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Courtroom 302, 2007.
This paper discusses the book "Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse" by Steve Bogira.
1,991 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 63.95
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In this essay, the writer introduces, discusses and analyzes the book "Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse" by Steve Bogira. The writer notes that "Courtroom 302" is a detailed and disturbing look into the criminal justice system in America. The writer points out that the author spent one year observing the activity in a particular courthouse in Chicago and that the result is an intimate portrayal of the people who populate the courts of America, from criminals to prosecutors and beyond. The writer concludes that the criminal justice system is failing many Americans, and that is what makes this book so troublesome and so memorable.
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"It is clear the author researched this book with depth and detail. Not only did he spend a year inside Courtroom 302, he interviewed hundreds of participants in the courtroom drama, including Judge Daniel Locallo, the presiding judge in the courtroom, numerous times. His notes on each chapter indicate he also used published sources as background for his own exhaustive research and interview process. The book is well written and compelling, but it is also well researched and defended. The author clearly understands his subject and his experience in the courtroom. He brings this understanding to the reader, to make the entire experience more interesting and enlightening."
"Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of this book is the implications it holds for every courtroom across America. First, Chicago may be the busiest felony courthouse in the nation, but there are hundreds more just like it all across the country, filled with petty criminals to the worst habituals."
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Cameras in the Courtroom, 2005.
This paper discusses the issue of cameras in the courtroom as part of the relationship of the press with the courts.
4,010 words (approx. 16.0 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 108.95
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This paper explains that the press has long argued for the right to bring cameras into the courtroom arguing that (1) freedom of speech and the press is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution and that, (2) in a truly free society, the public has a right to know what goes on inside a courtroom. However, the courts claim that the use of cameras in a court room could influence public sentiment about a trial, which, in turn, might influence the jury. The author reviews court rulings of the Lindbergh kidnapping case, "Rideau vs. the State of Louisiana", "Billie Sol Estes vs. State of Texas", "Nixon vs. Warner Communications", "United States vs. Mitchell", O. J. Simpson cases and the Clinton-Lewinsky fiasco, regarding the use of cameras in these court rooms, the decisions strengthening these rulings and the current opinions of the courts. The paper concludes that the press and the courts are dependent upon each other; if there were no freedom of the press, there would be no one to make sure a defendant received a fair trial. Several long quotes.
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"The issue of cameras in the courtroom popped up again in the fiasco between President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. The defense sought to use illegally tapped telephone conversations against the President. In this case, the Court ruled the public right to know outweighed the President's right to privacy. President Clinton's testimony was broadcast on TV in front of millions of viewers, but the President came out looking like the winner. The prosecutor Kenneth Starr wanted to expose Clinton on television, but failed, "Instead, the camera captured a controlled and confident Clinton telling his side of the story in detail for the first time. He rebutted much of the legal case against him and launched a counterattack on the four-year, $40-million prosecution as unfair and politically driven.""
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A Day in the Courtroom, 2004.
Personal account of the author's observations of the courtroom in action.
1,964 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper presents the author's impression of court procedures after spending a day in court observing the courtroom process. The author talks about the cases he observed and compares his own impressions with articles he read regarding courtroom procedures. The author concludes by noting that due process is followed with a hit-or-miss attitude, that the lack of press coverage in the cases observed contributed to a lack of formality in the court, and that all courts are not alike.
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"As I entered the courtroom, one of the first things I noticed was the light contemporary environment. The room was filled with modern furniture and the ceiling had track lighting across the front, so it would light up the judge area and the witness stand. The furniture looked like it had come from an expensive furniture store and the jury box was equally impressive. While I had imagined it would be filled with dark wood tables and chairs, the reality was that the room was light and airy. It was not like any courtroom I remember seeing on television or in the movies."
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Electronic Media in the Courtroom, 2004.
An examination of the rights and violations involved with using electronic media in the courtroom.
1,468 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper puts forward the debate of whether allowing electronic media into courtrooms, and even into death chambers, violates constitutional rights. It discusses the issues concerning invasion of privacy, as well as examining how, living in a democracy with a free press, failing to allow the media into the courtroom violates the First Amendment and the right of U.S. citizens to free speech. It also discusses whether death penalty executions should be televised.
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"Indeed, and it is a simple one. Court proceedings have the issues of evidence and perception by jurors and other matters of procedure to grapple with, even in the face of overwhelming opinion that the First Amendment demands the presence of electronic media. (Electronic media might, indeed, be considered no more than the pens and pencils of print reporters of prior centuries, and still of this one in part.) Television executions have none of these constitutional issues. The condemned person is a condemned felon, and felons lose their civil rights, so an appeal to the right of privacy is null and void from the outset."
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Unblind Justice: Cameras In The Courtroom., 2002.
A paper arguing against the use of cameras in the courtroom.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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A six page argumentative essay on why cameras should not be allowed in the courtroom.
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Cameras in the Courtroom Argument, 2004.
An opinion paper about the effects of cameras in the courtroom.
1,325 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper addresses an issue that is central to America's constitutional foundations, that is, the ongoing conflict between the First Amendment and the Sixth Amendment. It focuses on the current controversy about video cameras in the courtroom and the impact they might have on the free press/fair trial debate.
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"The print press currently has legal reasoning that supports the coverage of courtroom proceedings. One of those reasons is that the public has a right to know what is going on in the cases, and the press is the only way they can find out about it. The Supreme Court has made it clear that cameras in the courtroom can be constitutionally permitted, because the presence of a camera does not make a trial unfair."
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The Ten Commandments in United States Courtrooms, 2005.
Examines the place of the Ten Commandments in the U.S. judiciary system.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper examines the controversy surrounding the Ten Commandments in the U.S. courtrooms within the larger picture of religious freedom in the country in a post-911 era.
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"When white settlers, slave-traders, and plantation-owners brought black African captives over to the United States, swapping them like livestock or store-bought goods, one of the consequences was the loss of the transplanted slaves' religion. Forced upon them were the religious beliefs of their masters and stolen from them were their traditional ways of faith. In more modern times, an era of post-9/11 fear and dismay, United States citizens are afraid of Muslim residents and immigrants, worried that they may trigger more terrorist attacks. Because of this fear, stricter regulations have been placed upon to whom they may donate their hard-earned money and fear has run rampant through their mosques, with threats of violence, arson, or vandalism fresh in their minds."
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The Courtroom Star, 2002.
This paper examines the occupation of a defense lawyer and the emotions involved in taking on this role.
2,280 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper examines criminal lawyers or litigators in their profession, based on actual studies and data collected. Delving deeper, the writer studies the issue of gender in this profession and compares success rates between males and females in this occupation.
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"Most people have a pre-conceived notion of lawyers, which is based mostly on the media, television or the movies. However, this general idea of lawyers is incorrect. In fact, the courtroom job that the American public pictures as a lawyer is realistically that of a criminal lawyer. The legal profession has suffered greatly from media portrayals. Television shows and movies have displayed the attorney as unethical, overly aggressive and dishonest. The general public views this profession as deviant by association, when in reality the job of the criminal litigator serves to provide citizens on trial with their sixth amendment right to counsel."
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Cameras in the Courtroom, 1992.
Examines the right to a fair trial vs. the right of the public to witness court proceedings and to know what the government is doing.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, $ 55.95
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"SHOULD CAMERAS BE ALLOWED IN THE COURTROOM?
Introduction and Problem Statement
Although the title of this research is broad, cameras, in the context of this paper, refers to television cameras. Courts in different jurisdictions in the United States impose differing restrictions on media coverage within courtrooms. Some jurisdictions do not allow cameras of any kind, requiring even the print media to employ artist sketches for any visual reporting of courtroom proceedings. Others permit the use of still cameras under controlled conditions. Few jurisdictions permit the unrestricted use of television cameras in courtrooms. Most jurisdictions that do permit television cameras in the courtroom do not permit continuous live coverage of the proceedings."
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Cameras in the Courtroom, 2002.
A discussion of whether cameras should be allowed during felony trials.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 7 sources, $ 87.95
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Discusses whether cameras should be allowed during felony trials. State laws and judicial rulings on the topic. Defendant's interests. Constitutional issues (First and Sixth Amendments). Concerns over publicity in trials, and role of the major media. Cites several cases and opinions. Personal reaction to topic contends that cameras should be allowed.
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"Cameras in the Courtroom
Issue:
Should cameras be allowed in the courtroom during all felony trials?
There has been no final decision on this question on the part of the Supreme Court, leaving a patchwork of State laws and judicial rulings on the topic. In California, absent a claim by the defense that the defendant's interests will be prejudiced by the presence of a camera in the courtroom, and that claim upheld by the judge, the presumption is that cameras may be allowed in the courtroom if so requested by a news-gathering organization
(Wilson Conference, 1097).
There are two major constitutional areas that must be dealt with in deciding whether to allow a camera. These are the public's right to..."
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Expert Witnesses, 2007.
This paper discusses the role of expert witnesses in the courtroom.
771 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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The paper explains that expert witnesses are professionals qualified to help people in the courtroom with their search for the truth. The paper relates that they offer knowledge and information about a subject of their expertise and they also help the fact-finder in drawing informed inferences from available facts. The paper refers to the Daubert case of 1993.
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"It is however the trial judge who decided whether the expert witness is qualified enough to offer help. In many cases, there has been an influx of "junk science" in the courtrooms, which led to the famous Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals ruling in 1993 where it was decided that extreme caution must be exercised when permitting evidence in a courtroom. According to Brown et al. (2005), expert witness is someone "who by reason of education or specialized experience possesses superior knowledge respecting a subject about which persons having no particular training are incapable of forming an accurate opinion or deducting correct conclusions'."
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"The New Deal Lawyers" ( Peter Irons ), 1997.
Reviews work on role of attorneys as advocates & courtroom defenders of social & economic programs of President Franklin Roosevelt.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 1 source, $ 79.95
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"LAWYERS AND THE NEW DEAL
This report is a review of Peter Irons' The New Deal Lawyers. The book is a well documented and fascinating account of the influential role played by a relatively small group of young lawyers, graduates mostly of the leading Ivy League law schools, and their mentors in reshaping the institutions of the federal government during the first four years of the New Deal (1933-1937) and in establishing the legal foundations of the modern American regulatory state. Irons' main focus is on their role as drafters of laws and regulations, as legal enforcers and as advocates for reform during the great battle which ensued to reshape constitutional law to accommodate the political objectives of the New Deal.
An important subtheme is their personal struggles to achieve.."
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The Impact of Movies on Juries, 2001.
This paper examines how courtroom scenes in movies have an effect on true jury selections.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 46.95
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This paper discusses how certain movies and television shows today that portray trials adequately and correctly to the public viewers but there are some details that are incorrect. The author discusses the correct way of selecting a jury, examining witnesses and introducing evidence into a trial, and looks at particular films which may affect the general public?s opinion of a trial by jury, such as ?My Cousin Vinny? and ?The Rainmaker?.
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"Movies and television display correct as well as incorrect details about the process of a trial by jury. The public?s perception can be easily influenced by watching movies and television that present incorrect details of trials. By learning the actual and correct process of a trial by jury, the public will become more informed of the errors presented in television and movies."
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Voiceprint Analysis in Forensic Science, 2003.
This paper reviews the beginnings, technologies, courtroom procedures, and results from the analytical technique, "voiceprint analysis."
2,814 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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Voiceprint analysis is the technique, method, and interpretation of listening and visualizing one's voice, usually a known person, comparing that information to a voice sample of a suspect or victim involved with a crime, and coming to a conclusion of whether or not that voice does indeed match the known voice and to what degree of certainty does this analysis conclude. Techniques of the human voice can be cataloged onto a two or three-dimensional surface to be compared among suspects. The court has not always allowed this type of analysis because of testing and proficiency differences among expert witnesses.
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"More than one hundred years ago, Alexander Melville Bell, father to the better-known Alexander Graham Bell, believed that someone could be identified by the sound of his or her voice. This theory was put into practice by creating visual representations of spoken words in graph form. When gathering data from different participants, Bell observed and documented that all the participants, although saying the same word and each word followed a distinct pattern, had slight variations. By 1942, different telephone and voice laboratories were able to create a specific device to map ones voice onto a chart or graph. This device, the sound spectrograph, had the ability to construct a physical record of voice patterns derived from frequency, time, and intensity, by evaluating sound waves. This technology (first actively used during World War II in an attempt to identify and monitor enemy transmissions and communications) was not used in conjunction with the judiciary system for suspect identification purposes until 1962-1963, when first put to use in an FBI lab. The FBI needed a new technique to identify specific voice patterns and although Bell had his methods, there was no set method while the methods used had variable accuracy. Therefore, the FBI commissioned Lawrence Kersta to design a specific method in voiceprint analysis. After two years and 50,000 individual voice samples utilized, he designed and created a technique that had an acclaimed 99.65% accuracy."
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Pretrial & Trial Procedures in Great Britain & U.S., 1996.
Compares suspect protections, warrants & arrests, evidence, confessions, prosecution, presumed innocence, right to remain silent, searches, courtroom procedures, roles of lawyers and juror challenges.
1,057 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 59 sources, $ 135.95
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"Comparison of Pretrial and Trial in Great Britain and the United States
This paper will discuss certain aspects of the criminal trial in Great Britain and compare them to the criminal trial in the United States. The paper is divided into two parts. The first part will focus upon pretrial procedures and defendants' rights. The primary focus will be upon the ability of the police to arrest a suspect, the right to legal representation, the right against self-incrimination, and the admissibility of evidence. The second part of the paper will focus upon the various attributes of the jury system in the criminal trial. The main emphasis of this discussion will be jury selection, especially the ability of both sides to uncover jurors biases and to challenge prospective jurors."
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