Jury system

The burden of proof has two components to include: the burden of production and the burden of persuasion. The burden of production is the obligation to present evidence to the judge or jury. The burden of persuasion is the duty to convince the judge or jury to a certain standard, such as beyond a reasonable doubt, which is defined shortly. This is completed by measuring point and is determined by examining the quantity and quality of the evidence presented. The plaintiff or prosecutor generally has

Racial discrimination in the US judicial system has been a much studied subject. Within the past 15 years there have been several cases in our country that undisputedly point to law enforcement making decisions based solely on race. It is difficult to determine if these isolated incidents are a mirror of the system as a whole or products of individual free will. The fact that there are many different points in the court process where discrimination can happen is a main issue with trying to determine

senior year of college, I have had the pleasure of interning in the Chatham county district attorney’s office, specifically the office of victim witness assistance. I decided to intern here because I wanted to get a better understanding of the judicial system. I first wanted to intern in the district attorney’s office but after learning that the district attorney’s office only wanted to employ third year law students, my application was then given to Mrs. Haire in the victim-witness assistance office.

Predetermined verdicts can be found in The Trial and “A Jury of Her Peers.” In The Trial, all of Josef K.’s attempts to prove his innocence result in failure because the court, which is more like a central power in the society he lives in, determined him to be guilty at the same instant he was accused. In this society, there is no chance of being acquitted. There are other options, but K. says, “Both methods have this in common: they prevent the accused from being convicted. But they also prevent

forever changed the process of waving a juvenile into the adult system (Find Law, 2014). Introduction Morris A. Kent was a young teenager who had been in and out of trouble in the District of Columbia during the late 50’s and early 60’s. Kent had stayed in the juvenile court system on probation all the way up until 1961. When at the age of sixteen he was charged with several charges and was waivered into the adult system and later found guilty. Although, Kent appealed his case and

Jennifer was certain that Cotton was her attacker and in the Baltovich case all the witnesses were sure that he killed his girlfriend. Another similarity between both of the cases was that the judge did not warn the jury about the problems with eyewitnesses. Rather, the judge allowed both juries to base their conclusion off of a faulty eyewitness. A difference between both the cases was that Cotton was exonerated because of a DNA test that showed that Poole raped Jennifer. Baltovich case was only overturned

6. How do the various personnel roles in the component impact the criminal justices system as a whole? * Officers are instructed to provide safety in the community, and enforce the law. Issuing a suspect to court is the job of the police and it is the job of the police to make sure that the suspect is convicted for their crime and issued

The American federal court system is broken up into three tiers: District, circuit, and supreme. When it comes to the court system they are broken down into several tiers in both federal and state level. When it comes to federal court vs a state court, they jurisdictional. The united states district court is the lowest level in the federal court system. In the U.S district court, they hold the original jurisdiction (where crime took place). In this court they will hear a criminal case where a federal

details that need to be done before the actual trial date, which are called Pre-Trial items. There are still many things that need to be done during the Pre-Trial stage. This is also the stage where you let the Judge know if you would like a jury trial or a non-jury trial. There will be a Pre-Trial hearing where the Judge lets you know when all discovery and/or any Motions are due to be submitted to the Court.

were little children, an adult would ask you what you want to be when you grow up. Most children want to be dancers, singers, doctors, lawyers, etc. I always wanted to be a lawyer and advance to being a judge. Now that I am older, the judicial system is where I need to be, just not a prosecutor or judge. I have changed my mind about being a prosecutor and judge because it is too political. I would be fair. However, I would not make a very good political candidate. Even though each professional