HIST 3850 Lecture Notes - General Jurisdiction, Murder, Trial
29 Oct 2013
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Hist 3850: murder and other crimes in the 20th century north america. The justice system in the usa and canada. There were 13 original colonies in the usa. N & s carolina, georgia: 119,00 white 94,000 black. What linked these colonies together: shared common language, shared similar geography, shared distrust in powerful central governments. A number of cases that developed in the deep south were dealt with independantly (state justice system). Outcomes sometimes ran against the central us government. Political system: house of representatives, senate, executive, veto. President can override anything passed by congress: states, criminal codes. There are 50 different states in the usa and each of them has their own criminal code and procedure. Arrest by police by county sheriff by state police. To see if the prosecution indeed has a case to make against the defence. To keep a limit on prosecutors; make sure they don"t abuse their limits. *no retirement age for us supreme court judges*
