Rights of the accused

But, this step did not really help many people because many of the accused witches did not have the money to hire a lawyer, but some of the courts gave the assigned the accused witches a lawyer. A witch’s lawyer had a difficult job because the court could declare the lawyer was a leader of heretic for defending a witch. On the other hand, some lawyers helped protect their…

have fallen victim to crime. A just law can be determined by the degree in which it sustains equality, fairness, rights, access and consistency. By using the legal measures such as legal aid, judicial guidelines, bail and remand which it has at its disposal the CJS aims to uphold a just law system but as we will come to discover the CJS is far from flawless. Australia has no direct right to legal representation and within the…

Tom Robinson, is accused of rapping a white woman, whose name is Mayella Ewell. I think that Atticus did the right thing in defending Tom Robinson, because Atticus seems to not really care about people's skin color or race. Lastly, Bob Ewell is so mad at Atticus because he’s defending Tom Robinson instead of him. Yes, I think that Atticus did the right thing in defending Tom Robinson. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a character named Tom Robinson, is being accused of rapping a…

as the crimes that are committed to receive this punishment. The death penalty should be banned for many reasons, some of those reasons are that financially it cost more to execute someone than to give them life in prison, someone could be wrongly accused and given the death penalty for crimes they…

The Puritans had a lot of strict rules. Everyone had very little individual freedom. They also had too much social order going on. They should of had some rights and freedoms. Rights such as, owning private property and and equal justice. Also freedoms such as, religion and speech. First, owning private property would be the first right they should of had. Today, of someone goes to jail; that person would still have their property. As for the Puritans, it was very different. If someone…

preference should not be a human right. Both men believe that it is your right to have certain sexual preferences, however both men engaged in these sexual preferences without the consent of the women they involved. Robert Hanna, who was accused by four women of sending unwelcome sexually explicit emails, disregarded the fact that none of the women welcomed being sent these emails and instead chose to only think about his “human right” to send such emails. The human right to want or not want…

aimed at ensuring individuals are protected from unfair treatment by the state, their rights are upheld and they are given a fair process (Daly 2012, 397). The model is concerned with the accuracy and reliability of criminal processes and holds little faith in the accuracy of police and prosecution in the early stages of the CJS. The model runs on the presumption of innocence, aiming to ignore presuming accused people are guilty and distinguished factual guilt from legal, which is based on…

Scene one: Williams is standing before the court, mentally gathering himself before he is asked to present his defense. Confidence is definitely present: Williams knows that he is in the right. However, a hint of nervousness stills wisps about inside of him, for he knows how consistently stubborn and close-minded these Puritan judges can be. Still, though, he is determined: justice will be brought to this court. Danforth, who sits upon his throne with a blind confidence, looks about the court…

society is to interpret the law and to have the final say in a case. For example, an investigation led to a man who they believe is a killer who murdered two victims .The courts held a second trial, the prosecutor tried to introduce evidence of the accused being “silent.” The prosecutor hopes to convince the jury that because he is silent, he is guilty of the crime. The prosecution tries to allude to the fact by making an assumption that the man is guilty of the crime. Precedent Cases As…

supreme court ruled the government must provide free counsel to accused criminals who cannot afford counsel for themselves, but this case as also had a huge impact on my family life and in my decision making when it came to my career path. GIDEON V. WAINWRIGHT Clarence Gideon was charged with breaking an entry into a pool hall in Florida. When Gideon showed up to court without an…