Prosecutor

The prosecutor sought to discredit Aaron’s testimony by trying to portray that Aaron is protecting Sam due to them being cousins when in actual fact they are not family related, Aaron just refers to sam as a cousin like a community member. He starts by using direct questions that are narrow and seek a yes or no answer, Aaron does not understand the prosecutor and gives answers that prosecutor hears as declarative statements. The prosecutor did not consider that because Aaron is Indigenous he may…

actions that occurred between the prosecutor and the judge were inappropriate and inexcusable. Not to mention the fact that the judge was most likely unfairly biased against the defendant and his defense team. In addition, it be reasonably assumed that the judge looked more favorably toward the prosecutor and his side of the case for obvious reasons. Hood did not receive a fair trial because the judge had a conflict of interest. The fact that the judge and prosecutor were in a secret romantic…

upon it. Anytime a person is accused of a crime, the state becomes responsible for proving his or her guilt in court.The responsibility of proving the case relies fully on the prosecutor. The prosecutor must demonstrate that the defendant is guilty before a jury may convict him or her.During a criminal trial the prosecutors must take into account the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment that forbids a criminal defendant from being convicted on any bulk of…

Background Information First of all, I explain that I analyze myself and the current situation of the prosecutors’ office and my duty. I classify the reflective paper questions. A. Analyzing myself. My religion is Catholicism and goals of my life are to be happy, to love family, to live together, to be succeed. My behavioral strategies to achieve my goals are Honesty, Integrity, Endurance, Challenge, Balance. I have worked as an investigator over 22 years and my position is a deputy chief…

press, the community, the police—believed that they had actually done it. Sometimes, the people who do those things are the ones who are supposed to be trying to find the truth and bring justice to the victim, such as law enforcement officers and prosecutors. Throughout…

about the role prosecutors play in wrongful convictions, especially when a lot of the focus regarding wrongful convictions seem to be on the investigators, rather than the adversarial system. I found the quote from Berger v. United States that discusses how the responsibility of a prosecutor is that “guilt shall not escape or innocence suffer” to be particularly interesting. Although the system is suppose to assume all is innocent until proven guilty, evidence suggests prosecutors often work…

guilty, the prosecutor can offer them: a lowered sentence, fewer charges, reduce the severity of the charges, etc. In order for the plea to be valid the defendant has to plea guilty in open court before a judge. “About 95 percent of all criminal convictions are the result of guilty pleas rather than trials, so prosecutors offer bargains in nearly every case”("Plea Bargain"). A plea bargain is a simple process, and there are many different reasons for people to take it. The prosecutor often…

prosecutions. However, most cases never reach to a trial because the plea bargain guarantees the accuser to take a shorter sentence. Prosecutors take advantage of the criminal justice system by using mandatory minimums and past criminal records as leverage for the defendant to plead guilty, even if the accuser claims to be innocent. It is unethical to imbue prosecutors with so much unilateral power. The criminal justice system should consider reducing mandatory minimums, increasing resources for…

Prosecutors are supposed to charge an offender under three conditions they find that a crime has been committed, a perpetrator can be identified, and there is sufficient evidence to support a guilty verdict (Bohm and Haley, 2014.) They are not supposed to charge an offender with more criminal charge or even more serious crimes that they cannot support with evidence (Bohm and Haley, 2014.) Prosecutors can choose not to charge or prosecute an offender for nine different reasons: they believe that…

responses that prosecutors must decide on and use are the labels of the victims. The labels of the victims may be prostitute, runaway, drug user, promiscuous, and other negative labels that may lead to the prosecutor dropping the case. This could make those who live in poor neighborhoods or certain classes of people less likely to have their cases accepted. Prosecutors must look at the scripts given to them and decide accordingly. Stereotypes of rape victims play a key role for prosecutors.…