McMartin preschool trial

The United States juvenile court system has come a long way throughout the years. There has been many significant cases in the juvenile system that set the standard for what the system is now. Cases such as Kent vs. United States, In re Gault, and In re Winship are examples of major cases that challenged state rulings and later changed the technicalities of future, similar cases because they called upon the Supreme Court to change or state the rules. These three cases built some of the framework…

However, there are numerous ways in which a trial can be dismissed and considered a mistrial for certain occurrences that could unfairly skew the outcome of a case. This can commonly happen as a result of bias from a juror that has been selected. Jurors have a profound amount of responsibility in…

the play, Juror 8 is shown to act on his conscious and value of human life to come to conclusions on the trial of events rather than to judge defendant based on his background which is how the other jurors proceed to come to conclusions. Similarly in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, Atticus does not just defend Tom Robinson, an African American accused of rape, at his trial, but instead does what he believes is right; he defends equality and civil rights. When he accepts…

Drug Court is a successful option for many addict offenders. The Drug Court program focuses on rehabilitation for the root of offenders problems. Unlike regular probation, Drug Court allows the offender to have a more focused experience in the court system. Drug Court requires the participants to test negative on a urinalysis report weekly and also to participate in AA/NA groups or other recovery self-help groups. Through Drug Court, offenders are treated with the expectation of treatment being…

being advised to the contrary. In addition, defendants can change their plea, and sometimes the prosecution will accept the plea to avoid a costly and lengthy trial after the trial begins. Usually, defendants would sit close to their counsel in court, but victims often may sit in the audience. According to Pollock (2012), when the trial is over, and during the sentencing phase, the defendant is allowed to speak directly to the victim and the family. Usually, this is when the defendant is…

Simons, the topic of memories are discussed in both of the works. Unreliable memories can affect our court system and the people involved in the trials. In our society, criminals are tried in court more often than not and the courts require eyewitness testimony from people at to scene of the crime to help convict the person being tried. However, most trials don’t happen immediately after the crime and it could take up to a year or even longer. That could lead to many inaccuracies in those…

Introduction Ullsperger, Bylsma, and Botvinick (2005) investigated a phenomenon called conflict adaptation, which refers to the pattern in which the difference in response times between incongruent and congruent trials in a basic flanker task is smaller when the current trial follows an incongruent trial. At the time of their study, there was a debate in the field concerning what drives this effect. A previous study by Botvinick, Nystrom, Fissell, Carter, and Cohen (1999) argued that this…

were agreeing to. This is particularly important when a defendant pleads not guilty or no contest, because they are waiving their right to a speedy and public trial. Public defenders are also looking out for people’s rights. When they make objections during prelims or trials they are ensuring the defendant is getting a fair hearing/trial. Previous to this I had no real experience with local politics other than accompanying someone to court for a traffic violation. I admit that everything just…

After reading the Devil’s Knot written by Mara Leveritt and watching the trial in class and analyzing all the evidence in the case I’m sure a lot will agree with me that in this case the evidence was very poor. The sentence was not justified or supported with enough evidence. In a case with this magnitude in which minors were involved people would think that the jury would take a close look at the evidence and lead the decision from there which in my opinion did not happen. Most people were…

written as a screenplay by Reginald Rose, and now considered a cinematic classic, Twelve Angry Men chronicles the story of twelve jurors who must come together to deliberate the guilt, and ultimately determine the fate of an eighteen-year-old boy on trial for the murder of his father. In particular, the movie focuses on one dissenting juror, Juror 8, who initially appears to be the sole person not absolutely convinced of the boy’s guilt, and follows his journey of convincing the other eleven…