International criminal law

Basically, the act modified the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure to require on going discovery of exculpatory evidence. In previous versions of the law and how the Brady law was applied in Texas, the prosecutor only had to turn over certain evidentiary items but it was based on their determination of what met the Brady requirement (Orr & Rodery, 2015). This legal application of the laws and case laws lead to evidence being withheld by the prosecution. This is typically…

In my situation, this is clearly not trespassing as I was on the public road (not the land only for use by DCTA for the railroad) and I walked on the public street's left shoulder as Texas law allows when there was no sidewalk, which there was not. Still, any ordinary person would have the thought of possibly being arrested when once you cross the railroad tracks with a sign saying not to cross immediately before and then you see a police…

That being a California Drug Court. But unlike the other presented programs, the protocols for each drug court can be different in how they operate. The basic premise of the courts is to replace the generally court process. That being, your criminal proceedings are suspended during your time in the program. And if you complete the program, the charges may be dismissed or if the program was not completed or done to an unsatisfactory degree, then any crimes against you would be reinstated and…

CHECKS AND BALANCES The criminal justice system is comprised of individual components which play a part in the process of justice. Each of the different branches of the United States government, the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, all provide a series of checks and balances meant to keep any one branch from gaining too much power over the accused (Aberle, 2014). All three of these branches work in conjunction to provide the accused an opportunity for the fair application of the justice…

Deviance Biography Theory Application My aunt “Maria”, was involved in deviant behavior as a child, truancy, fighting and so on, which precluded a life and criminal behavior involving drugs and prostitution that is now starting to fade out of her life after thirty years. Her criminal life began with running away and eventual resulted in prostitution, drug dealing, larceny and identity theft from late teens to today. Her action have been recklessness concerning her own life and well being and…

The purpose of Incarceration of offenders and the criminal justice processes in general is to ensure that criminals are punished for their crimes however more recently research has found that this follows with some collateral consequences. The states punishment is projected further than just the offender, social networks associated with the offender become affected. and become secondary victims to the crime, however they are not given as much support as victims are and subsequently Collateral…

The attempted murder of Marc Schiller was very intense and very brutal. Lugo and his gang attempted eight times to capture Marc Schiller and every time they failed to kill him. "Mark Schiller was the perfect victim because he was involved in medical fraud, something that was illegal," said Levine (Troy Roberts). Schiller had been Tased, burned, beaten, pistol-whipped. When the gang was done with him, they made him wash down sleeping pills with liquor, put him behind the wheel and rammed it into…

American’s prisons today have plenty of convicted felonies for criminal reasons. Some may say they deserve it. Some may question it. Prisons have more innocent prisoners then their needs to be. Innocent people are sent to jail every day because of the United States court system, fails to do the right judgment. People today believe that the justice system is broken because of how innocent people getting falsely accused, but some think the court system is fine, and should stay the way it is. Some…

I was working at on the Chicago Transit Authority, (CTA) train station in the customer assistant service department. My job responsibilities included assisting customers with directions and handling of emergency situations, monitoring and handling elevator entrapments, as well as viewing camera film. I assisted and helped people who have fallen on the tracks, dropped things on the tracks. Sometimes my job would just consist of helping people get to their destinations, but mainly the thing I…

behavior and let them off because of how that person was raised? Why does today’s society believe that the law is immune to social class? It doesn’t matter if you are rich or poor the law applies to all social classes. For step 4, the article concludes that the case was transferred to the adult court system and the court specified that Couch (the teen) will remain on probation until 2024. The court of law will further make the determination if his crossing to Mexico violated the original…