Bobby Shmurda Crime

The trial was long and was delayed numerous times due to Kunstler’s busy schedule with other demanding trial cases. The delays were also part of Kunstler’s defense strategy. There was an abundance of evidence shown throughout the trial among which was the ballistics test. These test showed that of the five shots that Skagen endured only two were from Richardson’s gun. After a yearlong trial the prosecutor and the defense gave their summations and the jury deliberated. The deliberation took several days. In the end Richardson was convicted with three of the original seven charges; manslaughter in the second degree, possessing a weapon as a felony, and criminal possessing of stolen property in the third degree. The judge sentenced Richardson to a term no more than ten years for the conviction of manslaughter in the second degree. No more than seven years for the conviction of felony possession of a weapon. The criminal possession of stolen property was unconditionally discharged and the sentences were to be served concurrently. Kunstler appealed this sentenced and Richardson was allowed to stay out of jail on bail. On April 13, 1976 the Appellate Division reversed the manslaughter conviction and the felony gun conviction. The case was sent back to the original court and Richardson was resentenced to three years

Gonnerman appeals to the logic of the reader by following Browder’s anecdotes with supportive statistics and investigative findings from reputable sources. She uses the citation of evidence to give weight and help expand on the context of Browder’s experiences. This includes the excerpts of statistical information from studies, such as “in 2011 seventy-four percent of felony cases in the Bronx were older than six months”, which reinforces Browder’s personal experience with the Bronx court system and also clearly indicates that Browder’s circumstance is not an uncommon one. This also includes the citation of the court index card’s text, reading the list of the preposterous amount of delays requested by the prosecutor, which provides tangible and explicit evidence to the reader of the dysfunctionality of the Bronx’s court system, and also helps the reader empathize with Browder’s frustration.

The United States Pretrial Services is a Federal Judicial System. This system provides more information about defendants in a small timely matter, to assist the court in making release and detention decisions. The Federal Bail Reform Act of 1966 was primarily focused in making this decision fairer and rational on the release of defendants on the least and restrictive conditions that would assure the defendants appearance at trial when required. The Bail Reform Act eliminates the courts reliance on money as the sole purposed of pretrial release. The release and detention must be base sole based in nonappearance or danger risk. Therefore, the United States Pretrial Services as intended by Congress, provides judicial officers with verified and

PROCEDURE: The trial court found that Graham had violated his probation by committing the home invasion robbery, by possessing a firearm, and by associating with per-sons engaged in criminal activity. It sentenced him to the maximum sentence authorized by law: life imprisonment for the home-invasion robbery and 15 years for the attempted armed robbery. And Florida abolished its parole

Outside the courthouse in Newton, Georgia, in the early hours of January 30, 1943, Robert “Bobby” Hall was beaten unconscious by M. Claude Screws, Frank Edward Jones, and Jim Bob Kelley[1] while in their custody for the alleged theft of a tire;[2] Screws, Jones and Kelley were, respectively, Baker county sheriff, night policeman, and a civilian deputized specifically for the arrest.[3] Without ever recovering consciousness, Hall died as a result of a fractured skull shortly after his arrival at an Albany hospital that morning.[4] The NAACP and FBI investigated Hall’s death in the following months and federal charges were brought against Screws, Jones, and Kelley for violation

The pickup truck’s owner arrived, the defendant got his keys, told him to sit in the truck, and gave him beer. He then got back under the truck to wait some more. Passerby’s alerted the police who arrested the defendant. He also testified that while waiting for his friend, he started sobering up and thinking things over. He removed the bullets from the gun and put them in his pocket, and made plans to have a party at his house with the people in the pickup. They were drinking and conversing when the police arrived.

2. Case Facts: On October 13, 1979, George Schnopps fatally shot his wife of 14 years. The victim and schnopps began having marital problems six months prior, when schnopps became suspicious that his wife was seeing another man. A few days prior to the incident, Schnopps threatened to make his wife suffer. On October 12, 1979 while at work asked a coworker to buy him a gun, telling the worker that he had been receiving threatening phone calls. Schnopps paid his coworker for the gun and ammunition. On the day of the incident, Schnopps told a neighbor he was going to call his wife and have her come pick up some things, and asked if them to keep the youngest child with her so he could talk to with his wife. When the wife went over Schnopps tried to convince his wife to stay with him, in response the wife made some vulgar comments which triggered Schnopps. He then shot her and then shot himself. Shortly after he called the neighbor and told her what had happened and she called the police. The defense offered evidence from friends and coworkers who noticed difference in Schnopps physical and emotional health after the victim had left him. The Commonwealth’s expert

Kalief Browder and his friend were accused of steaking a backpack. They were taken to a precinct and locked in a holding cell. A few hours later, they were taken to Central Booking at the Bronx County Criminal Court. Later on, Browder was interrogated and taken to court where he was charged with robbery, grand larceny and assault. The judge released his friend, but since Browder was on probation from a previous offense, the judge ordered him to be held and set bail at three thousand dollars.

In her informative essay, “Assisting the Poor to Make Bail Helps Everyone”, Tina Rosenberg states the Bronx Freedom Fund is one of the four community organizations in the city that aims to directly help the innocent people accused and wrongfully given dangerous jail time. The author recognizes how the court system makes it almost impossible to make bail when they take your phone, the defendant cannot pay their own bail, and you must pay in cash. These, as well as a few other limitations make it very difficult for the defendant. The process of the court system, in fact, is not keeping the streets any safer, “a drug dealer is more likely to make bail than a shoplifter”(Rosenberg). Ritchin, head of the Bronx Freedom Fund, offers those who are not fortunate enough to make bail a third option, one that is much more helpful and safe.

The thought that the mood of the bail commissioner determines whether a person’s bail is set high or low is mind boggling, as well as reflects the lack of proper education in professionalism and ethics. Bail commissioners should understand that the pretrial detention has a negative impact not only on the defendants, but as well as their families. Additionally, high bails for low income defendants drain the system by using tax payer dollars, as well as overcrowding jails.

all of her murder charges. She ended up getting the maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. When she was in prison according to the article, "Griselda Blanco: Top 10 Facts You Need To Know" states that she "plotted an elaborate attempt at kidnapping John F. Kennedy Jr. in exchange for her release from prison. The plot might have actually gone through if Blanco’s then boyfriend, Charles Cosby, not alerted the FBI of her intentions. The plot fell through and Griselda ended up finishing her sentence of 20 years." In other words, Griselda Blanco would do just about anything to get herself out of prison. Also, while she was incarcerated she still managed to run her cocaine empire while being in prison.

Due to the nature of the offense committed by Ricky Bobby, the appropriate sentence would be mandatory life imprisonment; without the eligibility of parole between 10 to 25 years. Ricky is to be charged with second degree murder in this case, as the commission of his offense does not meet the requirements of first degree murder. The charge is outlined in Section 235 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Pursuant to this, parole eligibility would come from the recommendation of the jury as outlined in Section 745 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Rickey would be ineligible for parole until he has served his life sentence of 25 years. For a first-degree murder classification to apply, the crown would have to prove the commission of the act was planned prior to commission (Martin, Greenspan, Rosenberg, & Henein, 2016). In the case of Ricky, there was no prior planning before the robbery took place. Ricky will be in the custody of the Correction Service of Canada, and will be housed in the Edmonton Institution, located in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. The sentence of life imprisonment, allows Ricky to participate in various treatment programs to help correct his pro-criminal behaviour, in

Mr. Florence was in the passenger seat of his BMW with his wife, when a state trooper then pulled them over for speeding. The officer then runs their names in the database and Mr. Florence appears to have a warrant for an unpaid fine. Mr. Florence was in multiple jails for a week and for each new jail he would be in they would stripe-search him each time. The court decided on a 5-4 ruling that supported the strip-search for people who get arrested. Justin Kennedy who was part of the majority feels that we should always be on the lookout because inmates find any way to smuggle contraband into the prisons. In addition, he also argues all thought they do have metal detectors and pat-downs inmates always find a way to smuggle contraband into prisons.

Billy Brown and his son Joshua Brown from the reality show “Alaskan Bush People” received their sentence in the case where he lied and stole money from the state of Alaska. According to Radar Online, Jan 12, 2016, Judge Phillip Pallenberg sentenced them to 30 days in jail.

Prisoners at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center are up in arms over the new changes that some legislators would like to see take place. The new proposals are causing outrage among the prisoners that feel their rights are being violated. Some of the new proposals to prisoners rights include changes in prisoner's mail, telephone, and visitation privileges. The prisoners formed a quiet and orderly protest, even though they were furious about the changes to their rights. The protest resulted in a lock down of the prison for several days. Prison officials suggest that the prisoners were misinformed. Prisoner rights advocates suggest the opposite.