Justice, Public Interest And Open Justice

Reporting on the case resulted in inaccurate facts and in majority failed to state Ms.Liebeck’s legal stance of pressing charges. Majority of newspapers, as well as news reporters failed

on the trial that Tom Robinson raped Mayella Ewell. He was simply blamed, because he

The criminal courts are responsible for determining the guilt or innocence of the person that is accused (Griffiths, 2015, p.147). As well as the courts are supposed to conclude the appropriate sentence while protecting their rights of the accused. The outcome that comes from the criminal courts is that the judgement is made to be fair, impartial and no political intrusion. Furthermore, the main focus of the courts is the find the fundamental problems, the interagency and interdisciplinary collaboration and the accountability to the community. (Griffiths, 2015, p.147). The court is supposing to keep the fairness and equality through the society.

Discretion of the Court is the system of the court that governs individuals those who are charged for committing crimes, examine the time of their trial and other during major purposes of trial. A person who accused of committing a crime is normally is held in the jail till the time it is proved that whether the person is guilty or innocent. However, the court has the authority to bail out the person before the trial. But they would need certain documentation and that the person cannot leave the place until the trial takes place. Sometimes the person who is accused may also need to pay some fines or

''The tendency of those who execute the criminal laws of the country to obtain convictions by means of unlawful searches and enforced confessions . . . should find no sanction in the judgment of the courts which are charged at all times with the support of the Constitution and to which people of all conditions have a right to appeal for the maintenance of such fundamental rights.'' [9]

Immemorial, governments and individual citizens have had to walk a thin tightrope between the two ideals. This controversy was the catalyst that sparked the first ten amendments of the Constitution that we know as the Bill of Rights and, how in addition to these rights secured by America's forefathers, a number of institutions have arisen to ensure the protection of individual rights in an increasingly complex world. In order to add balance to this equation, the criminal

The basic division in the structure of criminal courts is between the lower criminal courts – the local courts, Children’s court and Coroner’s court – and the higher criminal courts – the District Court and the Supreme Court. In observing proceedings at the Local, District and Supreme Courts over a period of three days a number of aspects of the criminal justice system were made apparent. The administration, processes and practices of the criminal trial are extremely varied dependent upon the level of criminal court being observed. The distinctions between the workings of the two courts revealed a number of the differences between summary proceedings and trial upon indictment. The cases observed served to

Tom Robinson was convicted for committing a crime which he did not. The crime was raping Mayella Ewell. In his testimony he

Martin Luther King Jr. once quoted, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice everywhere.” Teenagers around the world are capable of doing anything their mind is set to do. Once a teen is set in a crime they should be fully responsible for their actions. They should be expected to go through the consequences that are brought upon them. Therefore, we the citizens aren't getting the right safety we deserve. Proposition 21, helps us find our ways of treating Juveniles to see what is well-being for us citizens.

This paper is going to describe the road from arrest to Supreme Court, and the two ways a

Good job this week Kyle, as you know legitimacy leads to connectivity through both public value and procedural justice. The public value portion is no more than the tolerance level that the public will allow you to get away with, which all leads to legitimacy. It’s a simple leadership practice that is very basic and taught by most executive level leaders, legitimacy in law enforcement is equivalent to what you should do and procedural justice in law enforcement is equivalent to what you can do.

Contempt law is now largely governed by the Contempt of Court Act 1981. The Act was passed as a result of several UK defeats before the European Court of Human Rights and its aim was to make the law clearer and more liberal. The Act was also designed in

Over the decades, the concept of justice has been continually evolving. This is occurring based upon different moral or legal interpretations. Evidence of this can be seen with observations from Burke (2011) who said, "Few things are of more importance to a society than its concept of justice. This is because it is justice that provides criterion for the legitimate use of force. In the name of justice people are detained, arrested, handcuffed, put on trial and punished. This concept is used to provide every society with some kind of social order. Over the last 200 years, a revolution has taken place with these principles. Our idea of it is what we employ, when dealing with ordinary individuals in daily life including: making agreements, paying bills, resolving disputes and putting criminals in jail. This is a concept that is as old as recorded history and it is familiar to people everywhere. What makes it so unique is that these ideas are constantly changing which focuses on society as a whole and how people are interacting with each other. " (Burke)

Contempt of court is ‘any words spoken or written, or any conduct which might impede the working of the court, or which could create a disregard of the authority of our justice system.’ (Samson, 2014). The two most common types of contempt of court are sub judice rule and the failure to obey a court order. Most of the law of contempt in New Zealand is common law, however, parts of it that deal with the conduct in court and specific offenses that relate to the administration such as perjury, are considered as statutes.

Justice can be defined as, valuing the diversity and challenging the injustice in society while human rights refer to, benefits an individual enjoys by virtual of being a human being. Justice is said to exist when all citizens share a general humanity and, therefore, experience equitable treatment, fair community resource sharing and human right support. According to justice citizens are not supposed to be discriminated, nor their well being or welfare prejudiced or constrained on the lines of gender, religion, age, belief, race, political affiliation and even sexuality.