CRM 2300 Lecture : 5th lecture.docx
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The courtroom is a symbolically organized public space designed to reproduce, through repeated visible rituals, a collective obedience to political authority (gabel and harris)) Adversarial system this is why plea bargaining happens Is responsible that we get through the list expeditiously (smoothly/fast) Benefit to dropping some counts because it get s you convictions fast. Success is not getting an acquittal, it s reducing the consequences of the accused (d) actions to the accused(d) These adversaries are only affective at their jobs if they demonstrate to the others sides that they can be trusted. Both the crown attorney and the defense council must prove to the trial judge that they can be trusted. It is a social relationship between the main players. Criminal trial as social ritual: reproduction political authority y. In a liberal democracy the state has monopoly over the use of the force, however we have all these rules so they don t abuse that force.