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    constantly changing, but was generally more calm and relaxed than the atmosphere of adult court. The room was free from excessive decor and was organized and clean cut. The environment was generally friendly, pleasant, polite and professional. When the judge appeared in court the atmosphere tensed and it was clear someone of a higher authority was present because everyone was very respectful. Personnel People were constantly coming and going from the youth

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    Drug court is an alternative sentencing program to rehabilitate defendants who were arrested for selling, using and abusing drugs. Drug court is not set up like the traditional court system within the criminal justice system, it’s a court system that addresses several issues defendants are going through prior to being in the criminal justice system and it also help reduce court dockets within the system. Drug court is also known to reduce recidivism rates. This was done through participation of

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    information, and it may save the defendant some money, self-litigating one’s own case in criminal court may cause damage and be a burden to the bench, the court, the justice system and even the defendant. At the end of a court hearing, it is the preceding judge or a jury that must make a conclusion which affects one side of the conflicting parties. Our justice system recognizes lawyers as the best people to represent a defendant in court. In recent years, self-representation in the court system has drastically

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    modern and the seat are soft not like the church style wooden seat, the court room was quite small I the it can only fit around few people according to my observation, so the judge sat at front and the jury is on the left and side and it has a small desk right next to the entrance for the police officer in the court and the judge ‘s seat and desk is high than any other seat and desk in the room. I and Interpreter sit back near door and I want thank to them note for me, I don 't understand court and

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    Justice is often defined as the treatment of someone or something with due fairness, but the fairness of a situation is often seen differently, depending upon the viewer. In Susan Glaspell’s, A Jury of Her Peers, the idea of who is capable to fairly judge a person, and therefore serve justice, is examined through the arrest of Mrs. Minnie Wright for the murder of her husband. As the sheriff and others go to the Wrights’ house, the suggestion is made that those empowered by law to cast judgement and

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    mischief to a terrorist group and instructing a person to carry out a terrorist activity” (Quote). However, he has not admitted all the charges and pleaded not guilty in the court. The police officer had an interview with him in the past, and the judge is deciding to whether the record of the interview can be admitted as evidence against Mr. Hamdan at his trial in future days. If the court had charged him with terrorist-related crime, he might be staying in jail for his whole life. Since there is

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    Juvenile Courts Essay

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    to the rehabilitative aspect is the social welfare aspect. The juvenile courts lack the means to provide social welfare for children. This issue was created because of state agencies having the “control over the institutions and programs to which judges send delinquents,” rather than juvenile courts having the control (Hickey, 2010, p. 148). The lack of resources

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    not only be reasonable, fair and liberal in content, but should be interpreted, applied and enforced fairly and liberally. The rule thrives basically on two vital maxims audi alterem patem, nemo judex in cause sua which respectively mean that the judge must hear from both parties before reaching his decision and, that no one shall be a

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    Criminal Prosecution Services of Pakistan Introduction In Pakistan, public prosecution is a provincial subject. Thus, matters pertaining to administration and financial control of the prosecution service are within the purview of the provincial government. On the other hand, matters pertaining to rules of procedure and duties of prosecutors at criminal trials are governed by the Criminal Procedure Code of 1898. The prosecution service throughout had remained under the home department, and had been

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    Court Structure in Srilanka

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    THE COURT STRUTURE OF SRILANKA INTRODUTION The court-structure consists of a Supreme Court, a Court of Appeal, High Courts, Municipal Courts, and Primary Courts. Additionally, there are numerous tribunals, etc. In cases involving criminal law, a Magistrate’s Court or a High Court is the only court with primary jurisdiction; the respective legal domains of each are provided in the Code of Criminal Procedure.    The preponderant

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