ADMJ 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Insanity Defense, Juvenile Court, Affirmative Defense

• School: Pitt
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: ADMJ 1400
• Professor: David Cercone

Document Summary

Ex post facto crimes: federal and state governments it is unconstitutional. Punishment for a crime that occurred before there was a law against the conduct. Ca(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)(cid:272)rease pe(cid:374)alt(cid:455) for a(cid:374) e(cid:454)isti(cid:374)g (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e retroa(cid:272)ti(cid:448)el(cid:455) If the child fled from the scene, lied about their conduct, attempted to conceal evidence, falsely accusing someone else: over 14: treated as an adult. Modern law: adult criminal court, juvenile court: universal throughout the us, under 18, tried as an adult when: do(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed all fa(cid:272)tors, nature of the crime (homicide, violent rape, has an extensive record (unlikely to be rehabilitated) If there was a weapon involved (firearm: adult criminal court judge can transfer the case to the juvenile court. Is the child, based on his record, amenable to rehabilitation in the juvenile justice system: only has jurisdiction up to the age of 21. Juvenile judge can send the case to adult criminal court: same standards as above for transfer.