Jury trial

court process can improve justice. Open court with public hearing is to ensure the enforcement of integrity within the law, the honesty of the evidence, and the information conveying to the public. (The principle of open justice)Publicity of courts trials can also lead to the trust and accountability of public. Rinehart v Welker [2011] NSWCA 403 at [32] (Bathurst CJ and McColl JA), citing Scott v Scott [1913] AC 417 (at 463) Why are some courts closed to the public, that is, held in camera?…

probation and has severed community service for committing the crime. Moore was now suing for Punitive damages and mental anguish for damages that were occurred during the accident. Whitley then began to ask the jurors a series of questions and the jury members started to respond to the questions by raising their hands. I was very surprised that people were actually being themselves and replying to the plaintiff’s questions…

boundaries between race relations and the effect of an all-white jury during the high peaks of the civil rights movement. The film revolves around a young man, most likely Puerto Rican although his ethnicity is never disclosed, who is convicted of killing his father. Before you are introduced in the film, the prosecution has already laid down the motive, the murder weapon, the witnesses, and the accused. All that’s left is the trial. The movie starts with…

lack of jury duty diversity. In 1986 and 1988, two federal sentencing laws were enacted that made the punishment for distributing crack cocaine 100 times greater than the…

Prosecuting Juveniles Intro: It was a frigid morning in February 2009 in Wampum, Pennsylvania when cops found Kenzie Houk dead with a single gunshot wound to through her brain. She was nearly nine months pregnant. In a shocking twist the murderer turned out to be the eleven year old Jordan Brown, her fiance’s son. He was charged with two counts of homicide, one for Houk and one for her unborn child, making him one of the youngest suspects in American history to be charged with homicide. In…

sixty minute spots I watch when nothing else is on, where they get through everything as quick as possible, the ‘bad guy’ gets his comeuppance, and everything is wrapped up in a neat little bow that very day. All of these were wrong of course. The trial was already in day two by the time…

Victim impact statements have long been a controversial issue among the justice system resulting in numerous debates and studies to obtain a conclusion regarding trial results. A victim impact statement (VIS) occurs during the sentencing phase of a trial which allows the victim or secondary victims to express the financial, physical, and psychological impact subsequently the crime. When victim impact statements are presented in court, regarding the content as irrelevant, longer sentences are…

Cannon’s death because of smoke inhalation but added that his death was also due to multiple blunt force injuries and ethanol intoxication. Miller was arrested and sent to trial. A jury trial found Miller guilty of capital murder and gave him a mandatory sentence of life without parole. Miller’s defense attorney motioned for a new trial arguing that the sentence to life with parole violated Miller’s Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Circuit Court denied the initial motion, which led to…

The American Criminal Justice System follows a series of events in response to crime. Individuals, families, associations, corporations, industries, institutions, and the media initiate the first response to any crime. In the United States, citizens are able to engage in the criminal justice process by informing the police of a crime and through participating in court by being a witness or a juror. Through voting and paying taxes, citizens also aid in the policymaking process of the criminal…

In Arlington Teen Court, defendants are assessed by the jury and sentenced to community service hours or a set number of jury terms for their offense. In addition, the judge may order additional sanctions such as: an apology letter, essays, theft intervention class, counseling, anger management, or a drug intervention class to complete. One…