combat it. The Innocence Project works at exonerating individuals who have been falsely convicted. In 2006, Richard Leo stated that over 170 DNA exonerations of convictions, approximately 20 to 25 percent of which resulted in whole or in part from police- induced false confessions. This shows that about one out of every four exoneration cases is due to a false confession. This is clearly a very prevalent problem facing the criminal justice system…
In case one, State of California vs Turner, Brock Turner, 20-year-old Caucasian male and was a resident in California was charged with rape of three out of five counts in 2015, penal code PC261 (a)(3), PC261 (a)(4), PC220 (a)(1), PC289 (e), PC289 (d) (Official California Legislative Information , 1993). Turner was found guilty in March of three felony charges: assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated/unconscious person PC220 (a)(1), penetration of an intoxicated person PC289 (e), and…
variety of corporations; he even worked on the Apollo space shuttle reentry vehicles. Congress cut funding six months later, and Mr. Havens lost his job. Living in an Indian Village, he became a reserve officer for Detroit; then he went to the police academy. The police academy is where he learned about how to conceal and use a weapon because he had training about the proper components; any citizen was allowed transport of a weapon as long as it is unloaded, stored from one abode to another.…
most uncommon mental illnesses are: Capgras Syndrome, Fregoli Syndrome, Cotard Delusion syndrome, Reduplicative Parmnesia Syndrome, Alien Hand Syndrome, i.e. As you can see some of these disorders maybe common to everyday individuals, but how can police officers serve and protect society when they are unaware of some of these mental disorders. Those in law enforcement can only go through so much training to learn how to handle and deescalate confrontation with an individual who…
I find prosecutions and penalties as one of the most important concerns raised in the report as the issue is that currently we do not have any credible threat of prosecutions for violations of the Labour Relations Act, they are rare and many cases get dismissed or accommodated (C.M. Mitchell., J.C. Murray, pg. 107, 110). This is proven as from the years of 2004-2014 the OLRB had thousands of unfair labour practice complaints filed, but from 10 years only 29 applications were given consent to…
Today in the United States, the Second Amendment is a largely controversial debated topic by roughly every politician. The Second Amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791. It states “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” (Masters). There are various inputs to this enormous problem, on the bare surface it seems as if a large proportion of this input is contributed by society; or that is…
Social media is a strong investigative tool in some police departments such as Delhi. The traffic police department in Delhi created a Facebook page that allows the public to participate as digital informants. It is through the Facebook page that civilians have been posting photos of traffic violations that the police review later for possible citations. This represents one of the main ways that social media is being used to control…
about serving society and protecting those who cannot protect themselves. I am born and raised in Southern California. I know the community well and feel like, as a police officer I would be protecting a home that I know and care for deeply. As a member of an ethnic minority I have always been keenly aware that interactions with the police are fraught with fear and tension, and the distrust of law enforcement has built up in my own ethnic community in recent years. However, I strongly desire to…
Although in The Lost Honor of Katherina Blum, there’s a more obvious line between good and bad people and their actions. In this film, police and the press are the negative side and Katharina is the heroine. But at the same time, we can see that there’s one or two good police officers, and also people who are Katharina’s “friends,” all of them are not really that much of good people. But this line is not as obvious in Marianne and Juliane. In this movie…
predictive policing. The predictive policing technology is becoming increasingly effective today in arresting crime perpetrators. Advocates say this approach focuses on those most likely to commit crimes, allowing for better relationships between police and residents. The little independent evidence available also suggests that these systems may not actually improve community…