Prosecution

Although slavery is illegal, it still exists in the form of modern human trafficking. Human trafficking is the buying and selling of people and forcing them to work under deception and abuse for exploitation purposes. Over 30 million people in the world are affected by this very profitable, $150 billion a year industry (Not For Sale). While sex trafficking is the most well known form of slavery, labor trafficking is the most common. Laborers are sold for an average of $4,000 each and are…

Restitution is way for victims to be paid back, this is the responsibility of the person that is found to be guilty. Sometime this can be done in directly to the victim of done to society as a whole (Karmen, 2016). Judges are sometimes directed to add on restitution in these types of cases (Karmen, 2016). Along with restitution the victims are eligible from governmental funds. There are multiple advocacy groups for the parents of children that were kidnapped. If the child is found, then the…

The three key goals victims can pursue through the criminal justice system are punishment, treatment and restitution. Punishment- Most victims would like to see the justice system make examples of offender to provided deterrence as a way to prevent other crimes. Victims also so see punishment as a way to feel satisfied that the offender is getting the payback for what they deserve. I was once told be a victim that watching the offender suffer made her felt better and that he might think twice…

file criminal cases”(“Investigating Domestic Violence: Raising Prosecution and Conviction Rates 1”). The study also suggested that with extra nonmandatory investigative work such as “taking photos, finding witnesses, obtaining protective orders, making arrests, listing multiple crime and submitting their reports in a timely fashion”would cause these figures would sharply decline (“Investigating Domestic Violence: Raising Prosecution and Conviction Rates 1”). A first…

Freedom has proved to be the greatest quality of our country by the main principles it was built on, specifically, freedom of speech, religion, and the ability to obtain the “American Dream.” When foreigners think of the United States, they think of freedom. The U.S. also represents itself as the “land of the free “which speaks to the hearts of millions of people around the world. Our system is set up to where citizens run the government. The United States allows “the people” to choose their…

The Battle of the Blair Mountain is one of the best-organized and armed uprisings in the History of America. However, the battle ended in a mass loss of lives and prosecution of a number of miners. According to the Kantian theory, civil disobedience should be based on morals whereby there will be no loss of property or life. However, the Battle of the Blair Mountain disregarded both the moral and constitutional laws…

Background Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, also known as the “Lady Al-Qaeda,” is a mother of three, trained neuroscientist and a legend in the world of terrorism. As the only female to have been placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list, Siddiqui’s case has been shrouded in secrecy, intrigue and conspiracies. Throughout the many articles, court records and stolen diplomatic cables, it is difficult to understand what is fact or fiction or to pinpoint when and if her radicalization occurred. “The US…

designed to see if the Domestic Violence Reduction Unit strategies led to reductions in domestic violence. The theory was that increasing the cost of violence to batterers such as increased prosecution would reduce domestic violence. The questions that were asked were Do DVRU interventions increase prosecutions of misdeanor domestic violence cases?…

people to think that how the crime was solved on television is how it was really solved (Barak 150). One example of this is from a past case where they did not convict the defendant and when asked why one juror said they did not convict “because the prosecution did not deliver television-style forensic evidence” (Tapscott…

whole (Shafer). Within their study of nine states, the organization conducted surveys and collected statistics on the states’ arrests and their prosecutions. In general, “federal authorities make little to no effort to seek out violators of laws proscribing possession of marijuana… [these cases] are generally dropped or turned over to the state for prosecution” (Shafer110). Statements such as this made by Shafer intimate that the efficacy towards enforcing marijuana policy is quite low. In fact,…