Essays on Criminal Trial

Introduction

Trials for criminal cases is important to know the level of guilt or innocence of the accused person. It involves the enforcement of public codes of conduct as represented in the rule of laws as supported by the government’s prosecuting institutions or individuals. In general, the criminal case trials, there are efforts to bring criminal charges against the individual who allegedly committed a crime against another person or group of persons. However, the trial process itself is not as easy as it sounds. There are procedural steps that are normally being followed in a criminal trial, which will ...

Essay in English Law Whether it is Unfair for Criminal Justice Insiders to Sit On Jury

Most likely, it is unfair for someone who works in the criminal justice system to be chosen to participate as jury selection-members, in the British legal system. Prior to the time of the Global Recession of 2008, one report discussed several aspects of the UK-defined protocol of what a jury-system process entails. Commentary was made regarding the UK jury system historical roots, trial-jury size, secrecy, independence, and selection (“Jury Service – Crown Prosecution”). One set of erudite Australian Professors noted that the advent of social media had fundamentally caused problems, especially during trials (Wallace et al. 2011). Consider, however, the ...

Abstract

The field of forensic science has transformed the field of criminal investigations. The value of forensic science is that it yields reliable and accurate evidence. Fingerprint analysis and DNA evidence are methods for accurately identifying a particular individual made possible through forensic science and testing. In addition to the advent of forensic science, national crime databases such as IAFIS enable investigators and law enforcement officials to search through millions of fingerprints and DNA profiles for a potential suspect. The value of fingerprints and DNA as evidence is that it is not subject to manipulation or subjective interpretation. Other forms ...

Introduction

Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were brutally murdered between 10:15 p.m. and 10:35 p.m. on Sunday June 12, 1994 in the front of Nicole Brown Simpson’s Brentwood condominium located in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson committed these murders. The witness testimony and the evidence at the crime scene of the murders of Brown Simpson and Goldman clearly indicate that O.J. Simpson committed the crimes. However, the incompetence of the Los Angeles Police Department during the investigation of the murders allowed the defense to create reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors so that a non-guilty verdict ...

1. What key needs in local law enforcement agencies must be met to improve response to computer crimes? How is the issue of computer crime currently addressed, and how do you feel that law enforcement responses could improve? Explain.

The of the key needs in local law enforcement agencies in improving the response to computer crime is keeping pace with the Tech-savvy criminals. There are has been tremendous changes in the computer field. The computing environment is becoming more and more complex. As such, the computer criminals are also coming up with sophisticated ways of overcoming the security mechanism ...

12 Angry Men 12 Angry Men

Summary of the Film

The film 12 Angry Men, which was released in 1957 by Orion-Nova Production, takes a peek into a jury deliberation process of a murder case that involves an 18-year old boy who is charged with the stabbing of his father. The film begins with the end of the 6-day hearing of the case with the judge instructing an all-men jury just before they exit the court and enter into the deliberation room. The instructions of the judge include the following: the jury must make a unanimous vote of guilty, otherwise, a guilty verdict will not stand; a guilty ...

Brief of Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

Decided Decided June 19, 1961 Character of Action The case of Dollree Mapp v. State of Ohio (henceforth Mapp v. Ohio) was brought before the Supreme Court of the United States in March of 1961. The case was brought before the Supreme Court after an incident with local law enforcement and a search of Mapp’s home. The defendant was initially convicted in the Cuyahoga County Ohio Court of Common Pleas. The conviction was later affirmed by the Ohio Court of Appeals, and after the affirmation by the Court of Appeals ...

United States and China

I. Legal System The United States criminal legal system is based on the British Common Law system. Common law refers to those laws that are created and imposed by judges in the absence of specific a specific code or applicable statute defining the law (LaFave, 2000). Accordingly, during the early years of the nation when a judge was faced with a criminal activity that was not covered by a statute, he would use precedent, or refer to the decisions of similar cases, for guidance. Absent statute and precedent, the judge would simple use his best legal, professional and personal judgment to make ...

Plea Bargaining in American Society

Introduction Plea bargaining plays a very significant role in the American criminal justice system. It is estimated that approximately 90% of all criminal cases are settled by plea bargain rather than trial by a jury as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United State Constitution. Throughout this paper, I will discuss what a plea bargain is, benefits of plea bargains, disadvantages of plea bargains, the role of the victim in the plea bargaining process, and recent developments in plea bargaining.

What is Plea Bargaining?

In the American court system, a plea bargain is an agreement between the prosecutor and the defendant in a criminal case in ...

Orienthal James Simpson was a well-known celebrity in North America. He was a football player who upon retirement from the National Football League turned to acting. His ex -wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman were found brutally murdered outside Nicole’s residence on June 12, 1994. The police had a thorough scan of the crime scene in search of evidence. Crucial DNA evidence showing that Simpson was involved in the murder was found (Dershowitz, 1997). OJ Simpson’s trial was named “the trial of the century” because it had become the most publicized case of all time in the ...

The O.J. Simpson Case The O.J. Simpson Case O.J Simpson also known as Orienthal James Simpson was a renowned footballer. O.J was an athlete, an actor, a father and a husband to Marguerite who he later divorced and married Nicole Brown. The O.J Simpson case also known as the People of the state of California V. Orienthal James Simpson case was a criminal trial that took place in Los Angeles, California (Bugliosi, 1997). This was one of the most publicized trials in the American history. In this trial, O.J Simpson was tried on two counts of murder of his ex wife ...

The O. J. Simpson Murder Trial

“A great trash novel come to life” (Linder, 2000). This is what the criminal trial of Orenthal James Simpson was referred to as. However it cannot be denied that the American public had been deeply captivated by the trial. Initially, reports of the Murder of the ex-NF: football star’s wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, did not capture the full attention of the people. However, 95 million television viewers did witness the live police chase, with Simpson behind the wheel of his infamous Bronco ride. It was quite the shock when the “Not Guilty” verdict ...

Introduction

Marder (2005) reports that jury trials are commonly used in the criminal trials in the common law legal system. The United States is famous for its consistence use of juries over bench judges in criminal legal tussles. The use of juries has extended to include civil cases in the United States and Canada. The jury process in the United States tends to be high profile discussions. However, legal scholars admit that the public exaggerate how often juries are used. Marder (2005) adds that, in the United States, there about 150, 000 thousand cases every year in the state Courts. ...