Wrongful Conviction: Dookhan Case Study

To be committed of a crime the judge or jurors must have enough evidence that there is no other possible explanation, this is referred to as beyond a reasonable doubt. If this is held true, how can someone still be wrongfully convicted? According to Sphohn, Cassia (2014) in 2008 more than 1.6 million United States citizens was imprisoned (p. 5.35). If only .5% of those individuals were innocent that would mean that 8,000 people are wrongfully convicted. That also means there are 8,000 people who are guilty of those crimes free among society.

I believe there had never been a perfect justice system. No matter how complete and thorough a justice system is, once in a while, a wrong person is put in prison. This is due to a lot of factors, such as poor detective work and non-credible eyewitness' testimony, and that the court would allow it anyway. Also, some crimes just simply can't be solve due to lack of evidence. Nonetheless, wrongful convictions must have been reduced over the years, due to the application of advanced technologies.

District courts also hear infraction cases. These are not considered to be criminal cases, they are mainly punishable by fines. If a person is convicted by of an infraction, he or she may appeal the conviction resulting in a bench trial in superior court. “The superior court”, also a trial court, “has general trial jurisdiction” (North Carolina Judicial Department Administrative Office of the Courts), holding court at minimum of twice a year in each county. “The State is divided into superior court districts for both electoral and administrative purposes” (North Carolina Judicial Department Administrative Office of the Courts).

MILLERSBURG — A Wooster man on Wednesday was given a chance to avoid prison when he was sentenced to complete a treatment program for admittedly being in possession of methamphetamine. Shaun Hall, 38, 540 High St., previously pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to aggravated possession of meth. In exchange for his guilty plea, a related charge of aggravated trafficking in meth was dismissed. Hall had faced up to a year in prison for the charge, and Judge Robert Rinfret imposed a term of 11 months, but immediately suspended the period of incarceration in favor of five years of community control, which includes the condition he complete a treatment program at the Stark Regional Community Corrections Center.

Noble Cause Corruption: A Means to an End Noble cause orruption as a means to an end and its use in law enforcement, with public and legal responses has implications of unjust and unethical practices which require disciplinary actions. A brief look into areas of noble cause corruption leads to an over view of the due process and a comparison of noble cause corruption, one of hollywoods most popular interpretations of noble cause corruption and what can be done to eliminate or minimize noble cause curruption will be discussed in some detail. Noble cause corruption is a term that is used to describe actions or behaviors in law enforcement which in simple terms means breaking laws to get an end result.

Convicted Felons and the Labeling Theory Paige Leary November 30, 2015 Criminology Delinquent, criminal, felon, all are labels that society give people who have been convicted of crime and therefore believed to have no respect for the law. Once an individual has been associated as someone who has no respect for the law they are often ostracized from their social groups. When a criminal has been denied by their friend groups they often begin to associate with people who are “like” them meaning that they are now associated with people who also engage in deviant behavior (Forensic Psych). All of the delinquent behavior that occurs after they have been ostracized from their original social group has been often the cause of them being

I do not think that the justice system if functioning as intended. It is broken, and unreliable. The play Euripides says, “Ours is a universe in which justice is accidental, and innocence no protection.” Our judicial system fits this description, but it was never meant to be like that, and it doesn’t HAVE to be like that. No, I do not have a degree in anything to do with the justice system, and because of that, some of you may say that I am just a naïve person, which I am.

The consequences of a probation violation depend on a number of different circumstances. The seriousness of the violation and the nature of the violation are the two biggest factors that determine the consequences. Although federal and state governments govern the laws surrounding probation violations, each state has their own guidelines regarding violations and the punishment associated with the violations. Types of Probation Violations Aside from breaking current laws, people on probation can violate the terms of their probation in other ways. If offenders do not report to their probation officers at the scheduled place and time, they are in violation of their probation.

Defendant’s physical well-being is often ignored as noted in the above case, but their mental well-being is ignored as well. Jail inmates are often traumatized due to the treatment they undergo while incarcerated. Kalief Browder is just one example of an inmate who while awating trial was place in solitary confinement. Browder endured over 700 hundred days in solitary ultimately causing his mental health to severely decline (Gonnerman, 2014). The physical and mental trauma that inmates experience before they even undergo trial or receive plea deals demonstrates how the process of entering the criminal justice system is punishment itself.

Though forgiveness and clemency matter significantly in social life, they play comparatively small roles in criminal justice system. The criminal procedure is dominated by the State whose interests in deterring, debilitating and imposing retribution leave little room for forgiveness. However, justice need not be so austere, intangible and uncongenial. A more modified, concrete criminal justice system could give much better credence to the benefit and needs of the offenders, victims and members of the society. An offender usually inflicts both physical and psychological injuries upon a victim.