Prosecutor

an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court on July 1, 1987 by President Ronald Reagan. He was a Senior Judicial Advisor to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign and solicitor general under President Richard M. Nixon. He fired Special Prosecutor, Archibald Cox, in what became known as the “Saturday Night Massacre”. He opposed the Supreme Court’s one man, one vote decision on legislative apportionment. He wrote an article opposing the 1964 Civil Rights law, requiring hotels,…

urge or advise another person to commit a crime. The suspect is already in jail on a criminal sexual abuse case. Ivan Flores is being charged for solicitation of murder and solicitation of murder for hire according to prosecutors. A $500,000 bail was set on his new charges. Prosecutors say that the suspect Ivan Flores was talking to two confidential sources at the Cook County Corrections department and when talking them he asked if they knew any “ motorcycle gangs to kill the victim.” Flores…

had focused on for this insanity plea was control. The prosecutor believes Jeffrey had control at all times…

After the funeral of Elizabeth, It was hard for Stan to adjust because he was missing her. He struggled taking care of the children, but as time moved on, he started managing. Stan felt alone and would often cry because he was missing Elizabeth. He kept praying and ask God for strength and help in raising the children. Stan made a promise to Elizabeth that he would be the best father he could be to the children. Despite of his struggles, he kept his promise with the help of Elizabeth’s family…

years. The discussion heated up when American lawmakers started the war on crime in which they attempted to decrease crime rates by significantly increasing the incarceration rate of criminals. In this attempt to look tough on crime many American prosecutors may have lost track of the goal of reintegration into society by throwing too many people in prisons with no hope of rehabilitation. When American reformers look to better the American prison system, many look to Norway as a model. The…

The evidence used by the public prosecutor was two medical certificates from a medical officer given by the complainant. However, the medical officer was not requested to present in court and no copy of the report had been supplied to the appellant. The court held that the provision of Section 399(i) of Criminal Procedure Code which requires the Public Prosecutor to deliver a copy of report to the accused not less than 10 days before the commencement…

Zinah Jennings’ case is an example of a plea bargain in which Zinah agreed to remain under supervision until March 30th, 2017. Also, this is a case that required the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard of proof but that was not to be found by prosecutors. This is also an example of a child maltreatment case that was taken to Criminal Court which does not occur often. Secondly, based on one of the testimonies in the case, Zinah Jennings had a history of drug abuse and excessive drinking. Chapter…

United States Constitution (National district attorneys’ association, 2011). 2. Given by the defendant on the issue of credibility of the victim. However, the prosecutor or victim must have been presented the evidence as to the victim’s sexual behavior. It can only be to the extent needed to rebut the specific evidence presented by the prosecutor or victim (National district attorneys’ association, 2011). 3. If the sexual behavior of the victim was with the accused and pertains to the issue of…

Is it justice when we give power to legislature to make fixed sentences for every crime and offense? Or should congress give judges less freedom to change sentences to the mitigating facts of each criminal offense within a specified range? For recent decades, the increase of mandatory minimum penalties for crimes together with the huge increase in the prison inmate population, has compelled many to reconsider this question for criminal justice. The Supreme court has kept a lengthy mandatory…

the facts of the dispute is achieved. The states as well as the federal governments in the United States are authorized to prosecute crime regardless of the fact that they both have different court systems, criminal statutes, police agencies and prosecutors. While the federal systems oversees limited range of criminal cases for instance dealing with people accused of violating criminal laws of the national governments, state systems monitors the decision of lower courts within the…