The Weaknesses Within The Prosecution

In August of 2002, without consulting Congress, the Bush administration changed the definition of torture by military standards to allow for previously illegal interrogation techniques. (Inside Guantanamo) Bush lost a lot of respect from American citizens for doing this on his own instead of consulting Congress because it added a lot of suspicion that he was trying to hide something. The Pentagon organized the interrogation techniques into three categories. The first one included yelling and deception techniques and the second included sensory deprivation, isolation, stress positions, extensive interrogation, hooding, clothing removal, and the use of phobias. The third and most severe category included waterboarding and even death threats. (Greenberg 221) Bush wanted justice to be served to the men who planned and carried out the deaths of thousands of innocent Americans in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He thought the families of the thousands killed that day deserved that justice. Soon after, President Bush sent 14 men to Guantanamo Bay so that justice could be served to them by the military commissions he had proposed. They were to be put under the custody of the CIA where they would get what Bush thought they deserved and thanks to the Bybee Memo, Bush had complete, unlimited power when it came to core war matters such as this. While constitutional, the actions of the Bush administration as he went behind Congress’s back and came up with a new definition for torture

In 2012, General Dempsey states “Mission Command is fundamentally a learned behavior to be imprinted into the DNA of a profession of arms.” The way Mission Command has evolved through the past years is indicative to the US Military adjusting to a new threat. The concept of Mission Command is not new, what is important is how General Dempsey states “Education in the fundamental principles of mission command must begin at the start of service and be progressively more challenging..” The General emphasizes the need for education at the start of the individual’s service. Additionally, this highlights the United States Army’s doctrinal adjustment to the new threat. During the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US faced an enemy whose creativity and adaptability are two of its greatest assets. The fast-paced situation changes in both of those AOs required tactical level leadership maintain the autonomy to “exercise disciplined initiative.” This type of initiative historically leads to mission success, specifically in fast-paced situations where a key to success is forcing the enemy to react.

To say that one reason prosecutors engage in misconduct is because the U.S. criminal justice system favors convictions over justice is too vague of a term and it is not necessarily this way. There are other factors that needs to be taken in consideration and it is too skeptic to say it this way for all prosecutors. To encourage justice over convictions, one can participate by giving more training to prosecutors, investigate thoroughly before pressing any charges, and pursue the truth of the case instead of thinking ways to be promoted. Prosecutors are the administrators of justice at trial and they should uphold constitutional rights of everyone involved. The reactions would be overwhelmingly crazy and shocking if we started charging prosecutors

The United States today faces a different risk. Sustaining a strong national defense, secures liberty against threats known and unknown and is the eminent and an indispensable accountability of the federal government

Summary: In this article the authors are addressing future leaders, and they immediately inform the reader that because there is more complexity considerably more complex issues and technologies than a century ago in the operational military environment, there is a great need for military leaders to achieve autonomy in terms of adapting to and learning about the evolving environment. In short, leaders must be smarter and better prepared for a changing world.

However, rooming house owner, Bessie Brewer said in her April 4, 1968 interview, Ray didn't ask for a room on the north side or check the

Prosecutors are government attorneys responsible for prosecuting violators. (Hall, 2014, p. 339) The prosecutor is the community chief of law enforcement such as Attorney General of the United States and administrator of justice. They may or may not be relevant in such judicial evaluation, depending upon all the circumstances. (Prosecutor Function, 2017) The constitutional mission of a prosecutor is to act as legal counsel to law enforcement officers, rending advice on the law and determine the validity of a conviction or prosecutorial discretion. The prosecutor constitutional missions are to search to reform and improve the administration of criminal justice. When deficiencies or unfairness in the significants or procedural law come to the

The preemption doctrine is a doctrine of war making that reserves the right of the U.S. military to use advance strikes to stop rogue states from developing weapons of mass destruction. This doctrine has allowed us to use aggressive action in the Middle East in order to prevent terrorist groups from getting weapons of mass destruction. This has become engrained in U.S. policy as it is used to justify aggressive actions when there is an imminent threat of attack. It shouldn 't be used to justify attacks that are distant and vague. This is an important doctrine even though some people disagree with it. They believe advance

be the moral compass in the judicial process because they are the ones who decide whether or

complaint was either files by a citizen or by following an arrest made by the

The policies that the United States has implement towards the War on Terror both conform and diverge from Machiavellian ideals in regards to foreign policy. Machiavelli states that to obtain and maintain power in a newly acquired state a ruler must “give offense…by imposing troops upon them”. The U.S. immediately acted towards this goal after the terrorist attacks in September 2001. The immediate action of the U.S. also correlate with the advice Machiavelli gives about the swiftness that must be taken to avoid war; “one should never allow a problem to develop in order to avoid war, for you end up not avoiding war, but deferring it to a time that will be less favorable”. By taking immediate action, the U.S. was able to take control of the situation at a time that allowed for the most support from the citizens of the U.S. along with other world powers. This was demonstrated by the surge of support that President Bush obtained immediately after the declaration of war.

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

Adaptive leadership is becoming widespread in the United States Army amongst junior officers in leadership positions that require quick thinking and innovation. Leonard Wong discusses how the versatile and unpredictable enemy and situations in Iraq produces adaptable junior officers. These officers are learning to make decisions under chaotic conditions and are becoming more mentally agile. The Army is changing. The Army is transforming its capabilities in the war in Iraq to be effective and successful. General Schoomaker states that we will not accomplish our goals as a nation in the 21st century unless our Army becomes much more agile but with the capacity for long term, sustained level of conflict. The Army is in the process of

A preemptive attack is an attack that is taken against an imminent threat, which means that a state has a strong belief that the threat, whether it be a terrorist organization or state, is going to attack soon. This attack is not a defensive move undertaken in response to an attack that has already occurred from the enemy, which would be classified as self-defense, but is instead an strike that takes place before the enemy has the opportunity to harm. There is a difference between preemptive and preventative attacks in their definitions that makes them distinct strategies. As previously stated, preemptive attacks are ordered when the attack is imminent, whereas preventative attacks are defined as strikes that are ordered when the threat of an attack is more long term or the possibility of it occurring is farther away in the future. However, both preemptive and preventative attacks are elements of power-based strategy

Before the CIA became involved, the Military Intelligence sector within the prisons order the Military Police, who was there to protect the prisoners, to humiliate an degrade them. This was in direct violation of the rules of engagement. Once the CIA created the Torture Memo, which made it permissible to torture people in the name of global terror and justified torture against enemy combatants- a term Bush coined in order to justify war when he couldn’t prove involvement- during times of war. Also, the Office of Legal Council, created a way for the President to authorize the use of torture, in order to protect the homeland (Taxi to the Dark Side). By allowing for methods of torture to be used overseas, President Bush and John Yoo, allowed for the breaking of the Geneva