WDW101Y1 Lecture : January 13 Lecture
Document Summary
Police investigate crime, first point of entry into the cjs. Defendant has the right to decide whether to testify or not and decides whether to plead guilty or not. Judge/jury decision makers with huge amount of power/discretion in the system, judge always makes legal decisions, jury makes the factual decisions i. e. who"s story is right, what actually happened etc. Each one plays a different role in the system, different rules apply to each one. Packer, the limits of the criminal sanction": two different models for designing a cjs crime control vs. due process, crime control model aims toward efficiency and control crime through deterrence measures. Repression of crime is the most important function of the criminal process. Focus on efficiency in the system = apprehend, t ry, convict, and punish. Finality requires minimum chance for review/appeal; strict rules around when a conviction/acquittal can be appealed.