District attorneys

stop discrimination on behalf of minority citizens. The American people manipulated the Fourteenth Amendment to allow equal rights in the form of “separate but equal.” The Westminster case brought attention to segregation in the California school districts toward children of Mexican descent. The Brown case brought attention to the Courts that segregated school facilities are not equal and in fact has a detrimental affect in Negro children. Below I will discuss the two cases and list the four…

As a surprise, forensic science error is the second leading cause of wrongful convictions. This could be due to how forensic scientists or forensic examiners present the evidence. Invalidated or improper forensic science contributed to the wrongful convictions of about half of DNA exonerations. (innocence) Though there has been a significant increase with science over the years, there are still issues with other forensic techniques, such as hair microscopy, firearm tool mark analysis, bite mark…

Should the Death Penalty Stay? Death is certainly the ultimate punishment. The death penalty needs to be implemented in our society because it is the most terminal punishment for the most horrific crimes. A few years back, i was coming home from school. It had been a great day, just as they normally had been that school year. I walked into my living room, to see that my mother was staring in awe at the television with CNN blaring. There had been a huge terror attack in Boston that day. It was…

Lawyers Association, three members nominated by the Tennessee Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, three members nominated by the Tennessee Bar Association, five lawyer members that are not criminal or personal injury attorneys, three members nominated by the Tennessee District Attorney 's Conference and three non-lawyer members. The three non-governmental nominating organizations must have a representative for Eastern, Middle, and Western Tennessee. (Judicial Selection Commission…

Supreme Court when both sides appealed in 1970. The case started off in three judge courts for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The decision in this court ruled in the favor of Roe, stating that a woman's choice was protected by the ninth and fourteenth amendments and that Texas’ abortion laws were void. The plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court, but the district court denied an injunction. Both sides of the case filed appeals to the United States Court of Appeals…

“Another African American man accused of rape and murder”, a quite often used headline in the 1980’s. Clarence Brandley was wrongfully accused of the rape and murder of 16 year old Cheryl Dee Ferguson in 1980. Brandley was a custodian at Conroe High School in Conroe, Texas. Him and another custodian, Henry Peace, found the limp body in a loft above the auditorium. At age 29, Brandley was wrongfully convicted and punished with the death penalty. This case survived as a rather eye-catcher case to…

Timmerman filed a motion to quash the bindover. The district court denied the motion and held that the admission of Mrs. Timmerman’s statements did not violate Mrs. Timmerman’s constitutional rights. Mr. Timmerman appealed the district courts denial of his motion. Issue: Whether a spousal testimonial privilege was violated when attorneys used out-of-court statements made by spouse to convict spouse’s partner. Ruling: Since the spousal testimonial…

As new assistant district attorney, Heffernan was tasked with reviewing a case on whether or not it should be retried. The defendant had been found guilty of murder; however, during the course of the trial the judge had made a legal error. The defendant had given testimony that he had reacted in self-defense. The defendant’s attorney had requested that the judge instruct the jury in what is considered justifiable use of deadly force and then let the jury decide whether the defendant had spoken…

atrocities black men face when entering the court seeking equal and fair trial. The attorney for Zimmerman, Mark Omara has a obligation to his client to present a case that would clear Zimmerman. Therefor, this paid assassin is not to be faulted by his or her actions. The law as…

Salinas was free to leave and was not giving Miranda warnings. He was than charge later for the crime and trail guilty of murder. (Alito, leranlebertyedu, 2012) Issue: Do the district attorney violate an accused offenders Fifth Amendment’s right to forced confession when evidence is used of his or her silence against them even if the evidence comes from questioning before the offender or offenders are taken into authority custody.…