Summary of the Case Eric Michael Clark was charged with murdering an Arizona police officer. Clark was a paranoid schizophrenic and was not able to submit evidence during his trial that would exonerate him of the ability to commit the crime charged. Under Arizona law, Clark was permitted to present evidence of his psychiatric condition to support an insanity defense. Arizona law states that an insanity defense must establish by clear and convincing evidence that as a result of mental illness at the time of the crime he “did not know the criminal act was wrong.” ("Clark v. arizona," 2006) The judge in Clark’s case refused to consider psychiatric evidence to reject his mens rea, due to nonsupport of Arizona case law. Clark’s conviction was also sustained by The Arizona Court of Appeals.
2. Why did Minister Collin Partap refused to take the breathalyser test? | Sources used | Police Reports | Police Reports | Police ReportsMinister of National Security Mr. Jack WarnerThe Ag Police Commissioner Stephen WilliamsReport for Minister Collin Partap | Sources not used | Witnesses at the scene of the incident, Occupants of the vehicle, an official statement from Mr. Collin Partap | Witnesses at the scene of the incident, official statement from Minister Collin Partap | Minister Collin Partap statement, witnesses at the scene of the incident. | The Guardian newspaper’s story got 5 marks. The story lacked vital information such as the name of the Minister, what happened exactly at the scene of the incident, how the AG Police Commissioner got involved.
But first the defendant must be able to show that the trial court acted improperly on a question of law. It can include the introduction of tainted evidence by the prosecution or faulty jury instructions. About 17% of criminal convictions are appealed. If the jury finds the accused not guilty, the prosecution cannot appeal to have the decision reversed because it would interfere with the defendants 5th amendment rights against multiple trials for the same offense, which is known as being tried a second time for the same crime also called double jeopardy;” the state is not allowed to make repeated attempts to convict an individual for an alleged offense, thereby subjecting him to embarrassment, expense, and ordeal and compelling him to live in a continuing state of anxiety and insecurity, as well as enhancing the possibility that though innocent he may be found
Heather’s essay discusses the _________________ (contradictory) between good and evil in Stephen King’s novels. 5. The FBI ________________ did not produce any new evidence in the kidnapping. 6. News of the senator’s criminal past was very ________________ (upsetting) to his family and friends.
Historical Development of Policing Ever wondered what living in a rural area without police protection or without any aid to support wrongful decisions? Ever thought what could happen if you were wrongfully arrested and thrown in jail without proper knowledge of your rights? Society today is conditioned to know that all police seek to preserve the public favor, not by catering to public opinion, but by demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law. (JUS 104 Lecture 3) Without proper guidance and training, police officials would be competing with tirades of public humiliation along with unsettling disputes of domestic abuse, public intoxication, and animal cruelty to name a few. Policing began in 1892 in Europe with watchmen to patrol and protect the public against fires, public disturbances, and theft.
The initial visit was of considerable concern given the sexual harm allegations and the lack of any school registration or day care activity. Victoria was registered at Tottenham Child & Family Centre (itself located 100 yards from Kuoao’s partner’s flat) yet her subsequent absence from the centre prompted no action. The second social worker visit similarly did not engage with Victoria directly as she was “all but ignored during this visit” despite her outburst. The repeated allegations of sexual harm appear to have been ignored or not referred to a more specialist agency or the police. The number of social services involved may have contributed more to confusion rather than clarity with Ealing, Haringey, Brent and Enfield having varying degrees of involvement.
Next, the car did not match Carter’s car, his car was very similar but had many different features, which the cops didn’t check out. There were also no fingerprints taken on the car, showing that the police just wanted him put away, not showing interest. Lastly, police cops were caught manipulating and distorting evidence, changing it to their liking making it all point to Carter. Examples include recordings weren’t continuously recorded and stopped several times for unknown reasons and an eyewitness’s signature wasn’t approved by her and was approved by an unknown suspect. This newly discovered evidence shows that manipulation and distortion of the old evidence occurred to frame Carter.
Neither man had a good alibi for the time of the robbery. There was good reason to doubt, however. Neither man spoke English very well and a translator was not provided for them. At the trial some witnesses swore that they saw Sacco and Vanzetti at the hold up, others however, swore they did not. Also, five people had been involved in the holdup.
The problem with government databases is not with the federal government’s integration of “watch lists,” but with any integration at the state and local levels of law enforcement. Real-time information sharing may take place among federal agencies, but it is not going to get to the larger law enforcement community in real-time. Some of this is due to federal bias or suspicion against local law enforcement, and another problem is that some state and municipal police departments are as far behind as five years in such basic things as updating parking ticket records. When federal agencies allow state and local law enforcement access their databases, the actual names of terrorists and terrorist groups are hidden, so the law enforcement analyst only gets to work on the risk or profile characteristics. Similar practices go on in the “data mining” community to safeguard too much information from falling into the hands of lower-level agency employees (O'Connor,
A society should not authorize legal and illegal drugs. Bancroft weighs the costs and risks quite well. The drug war cannot be won by the authorities. Speculate just how many people are imprisoned for drug charges. I know multiple people who have wasted a whole night in jail because they had a small amount of marijuana in their pocket or car.