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prosecution would easily prevail, and the sole judgement of the defense attorney who assumed guilt, rather than the public judgement of the jury and judge, would control our justice system. By this I mean that, refusing to represent anyone who you assume to be guilty, the total system would fail because the prosecution would easily win, since the jury or judge would never hear “both sides” of a case. Consequently the decision to not represent the client (assuming guilt), would automatically…

Well, I guess I'll just sit here and see how the next four years play out. I think it's pretty safe to say that AHA is gone and that Trump will nominate at least one new SC judge. Currently, we have three judges that are over 75 years old, two of which are over 80. Plus one vacancy. That could amount to an incredible shift in the Courts balance of power. The NAFTA is likely gone, which might bring back some manufacturing jobs, but not as many as Trump supporters think. The Trans Pacific…

In 2006 the judge ruled in the prosecutor's favor, and finally in 2009 Alcala faced trail once again that would last more than five hours. However, at this trial Alcala was acting as his own attorney who would address himself as Mr. Alcala asking the questions in a deeper voice and then would answer them. He only provided one alibi which was for the Samsoe kidnapping and that he was at Knott’s Berry Farm, but did not offer defense for the other four cases. The charm that attracted the women and…

Recently, I watched the movie Philadelphia, which was directed by Jonathan Demme in 1993. Mr. Demme has won an oscar, directed over fifty films, including Silence of the Lambs. He also was/is a big proponent of informing citizens about gay rights and the effects of HIV/AIDS. This movie is about a lawyer (named Andrew Beckett), who is gay and has HIV. In the beginning of the storyline he does all that he can to hide these aspects about himself, but a colleague of his notices the one symptom of…

$5000, and arson. The accused was sentenced four months in custody, no probation or other conditions imposed. This was largely due to the fact that the his behaviour was “well into the middle or upper range of seriousness for offences”. Moreover, the judge found he was “expecting something to happen”. Although, the crimes Deepre committed were of the serious nature, the accused received a sentence that would not drastically change his life. On the other hand, it would strictly impose appropriate…

automatic transfer law. The automatic transfer is a mandatory transfer to the adult system if certain criteria are met: age, violent felony, and previous criminal record. The second law is referred to as Judicial-discretion, which allows the juvenile judge to make the decision on whether to keep the case in juvenile court or transfer it into the adult courts. Lastly, there is a law referred to as prosecutorial-discretion. Prosecutorial-discretion revolves around the prosecutor deciding on…

In the diagram, first we divide the program into two main parts that get to the courtroom: public area and restricted area. People from the restricted area and the public area meet in courtrooms, where are in the middle. When we jump into the site, what we find interesting is that the surrounding districts can divide into civic district and Bunker Hill. Based on the massing and context, we decided to utilize this unique site condition, in order to continue the double face strategy. In this way…

“This is the end of this business of centralization, and I want you to go back and tell the president that we’re not going to let this government centralize everything.” (oyez.org) Brandeis also opposed Roosevelt’s proposition of adding one additional judge to the Supreme Court for every member who had reached the age of seventy and had not retired. This was known as the court-packing scheme, and it would grant the President more power since he had the authority of appointing individuals to the…

until proven guilty,” it’s both humiliating and laughably ironic that over 97% of cases that make it to court are still prematurely abridged (Walsh). In these, defendants are never aided by an attorney, tried in front of a jury, or even sentenced by a judge. Rather, these cases end with a plea bargain: an agreement struck between a defendant and a prosecutor that trades an admission of guilt in exchange for a lighter sentence. In stark contrast with the original, constitutional ideals of due…

when being compared to the male police officers. What could also help with corruption is the second institutions that needs to be reformed and it is the judicial system Judicial System Reform. When looking into the judicial system of Colombia one can see that it is underfunded especially when compared to the military. In Plan Colombia that the Clinton administration gave to the Republic of Colombia it was supposed to put some of the money towards the Judicial System and it did but not enough.…