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    The key points in determining the lawfulness of force is self-defense or the defense of another are unlawfulness, necessity, and reasonableness. The use of force by one person against another is a violation of the criminal law unless some justification for the use of exist. Courts or juries determine what use of force is necessary they will take into account of the size age parties in relation to and the instrument or weapon used the beliefs has to be reasonable but doesn’t need to be…

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    I have a confession to make, I enjoy the practice of Criminal Defense. As a criminal defense attorney, I represent those charged with a crime, whether it's traffic, DWI/DUI, misdemeanor or felony. As per the explanation I have heard from many people, I defend the 'scum of the earth.' Since deciding this was my area of practice as an attorney, I have heard from friends, family and even total strangers that my chosen profession is 'wrong,' 'despicable,' I've even been told what I do is "what's…

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    acquaintance. Being intimate partner or aquatic takes away the stranger danger belief that many people fear. Another important element prosecutor must consider is the cooperation of the victim in the case. If the victim no longer wants the case to move forward, or will not show up there is a low likelihood the case will go forward. This takes discretion away from the prosecutor, because without a witness or a willing victim to testify the suspect would likely be found not guilty so there would…

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    Attorneys can make an objection to the judge or question a piece of evident brought up during the case. After the defense was finished, cross-examine the first witness, the apartment contractor, who was the second witness was directly examined by the prosecutor and then cross-examined by the defense. During the time in which I sat in them were no objections made during any of the…

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    co-workers all look at you differently. However, your innocent, and you protest such, to everyone who is willing to listen to you, however, you cannot get over the fact that no one is listening to your cries, now your life is in the hands of strangers, a prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and…

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    and asked questions about the incident. Witnesses were Sarah Kelly a neighbor saw what happened, embrace a bystander and detective Hefler and expert witness who had been working with controlling the gang violence in the Silver Spring area. The prosecutor and the defense attorney did a direct examination and direct examination, by asking the four witnesses. An expert witness was also questioned and testified that even though, Sanchez name did not appear in the criminal database; he might be…

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    Prosecutors. 1. The text discusses the prosecutor’s office at work. From the tape, cite some examples of work issues related in the text. The prosecution office at work was a method used by the prosecution team to highlight certain photos and children’s accounts about alleged sexual abuse at the McMartin preschool to gather more evidence to convince the jury that defendant Ray Buckey was a sexual deviant, and that his family was guilty of similar actions. There are several examples or…

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    By almost any measure, the federal prosecutor's wielded too much power. Many federal laws govern similar behavior and are written broadly, prosecutor's commonly have multiple charges from which to chose. This means they typically have many sentencing ranges to chose from as well. Thus, they can--and do--threaten defendants who want to exercise their trial rights with charges that will carry longer sentences than the charges will file if defendants who refuse to waive their rights to a jury trial…

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    guilty”. This seemed to be a very leading question that felt as if no matter what the defendant said, it would make her look bad to the jury. Even though in some cases, this might have seemed like the prosecutor was grasping straws, from what the defendant had been saying in the examination – the prosecutor was refocusing the attention upon the facts of the case instead of the defendant’s…

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    jury. For example, when Marie is on the stand, Meursault describes how “The prosecutor then rose, looking very grave,” and spoke “in a voice which [Meursault] thought sounded truly emotional, and with a finger pointed in my direction” (Camus 91). Here, the prosecutor presents a “grave” and emotional mask, and adopts a dramatic stance that is reminiscent of Banquo’s ghost as he confronts Macbeth for his crimes. The prosecutor maintains his dramatic persona as the trial progresses, and performs…

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