Family court

through the juvenile justice system and also serving time for their crimes. No Matter How Loud I Shout provides a clear and vivid picture in readers mind about the juvenile system and how it operates. It shows readers how unjust some situations in court can be. Humes spent a year researching California’s juvenile justice system and his book was inspired by his experience. In this book, No Matter How Loud I Shout, certain questions come to the readers mind such as, “Is Judge Dorn being…

Within this assignment I will be outlining why it is that children and young people may need to be looked after away from their families. I will also be discussing the procedures involved in taking children into care. I will also be discussing what a care order is and how, why and when they are put into place. I will also be discussing and explaining the different reasons and scenarios that could result in a child having a care order put in place. I will also be discussing the different rights…

Magistrate courts are lower courts in the hierarchy of courts in England and Wales where all criminal proceedings starts. Some civil matters such as family proceedings are also dealt with by the Magistrates court. While the Magistrate court has limited sentencing powers, more serious crimes such as rape and murder cases are passed on to the Crown court which has more sentencing powers and wide range of punishments. Appeals on cases decided by the crown courts usually go to a high court, court of…

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…

For my interview I chose to ask my grandfather, Papa to me and Tom Conley to everyone else, to answer some questions about serving on jury duty. My grandpa is 75 and suffering from severe parkinson 's disease, while living at an assisted living facility in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. In his earlier years he worked as a successful and witty car salesman, who could make anyone laugh or smile from his hilarious - and socially unacceptable- jokes or comments. I was not sure that he would be up for…

to the Supreme Court. Since plea-bargains for drug courts involve a greater need of coercion than normal court process due to the limited options available, it is considered a leveraging power to help drug users take advantage of the necessary treatment provided. However, the excessive use of coercion has led to many drug offenders entering treatment that are considered understaffed and over capacity (Parsons & Wei, 2015). The excessive use of coercion has also forced a drug courts to choice in…

County Civil Court. I heard five misdemeanors cases in those ninety minutes I was in there. The courtroom was filled with different type of employees. There was the Judge,the security and the lawyers. There were also police officers bringing in the people who were in custody. They will make sure is them and they would call them up and take a picture of their eyes. They made sure it got cleared and after that the person in custody could speak with their lawyer. There was also the court reporter…

Angelique Lavallee was a 21 year-old woman, who was charged with murder after shooting her spouse in the back of the head while he was leaving the bedroom. Kevin Rust, her spouse, had threatened to kill her that night and loaded the gun for her. But instead Ms. Lavallee ending up shooting him that night with the intentions of missing. The psychiatric, Dr. Shane, did an assessment stated her as being terrorized by her partner such as physical, sexual, emotional and verbal abusive. Therefore, in…

On the day of Friday October 21st, 2016, at the scene of Mays Landing Court House inside the Criminal Division court room, the Honorable Judge Damon G. Tyner, JSC presided. Throughout the day Judge Tyner observed both sentencing as well as motion cases. Before arriving to the court house I reflected on my expectations; I was expecting to see this large courtroom with ten to twelve rows and massive windows. I expected to hear no talking while the Judge spoke, I also expected most to be dressed…

increasingly limited after a sale has occurred. Indeed, “[a]fter [a foreclosure] sale, the borrower is ordinarily limited to raising procedural irregularities in the conduct of the sale.” Thomas v. Nadel, 427 Md. 441, 442-43 (2012) (holding that a trial court may sustain “exceptions to the foreclosure sale on the ground that the deed of trust securing the consolidation loan was invalid.”). Procedural irregularities that may be raised via post-sale exceptions are generally limited to issues…