Family court

guilty or innocent. A crime can occur even if there is no instant victim. In a civil case a person or company asks a judge to settle their problems. The problem could vary to things like a problem concerning an inheritance, involving a contract, or a family problem, such as a divorce or custody of children. In this case a person can ask a judge for repayment for damage suffered because someone’s fault. There are more differences than there are similarities. When starting a criminal case, the…

not. The aspect of the court proceeding I will go into further detail, is sentencing. When Jodi Arias was mistrialed and then trialed again and found guilty of first degree murder one last step needed to be made. To find out if she will be sentenced to death or live in prison the rest of her life without any parole. As we have learned in our previous discussions, getting put on death row is a process. Not only is it a process but a very slow process. This is because the court system wants to…

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…

journalism podcast hosted by Sarah Augusta Koenig, narrating a nonfiction story about Adnan Masud Syed. Adnan was charged with murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. Hae was a Woodlawn High School senior, who went missing on January 1, 1999. Hea’s family reported her missing that day, after she failed to pick up her cousin at about 15:00 hours. Adnan was found guilty and given a life sentence. His case is full of evidence that was incriminating against him because the evidence found would…

someone. I think her dad raped her because when he was on the stand from the text of the book it seemed as if he knew exactly what happened. It seems as if Mr. Ewell was there because he knew her exact injuries. Another reason I think that the Ewell family will lose the case is because Atticus asked the exact question multiple times, but in different context. When Mayella answered it…

1. Discuss the importance of Mose Wright in the trail and his testimony. Why is his testimony so important and also so frustrating to the outcome of the trial? It was important because even though he was threatened, to be killed by the murders, he still told the jury what happened that night. It is frustrating because even though they had more than enough evidence and with Mose Wright's testimony, to put them in jail for life but they got off home free. Example on page 18, the first sentence,…

In family law disputes, the importance of Magellan is that it is an integrated case-management system that works to reduce trauma for children and that keenly focuses the evidence-gathering and trial processes on ensuring the best outcomes for children who may have been abused or may be at risk of abuse. Background In 1997 the Australian Law Reform Commission and Human Rights Commission conveyed a report ‘Seen but not heard’. Focussing on children’s involvement within the legal process,…

may have been asked to consider this standard for both Clark and Hendersen, although the jury’s attention was more focused on the eyewitness testimony of Womble. In conclusion, both an eyewitness and the reasonable person provide standards in the court of law that are used in determining whether to convict a suspect, as demonstrated by the eyewitness in the State v. Hendersen (2011) case. Unfortunately, both standards are based upon subjective perception. For example, human error in memory…

Marley was tried in County Court of New Hanover and was found guilty of assault and battery and insolence against a white man. He was then sentenced to be whipped twenty-five times. After receiving the punishment, Marley’s master appealed to the Court of Pleas for the same convictions. The court found Marley guilty and sentenced him to the same punishment the County Court gave him, twenty-five stripes. Another appeal was made by Marley’s master to the Superior Court where the Attorney-General of…

Beginning in the 1990s, virtually every state expanded their rules where to juveniles could be tried as adults. In May of last year, The Supreme Court ruled that juvenile offenders who have not been convicted of murder cannot be sentenced to life in prison without any chance of parole. A lot of people today are saying that the court system needs to take in to thought the juveniles psychological development and maturity. Williams’ attorney, said this, “We can never predict the future. I…