Presumption of innocence

From the 1500’s to the mid 1700’s, witch hunting had begun getting popular. The efforts of the earlier European nations focused not so much on executing previously known witches, but identifying witches in hiding. No one was safe from these deadly accusations. 70 percent of those accused were women mainly, women, widowed or dispensers of herbal remedies. The trials in Salem, Massachusetts occurred late in the witch hunting season in 1692. The trials began with an affair between Abigail…

L. Packer as early as 1968. He stated that the Crime Control Model relies on a presumption of guilt during the later stages of the court process. A heavy dependence is placed on finding factual evidence through police and witnesses at early stages of the model in which they can then ‘weed out’ any innocent persons. It operates under an…

Americans. But the undeniable explanation is simply the biases of the jury. A black defendant is six times more likely to be sentenced to prison than a white person charged with the exact same crime (Lopez, 2015). There is often a presumption of guilt, rather than innocence, which violates one of the most basic principles of the American legal…

Hello, welcome to this forum. There’s so many screwy things happening; I mean why should we have to come to a drum to have some hooch? One of the most crazy things to happen is fear of immigrants and socialism influencing almost everything, including the courts. I mean, have you heard of all the hooey going on in the courts lately? If you haven’t, let me inform you. Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants who were convicted of a caper and a double murder. They were found guilty, but the trial…

“...It's a crash course in those passages of the Constitution that promise defendants a fair trial and the presumption of innocence. "12 Angry Men" never states whether the defendant is innocent or guilty. It is about whether the jury has a reasonable doubt about his guilt.’” quoted by, well known critic Roger Ebert. The whole concept of Reasonable Doubt is that you should not vote guilty if there is any "reasonable doubt", no matter how sure other jurors are. In the book 12 Angry Men by…

Plea bargaining is one of the most important factors of our criminal justice system. About 95 percent of criminal cases result in a plea deal. What is a plea bargain one may ask? A plea bargain is a type of legal contract between the defendant and the prosecuting attorney of the defendant’s case. It provides a leniency in a sentence or lesser chargers for the defendant if he pleads guilty to his case. At what phase of the criminal justice system does plea bargaining begin and end? Plea…

According to Caldwell (1961) the first juvenile justice court was in Chicago Illinois in July of 1899. The main guiding principles in the development of the juvenile court are more or less loosely referenced throughout all four articles for module three. The juvenile justice and juvenile court system today are still evolving. The juvenile justice and court system are loosely based off the adult system in format with added variation to help facilitate rehabilitation among juvenile delinquents.…

Confirmation Bias When an investigation for a case begins, the law enforcement is trying to gather the most evidence that will help in solving the case. This could include many things such as physical evidence or eyewitness testimonies. Sometimes making the legal system unfavorable at times for many reasons such as, evidence getting lost or destroyed or the eye witnesses not being able to remeber correctly. The public and the law enforcers are constantly looking for new ways to improve the…

of local court proceedings and bail in the criminal justice system were salient. These include the difficult balance between efficiency and due process in the local courts, and various issues concerning bail such as its undermining of the presumption of innocence as it punishes individuals before judgment, adverse repercussions for young people and difficulties in balancing justice for both the individual and society. TECHNOCRATIC JUSTICE VS DUE PROCESS Technocratic justice where there is an…

an ongoing problem in America. The blog shows an image of an African American youth contrasted against a mature African American man. The frame on the left depicts a young African American child’s distraught face with stereotypical concepts and presumptions engulfing his face. The use of a child’s face plastered…