juvenile transfer to criminal court study: final report
... be formal and hurried with little opportunity for them to be heard. They thought that criminal court judges had little interest in them or their problems. Some youth failed to differentiate the roles and functions of judges, prosecutors, and defense lawyers. Transferred youth were especially critica ...
... be formal and hurried with little opportunity for them to be heard. They thought that criminal court judges had little interest in them or their problems. Some youth failed to differentiate the roles and functions of judges, prosecutors, and defense lawyers. Transferred youth were especially critica ...
Measured Mercy - Moritz College of Law
... Similarly, there is an ever-growing body of scholarship addressing the increased integration of victim interests into the criminal justice process.7 However, there is a dearth of literature addressing the intersection of these two areas of law. To date, no one has directly asked how our legal system ...
... Similarly, there is an ever-growing body of scholarship addressing the increased integration of victim interests into the criminal justice process.7 However, there is a dearth of literature addressing the intersection of these two areas of law. To date, no one has directly asked how our legal system ...
2003 ABA Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of
... The Guidelines formerly covered only “defendants eligible for appointment of counsel.” Their scope has been revised for this edition to cover “all persons facing the possible imposition or execution of a death sentence.” The purpose of the change is to make clear that the obligations of these Guidel ...
... The Guidelines formerly covered only “defendants eligible for appointment of counsel.” Their scope has been revised for this edition to cover “all persons facing the possible imposition or execution of a death sentence.” The purpose of the change is to make clear that the obligations of these Guidel ...
The Costs of Abusing Probationary Sentences
... There are two clear and direct consequences of the overuse and abuse of probation as a criminal disposition. The first is that we are losing a tremendous opportunity to use probation for its historically intended purpose: rehabilitation. When the numbers of probationers becomes so large that supervi ...
... There are two clear and direct consequences of the overuse and abuse of probation as a criminal disposition. The first is that we are losing a tremendous opportunity to use probation for its historically intended purpose: rehabilitation. When the numbers of probationers becomes so large that supervi ...
Human Trafficking Laws - DORAS
... A human trafficker is one who participates in one or more stages of the human trafficking process described above. As previously described, human trafficking is a process with various stages, which transcends borders. A person can be considered a human trafficker if he or she takes part in any step ...
... A human trafficker is one who participates in one or more stages of the human trafficking process described above. As previously described, human trafficking is a process with various stages, which transcends borders. A person can be considered a human trafficker if he or she takes part in any step ...
The Morality of Mercy
... regularly extol the justice of retribution (the seven dwarfs driving the wicked queen off the cliff), while simultaneously triumphing mercy over the imposition of just deserts (Simba’s willingness to pull his evil uncle, Scar, back up the cliff in their final altercation in The Lion King; Cinderella ...
... regularly extol the justice of retribution (the seven dwarfs driving the wicked queen off the cliff), while simultaneously triumphing mercy over the imposition of just deserts (Simba’s willingness to pull his evil uncle, Scar, back up the cliff in their final altercation in The Lion King; Cinderella ...
Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions
... the possibility that these consequences will attach by informing clients about them and negotiating plea agreements that take such consequences into consideration;9 and lawmakers have recently called for the examination of these consequences.10 Reentry, 45 B.C. L. REV. 255, 258 (2004) (same). An eme ...
... the possibility that these consequences will attach by informing clients about them and negotiating plea agreements that take such consequences into consideration;9 and lawmakers have recently called for the examination of these consequences.10 Reentry, 45 B.C. L. REV. 255, 258 (2004) (same). An eme ...
Restitution, Rehabilitation, Prevention, and
... discourse to describe today's juvenile offenders. [FN1] Such characterizations foster a perception that youth crime is out of control, and that the best way to rein it in is to "get tough" on juvenile offenders and to treat them as adult criminals. In this regard, punishment, deterrence, and communi ...
... discourse to describe today's juvenile offenders. [FN1] Such characterizations foster a perception that youth crime is out of control, and that the best way to rein it in is to "get tough" on juvenile offenders and to treat them as adult criminals. In this regard, punishment, deterrence, and communi ...
iii. relevant international standards on the use of pretrial detention
... nature of pretrial detention; the broad recognition of these rights at the constitutional level in the region;5 and the political will expressed at the highest level by the States twenty years ago in the framework of the Summits of the Americas, 6 where governments made the commitment to “[t]ake the ...
... nature of pretrial detention; the broad recognition of these rights at the constitutional level in the region;5 and the political will expressed at the highest level by the States twenty years ago in the framework of the Summits of the Americas, 6 where governments made the commitment to “[t]ake the ...
The Price of Freedom
... unknowable number of cases take other factors into consideration in any given case. For example, judges may decide to set bail with an eye to protecting public safety (the incarceration following inability to make bail serving as a form of sub rosa preventive detention), to encourage the defendant t ...
... unknowable number of cases take other factors into consideration in any given case. For example, judges may decide to set bail with an eye to protecting public safety (the incarceration following inability to make bail serving as a form of sub rosa preventive detention), to encourage the defendant t ...
Forensic Mental Health Legal Issues
... because they retain their legal status as prisoners rather than DMH patients. In California, the state hospital system provides inpatient commitment under the jurisdiction of the DMH, with most patients residing at Atascadero, Patton, Metropolitan, Napa, or Coalinga State Hospitals. The DMH also pro ...
... because they retain their legal status as prisoners rather than DMH patients. In California, the state hospital system provides inpatient commitment under the jurisdiction of the DMH, with most patients residing at Atascadero, Patton, Metropolitan, Napa, or Coalinga State Hospitals. The DMH also pro ...
compilation of special procedures
... “10 (c) To continue to prepare a comprehensive and regularly updated electronic compilation of special procedures’ recommendations by country, where such does not yet exist, including the relevant comments of States thereto as published within the United Nations system”. The present document compile ...
... “10 (c) To continue to prepare a comprehensive and regularly updated electronic compilation of special procedures’ recommendations by country, where such does not yet exist, including the relevant comments of States thereto as published within the United Nations system”. The present document compile ...
the court of bosnia and herzegovina second instance verdict
... Huso Tukelija, who was detained in the cellar of the Kalinovik SJB, and subjected him to mental suffering by using him as a driver for mine detection. He had to drive a cargo vehicle ahead of military and civilian convoys down the road from Kalinovik to Miljevina, with police escort by the Kalinovik ...
... Huso Tukelija, who was detained in the cellar of the Kalinovik SJB, and subjected him to mental suffering by using him as a driver for mine detection. He had to drive a cargo vehicle ahead of military and civilian convoys down the road from Kalinovik to Miljevina, with police escort by the Kalinovik ...
Combating - University of Essex
... Carrying out an investigation to discover the facts. Gross violations of human rights Particularly serious violations of human rights, such as torture or extra-judicial killing. Implementation (of obligations) The way in which obligations are carried out or respected, or measures aimed at achieving ...
... Carrying out an investigation to discover the facts. Gross violations of human rights Particularly serious violations of human rights, such as torture or extra-judicial killing. Implementation (of obligations) The way in which obligations are carried out or respected, or measures aimed at achieving ...
10AMNESTY lNTERNATlONAL REPORT 2010 THE STATE OF THE
... detainees to the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghanistan’s intelligence service, where they were at risk of torture and other ill-treatment, arbitrary detention and unfair trials. Law enforcement officials illegally detained – and in some cases even tried – people on charges not provided ...
... detainees to the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghanistan’s intelligence service, where they were at risk of torture and other ill-treatment, arbitrary detention and unfair trials. Law enforcement officials illegally detained – and in some cases even tried – people on charges not provided ...
The Effect of Plea Bargaining Vs. Trial Conviction
... removed entirely by the mandatory minimums, prosecutors found it necessary to allow defendants to plea to a lesser charge in order to get the lesser sentence. He notes that many have argued that when a guilty person plea bargains to a lesser charge, it permits the defendant to escape the legal conse ...
... removed entirely by the mandatory minimums, prosecutors found it necessary to allow defendants to plea to a lesser charge in order to get the lesser sentence. He notes that many have argued that when a guilty person plea bargains to a lesser charge, it permits the defendant to escape the legal conse ...
Ambiguities in European legal instruments on non
... capable of rational choice, then there was no need to offer him any assistance or impose any restrictions during the period of suspension, other than the actual sentence if he committed a further offence (and was caught). In fact the distrust of discretion worked in the opposite direction. It was co ...
... capable of rational choice, then there was no need to offer him any assistance or impose any restrictions during the period of suspension, other than the actual sentence if he committed a further offence (and was caught). In fact the distrust of discretion worked in the opposite direction. It was co ...
Jury Unanimity in California: Should it Stay or Should it Go
... a triumph of the system, however, many still wondered whether the verdict was just.'3 These California cases and other high-profile trials around the nation involving controversial outcomes have spurred a dramatic increase in criticism of the jury system.'4 Californians do not want to see another cr ...
... a triumph of the system, however, many still wondered whether the verdict was just.'3 These California cases and other high-profile trials around the nation involving controversial outcomes have spurred a dramatic increase in criticism of the jury system.'4 Californians do not want to see another cr ...
Best Interests Equals Zealous Advocacy: a Not So Radical View of
... BEST INTERESTS EQUALS ZEALOUS ADVOCACY: A NOT SO ...
... BEST INTERESTS EQUALS ZEALOUS ADVOCACY: A NOT SO ...
inhuman sentencing: life imprisonment of children around the world
... persons under 18 years of age. Where official information is available on how many children are affected by the relevant sentences, this has been included, and where government figures are not maintained, this too is highlighted. For the purposes of this report, “life imprisonment” has been defined ...
... persons under 18 years of age. Where official information is available on how many children are affected by the relevant sentences, this has been included, and where government figures are not maintained, this too is highlighted. For the purposes of this report, “life imprisonment” has been defined ...
positioning hybrid tribunals in international criminal justice
... and against humanity.”5 Though the Nuremberg tribunal was a great accomplishment in its own right, such a tribunal today would likely fail to pass muster, encountering cries of victors’ justice and charges that it violated nullum crimen sine lege, or the principle that conduct must have been explici ...
... and against humanity.”5 Though the Nuremberg tribunal was a great accomplishment in its own right, such a tribunal today would likely fail to pass muster, encountering cries of victors’ justice and charges that it violated nullum crimen sine lege, or the principle that conduct must have been explici ...
Part II. Criminal Procedure Law in Turkey Prof. Dr. Feridun Yenisey
... Article 10 of the Anti-Terror Law which is repealed by this Law shall be turned over to the competent Chief Public Prosecutors Offices on the date of entry into force of this Law. The pending cases before courts of assize carrying out their duties under provisional article 2 of the Law numbered 6352 ...
... Article 10 of the Anti-Terror Law which is repealed by this Law shall be turned over to the competent Chief Public Prosecutors Offices on the date of entry into force of this Law. The pending cases before courts of assize carrying out their duties under provisional article 2 of the Law numbered 6352 ...
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA
... Criminal Procedure Criminal procedure comes into play when police start investigating a particular crime. It focuses on the steps taken and decisions made in the investigation, accusation, trial, verdict, and sentencing of a criminal defendant. It is the process by which we decide the what, when, wh ...
... Criminal Procedure Criminal procedure comes into play when police start investigating a particular crime. It focuses on the steps taken and decisions made in the investigation, accusation, trial, verdict, and sentencing of a criminal defendant. It is the process by which we decide the what, when, wh ...
PowerPoint Ch. 18
... are final. Albrecht, Albrecht, Albrecht, Zimbelman © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for cla ...
... are final. Albrecht, Albrecht, Albrecht, Zimbelman © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website for cla ...