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bigger dealer. The idea behind this is understandable, but it leads to wrongful convictions. The solution for this problem would be requiring law enforcement to gain approval using the information the informant gave. This would need to be done by a judge and would help restore checks and balances throughout the system. Pre-trial hearing for informant:…

being an honorable judge. Me: How is your role in government different from an elected official? Salvarez: The role I play in the government differs from those who are elected officials. For example, I review cases and then observe the evidence, I make sure that all the facts are facts and that they are justifiable. Us judges are here to serve the people, we aren’t elected on a political party, we are elected by the President and not the people. Me: So the President elects judges and not the…

imposing sentencing. These factors are “statutory provision, …philosophical rationales, organizational considerations, …presentence investigation reports[,] and… personal characteristics” (Bohm, & Haley, 2014, p.322). The statutory requirements allow judges the guidelines to ascertain what allowable punishments fit the crime(s) committed (Bohm, & Haley, 2014). Additionally, factors such as societal recompense, deterring additional offenses, effecting defendant change, and victims’ rights all…

According to the textbook, there are two main ways in which one can be nominated as a Federal Judge. The first approach is termed, “Senatorial Courtesy” in which the president of the United states chooses an individual that he or she believes to be qualified to fill the position, however at this point the Senate has the position to “approve or reject” based on the same “qualification” the president used in order to nominate the individual. If the Senate decided to reject the president’s…

However, the judge does not have to inquire into “whether the accused actually committed any crime” (Brockman, 2010, p. 42). Therefore, although the judge does determine the validity of the plea based on the criteria outlined in Section 606, the inquiry does not ascertain the factual guilt of the…

Nia Gribbons 8/9 period Career paper 05/31/17 Lawyer I. Why This Career I chose my career project on a lawyer for many reasons. Lawyers need many skills. Some skills needed are public speaking skills, problem-solving, and lawyers must be dependable. I enjoy public speaking. As a lawyer, you have to have confidence to speak in front of a court. I enjoy meeting people and I’m not afraid to speak in public. Something I do well is problem-solving. Lawyers must be good at…

reached in order to know the cases that were being accessible to open. The court in which I witness a case was a conventional one, where the juries sat in a high display and could see everything unmistakably. The court had one raised layer for the judge and a discouraged range in the focal point of the court for the attorneys and the specialists to sit. Likewise the litigant's crate was in the focal point of the court. For the general population there was an upstairs open exhibition at the back…

they look at things a judge is a jury of one in the family court room the judge dominates the preceding in my world with his nurturing you with that scission like I 'm more comfortable with that and Family Court you don 't have the right to an attorney if you can 't afford one but…

of the SRLs case” (Richardson et al., 2012, p. 32). Moreover, “to the extent that court personnel or judges are at all sympathetic to efforts by self- represented litigants to receive assistance in conducting their cases, the other party to the dispute may feel that the fundamental tenet of neutrality has been breached” (Berenson, 2001, p. 113-114). In fact, this dispute holds legitimacy as judges have expressed concerns “that enforcing rules of procedure less rigidly against self- represented…

responsible for providing a defense for the defendant as well as being able to ensure the protection of his rights. The prosecution represents the government and is responsible for establishing guilt of the defendant. In the midst of the two sides is the judge who is responsible to ensure court proceedings are properly held and to establish a verdict of the accused using evidence and witness testimonies attained by the defense and prosecution. While, the entities and procedures of courts are…