Plea bargain

Dylan Lankford English II 12/12/16 “Arkansas” LOTF Essay There are many instances of children killing other kids, adults, and even their own family members. A tough question that countries and states have to decide is when these children should be accountable for their crimes. The age varies from country to country, some allowing kids to be responsible for criminal actions at the age of 7 while others are much higher such as 16, or 18. In the article “Arkansas Boys Who 5 are sentenced” by Rick…

Our The U.S. justice system was created so everyone could have equal rights and be judged fairly; then why is it sparking fear in us? An estimated 40,000-100,000 people are wrongfully convicted of crimes in the US currently (and are still being held in prison for “their crimes”), and 130 people are wrongfully convicted and on death row as of 2013. It is not right and there are reasons why it can not be trusted. Evolving forensic science has led countless people to walk free over the years as…

diabetic episode admitted on Thursday to resulting criminal charges. Eric T. Troyer, 37, formerly of 625 Kenton Alley, Millersburg, pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to assault and aggravated menacing. In exchange for his guilty plea, four additional charges of aggravated menacing were dismissed. Troyer's plea came on the heels of a psychological evaluation after which he was found to be competent to stand trial. He is scheduled to return to court on March 15 for sentencing, at…

prove that the prosecution had created a biased jury. This chapter also highlights the most important aspects of the trial, and how strict it is in its procedure, and how the Constitution protects a defendant from involuntarily confessing and taking a plea like in the Alford…

Young Canadians only represent 13% of the licensed driver population, they account for approximately one quarter of motor vehicle injuries and fatalities (Parachute 2016). The most common way for young people to die in Canada is being the driver or the passenger in a motor vehicle, the death rate for drivers ages 15-24 is higher than every other age group and about three times the rate of drivers 35-44 years of age (State Farm 2016). The safety of young drivers is a major concern to the public…

The Road to Justice The road to justice has many twist and turns, many cleverly disguised paths that lead to dead ends, and continues to narrow the further one travels along the right path. The word justice has many different and conflicting connotations of revenge and being fair. The Webster’s New World College Dictionary defines justice as: The quality of being righteous; rectitude, impartiality; fairness, the quality of being right or correct, sound reason; rightfulness; validity, reward…

Throughout the course of a probation officers’ career, their moral integrity is tested each day. Although there are a numerous amount of officers who act ethically on a daily basis, there are almost as many who act unethically. This paper examines a single incident where Meaghan Fields let her temptation and longing for love dictate her actions. These actions ultimately violated the zero tolerance policy (and other laws as well) that were upheld by her department. The issue with enforcing the…

Critical Analysis of The Plea Jeremy Reid Houston Community College Abstract The paper is a critical analysis of the video “The Plea” by Frontline that was aired on 06/17/2004. The criminal justice system uses plea bargains that give a defendant the option to take a lesser charge or to challenge the charge with the risk of a high penalty if found guilty. Not all people how take a plea bargain are guilty. The video tries to show the failure of the criminal justice system. The author uses…

regarding plea bargaining being right and proper. Like any tool utilized to find a solution, or to compromise, plea bargaining can be abused. A majority of the time I feel that plea bargaining is a great tool that allows for a reduction in the number of trails that judges oversee (Plea Bargaining, 2009). Moreover, I believe that our justice system is flooded and congested with pending trials and lacks the resources needed to pursue each trial with an equal amount of attention (Plea Bargain,…

With how controversial plea bargains can be for defendants’ fates, looking at the use of plea bargains in federal crack cocaine sentences is examining two levels of the American criminal system that is unjust for many. It was in 2007 when the U.S. Sentencing Commission, after “lobbying Congress in vain for ten years to remedy the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses” (Kosman 786), successfully added a ‘crack amendment’ to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. The amendment…