SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Plea Bargain, Drug Court, Exculpatory Evidence
5 Dec 2015
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The provincial and territorial court system: In the past they dealt with less serious cases, but now they do deal with serious cases. Focus on addressing the underlying problems of offenders, victims and communities. Accountability to the community. In most cases the role also includes making a decision on guilt or innocence of the accused and passing sentence. Crown counsel: set out legislation. Diversity in the judiciary: should be more transparency. The flow of cases through court systems: Summary offences or proceeding summarily: solves in a provincial court, don"t involve juries, sentences are less severe. Absolute jurisdiction of provincial and territorial courts: these offences include theft, obtaining money on false pretences, fraud, and mischief. Judges who have been sanctioned by the council can appeal to the supreme court of. Ccj: chp 8 the prosecution of criminal cases. If an indicatable/elective offence, the appearance notice directs the person to appear at a specific location to be fingerprinted.
