One penalty that can be applied during the sentencing process is imprisonment/gaol. Gaol is one of the key penalties imposed during the sentencing process. Gaol is the detention of an offender for a specified period of time. There are a number of levels in the gaol system including open prison farms, minimum security, medium security, maximum security and super max. Gaol plays a significant role in achieving justice for society and victims as it incapacitates the offender so they cannot reoffend, provides a serious punishment for serious offences and keeps dangerous criminals off the streets.
Sox created standards for corporate accountability. Failure for companies to abide by the provisions of the law include prison terms and hefty fines. The penalties depend on which section of the act a company is not in compliance with. SOX has made it possible for criminal penalties to be increased in the case of “white collar” crimes. In the tampering of an investigation of bankruptcy or fraud, an individual can be sent to prison for up to 20 years.
Graham was convicted of murder in 1987, after 14 yrs of wrongful imprisonment; the state gave Graham a £10 check and a coat that was 5 times too big. Whereas David Williams, Pride of the Canadian forces, Williams was set free, until further digging found that he had murdered and assaulted many women, he was finally convicted, after writings and photographic records were found. Additional research has found that accents can affect whether the defendant is seen as innocent or guilty. Mahoney and Dixon (2002) found that `Brummies` were more likely to be found guilty of armed robbery than cheque fraud compared to a defendant with a posh accent. Race of the defendant and jury`s play a massive part in the courtroom.
400). Victimization affects each individual in a distinctive way throughout the criminal justice process. The prosecutor must be compassionate to the scale of victimization that transpires in a given case. A victim demands justice be served and is counting on the prosecutor to guarantee vindication. The prosecutor must maintain his or her case with holding the defendant accountable, decreasing the time span and funds spent in a trial, and making certain the victim is reimbursed financially, and helped to be made whole again.
This could in some instances include family members or close friends of the person who committed the crime.” (2006, p.1) The impact of such crimes is long lasting in particularly for violent crimes. The victims of violent crimes, if the survive at all; suffer from both physical and psychological scars. These scars can often result in tremendous loss both in their personal lives and or their work lives. When a victim has suffered from a horrific crime, the courts have occasionally considered victim's compensation as a means of at least to a degree making up for individual’s losses. Smith (2006) defines victim compensation as a “form of income redistribution designed to redistribute wealth from offenders to victims of crime” (307).
However, it’s been argued the cost of capital punishment is more than putting a criminal through maximum sentence – life imprisonment and there is a possibility of making an irreversible mistake of executing an innocent person. (deathpenalty.procon.org, 2016) Therefore, there is a need to further research as to whether capital punishment is a benefit or harm to society. 1.2 Objectives of the
Prosecutors are responsible to make sure the guilty person is prosecuted and that innocent people are protected from unwarranted prosecution. Prosecutors decide which types of plea bargains to enter and can ask the court to dismiss the charges. Prosecutors have more discretion than any other legal person including judges. A prosecutor’s position is much more difficult than portrayed on television. On television, the prosecutor, or ADA comes in tries the case and leaves.
In his book, Drucker outlines how over-imprisonment can leave lingering effects on society. He explains that beyond direct monetary effects (ie. increased costs of policing and prisons), the more harmful effects are the prolonged ones and also the ones that go
In a trial a jury is present. A huge part of the criminal process is the jury selection. The jury is selected from a jury pool. After the trial a sentence is made up, determining a decree of punishment whether it is prison, money, probation or death penalty. In this case for the gunman prison for life is probably going to be the outcome.
Jose Arana Mr. Guthrie 12/11/2013 Intro- AJ 111 1. Over the years, the criminal sentence has served a number of different purposes, including retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, and incapacitation and are made for people to pay the crime they’ve committed and learn from it so that they wouldn’t do it again and for other to see that there are consequences for those who choose to not follow the laws 2. The six different types of punishment within the criminal justice system are capital punishment which is the actual process of executing someone. The second one is incarceration which is the most common punishment putting people away behind bars for a good time. House arrest is the third one which is almost the same thing as incarceration of prison difference is that your under incarceration in your own house and have different rules you need to follow and if you disobey them, then prison will be the second option, fourth option is probation this means that in some how you are free, but you still need to follow several rules by your “probation officers” depending if it’s an adult or juvenile order.