International Criminal Court

Brazil also permits provisional detention for up to five days under specified conditions during an investigation, but a judge may extend this period. Amnesty International also reports that “every year prison inspectors find that authorities improperly or illegally detained thousands of individuals. In some cases, individuals waited years for a court to rule on the merits of their case.” (amnestyusa.org). In order for these violations to be stopped the violent police officers need to be…

Over 100 kids had a session with Kee McFarlane with Children’s Institute International (CII). Eighty percent of the kids said to have been violated in one way or the other. This news spread like wildfire with the media following this case very closely. It seemed like there was no way that the Buckey/MacMartin family were getting…

recognized by plenty international human rights instruments, including the ‘Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ (United Nations, 1948) – that is part of the very essence of legislation and must be respected and should not be undermined by all judicial system. In contrast to common beliefs, innocent and error do not exist as a rare case in capital trials. A study carried out by Liebman et al. (2002)…

Canada’s experience as an international relative has been a brief and recent development compared to many other countries. Due to the heroic efforts done in part by Canadian soldiers in World War One, Canada was gifted the statue of Westminster. This gift signaled the end of British primacy to our foreign policy, and crafted Canada’s foreign strategy that has been known around the world for many decades. Canada’s role in World War two to help aid in the fight of Nazism and Fascism played a…

the circumstances, and the death penalty should be outlawed all together due to all the expenses and risks involved. Reggie Clemons was convicted and sentenced to death in 1991 for the rape and murder of sisters – Julie and Robin Kerry (Amnesty International). The problem happens to be the evidence used against him was not illegal and he should not have been…

My case was over Corey Kessler. He was 15 and charge in a adult court with first-degree International homicide. 10 months later Criminal Court jurisdiction transferred Kessler`s case to juvenile court. Then the court appeals reversed. Kessler had the right to "reverse waiver". He has to show preponderance of the evidence if he can not show proof then he will be retained for prosecution in Criminal Court. They found Ronald Adams in his apartment in fetal position with blood all over him and his…

and allow criminals to go unpunished altogether. (Founder’s Constitution, Amendment VIII, Document 10) Jefferson’s plea would be the first of many challenges to the death penalty. The bill would fail to pass, but it laid ground for future cases to point out the flaws with the United States’ use of the death penalty. The Wilkerson v. Utah case in 1879 would be the first to argue that a specific method of execution was cruel and unusual punishment, thereby making it unconstitutional. The court did…

What makes an average judge decide to turn corrupt? How many courtrooms follow corrupt practices? What can the impact be when judges lack a sense of public duty? It may be difficult to find the answers to questions that provoke so much guilt, but finding them means relief. Relief for Americans who do not trust rulings and need help to understand them, or receive another hearing. The grandest moment in recent corruption history for the United States government dates back to the 1960’s when…

Some people were being executed based on random choice or personal desire, rather than any reason or system. “The justices of the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, decided that the death penalty was indeed being applied in arbitrary, inconsistent ways, clearly a situation in which racism could prevail unchecked.”(Stewart 59) According to Amnesty International, “The death penalty legitimizes an irreversible act of violence by the state and will inevitably claim innocent victims.” The drastic…

Federal Police to vote unanimously to reinforce the State and Federal government to hold a referendum in terms of reintroducing capital punishment. Although, incapacitation appears attractive from the society’s perspective of removing the risk of criminals re-offending their crimes, escaping prison and threatening the safety of others, especially prison officers. The rate of recidivism of murder is at its lowest of all offences. Therefore, Commonwealth countries agree that death penalty is not…