Solving Criminal Cases

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.

In this article, American Taught Police: Surveillance in the “Land of Freedom,” the author Nikki Jones talks and describes taught of being followed by technology everywhere you go. She talks about the consequences and the civil rights and liberties that the American Taught Police may steal form the citizen. She describes that device as the tracking device and that device follows you. She brings up the question of the fourth Amendment. The fourth amendment is supposed to protect the rights of the citizen through “Search and seizure.” In the second paragraph, the author, Nikki Jones, talks about how the FBI and the NSA collecting so much data without any warrants because there is a question of national security.

Apple has the right to resist the FBI’s pressure to hack Syed Farook’s phone. Some say that Apple had no right to resist because the FBI are working on a case, but to hack into someone’s phone breaking their privacy, which is violating the Fourth Amendment. On Google, the fourth amendment clearly states, “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” The amendment does not say that third parties can force people to help aid the Federal Government. The FBI has no right to invade on Farook’s life. Some again say, yes they do, they are trying to protect Americans from future bombings, shootings, and any other types of terrorism. However, this may be true, it

From a trial strategy point of view, you always start with the piece(s) of evidence you believe are most damaging to the client's case and work backwards looking for an exploitable flaw in the search and seizure procedure that would make that or those item(s) inadmissible. The further back in the series of events you can argue a fatal flaw, the more likely that the evidence and any additional materials which flowed from that particular item of evidence will be excluded. This is the practical analysis of all the times we see or hear of law enforcement arguing that there was some technical item which drew their attention and suspicion and justifies their hunch that criminal activity is afoot.

Defendants Distinctive Properties, Inc., PacShore, Inc., Robert Hamzey and Marie Hamzey (“Defendants”), answer the First Amended Complaint of Michael A. Cady as follows:

Within Canada, the central purpose of the Criminal Justice system is to implement social control, prevent and identify crime and to prosecute those who breach the law. However, though the criminal justice system deals with all of these various components as a whole, the responsibility of each is divided between a variety of authority. The court is an area of the justice system that a significant weight of responsibility is placed upon, as the court essentially plays a multifaceted role in determining the innocence or guilt of a subject. (Griffiths, 147) Furthermore, one of the most difficult tasks asked of the courts is the principle of judicial independence. Essentially, judicial independence ensures that citizens are given the absolute right to have their cases tried by tribunals that are fair, impartial, and immune to any from of political interference. (Griffiths, 147) Therefore, through primary analysis of the criminal justice system, many observations were made of the various processes and structures of the courts. The criminal justice system, being quite complex, was difficult to analyze but within a day of court, the practices and procedures of the system were outlined with clarity. Despite the justice system containing an array of components, three main elements stood out that were actively exercised in the courthouse. These various elements include professionals known as the courtroom work group who actively facilitate all aspects of trial, the demanding

We can all agree that an important goal of the American criminal justice system is rehabilitation. It expects that most, if not all, offenders to learn from his or her wrongdoing and become productive members of society (Ballenstedt, 2008). It is this thinking at the heart of a community-based initiative that is designed to bring law enforcement officials together to form a single concerted effort to identify and address patterns of crime, mitigate the underlying conditions that fuel crime, and engage the community as an active partner (Wolf, Prinicples of Problem-Solving Justice, 2007).

However, as a public body, the Office has been held subject to scrutiny and critique in the media. The Law Society of South Australia has recently called for the creation of an external body to review prosecutorial decisions (McGregor-and-Fewster-2015). It has been noted that prosecutors poor decision-making and erroneous attitude, regarding cases where there is no reasonable prospect of securing a conviction, results in unnecessary delays in the court system and the substantial, irrecoverable loss of public funds (Yang-2013).

Bail is the next step of the process and the suspect may try to get bail, “ Bail is an amount of money or other security that is designed to insure a criminal defendant 's return to court if released from jail. Although bail may be reconsidered at any stage in the criminal process, this is usually the first opportunity to set it (Wright, 2012). A judge can also deny bail if the crime is very serious, or if they are considered a risk and if they have a criminal history.

Civil law in our legal system is very important. I allows those who are hurt by some wrongdoing to receive justice, sometimes it is more gratifying for the victim than criminal charges. How would you feel if you were not able to get that gratification, especially considering the culprit of the wrongdoing would be a prominent member of the legal system? In or legal system prosecutors are protected against civil liability meaning they cannot be sued by the public regarding their acts. It is outrageous; prosecutors should be able to be held liable for their actions and should be able to be sued for not upholding the law or act in ways that aren’t in favor of justice.

On October 19, 2006 Alia Ansari was walking her four year old daughter to pick up her other three children at Glenmoore Elementary school in Fremont (San Francisco Bay area). At 2:30pm three witnesses heard gunshots followed by a child screaming. Ansari was found dead with a gunshot wound to her face, her daughter was crying by her side. Three witnesses saw a man run to an older black Toyota and speed off from scene. Ten minutes after the shooting the police stopped a car matching that description. The driver was Manuel Mares February 5 Mares was sentenced to 52years to lie for first degree murder.

So what does the criminal justice system do to avoid this? What are the policies put forth to deal with this inevitable dependence on crime? Although difficult, it is essential to strengthen the non- economic social institutions, like church or public school educations. There must be less emphasis placed on the importance or status of private school education. In addition, it is necessary to equalize the opportunities for success. The lower level employees must have the same amount of opportunity that the upper level employees have, or once had. The lesser employees must not be alienated within the workplace or held accountable for things that the upper level employees are excused of. The current crack down on white-collar crime is an example

1. The trial from my perspective was that I was the only male jury member in the trial and that was unique because the jury was full of girls with their opinions and I had mine and I thought it was going to a biased trial but it turned out well as we were working fine with each other and were not fighting based on opinions and that influenced my view on the trial because it wasn't as biased as I thought.

The right to privacy and protection from government abusing power has been a debatable topic for centuries. Many American people struggled for years, arguing in courts, and proving their right to privacy and protection. It is the fourth amendment that clearly states, "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated-…” So shouldn’t the government refrain from violating this rule? Not according to the FBI. In December 2015, the FBI recovered an iPhone (Apple Inc. cellphone product) at the crime scene of a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. The iPhone was claim to belong to one of the terrorists involved in the attack. The FBI has contacted Apple requesting that the company disables the security feature on the iPhone they obtained at the crime scene. Apple declines the requests with the thought of its customer’s privacy in mind. Even though the FBI does have probably cause, forcing the company to comply to their request will contradict Apple’s privacy policies that are insured to their customers. Should the government be allowed to force Apple to betray their customers?

A person who is charged with a criminal offence enjoys certain rights. The principle right is that of the right to silence and the right not to incriminate yourself. The right to silence is an immunity, which differs in nature, origin, incidence and importance. The suspect’s immunity was developed in order to avoid the risk of untrue confessions being obtained from a person in police custody. The law does not prohibit a suspect from confessing to a crime. It does however provide that a suspect should be free to remain silent should he so choose and that he should be informed of his right to do so.