Book of Judges

Ashley Mayes is a lawyer ( Assistant District Attroney).She got her Bachelor's in Science Mgmt (BSM) in Business Mgmt and Legal Studies in Business from Tulane University in 2005. I received my Juris Doctorate (JD) and a Diploma in Comparative Law (DCL) from LSU Law in 2011. Also, she has a license in Tx, and works for the Harris County attroney office for 3 months. As she described her job description she said she was "what they call a number 3 prosecutor in Harris County Criminal Court at Law…

this ideal as “divine doctrine” as others may- especially in the case of Rusty. Take for instance Judge Lyttle, who accepted a $1,500 bride to drop criminal charges against Leon Wells; an action that I consider the epitome of unlawful service (Additionally to this, Polhemus was a facilitator). This example resonates with the case of Caperton vs Massey Coal Company in regards to a juries, or judges objectiveness in a case based on bribery; or the case of Caperton, monetary funding of supreme…

A jury nullification is the point at which the jury knowing and intentionally rejects the proof or refusal to apply the law wither in light of the fact that the jury needs to communicate something specific about some social issue that is bigger than the case itself, or on the grounds that the outcome directed by law is in opposition to the jury feeling of justice, morality, or fairness. In addition, an optional demonstration is not a legitimate sanction capacity of the jury. It is the thought to…

Apart from this system, there is the inquisitorial system, which is different from the adversarial system. The adversarial system is when the prosecution and the defense are trying to have the most compelling argument to convince the jury or the judge that their clients are the ones who have all the truth in the case. The court primarily plays as a referee between the prosecution and the defense. In the inquisitorial system, the court is involved in investigating the facts of the case. The court…

A trial gives the prosecution and the defence an equal opportunity to present their evidence. The judge decides whether the evidence proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of any or all of the charges. A basic principle of Canada's justice system is that the accused is innocent until proven guilty. The trial begins with the prosecutor presenting the evidence against the accused. This is done by calling witnesses and introducing materials as evidence to support the charges.…

This practice can be seen today when judges base their rulings upon previous verdicts that had been made in a similar case, and then cite the case law that supports their decision. After a while, these precedents became known to all Englishmen as “common law” (Dammer and Albanese, 2014, p…

American Government Chapter 1 Response Question American government exists for a number of reasons. Discuss in detail the functions of American government. What function do you believe is most important? Why? While the American government has many functions, the main ones are establishing justice, ensuring domestic tranquility, providing for the common defense, promoting the general welfare, and securing the blessings of liberty (O’Connor & Sabato, 2017). Though each function is important, I…

Reliability and Truthfulness of Resurfaced Repressed Memory. Ola Fatai, Ayanleke. PSYC 1111 Written Assignment unit 4. The University of the People (UoPeople), AY 2016 - 2017. December 01, 2016. Introduction The News article “Recovered Memory Murder Case Unravels”, was been written by Dan Morain and published by the Los Angeles Times on Christmas day in 1995 is one of the articles that exposed the controversies in whether recovered repressed memories are real, authentic, and can be counted…

“The judicial system of the United States promotes the equal right of participation by allowing a single individual who has been harmed by a law to challenge its constitutionality. People who have financial resources or who can find support from organized interests may fare better than those who have to act on their own” (Geer et al, 2016, 532). In the last decades, the Supreme Court has lost its capability to base its legitimacy only in its legal experience, nevertheless it has won public…

Before this assignment I had no idea that we had so many local judges, I was astonished by the number. There is a judge for every possible citation going from felonies to misdemeanors minor and major infractions. The amount of local judges outnumber the supreme judges by an exceptional amount. Prior to researching this I would have thought that we would have more judges at the federal level rather than the local level to manage the country’s court cases. However, now considering how many cases…