Guilty as Charged

a flight from Thailand and was charged the next day with four counts of drug trafficking. He was alleged to have swallowed 70 grams of heroin in small packets in attempt to smuggle them through customs. Olaf Dietrich was found, in his first trial, guilty by a jury of importing no less than a trafficable amount of heroin as pursuant to section 233B of the Customs Act of 1901. Dietrich at first alleged that the drugs had been planted by the police. He was found guilty of two other counts and…

Plea bargaining is an agreement made between the prosecution and the defense that allows the defendant to receive a lesser charge for their crimes if they plead guilty. The prosecution often offers the defendant a reduced sentence. Most of the time, “the defendant agrees to plead guilty in order to avoid a trial and a more severe sentence” (Rennison and Dodge 204). When the defendant agrees to a plea bargain they agree to give up some of their constitutional rights including, the right to a jury…

most crimes that arouse police officers are pity crimes. Nonetheless, they are still crimes. Yet, remands should be for people who can seriously hurt our society because keeping a person detained is a long process. It starts with a person that gets charged, and a police officer decides if the accused will be released or detained. If the person is released, he or she will receive a summons. If the person is detained they…

prosecutor destroyed evidence pointing towards guilt of a defendant. The prosecutor represents the people against those charged with violating laws therefore to also engage in the violation of public safety and laws would be contradictory to a prosecutor’s oath and ethics. This reasoning also follows through to the second scenario in which the defense attorney allows a client to be found guilty. “Society wins not only when the…

The development of Habeas corpus act in 1679 was important as it gave power to the people to be able to stand up for themselves in a court of law. It has played a crucial role in Anglo-American history being used as a safeguard for individual liberty. As it worked as a mechanism to oppose unauthorized pre-trial imprisonment. On October 26, 2001 the United States government declared Habeas corpus was suspended for all those suspected of being involved in the bombing of the Twin towers. Therein…

On March the 30 an all white charged the defendants with rape. Even though testimonies by doctors who had examined the women for rape. Told the jury that there was no sign of rape in either one of the women. During the trial they called Dr. R.R Bridges he testified saying “there was…

case of the Hmong man kidnapping and raping an American woman is one that would be considered of extreme cultural relativism. To be completely honest upon first glance I was appalled and automatically decided that yes this man is indeed guilty and needs to be charged adequately. However, with that being said from a sociological stand point I also know what I value to be morally correct is not viewed in the same context from the view point of other cultures. I want to touch on both sides of this…

The case of David McCallum who at the time of his charge was a sixteen-year-old boy was charged along with his friend Willie Stuckey who where charged for a kidnapping and murder. McCallum and Stuckey were found guilty of kidnapping and killing a young Queens’s man in 1986 and sentenced to 25 years for a crime he did not commit. He served a twenty-eight year sentence before being found not guilty and let out of prison. The main cause of the wrongful conviction was McCallum and Stuckey admitted…

damages that were conducted by the defendant. The jury, therefore, needs to be convinced that the accused is responsible for the alleged offense through submission of enough evidence. Conversely, Criminal actions focus on determining whether the charged committed the unlawful act and to determine the punishment they should…

many people believe it is a defect in the criminal justice system, plea bargaining will always exist. Plea bargaining is a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge. Approximately 90% of criminal cases end in a guilty plea. It is highly likely plea bargaining is involved in most of these cases. There are three categories in terms of plea bargaining, these include: charge bargaining,…