Pleas

Review: In 1975, Attorney General, Avrum Gross, declared a prohibition on plea-bargaining in Alaska. Michael Rubinstein and Teresa J. White from National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice were assigned to study the impact of Gross’s decision. Their first task was looking at whether the policy had been carried out by the courts in Alaska, and second, was what the effects were on Alaska’s criminal justice system. This involved conducting 400 interviews of the surrounding judges…

In the Common Law system, I think plea-bargaining is more likely going to make it easier for me to receive this verdict. I think plea-bargaining would make it easier because of classism and peoples overall socioeconomic differences. For example, America is built and invested in the idea that it is a capitalist society. However, not all members of its society are financially stable enough to afford the best lawyers to represent them. As a result, people who are accused of crimes from the lower…

INVESTIGATION OF PLEA OF ALIBI: In criminal trials the accused persons most of the times place reliance on the plea of alibi for their defence as they believe that such a plea would be easy to prove through simply creating an impression that the accused was not present at the place where the occurrence of crime took place. However, it does not mean that a plea of alibi, pleaded by an accused, is not subject to the confirmation of court by means of proper investigations. This is to say that a…

As a criminal justice major, I found this chapter particularly interesting. I tend to wrestle with the insanity plea. I realize that there are some cases where it is beyond evident that the person was criminally insane. However, for the most part I tend to see it as a cop out. I see it as a way for the defense to get their client freed from responsibility. I think that epically in the most famous cases, like Andrea Yeates, they use a “mental disorder or defect” to excuse the horrible crimes they…

Kendra Webdale in front of a moving train, killing her. He has a history of schizophrenia, claimed to hear voices. Knowing that he has this mental disorder the insanity plea will give him freedom and he may put others life in danger. This disorder made him physically push this lady in front of the moving train. Without the insanity plea he would have been punished and maybe learned how to deal with this disorder. So no matter what the reason was for killing her he still did it with his hands no…

Wednesday admitted to selling methamphetamine to an informant working with law enforcement. Devin Jade Williams, 22, whose last known address was 3251 Township Road 1021, pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to two counts of trafficking in cocaine. In exchange for her guilty plea, the state dismissed four other drug trafficking charges. For her part, Williams agreed to repay $295 in buy money associated with all six charges. She is set to be sentenced on April 6, at which time she…

Article Review: The insanity Plea in the Case of a Serial Killer What is this article specifically addressing? This article, “The insanity Plea in the Case of a Serial Killer” By George Palermo and Richard Khnudten explains the case of the infamous serial killer Jeffery Dahmer and his attempt to request the insanity plea to get out of his crimes he committed. Mr. Dahmer killed seventeen men, and when asked about his crimes his responses where clear and coherent. Yet, he pled not guilty by…

because it has been shown and taught. In addition to the argument, culture has been around since day one, and there are some pieces to show it. Some pieces that were “Everyday Use” and “An Indian Father’s Plea”. Culture has made an impression since Birth. In the Letter “An Indian Father’s Plea” Robert Lake (aka Medicine Grizzlybear) says: “So I realize he may be slow in grasping the methods and tools that you are now using in your classroom, ones quite familiar to his white peers, but I hope…

rituals to this day. Because Native American culture is such a small one and is greatly different than that of other Americans, it leads way for cultural conflict when the two are mixed. This is thoroughly discussed in the essay “An Indian Father’s Plea” by Robert Lake. His son, who is for the first time being exposed to Western culture, is a victim of racism due to ignorance of multiculturalism in public schools. Lake writes his essay in letter format to the teacher and addresses the issue when…

interesting for me. I was very surprised at the number for people who plead “insanity” was at a staggering less than 1%. I often here of people trying to beat many charges and plan on pleading the insanity plea. I believe that the actual number of people who claim insanity may be scared out of sticking to that plea. I have always thought that pleading insanity will get you less time just in a mental institution; when in fact it would result in a longer stay compared to one at a prison. I can…