What types of misconduct can be committed and how does it

Question

Assignment Objectives-

Analyze the role of the prosecution, defense, judges and juries in the criminal trial process

Reading Assignment:

Textbook: Chapters #3 & #4 of Criminal Courts: Structure, Process, and Issues

Authors: Champion, Hartley, Rabe.

Publisher: Pearson, 3rd edition, ISBN# 9781269330824

Use the Cybrary for Criminal Justice resources. Click here to access a guide for using the CTU Criminal Justice Studies Library Research Guide.

Fry, T. (2012). PROSECUTORIAL TRAINING WHEELS: GINSBURG'S CONNICK V. THOMPSON DISSENT AND THE TRAINING IMPERATIVE. Journal Of Criminal Law & Criminology, 102(4), 1275.

Hardy v. Cross, (565 U.S. ____, 132 S. Ct. 1626; 182 L. Ed. 2d 224 (2011)

· UNITED STATES v. RUIZ: certiorari to the United States court of appeals for the ninth circuit. (2009). Supreme Court Cases: The Twenty-first Century (2000 - Present), 1.

ASSIGNMENT:

Read the law review articles listed in the reading assignment.

Answer the following questions based on the information you learned after reading the articles:

What types of misconduct can be committed, and how does it affect a defendant's right to a fair trial?

What are the functions of the prosecutor and defense attorney?

Under what circumstances might prosecutors engage in misconduct?

What remedies have the courts found for attorney misconduct that occurs during a criminal prosecution?

Answer 1

In this assignment, you have to examine the role of the prosecution, defense, judges and juries in the criminal trial procedure. Please read the law review articles listed in the reading task. Now, answer the given questions on the basis of the information you learned after reading the articles: 1) What kinds of misconduct can be committed, and how does it influence a defendant's right to a fair trial? 2) Write down the functions of the prosecutor and defense attorney? 3) Under what conditions might prosecutors fit into place in misconduct? 4) What solutions have the courts found for attorney misconduct which takes place throughout a criminal prosecution?