Guilty as Charged

any individual. Their judgments are only attached to their job, not to the people around them. They spread positive influences throughout society. Magistrates always consider the benefit of the doubt when deciding whether a criminal is innocent or guilty. No other court has this much of a direct authority as much as the magistrates. Some consider the magistrates to have absolute power. Nevertheless, their jurisdiction is limited. The verdicts are confined to the certain classes of offenses.…

When it comes to cases involving sexual harassment, the rule of law does not apply to factors such as money and power, gender and false allegations. Firstly, money and power both play a role in impacting sexual harassment cases, the more money and power a person has, the easier it is for them to break the law and fail to receive any form of consequence. There are many cases of rich and powerful individuals getting away with breaking the law. For example, Ben Affleck admitted to sexual harassing…

police officers become very aware of how prosecutors work their cases. The prosecutor’s options are pretty straightforward: they can drop the charges, they can enter plea negotiations, or they can litigate in court. Most of the people who are charged with a crime will never go to trial. The Bureau of Justice Statistics says that federal prosecutors deny to prosecute anywhere from 11 to 70 percent of their cases. Among other things, these statistics are based on the year it was collected, the…

used by retirees (Eichenwald, 2000). They whole company was found guilty of numerous counts of fraud with fines totaling at 1.7 billion dollars (Eichenwald, 2000). 243 people, including doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals were thought to be suspects and questioned. They were taking money from health care, psychotherapy, and pharmacy. More than 44 people in Florida were arrested (Eichenwald, 2000). The company plead guilty to charges of them cheating the government health care…

Apology During the 428 B.C. to 348 B.C., in Athens Greece, wise man maned, Plato lived during 428 B.C. to 348 B.C. During that time, In 399 B.C, there was a Apology of Socrates, which was a trial during which the philosopher Socrates , where he was charged with many charges, he was able to defended himself..The Apology recreates the speech that Socrates made during the trial. The term “apology” that was used in the Socrates and Plato, has a different meaning from it is now. In the time of…

The punishment and sentencing for crimes is a topic the solely varies case by case. Each case has its own severity to which a motion is carried out after someone is found guilty of any crime. Sentencing and punishments have been talked about in recent years. Sentences vary even when they are considered the same crime it just all depends on the different single aspects of it. Two people may have committed the same crime of stealing but in one case no one was held at gunpoint. That one little…

over a crime they committed? Well thats the insanity defense for you. It has been around for over two-hundred years and since then it has had several reforms brought to it. It was brought around to help the mentally ill, allowing them to plead not guilty to a crime because they lacked the mental capacity to understand right from wrong or appreciate why what they did was wrong. Basically it states they aren’t criminally responsible for their actions; therefore they are sent to mental facilities…

on a man who is charged with premeditated murder and sentenced to death by guillotine. The book starts off with the death of the central character, Meursault’s, mother. In the very beginning of the book we are introduced to Meursault’s peculiar behavior. During his trial his nonchalant behavior after Maman’s death becomes the courts main focus and the basis determination of whether he is guilty or innocent. By using Fletcher I will explore the context of the idea of being guilty and by using…

injury, which leads to his death. Narvaez invaded with the goal of gold and passage to the pacific ocean. They landed taking control of the land and started waging war unless they converted to Christianity. Natives of the New World resisted getting charged guilty for the deaths and injuries of the Spaniards. Narvaez starts negation with on chiefs inviting his family. The leader during his meeting with Narvaez led to his nose cut off and his wife got tore apart by dogs. The Spanish entered…

Throughout the book, Just Mercy, the encounters Bryan Stevenson had with inmates was eye-opening to me. When one looks at the criminal justice system as a whole, every person convicted of their crime is looked upon as rightfully guilty. After reading, Just Mercy, that is clearly not the case. There are many people put into jail or even death row for crimes they did not even commit. The case with Walter McMillian is a perfect example of this. He was convicted of a murder that he did not commit…