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Assignment 2: Courts, Prosecution, and the Defence
The
courts have one of the most important roles in the criminal justice system.
They are responsible for the interpretation and application of law when crimes
are committed, They exert some of their greatest influence when it involves due
process under the law. The due process model argues that the greatest concern
of the justice system should be providing fair and equitable treatment to those
accused of crime. This perspective is demonstrated through the courts’
involvement with the police in controlling search and seizure and
interrogation, protecting the rights of the accused, in cases like Miranda
v. Arizona and Weeks v. United States. Have concerns over due
process and protecting the “allegedly” innocent led to the guilty also being
spared, as the crime control model would argue?
Criminologist
Herbert Packer’s assembly line concept finds that although there are many
people who commit crime and are arrested and charged, only about 21 adults are
incarcerated for every 1000 serious crimes committed. Additionally, 80 percent
of all felony cases and over 90 percent of misdemeanors are settled without
trial.
On the
other hand, over time, the Supreme Court has been diminishing the scope of the
exclusionary rule. This normally excludes improperly obtained evidence by
permitting more exceptions, thus allowing more “improperly obtained evidence”
into court. For example, evidence is now admissible in court if the police
officers acted in good faith by first obtaining court approval for their
search, even if the warrant they received was deficient or faulty. This has
come to be known as the good faith exception.
Based on
your understanding from the readings in chapters 6-8, and keeping in mind the
due process and crime control models, write a 2- to 3-page paper in which you
discuss:
- Have criminals been given
too many rights by the courts?
- Should courts be more
concerned with the rights of victims or the rights of the offenders?
- Should illegally seized
evidence be excluded from trial, even though it is conclusive proof of a
person’s criminal acts?
Use your
textbook and at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note:
Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
The
specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Explain the development of
American courts and illustrate the concept of the dual-court system.
- Distinguish between the
various courtroom participants and describe the stages in a criminal
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