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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…

Thousands of friends, family and fans gather each with pride, happiness, and their cameras to capture the exciting moments of the bright and sunny April afternoon of the 2013 Boston Marathon. Their excitement is booming through the elated crowd and spreading like a wildfire. Sweat and tears are flying from exhausted runners and their long 26.2 mile journey to the finish. Everyone is so caught up in the moment, how could anything possibly go wrong? Needless to say, the detonation of two bombs was…

Dietrich was tried in Victorian County Court on three counts, one of which was importing into Australia more than a trafficable quantity of heroin. The trial lasted approx. 40 days, and throughout these days, he was unable to afford legal representation and was made to go to trial without counsel…

case did not meet the requirements to be held in federal court, and like this was hears in the State Courts. Because the defendant was being tried for First-degree rape, which is a felony, the trial was held in Superior Court. The Superior Court has original jurisdiction in felony cases. As most Criminal Cases in Criminal Superior Court in North Carolina, this case was tried before a twelve-person jury and was presided over by a superior court judge.…

assistance in ending her life (CBC News, 2012). After petitioning the Supreme Court of British Colombia to allow her to die with the assistance of a physician for one year, Gloria Taylor became the first Canadian to be granted an exemption from the law that prohibited individuals from receiving physician-assisted death. However, while evaluating the decision to allow Taylor to acquire physician-assisted death, the Supreme Court of British Colombia failed to assess the mental condition of the…

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…

A court house is where a lot legal issues are resolved or deferred to another court or a higher authority. However, the individuals who make up the court range from a clerk all way to a judge. These individuals all have different jobs in which make the court run smoothly. With the court system everything needs to be organized and have a systematic approach. In this paper I will be discussing an individual who works with the Middlesex County Superior Court in the Civil Law Division, her title is…

a law created (I believe) around twenty years before the time this movie takes place says you can not be fired for disability. But, AIDS counts in that realm due to other cases that have been tried in courts around the nation. These cases give Andrew a real chance in getting his case heard in court, and without them, he would have had an even steeper up-hill battle to…

The process of the criminal justice system A juror was sitting on a jury for a trial of a man accused of robbing a bank. There was not enough evidence to convict him, so the jury had to declare him not guilty. When the foreman announced, “Not guilty!” the defendant jumped to his feet. “Cool!!” he shouted. “Does that mean I get to keep all the cash?” (Author unknown) Our justice system worked exactly the way the criminal justice system was designed to work. People are innocent until proven guilty…

that case did not show how the court was inconsistence on paper, ensuring that he could not prove neither discrimination on an employment application and not even a corrupt judicial system. Thus, this particular case was thrown out and the court system was not seen as the bad guy in this court case. People of this state continue to see how the judicial system keeps this doctrine in place with not just bankruptcy proceedings, but in any case that tries to deter the courts. On the other hand,…