Category: Law 2955

  • Effectiveness of New York State Bail Reform

    Introduction On April 1, 2019, New York States governor Andrew Cuomo reached a deal on a state budget, which included a far-reaching criminal justice reform. One of the most significant changes was the elimination of cash bail for the majority of pretrial defendants. The Bail Reform went into effect from January 1, 2020, and resulted…

  • R. vs. Secretary of State for the Home Department Queens Bench Division

    Summary of the Case The prisoners who were under life sentences of murder submitted their applications for leave against the refusal of their conviction by the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). The prisoners kept striving to appeal against this decision and decided to have an oral interview with the journalists who were interested in their…

  • Juvenile Violence and Influence of Education

    In law, the term Minor or infant is used to denote an individual who is below the age in which one lawfully becomes an adult and is legally yielded rights granted to adults in society. The terms infant, child, adolescent, teen, youth, juvenile and young person are used interchangeably, though some jurisdictions make some distinction…

  • Factual Determination of the Case

    This is a case about a man who has had many hardships in his life and now inadvertently caused a tragedy that resulted in the death of his beloved fiancee, Sally Jones. I do understand the immense grief experienced by the accusing side: indeed, the loss of a mother and a sister is irreplaceable and…

  • Meaning and Law of Statue Prohibits Motorists

    The use of telecommunications device while operating a moving motor vehicle statute prohibits motorists from using telecommunication devices while driving to type emails or text messages, transmit texts or emails, and to read texts or mail messages. The law does not allow the use of any device in a moving motor unless they are used…

  • Federal Government Forest Service vs. Environmentalists

    Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction Identifying attitudes of the public and wildlife agency personnel is important to implementing management policies, particularly in controversial situations. All through the scholastic writing and conventional media there have been several debates about the condition of egalitarianism and the roles of citizens and the federal government in…

  • Crone vs. UPS Legal Case

    Table of Contents Introduction The outcome of the case Analysis Conclusion Reference Introduction The case was decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th circuit. The plaintiff was Sarah Crone and the defendant was the United Parcel Service. It was submitted on 18th April and filed on August 30th in 2002. Ms.…

  • American Criminal Law & Procedure

    The law of the United States has been basically derived from the common law system of the English law. This law was in effect at the time of the revolutionary war. There are four most important sources from which the law has been derived. These four sources are constitutional law, administrative law, statutory law, and…

  • Criminalization Versus Legalization in the US

    Criminal law is shaped and predetermined by several criminological theories that are applied to human behavior when considering come actions as either criminal or legal. Depending on the approach, some activities might be legal in one country and illegal in another. In this essay, the opinion on criminalization and legalization is provided to illustrate the…

  • Law: Inside the OJ Simpsons Parole Hearing

    The video Inside the OJ Simpson parole hearing is news coverage by ABC News that shows Orenthal James Simpson (OJ Simpson) on October 1, 2017, during and after his parole hearing that set him free after almost nine years in prison for a robbery in Las Vegas. In a relatively brief coverage, ABC News (2017)…