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It is common knowledge that two controversial issues in the American legal system are the types of criminal defenses and the manner of criminal punishment. In this assignment, you will explore both in their various forms.
Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research the types of criminal defenses and the manner of criminal punishment.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
- Specify the key points involved in the court determining the lawfulness of the use of force. Next, evaluate the level of objectivity inherent in each point that you have specified.
- Determine the fundamental difference between the castle doctrine and stand your ground types of criminal defenses. Justify the validity of each, and provide one (1) example of each to support your response.
- Analyze the overall role that double jeopardy clause plays within the trial system. Next, evaluate the general level of fairness of double jeopardy to the defense. Provide a rationale to support your response.
- Specify the basic features of adversarial system. Next, support or critique the value of the adversarial system within the criminal law system in the United States. Justify your response.
- Argue for or against the right to a speedy trial, as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Provide a rationale to support your response.
- Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar type Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
Explanation & Answer
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Running head: CRIMINAL DEFENSE
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Criminal Defenses
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Course Title
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CRIMINAL DEFENSE
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Criminal Defenses
Introduction
In the countryside of "criminal law", there are assortments of conditions that will tend to
invalidate components of wrongdoing, known as cases. The mark might be adept in wards where
the charged might be appointed some weight before a tribunal. In any case, in many purviews,
the whole weight to demonstrate a wrongdoing is in the administration, which additionally
should demonstrate the nonattendance of these resistances, where involved. Punishments for
violations shift incredibly from state to state and reflect strategy choices made by courts and
assemblies. For instance, a state with a critical farming industry may rebuff dairy cattle burglary
genuinely, mirroring the significance of the matter of cow’s generation in that country, while
another state may dismiss it less incredible because it is not of worry in that state (Cornell, n.d.).
Lawfulness of the use of force
Three fundamental qualities that choose the legitimacy of physical force: unlawfulness,
centrality, and common sense. Illicitness: Is the thing that the another individual is executing
unlawful? If it is not illicit physical force is not generous. Centrality: Physical power must be
critically essential to shield the person or different people from the utilization of unlawful
physical force. Common sense: The degree of physical force is utilized as a part of selfsafeguarding or the security of another person and must adhere under the conditions that stand.
Level of objective inherent is described below:
There was a dispute in "August of 2014" in "Ferguson, Missouri" where a law
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