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out Adnan, his family and community were faced with purposeful racism. The prosecutor at the bail hearing, Vicky Wash, spoke of many negative and racist topics about Adnan’s supportive community. She stated that they’d abscond him to Pakistan if the judge allowed Adnan to have bail, and paralleled Adnan’s case to one that was “similar to the present case.” Adnan Masud Syed is an American-born Pakistani teenager with a caring family and community. Wash labels this caring community with many…

Genesco V Visa USA Inc. et al Genesco filed a motion suggesting partial summary judgment several days after Visa U.S.A Inc. filed another motion to dismiss. Genesco’s motion was a request to the court to determine the noncompliance of Visa’s PCI violated contracts made by Visa and the acquiring banks and this surmounted to unenforceable penalties. As a response to Genesco’s motion, Visa managed to raise a total of six defenses. One of the main issues that were raised in Visa’s defense was that…

charges will file if defendants who refuse to waive their rights to a jury trial receive a sentence three times longer than who pled. And with the prevalence of mandatory minimum laws, a prosecutor's charging decisions often dictate a sentence that a judge is powerless to avoid. It is no wonder 97 percent of federal convictions…

criminal justice is building a network of community justice centres that are based on principles of restorative justice (McElrea, 2007). This proposal emerged from the report Restorative Justice – The Long View by Judge Fred McElrea in 2007. In 1990, McElrea was appointed as a youth court judge in the first year of operation of the new youth justice system (McElrea, 2011). In addition to working in the adult district court, McElrea was able to compare the two processes from the experience and…

justice system has many advantages, it can lead to many conflicts in the process of conviction. Primarily, this is due to the misuse of powers the police and judge have been given in order to carry out their discretionary role to protect society. The use of police discretion has been effective in achieving…

is first to make the opening statements, and then the defendant. Evidence is then shared with the jury and witnesses are questioned. Finally, closing statements are made by both the plaintiff and defendant. After the closing statements are made the judge gives…

The quotes “you know my name not my story” and “treat others as you want to be treated” are quotes that will change how people see each other. Prejudice exist in almost everyone’s life and almost everyone has practiced it once or twice. What people don’t think about is how it will affect the other person’s future. In the past, this cruel act lead to catastrophic events. Prejudice impacts individual’s lives tremendously and can lead to various outcomes. Standing up for injustice is one outcome…

Good morning. My name is James Davis, and I am the prosecutor representing Jane Smith, age 36 of Raleigh, North Carolina. Our honorable judge, I trust that you will engage in the entire judging process in a rational, complete way, just as you would as the chief evaluator of any other case under your jurisdiction. After applying relevant rules and significant precedents to our current case, you will undoubtedly arrive at a solution where you will inevitably side with either the husband, the wife,…

will either be granted bail or be held until given a preliminary hearing or grand jury. If the suspect is held, they will stay in the county jail until they are given bail or appear in front of the court. In a hearing, the case is presented to the judge to determine if there is probable cause for a trial, however, in a…

The first drug court was established in Miami-Dade, Florida in 1989 (National Association of Drug Professionals). Drug courts were established because of the “revolving door of drug use” and increasing recidivism rates. Drug courts have the ability to change a person’s life for the better by teaching them how to beat their addictions while providing the proper treatments for each offender. As a result, of the ongoing development of drug courts, it is unfair to expect the system to be…