Under system of checks and balances the President can check Congress by vetoing legislation. The practice of judicial review has permitted the Supreme Court to check Congress by declaring laws unconstitutional. Congress, on the other hand, can check both the President and members of the Court through its power to impeach government officials for treason, bribery, or other high crimes. Checks and balances were even set up within the legislative branch of government. Both houses of Congress, for example, have to approve a bill for it to become law.
Prosecution vs. Defense Counsel Paper CJS 220 Prosecution vs. Defense Counsel Paper There are several differences in the roles of the defense counsel and a prosecutor. One of which is what they do and who they work for. The prosecutor works for the state and tries to convict the defense counsels client at all costs. The prosecutor also has the challenge of trying to get the state everything they want in the trial. The prosecutor also has the task of protecting the state in consumer related matters.
Prosecution Versus Defense Paper Elizabeth Stebbins 220 March 10, 2013 David McNees Prosecution Versus Defense Paper The role of the prosecutor and the defense counsel are similar in as many ways as they are different. The prosecuting attorney represents society because a crime against one is seen as a crime against all. The defense attorneys represent the individuals’ accused of the crime. The prosecuting attorney “is responsible of preparing and presenting the state’s case against defendants in criminal and civil cases” (Meyer & Grant. 2003. p. 114).
A confederate government is a coalition of independent states the government has the power to handle only those matters that the member states have assigned to it. Normally, confederate governments have had limited powers and only in such areas as defense and foreign commerce. The advantages of a confederate government is it keeps all power at local levels preventing the growth of a large central government, and makes it possible for the several states to cooperate in matters of common concern and also retain
Immigration, using the United States mail to swindle customers, and crimes occurring on federal property are also filed in Federal Court. An example of such crimes would be ones occurring at national parks or on military reservations. Most cases involving bank robberies or drugs are handled in State Courts. If the bank that was robbed has its deposits insured by a federal agency or if the drugs were brought into the country or across state lines than it is filed in Federal Court. Federal Court also deals with cases concerning state law if the issue is about whether or not a state law violates the Federal Constitution.
The American criminal justice system contains many jurisdictions within, some of which overlap one another. The jurisdiction that our group will be focusing on is the Federal Jurisdiction: how federal agents enforce the law and how the federal courts punish those who have broken those laws. We will briefly discuss how the federal system deals with offenders after they have been sentenced. In interaction with Law Enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), serving as both a federal criminal investigative body and a domestic intelligence agency. At present, the FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than
Criminal Justice System Paper Sarah Murphy CJA/204 Monday, August 29, 2011 Professor Danny Williams Criminal Justice System Paper In the world today, with consideration, the criminal justice system includes a group of agencies, government workers, and processes established by our government to control crime rates and inflict penalties to those who disobey the law. In using certain components, our government is better able to administrate criminal justice processes successfully to the innocent and to the guilty. The Criminal Justice System The criminal justice system is here to assist in controlling crime and imposing punishment to those who disobey the law. Crime is defined as an “act or the commission of an act that is forbidden or the omission of a duty that is commanded by a public law and that makes the offender liable to punishment by that law; especially: a gross violation of the law” (Schmallager, 2009). The criminal justice system is broken down into jurisdictions ,these jurisdictions, with considerations, are created by certain factors such as the city, county, state, federal or ,tribal government or military installation.
Throughout the history of the criminal justice systems, entrapment has played a big role with police officers. Entrapment is an improper or illegal inducement to crime by agents of the law enforcement, also a defense that may be raised when such inducements have occurred (Schmalleger). “Governmental bribe of criminal movement is usually viewed as essential for effective law enforcement. Especially when the government is seeking to prosecute persons engaged in crimes committed in secret among willing participants, for example; drug offenses, bribery, receipt of stolen property, and trafficking in pornography”(Carlson p.614). These are some of the movements police officers would try to bribe criminals to get involved in.
When considering the role of memory in the law, the issue of the fallibility of human memory is especially important. Eyewitnesses to crimes recall their memories in court rooms and errors made can lead to wrongful conviction or wrongful acquittal of defendants. In the USA, eyewitness misidentification is the single most cause of wrongful convictions. The Innocence Project has therefore been set up as an organisation to clear the names of those wrongly convicted, by using strong DNA evidence to overturn the rest of the evidence. Much of the research into eyewitness testimony (EWT) derived from the cognitive approach, therefore much of the evidence is based on the scientific method, such as the use of laboratory studies.
This is where the government plays a role in attempting to confiscate the positions of the officials in the system who endeavor to promote crime. This may be done by offering incentives to individuals who testify against corrupt officers. Studies done by Nasser Mustapha (2006) identifies rewarding criminals as a very effective mechanism in altering deviant behavior. By rewarding repeat offenders for little good deeds they may do for society may