Law Enforcement Miranda v. Arizona Deon Parson Law Enforcement Scott White February 10, 2012 Miranda v. Arizona The case that I am going to discuss in this paper is Miranda v. Arizona began on June 13, 1966 witch is about a poor Mexican immigrant by the name of Ernesto Miranda. Ernesto was arrested for kidnapping and raping a young woman. He admitted to the crime after being interrogated by the police for two hours. He was found guilty then appealed his conviction due to the fact he said he didn’t know his fifth amendment that stated he had the right to speak with attorney and so he didn’t self-incriminate his self. The case then went to the Supreme Court.
Did the prosecution in State of Florida v. Casey Marie Anthony overcharge the case? Was there enough evidence to convict Anthony as she was charged? What are your thoughts on the evidence presented by the defense? The prosecution in this case did make the right decision by deciding Casey Anthony was not guilty. I do believe the prosecution overcharged the case because they tried to go for the death penalty before all evidence was collected.
Kevorkian allegedly only assisted in the patients’ deaths by attaching a device to them, in which the patients would press a button to finally end their life painlessly and on their own terms. Is this right? On March 26, 1999 Kevorkian was charged with second-degree murder and the delivery of a controlled substance, since he lost his medical license. Kevorkian went to his trial and disband his attorneys. After a two day trial the Michigan jury found Kevorkian guilty to second-degree murder and was charged with 10 to 25 years in prison.
In Ted’s eleventh hour during his last day alive, he decided to confess to crimes to the Washington State Attorney Dr. Bob Keppel. Ted had once assisted in the hunt for the “Green River killer” from in the 1980’s. Ted’s execution date was initially scheduled for March 4, 1986. His execution was postponed while his defense attorney worked on his appeals for his previous murder convictions. Two months later the appeal was denied and another death warrant was issued to Ted by the State of Florida.
Hostess' bankruptcy is raising fears that HoHos may soon be history. But the Twinkie will never be forgotten by the criminal justice system, thanks to the so-called "Twinkie defense." What is the Twinkie defense? It dates back to a 1979 murder case in San Francisco (dramatized in the movie "Milk") in which ex-cop-turned-politician Dan White shot and killed fellow politicians Harvey Milk and George Moscone. News reports called White's defense the "Twinkie defense," but in reality, Twinkies were barely even mentioned at trial.
Mrs. Nemececk Period 5 November 5, 2011 Mock Trial In the mock trial case of Jack and Simon, each party had a decent argument and amount of evidence to prove their points. The prosecuting side provided good facts from the text of the book, though they failed to charge Roger accurately. Although the defense also came up with some good points as well, they still could not prove jack quite innocent. After a fair trial, the jury found Roger innocent from the charge of first degree murder, though the jury found Jack guilty to second degree murder. As a judge it was my responsibility to sentence each guilty individual to a necessary punishment.
Jennings has the right to sue Armington in Civil Court for Wrongful Act; pain and suffering brought on by being shot and seriously injured during the robbery (Miller, Jentz, 2008). In a Civil Court of law, all he has to do is provide burden of proof by preponderance of the evidence; Armington was robbing a drugstore, shot and seriously injured Jennings, the drugstore clerk during that time. Once Armington is found guilty (Verdict) by 3/4’s majority a remedy is render (monetary);damages to compensate for the harm or a decree to achieve an equitable result (Miller, Jentz,
Constitution’s Bill of Rights. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 reversed a court sentence by a judge in a criminal case involving Charles Apprendi. (Schmalleger, 2009, p. 394). The defendant Charles Apprendi pleaded guilty to “unlawfully possessing a firearm,” (Schmalleger, 2009, p. 394). The presiding judge during trial found out that Apprendi fired shots to a neighboring house as threats to leave the neighborhood.
The additional expense includes legal costs for expanded trials and appeals and for housing inmates in single cells. http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/24/local/la-me-death-penalty-california-20120424 California's death penalty law: It simply does not work -By Ron Briggs We believed the Briggs initiative — the death penalty measure we wrote in 1977 — would bring greater justice. We were wrong. In 1977, my dad, former state Sen. John Briggs, my brother-in-law and I got together to discuss California's death penalty. We agreed it was ineffective and decided a ballot initiative was needed to expand the number of murder categories eligible for capital punishment.
In the movie “The Exonerated”, a film based on true events, the ordeals of six formerly condemned inmates are discussed, among them Sonia Jacobs, whose husband Jesse Tafero was wrongfully executed in 1990. By time their innocence was proven, it was too late. That’s why in order to insure an accurate execution, dna should be used in every case where such evidence is present. If a case is purely circumstantial, a defendant should not face the death penalty. However, if there is irrefutable evidence of guilt, and the crime committed is truly heinous, the defendant should face death.