Possible Improvements to the Appeals Process

Our society for the most part has a set of written laws by which it operates under. Laws govern our behavior in society and list punishments by which individuals that break them will be prosecuted and sentenced. Our criminal justice system is essential made up of three major intuitions which see a case from the beginning and through the trial and finally to the punishment phase ("How Does the Criminal Justice System Work?," 2014). Our society needs laws and punishment for those who violet the laws otherwise we would live in a world of chaos. In this paper we will examine various aspects of the criminal process from arrest through sentencing and appeal.

Almost every day, we hear about justice being served upon criminals and we, as a society, feel a sense of relief that another threat to the public has been sentenced to a term in prison, where they will no longer pose a risk to the world at large. However, there are very rare occasions where the integrity of the justice system gets skewed and people who should not have been convicted are made to serve heavy prison sentences. When word of this judicial misstep reaches the public, there is social outcry, and we begin to question the judicial system for committing such a serious faux pas.

An appeal is a process that assists someone who is being charged with a crime, also known as a defendant. An appeal gives the defendant the opportunity to use a higher court to over-turn a lower court’s decision. ”The appeals process is part of the system of “checks and balances” designed to ensure that defendants have received due process at ear- lier stages of the criminal justice process.” (The Courts in Our Criminal Justice System, Meyer & Grant, Pg. 465) An appeal is also a defendant’s way of challenging the court’s ruling. Appeals only take place after a criminal is found guilty and sentenced, if the appeal is successful the criminal will be released from incarceration

This essay compares the adjudicatory process of two countries: Nigeria and the United States of America in trying civil and criminal cases. For ease of readership, this analysis is conducted in four parts: The first part of the essay describes the American system; the second part describes the Nigerian system; the third part makes a comparative analysis; and the fourth part concludes the essay.

An appeal in the criminal law system is a defendant’s way of challenging the court’s decision. In this paper I will discuss what an appeal is, how it factors into the overall procedures and process of the criminal system. How the appeals process may be improved. Steps in the appeals process and an example case of an appeal. And why the example case appeal did or did not succeed.

Courts are a branch of government that make decisions about problems of civil and criminal law. Criminal courts deal with individuals accused of crimes. Civil courts are not involved

Is the american justice system really that strong? 4,000 people a year are wrongly convicted and spend their lives in depressing and unbearable prison cells (National Geographic). With this horrible and sad evidence, it is a sure thing to say that America's justice system is frail and could use improvement. While there has been improvement from a long time ago, there is still so much that can be done to strengthen and improve our justice system. Throughout his play, 12 Angry Men, Reginald Rose exemplifies the common theme of the American justice system being frail.

Our criminal justice process is broken down into nine distinct phases. Some of the terms differ from state to state but they all follow the same basic process. The process is: Arrest, Filing of the charging document, Arraignment/First Appearance, Preliminary Hearing, Arraignment in the Superior Court/ Indictment, Pre-trial Conference, Trial or Adjudication, Sentencing, Appeals & Writs. These processes have been developed and tested throughout our nations history to ensure every citizen has their Constitutional right to due process protected while still ensuring society is protected through the enforcement of its laws. There is no perfect system as people are inherently imperfect. Some of those systems with room for improvement will be

Introduction The highest federal court in the United States is The Supreme Court. The chief justices that serve on this court are faced with making the most significant decisions that influence the criminal justice system. Chief Justice Earl Warren and Chief Justice William Rehnquist were both outstanding examples of how the Supreme Court significantly shaped the American justices’ system and criminal producers. This essay will compare and contrast the approaches to criminal procedure by the U.S. Supreme Court under both Chief Justices Earl Warren and William Rehnquist.

Today, the court system in the United States is comprised of a vast and far-flung network of state and federal courts that adjudicate millions of cases each year, but this dual court system has not always been in place. The dual court system of federal and state courts that is in place today is the result of a number of historical developments in the U.S. courts over the years. This paper provides a review of the relevant literature to identify significant milestones in the historical development of the court system in the United States including the dual court system, provisions for probation and parole. A summary of the research and important findings are presented in the conclusion.

In an effort to make sure that innocent men and women are not wrongly convicted in capital punishments cases, they are given a wide range of appeals procedures. Immediately following sentencing an automatic appeals process called Direct Review begins. It is during this process that appellate courts review the lower trial court’s decision, checking for errors and making sure the case was tried on sound judgment. If any errors are found

Each felony conviction and resulting punishment can follow an elaborate and every long process of challenges to that conviction and punishment, but comparatively some inmate really exhaust the possibilities. It is usually the death row prisoner (and his or her lawyers) who can be predictable to wring every last drop out of this procedure. It has two elementary sections, the first being direct appeal of the trial-level conviction and judgement and the second being post-conviction or habeas corpus challenges following direct appeal which were unsuccessful. When this procedure is followed aggressively, at least half to two- thirds of the capital punishment cases are reversed.

The Criminal Justice Systems have various objectives to achieve, one of them being reduction of crime levels. Another core objective is practicing justice. These two objectives can be achieved in various ways. Evidence has been presented by the authors that the judicial systems sometimes play unfair in solving crime cases.

Our forefathers have structured the branches of the government in such a way, that not one branch has a supreme dominance over the other. Judiciary branch, which is considered one of the most prominent in the world, is under scrutiny. There are abundant cases of wrongful imprisonment, which suggests that the constitution of judicial system need to be revisited. According to research conducted each year, there are thousand of cases of innocents that are convicted for the crimes that they have not committed. Prisons are overcrowded with dangerous felons. An innocent, who has been imprisoned, can fully assess the situation to weather to admit his or her crimes for an early parole. In numerous instances, individual is forced to accept

An appeal is a system of reviewing a decision of a previous judge who had misused or misinterpreted the law. After discovering the error