For example, there was a “man [who was] sentenced to prison for 25 years to life under the law for stealing a bottle of vitamins” (Murphy). In March 1999, when the Three Strikes law was challenged by this case, the Supreme Court “refused to hear” (Murphy) a word that was said by the people. By putting them in prison for an excessive amount of years, housing for serious offenders is being made unavailable which will lead to an increase “to an already overcrowded and expensive prison system” (Messerli). Some of the people may have committed the innocuous crime to help their spouse and children. When used, the Three Strikes law treats all crimes the exact same way, which makes the law unjust.
As the social worker was questioning L.P., Clark showed up and took the boy back home while denying any responsibility. The next day, social workers took the boy and his sister to the hospital where they determined that both L.P. and his younger sister had been abused. Clarke was charged with domestic violence, felonious assault, and multiple accounts of child endangerment. The trial judge found L.P. incompetent to testify at trial but allowed several witnesses to testify for him. The court found Clark guilty and sentenced him to twenty-eight years in prison.
The Shawshank Redemption The film, The Shawshank Redemption directed by Frank Darabont, is based on the lives of several prisoners at Shawshank State Prison. All of the prisoners and the prison itself are somehow redeemed or changed in the duration of the film. They battled against institutionalisation and fear and some learn to hope for a better future. The main character in the film is Andy Dufresne. He is a young banker who is convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to life at Shawshank State Prison.
During a grueling two hour-long interrogation, Miranda allegedly confessed to these crimes (McBride, 2006). Only finishing school up until the ninth grade, Ernesto wasn’t considered a very educated man. His lack of education, paired with the fact that he had a history of mental instability, made a confession from Miranda easily obtainable without having council present to represent him. With his recorded confession, the prosecution was able to convict Miranda of rape and kidnapping, thus sentencing him to 20 to 30 years in prison (McBride, 2006). After the Arizona Supreme Court threw out his appeal, Miranda appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Floyd faces 18-month imprisonment Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be jailed for up to 18 months after deciding to plead guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges in a deal which resolves felony allegations that he battered his ex-girlfriend, court officials said Tuesday. Mayweather, 34, will face $3,000 in fines and could be sentenced to between two days and 18 months in the Clark County jail after agreeing to plead guilty Wednesday to one count of battery domestic violence and two harassment charges, said Tess Driver, an aide to Clark County District Attorney David Roger. The Las Vegas Review-Journal first reported the plea deal Tuesday. It also includes an agreement for Mayweather to plead no contest next week to misdemeanor battery and pay
After taken to trial, the prosecutor's case “consisted solely of his confession” to obtain a conviction. The Maricopa County Superior Court convicted Miranda of both rape and kidnapping and was then sentenced to 20 to 30 years in prison. Miranda appealed to the Arizona Supreme Court, claiming that “the police had unconstitutionally obtained his confession” as well as the absence of an attorney during the interrogation and should have been excluded from trial. The police officers involved admitted that they had not given Miranda any explanation of his rights. They argued, however, that because Miranda had been convicted of a crime in the past, he must have been aware of his rights.
Said perpetrator was, Joe Davis, already a convicted felon, had seen release from prison only three weaks earlier. Afterwards, Kimber’s father Mike Reynolds met with an informal group of judges, attorneys and law enforcement reps to discuss sentencing practices. This case set the precedent for California’s “Three Strikes and You’re Out” law. Said California law requires that when a criminal is convicted of three felonies, he or she must serve a mandatory fixed sentence of twenty-five years to life, usually without parole. There are three types of offenses that qualify as a strike: Juvenile Offenses, Serious Felonies and Violent Felonies.
By the end of my speech you will better understand both sides of the death penalty 3. The death penalty is a very controversial topic to this day and we will just slightly skim the surface with facts and statistics on one of the biggest arguments of all time. Introduction (20 points) 1. Ana Marie Cardona was sentenced from Miami-Dade County for the torture murder of her 3-year-old son. The boy was nicknamed “ Baby Lollipops” because of the tee shirt he was wearing when the police found his beaten body.
His sentence is changed from manslaughter and he has now been sentenced to 18-20 years in prison for manslaughter, followed by four to five years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm. (Ryan, 2013) During a trial, the evidence is again presented to a court of law or a jury. Being sentenced to Capital Punishment is very unlikely to happen for Burke, as the state of Massachusetts has abolished Capital Punishment and only uses it in very severe cases where the suspect is tried federally (McCarthy, 2014) instead of regionally, like the Boston Bomber Case. Burke most likely got this sentence, because he pleaded guilty, possibly after enough evidence was gathered to prove his guilt and thereby “has taken responsibility for shooting the victim, resulting in his death, over what appears to have been a dispute about money” (Boston.com, 2013) Burke is most likely to receive this sentence, because it is exactly the crime he committed. He committed manslaughter which was proven by the messages on the phone and apparently other evidence that has been found.
Decision Making Case Study Analysis University of Phoenix Organizational Behavior and Management/ CJA 443 Charles Steven Courtoy August 6, 2008 Decision Making Case Study Analysis In the United States every individual who’s accused of a crime is innocent until proven guilty. According to the case study, Rational Sentencing: Whose Rationality? Mary believed that the 22-year old male who was accused of a sexual offense, specifically statutory rape should be sentenced to probation with the condition of having no contact with his 16-year old victim until she reaches the age of 18. Mary’s fellow probation officer Brian disagreed with her recommendation and stated that the judge would surely revoke the idea of probation and sentence the defendant to prison time. The questions of should political concerns play a role in decision making; Should rational guidelines have more importance than political concern; Are there limitations present within rational models of decision making, and if so how are they being implemented during an organizations culture; and are culture as well as political concerns part of the decision making process, if so can they be kept out of decision making.