The Issues Surrounding Plea Bargaining

Plea-bargaining has become crucial for courts and the justice system to effectively manage their caseloads. A defendant typically agrees to plead guilty to one or more charges well before a trial is slated to begin. The charge or charges the defendant often agrees to plead guilty to tends to come with a much lesser charged than what they were initially set to go to trial for. Plea-bargaining often allows for a quick resolution of cases where the evidence of guilt is overwhelming or where there is

into my three Justices Sotomayor, Gorsuch, and Thomas. Thomas has been on the court since 1991 and has a proven conservative record, Sotomayor is a bit newer to the court and has a more mixed record leaning toward the liberal side on most of the issues, and final there is Gorsuch, the newest member of the court and labeled as a conservative in the spirit in Justice Scalia who he replaced. This section will delve into these preconceived notions about the Justices, and will attempt to put them in

the next fifty years? Community policing is where law enforcement officers become familiar with the surrounding community and the surrounding citizens that live there. This was created so that the surrounding community and law enforcement officers can become sort of like a family unit of closeness in order to create a safe environment to live in, to try and reduce the crime rate within the surrounding area, to try and reduce the fear of law enforcement officers, gain the respect and trust that is needed/wanted

continually used today in the American prison system. The Criminal Justice System in America contains significant flaws that are detrimental to society. A few of these flaws lie within the actions and ideals of the prison system, the policies and laws surrounding the criminal justice system, and the American Legislative Exchange Council. The criminal justice system focuses more on criminalization and incarceration than it does on rehabilitation. The United States of America wins the award for the highest

enforcement, the idea of wearing body cameras are starting to look like a great idea. Body worn cameras seem like a great asset to utilize for every police officer out there however there are some faults to it as well like some security, ethical, and social issues. Current Use With the recent news circulating recordings and

textbook on how to manage dying patients, nor is it intended as a complete study of the psychology of dying.” (Kübler-Ross, 1969). This book was written as a call-to-action; to raise awareness of the voice of the dying. Not only is there stigma surrounding the topic, but also numerous misconceptions concerning the emotional journey of the terminally ill. The Kübler-Ross Model creates a framework for those interacting with dying persons, to help caretakers better understand the transitions that are

A rising controversy surrounding our justice system is whether or not racial disparity exists when sentencing. Early studies concluded that racial disparity in sentencing was a result of discrimination (Spohn, Gruhl & Welch, 1981). For decades, these disparities in sentencing have led to considerable empirical research, and helped to shape major policy changes (Starr & Rehali, 2013). In this paper, existing research focused on whether there are sentencing disparities between Caucasians and minorities

States.[ii] This fact has lead to a large amount of public outcry and questioning in the international community. It is in looking at how the United States has chosen to answer the questions and the actions they have taken that the truth of the issue comes to the fore. The most publicized usage of the anti-personnel mine is by the United States of America. While the U.S. ceased exporting their anti-personnel land mines in 1993, the use of mines throughout the world has continued.[iii] Up

to coerce guilty pleas to lesser offenses. This basically gives too much power to prosecutors who use the leverage of mandatory minimum sentences as a bargaining tool. This can be done through false testimonies from a defendant who would probably be going to prison anyway but will lie for a lesser sentence (Batey, 2002). As stated by Batey “Another major reason why mandatory minimum sentencing has failed is that it has given America’s prosecutors too much power in plea bargaining, an imbalance that

Trends Evaluation University of Phoenix Contemporary Issues and Future in Criminal Justice People in society continuously change therefore people continue to evolve as our perceptions change. In this paper the student will assess the past, present, and future trends in the interface between elements of the criminal justice system. In the assessment the student will evaluate the criminal justice connections with surrounding society. The student will identify the recent and future