9: Pre-Trial Activities and the Criminal Trial, located on the student website in preparation for your assignment: • Courtroom Roles • The Prosecution and Defense • The Trial Judge • The Grand Jury • The Bail System • The Pros and Cons of Plea Bargaining • Steps in the Trial Process • Rights at Trial • Jury Deliberation View and complete the following ‘Myths and Issues Videos’ in CJi Interactive found in Ch. 8: The Courts: History, Structure, and Key Players and Ch. 9: Pre-Trial Activities and the Criminal Trial, located on the student website in preparation for your
In the state of New York State a person who commits a crime and is under the age of 16 is sent to the Family Court system. The first type of hearing in the New York juvenile justice system is in the family court, said juvenile is then submitted to a fact finding hearing. If a finding is made the judge schedules a dispositional hearing and the Probation Department is ordered to investigate; then the juvenile’s home is looked into as well as school activity and behavior. The first sign a juvenile delinquent may exhibit is trouble in school, being suspended or acting out. In California from that point the police may get involved if an incident occurs at school or home, the officer can choose to take the youth to juvenile hall.
* Incident at Kelsey Worksheet * * List your goals for the interviews. * Interview Goals | Make sure you have evident and all the facts about the case | Make sure you document everything that is confessed to you | Make time for all the interviews | Juveniles need to be interviewed with parents or guardian present so make sure parents and guardian is there when the interview takes place. | * * * Differentiate between witnesses and suspects. * Witnesses | Suspects | Other students at school and the students who reported the incident | Drug supplier and Joe the drug dealer | * * * List several settings appropriate for conducting interviews. * Appropriate Settings | Police station is always good for interviewsHomes of witnessesA safe location other than the police station or witness home | * * * List 10 effective interview questions.
COURTROOM PLAYERS Vamp Poe CJS/200 DOUGLAS BLINKELY The courtroom player are the judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, plaintiff, bailiff, and most of the time a stenographer and the court clerk, the judge who is like an umpire. The judge ultimately is the leader he lay down the rules of the court, rules on objections, and rules on legal motions. The judge is more of a reaction person. You have the Prosecutor Attorney when in a criminal case he or she decide if the defendant is guilty by looking at the police report, decide whether they think the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. But should never file a case on the notion that the defendant is guilty because that’s his MO, or maybe has done other things
The authors implicit audience is shown when the author states, “I recently spoke to some students who had been involved in legal actions over the naming of a valedictorian, and they seemed to share a common attitude toward the experience.” This shows the implicit audience how important the naming of valedictorian is to many students. That they would take legal actions just to be on
He or she is responsible for ensuring the court proceedings are legal, and that the defendant receives his or her rights to due process of law. The judge does this by setting the rules of the courtroom and acting as a referee between opposing council. Although a judges’ most visible role is during a criminal or civil trial, he or she has many responsibilities. Prior to any court hearing, the judge is responsible for signing search and arrest warrants. Judges also deal with the issue of bail once established that there is enough evidence to hold a criminal trial against the defendant during the preliminary hearing.
2 Juveniles Should Be Tried as Adults in Certain Circumstances Mary Onelia Estudillo Mary Onelia Estudillo has written several articles for The Guardian, the student newspaper of the University of California at San Diego. The juvenile justice system was originally created to provide individualized rehabilitation to offenders of minor crimes such as truancy, shoplifting, and vandalism. But youth today are taking advantage of this lenient and outdated system and are committing violent crimes because they believe they will get off easy. In order to provide justice to victims and their families and to prevent more and more juveniles from committing violent crimes, the United States must hold criminals accountable—regardless of their age—and impose
Marty (Marthena) Clabaugh CJA/224 December 6, 2010 Dr. Beverly Spencer Courtroom Participation Paper The courtroom group consist of several participates the prosecutor, the attorney for the defendant, the defendant, the judge, the baliff, the court reporter, the witnesses, and the jurors. All these participates play important roles in the justice system drama. Each work with one another in accordance with the laws and jurisdiction of the court. The prosecutor is central to the justice drama in their part as the district attorney the review cases within their jurisdiction. District attorney’s process cases, determine whether police have made arrests which are procedural and follow the rules.
In adult cases they can have a retrial with a different jury to see if they get a better sentence. Diversion Programs exist for juvenile and adult offenders. Diversion programs are counseling, rehabilitation and behavioral treatment. In juveniles and adults they are given for first time offenders so they don’t have to serve time. Diversion programs for juveniles can be the big brother and sister club, group counseling, helping to further their education (GED, or high school diploma).
It is a national non-profit organization that focuses on five major areas: (1) Providing accurate information about tobacco, alcohol, and drugs; (2) Teaching students techniques to resist peer pressure; (3) Teaching students respect for the law and law enforcers; (4) Giving students ideas for alternatives to drug use; and (5) Aaron 2 Building the self-esteem of students (Siegel, 2005). The program curriculum is designed to be taught by police officers whose training and experience give them the background needed to help make this program successful in the classroom (D.A.R.E. America, 1996). Police Officers who participate in D.A.R.E. received over 80 hours of special training in areas such as child development, communication skills, and teaching techniques.