CRIM 101 Lecture 8: Chapter 8
7 Feb 2017
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Chapter 8 history of the court system court problems. Cops complain violators are treated to leniently. Stat v defendant: prosecutor v defense attorney, proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Pop culture and media manipulation: trutv. Blood feud: vengeance, settle differences, physical violence, an eye for an eye. Trial by compurgation: sounds like a popularity contest, no eye(cid:449)it(cid:374)esses", truthfulness tied to standing in society. Trial by ordeal: perform test to prove innocence. Trial by hot water, cold water, hot iron or fire: divine interception, coerced please to a(cid:448)oid death . Trial by battle: knights jousted, only strong survive, might makes right. Inquest: originally established to resolve land ownership disputes, expanded to resolve other disputes. Assize of clarendon ( 1166: established judicial procedure and the grand jury court, 12 men from each side, developed process of looking at facts and evidence before a formal trial, grand jury goes back to clarendon.
