…

Allison D. Kuhn’s article titled “If You Cannot Afford an Attorney, Will One Be Appointed for You?: How (Some) States Force Criminal Defendants To Choose Between Posting Bond and Getting a Court-Appointed Attorney”, published in 2012, provides a critique of the present-day US system of assigning state-provided counsel to indigent defendants. The author focused on the ambiguity of the term ‘indigent’ and criticized the system of indigence determination based on the defendant’s ability to post a…

Drug abuse has a negative impact on society, causing a great deal of pressure on the criminal justice system to strengthen their drug control efforts. Before drugs were introduced into American culture, they were extremely popular among other countries, especially for the treatment of various illnesses. Drugs weren’t always an issue in American…

Such being that criminal law is in the constitution to protect individuals from harm. In this case that occurred on July 27th, 2013 Constable James Forcillo may have put individuals on the streetcar into harm. Many videos on the internet show the security camera footage…