Office Of The Prosecutor : An Investigation Into The Events That Took Place

I feel that this case was somewhat representative of what was discussed in the textbook. The forensics aspects of this case were generally different from the impression of forensics I received from reading the textbook. Despite this fact, I feel that the investigative techniques of this case were similar to what was discussed in the textbook, as well as what has been discussed during lecture.

On December 9, 2015, Ronald Beecroft, a white male, born on May 4, 1964, contacted the Lee County Sheriff 's Office to report a credit card fraud.

Also the appropriate authority must be the persons who have declared war and ensured that this call was done on the basis of last resort, after trying to attempt all other methods which could assist in resolving the conflict. The second principle which is of the just war theory is Jus in Bello. (Anon,[n.d]b), These are rules and guidelines which explain some steps that the state must adhere to whilst in the conflict. In order to follow this principle, the states must follow proportionality and discrimination during the conflict. Those who are in fighting in the conflict must not use excessive force, only the force which is needed to achieve the necessary outcome. It is also important for them to be careful and precise when identifying any enemy combatants, and always ensuring they avoid civilians at all costs including illegitimate targets which could potentially cause destruction and violation on their individual rights. (Anon,[n.d]b),

On August 31, 2015, this investigator was assigned an internal investigation to review the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) domestic violence investigation and arrest of Officer Johnn “Jason” Scott from an August 26, 2015, incident at his house at 6140 S. Franklin Rd. in Marion County.

But even if they are not intertwined in an immediate and direct contractual way, the reality appears to be that drug trafficking and terrorism in an organized sense is very much present, and that organizational sense alone means that is in many cases organized criminal behavior by those involved in it, whether it is Cosa Nostra or the Russian mafia or anybody like that engaged in it or not. Drug trafficking and terrorism are illegal, clandestine activities and they have a number of common needs: the acquisition of weapons, the maintaining of anonymity, hiding assets, keeping a steady flow of cash, and they both have found their hands strengthened through the ability to operate transnationally. It is important to bear in mind for

Crimes against humanity means of any kind of act that is violent in nature and aimed at a specific area of the population. That is a list of crimes against humanity. This list of crimes against humanity does not take on every possible crime that can be so classified, whatever the particular acts in this list of crimes against humanity are some of the more common acts defined by the term.

The Inter-American Juridical Courts, that pushes for disciplinary action against corrupt government officials and arms dealers. The CIP is the OAS organization concerning port security, a major component on slowing and ending the gun trade, as well as stockpile management and transportation of said stockpiles to safer locations. The department against transnational crime deals in ending the crime leaders, such as the Colombian cartel and the FARC and the Peruvian terror group known as the Shining Path, as well as corrupt politicians that support these organizations through bribery and tax breaks on certain properties. The CICTE, the branch organization of the OAS that deals with counter terrorism, takes a special interest in ending the arms trade and stockpile management, as the gun trade can fund some of their terrorist activities and the stockpile management is extremely important, as if one stockpile falls into the hands of a terrorist organization, for instance the FARC, and they get their hands on three hundred M4A1 assault rifles, they could ensue a major shooting or enact a revolution, as the Shining Path had done in the past. The Shining Path has taken major advantage of the arms trafficking trade, in attacking bombings, assassinations, and other various acts of terror in major urban areas in an attempt to

Over the last several decades, violence has consumed and transformed Mexico. Since the rise of dozens of Mexican cartels, the Mexican government has constantly been fighting an ongoing war with these criminal organizations. The cartel organizations have a primary purpose of managing and controlling illegal drug trafficking operations in Central America and South America to the United States. Violence on a massive and brutal scale has emerged due to the nature of the illegal drug trade. Because the drug trade is vastly widespread, cartels are often fighting one another and competing in business. Mexican authorities count at least 12 major cartels, but also talk of an untold numbers of smaller splinter groups. (Taipei Times). Five cartels

According the Article 16 of the constitution of the Mexico United State, organized crime is defined as an “organization made up of 3 or more persons with the purpose of committing crimes in a permanent or repeated manner in the terms of the law on the matter” (Siegel, 150). The U.S Department of Justice, defines a drug cartel as “large, highly sophisticated organizations composed of multiple DTOs[ drug trafficking organizations] and cells with specific assignments such as drug transportation, security/enforcement, or money laundering” (Drug Trafficking Organizations). Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), gave a statement in which he challenges the appropriateness of the use of the term cartel, “It is now very clear to me [that] we should not call them drug cartels, because they are involved in so many other things [...]. They are multifaceted companies [...]. If we continue to call them drug cartels, even though that still remains a large part of their profits, then we will continue to think we have to deal with them through some kind of drug legislation, regulation, and so on” (Siegel, 152). For our purpose, we will use the term drug trafficking organizations as an overall umbrella to discuss all organized crime in Mexico;

Clearly, mistaken or deliberate manipulations even of minor details can impede the accurate reconstruction of an event and possibly incriminate innocent suspects. Importantly, the present findings indicate that a large proportion of eyewitness fail to detect such mistakes.

Each player within the criminal justice system plays an important part in the process. In order for procedures to flow and function properly, each player must participate in their role to the fullest of their abilities. Amongst the characters involved is the prosecutor who plays a critical role within the criminal justice process and represents the state (Young, 2013). The prosecutor is a key player whose place is that of an essential position with the responsibility of connecting the other roles within in the courtroom such as police, defense attorneys and judges (Neubauer & Fradella, 2014). Furthermore, the prosecutor is the only individual who interacts with each actor participating in the process (Young, 2013). As Justice Robert Jackson

The principles of humanitarian law are thought to apply in conflict, and to regulate the conduct of military forces. The rules of warfare aim to safeguard human life and some other fundamental human rights, and to ensure that war is limited in its scope and level of violence. Total war, where neither discrimination nor proportionality serves as mitigating

Starting with the normative legal obligations, although limited due to the prickle of sovereignty, international laws and conventions related to engagement in internal armed conflicts have been developed though the United Nations. Such laws frame how the intentional community and members states clarify their responsibilities to their citizens.

There are many definitions of crimes against humanity, but the acts considered such are relatively uniform across them all. These acts include murder, enslavement, extermination, torture, rape, and additional atrocities [Duch Trial 99-105]. These are somewhat like

The use and threat of the use of force is prohibited by article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter . The only exception in which States may use force unilaterally (without authorisation of the United Nations Security Council), is when they invoke the right of self-defence . The right of self-defence can only arise in situations where the state’s security is threatened, and its vital interests are at stake . While it has been argued that the right to self-defence is inherent, the limitations of the right ‘are inherent in very concept of self-defence’.