In table I, the primary source speaks about preliminaries to and rules for a trial. If the accuser orders the offender to court, the offender must go. If the offender does not show, the accuser must call a witness. If the offender avoids the situation, the accuser may fight him but if the offender cannot do so because of physical issues, he can build a team to do these duties. For a landowner, he must be his own security but for the working-class, he may let anyone protect him. Once the accuser…
Actually, the evidence found did point to James Earl Ray as the perpetrator of the crime and no other evidence other than claims of a conspiracy were found at the scene. However, there were some weaknesses in the prosecution’s case, the two witnesses at the rooming house could not identify the man they saw running from the bathroom after the shot. Nor could they match the gun to the mangled bullet that killed Doctor Martin Luther King (Polk, 2008). A confession of this crime helped the…
public trial, the witnesses should be there and fight against the accused, but people are worried about the accusers’ safety. Every accused can have a lawyer to help him or her with the case. There may be many problems between the accused and the lawyer. This essay will explain these points in detail which are the nice protection system, the witnesses’ safety and the problems between accused and lawyer.…
TYPES OF EVIDENCE IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL One of the major components to the criminal justice system is the legal use and collection of evidence. There are several types of evidence that can be used in the court of law during a criminal trial. Without evidence, criminal cases cannot sustain a conviction of a person(s) who have allegedly committed a crime. The United States constitution protects the U.S. people from being convicted without the legal use of evidence and how it is to be presented in a…
Queensland Double Jeopardy Provisions Double Jeopardy is a technicality law based upon the assumption that one cannot be repeatedly prosecuted in a criminal trial by either the jury, judge or appeal of court judges ("Questioning Double Jeopardy", 2016). This notion has been in existence for 800 years and originated from English Common Law. The double jeopardy protection averts three scenarios, a retrial for a crime that would attract a 25-year or more sentence if the original acquittal is…
This trial predominantly focused on the faith of early prosecutors, as the trial was mainly based around police evidence that was gathered by a team from the Queensland Crime Commission. The importance of having faith in early prosecutors such as police is that they are key enforcers of public…
In regards to basic criminal procedures, the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution contains some very important basic rights which enable citizens to have protection against the government. These rights consist of the following; due process, substantive due process, Miranda warning, indictment, self-incrimination, grand jury, jury, double jeopardy, and collateral estoppel, immunity from prosecution, eminent domain, takings, and lastly territorial jurisdiction. Nevertheless, this…
In the book Monster written by Walter Dean Meyer, Steve Harmon, a 16 year old black boy, is by going a trial determining if he will spend his life in jail or not. Steve’s outcome of the trial was not guilty with which many would most likely not agree with. In what was supposed to be just a robbery turned into the murdering of Nesbitt, the murder with which Steve was allegedly the look out for the whole thing. Most believe he is guilty, but not on the account of murder just on the robbery. He…
Every member in a group takes on a specific role, whether it be positive or negative, that provides a special function in the group dynamic. In 1948, Benne and Sheats, in their acclaimed essay, listed various group roles that may occur during group communication and sorted them into three categories; group task roles, group maintenance roles, and self-centered roles. These roles each have a different motive that help to either lead or derail the group from their common goal. In the classic movie…
Once all the evidence was presented, it was time for Papa and the other jurors to decide whether or not to send the man to a sentencing trial. When choosing a foreman, Papa said, “We went around the table and decided, ‘You look okay!’ The man was nicely dressed and looked intelligent. Most of the people in there looked like bums. He put on a good appearance, and looked to be about my age…