The Court Administrator and the Prudent Police Chief

Within the criminal justice system, officials abuse their power. The officials of the justice system have a duty to protect and perform their duties with unbiased decision making. The abuse of power jeopardizes people’s lives who are not able to sustain oneself and their families. Some people do not understand that poorer people find themselves in jail more and once a person is released, that person is subjected to return to jail for the amount of money owed to the state. There are many obstacles for the poor, especially those of color. People of color are treated unfairly in the justice system, from the arrest, the sentencing, and the release. The criminal justice system is supposed to be just but that is not the case. The criminal justice system allows for the police, public defenders, and judges to bend the laws and not be punished for their actions or that apologizes can fix the wrong that has been done. This paper will discuss the abuse of power from the justice system and the solutions to rectify the damages.

It is believed to be said that people commit crimes because of various reasons and aspects in their life. The community offers their citizens a secure and safe residence to live in. However, some argue that particular individuals are born with specific traits that determine how they react in a negative condition. Individuals make decisions in life that can lead them down the wrong path. An individual may choose to commit a crime, only looking at how it will benefit them. I also believe that people think before they commit any criminal activity. When an individual commits a crime, they act on their own free will. They’re aware of their consequences of their punishment. Also, people can commit crimes due to their society. Such conflicts arise

The District Attorney’s Office along with Santa Clara County Courthouse has been existent since 1850. In 1951, under the County agreement, the District Attorney’s office has remained the office responsible for all criminal prosecutions, investigations of all major cases and maintenance of the Laboratory of Criminalistics. The District Attorney 's Office has three locations; the central location is based in San Jose. There is an office located in Morgan Hill, otherwise known as South County, and an office in Palo Alto for the residents in the north county. “The Santa Clara County District Attorney 's Office is the largest prosecuting agency in Northern California.” (History of District’s Attorney Office, 2014)

The American court system is quite daunting and complicated. Consequently, the assistance previous available is no longer accessible resulting from budgetary issues. Therefore, strategic planning goals and management skills are essential to providing an efficient and smooth operating judicial system. Moreover, public education, access to the legal system, access to public court documents, effective management, and retention of court records are essential to successful court management. Furthermore, court managements resorted to consolidation and restructuring options to improve the

I decided to attend a night traffic court session at the Ventura Courthouse. The cases ranged from seat belt violations to reckless driving. Most of the defendants appeared before the court to request more time to pay the fines associated with the tickets. I was surprised to see that very few of the people in the courthouse were pleading not guilty. Only one person showed up to defend a case with legal help from an attorney of some sort.

The court structure in the United States is known as a duel court system. A dual court system consists of two separate court systems. The first system consists of state and local courts (Bohm & Haley, 2014). The second system consists of federal courts (Bohm & Haley, 2014). Several different types of courts make up America’s entire court system.

The Court and Trail cases are a subject that stands alone. It is a small world because there are many affairs to The Court System. In the New Orleans Court System there is a role of a Court Officer. The officer plays a critical role in maintaining order, and security within the court room before and after trial. I expect to learn more about the role of a Court Officer, as well as the different structures of the Orleans Parish Court House on Tulane day processes.

The State Judge Advocate (SJA) office is the Georgia Army National Guards highest legal office and is responsible for administering legal services to the Soldiers of the Georgia Army National Guard, concerning operational law, environmental law, contracts, administrative law, and military justice as well as other areas of the law. The SJA consists of Judge Advocate General officers (JAG) and Paralegal Specialists. JAG officers are best described as it is listed on their recruiting webpage. “A legal resource for Soldiers, units and the State Adjutant General. They investigate, prosecute and defend those charged with crimes in the military. In addition to helping Soldiers with legal documents, and training legal professionals both in the U.S.

The case involved a suspect who was stopped by a police officer for allegedly violating the right away of another vehicle in the City of Colton. He was arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI). This would have been his 3rd offense for DUI within 10 years. In the state of California, if found guilty, he could face 120 days in jail and 2 years revocation of his driver’s license. The Defendant believed that the police officer was not in a position to observe what he said he saw. A Department of Motor Vehicles hearing was schedule. The Defense presented evidence to the DMV officer to show that the officer could have not possibly seen what he indicated in his police report.

Police officers breaking traffic laws have become a serious issue. Officers have to speed to make it to crime scenes quickly. However, arriving at a crime scene sooner is not a reason to put ordinary citizens’ lives at risk. Officers may have to run a

I once believed the police and fire departments, court, correction, and social services to be independent entities that provided communities with individual services that sometimes complimented one another by the basic interchanging of information and services. Through this module, I have learned these entities are a very complex and although independent rely on inter-connectivity and communication comprise the criminal justice system. These entities share a common goal to uphold the law and maintain justice in our society (Silver, S. 2011. CJ in the USA an introduction to Criminal Justice. (1st ed., p. 1). The criminal justice system is divided into

The first ground was that he believed the senior judges had wrongly interpreted the meaning of the word “inability” found in section 12 (1) of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971. The appellant thought the meaning of “inability” was to be restricted to the narrow interpretation allowing the reasons behind unfitness for duty to be limited to physical or mental infirmity as oppose to the wider interpretation of including any form of incapability to perform the role of a judge. He believed that parliament never intended for “inability” to be widely interpreted as section 12 (1) of the 1971 act was intended to be read in relation to the historic legislative provisions for the removal of sheriffs from office in particular the Heritable Jurisdictions

There are many different reasons a person can find themselves in a court as the defendant.

Sheriff court is a local civil courts which is available in every city in Scotland. There are in total of 6 Sheriffdoms in Scotland; Glasgow and Strathkelvin, Grampian, Highland and Islands, Lothian and Borders, North Strathclyde, South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway, Tayside, Central and Fife where each of these are then divided into a total of 49 sheriff districts except for Glasgow & Strathkelvin, all with their own sheriff court (Lawteacher.net, 2013).

People with money have a greater chance to win or get lower sentences compared to poor families.