Jury trial

“We the jury in the above entitled action, find the defendant, Orenthal James Simpson, not guilty of the crime of murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, a human being.” The courtroom was filled with gasps, tears, cries of joy, and many hugs.“We the jury in the above entitled action, find the defendant, Orenthal James Simpson, not guilty of the crime of murder of Ronald Lyle Goldman, a human being.” More weeping and celebrations followed the second verdict. The final decision had been made. After…

Primal Fear is a movie about a well knows Archbishop that was murdered. The police arrested a young altar boy that they believe killed the archbishop because he was caught fleeing the scene covered in his blood. In the movie I noticed the attorney wanted to defend the young boy, but he knew the boy would not be able afford his service. So when the attorney went to see the boy he told him he would defend him pro bono. Pro bono is when someone gives their services for free. (Page 185) At the…

The film “12 angry men” takes place in a courthouse in New York City. There is a trial going on involving a boy that is being charged for murdering his father. His sentence if guilty is the electric chair. The only thing that is deciding his fate, is the jury 's verdict. Guilty or non-guilty? These twelve men of the jury will have to discuss and go over evidence to decide the boy 's fate. When the men sit down in the room it is very obvious that, most of the men do not want to be here. Also…

the article “Trial Lawyers Cater to Jurors’ Demands for Visual Evidence,” the author Sylvia Hsieh focuses on how lawyers want the case to happen, how visual evidence can be helpful, and how it can be harmful to the case. First the author Hsieh explains how lawyers expect others to understand how the current case happened. Lawyers have a good understanding and focus towards the case and know how they can explain how their client is innocent to the crime at hand, but it is harder for a Jury to…

prediction were brought to attention when the jury put to question the time it took for the old man to get from his room to the hall to see the boy run away this was brought up by Juror #8. This was a question of prediction since it discussed if something was…

The system of state courts is quite diverse; virtually no two states have identical judiciaries. In general, however, the states, like the federal government, have a hierarchically organized system of general courts along with a group of special courts. The lowest level of state courts, often known generically as the inferior courts, may include any of the following: magistrate court, municipal court, justice of the peace court, police court, traffic court, and county court. Such tribunals,…

racist treatments of blacks within the state resulted in a one day trial and 8 of the 9 young men…

The article, Racially Based Jury Nullification: Black Power in the Criminal Justice System is written by Paul Butler and in his essay he writes about four major topics describing the racial influence in jury decisions. He also writes about the ways in which we can prevent theses racial based jury decisions. In my essay, I will be summarizing Butler’s article and analysing the way he approaches the criminal cases against African-Americans. Furthermore, I will describe my opinion of the way he…

There are two types of juries that are used in federal court proceedings and trials. The jury of a court can either be a grand jury or a trial jury. Said juries are used in a variety of ways and under certain conditions. The grand jury decides whether there was enough probable cause to send the suspect to trial. If the grand jury decided that indeed there was a sufficient amount of incriminating evidence that could prove the guilt of the suspect, the arrestee is then indicted and taken to…

be drowning in cases and the right to a speedy trial under the 6th amendment would be virtually impossible. The court system in the United States is already overloaded with cases waiting to be heard, and the added cases resulting in the elimination of plea bargaining would be catastrophic for the criminal justice system. What plea bargaining does is allow the prosecutor to offer a lesser charge and, in turn, the defendant waives their right to a trial. It allows the court system to move along…