SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Forensic Science, Eyewitness Identification, Sleepwalking
26 Feb 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Media provides info about court and trial (not like tv) Only 10% of cases go to trial (other 90% get pleaded out or charges are dropped) Crown and courts go through screening for whether it warrants pursuing. Caseloads are diminished by using pleas, usually in negotiation (charges dropped or lesser sentence when pleading guilty sometimes) In criminal court its based on possible punishment for particular crime. Lower courts the most cases, summary offences, provincial statutes (traffic, family court), municipal or provincial bylaws. Higher courts more complex cases, appeals from lower courts, trials, indictable offences and appeals, supreme court of canada (gets 100 applications and they choose which cases to pursue) Summary offence less serious, provincial court, mundane and routine cases, 3-5 mins spent, decisions done by a judge alone (no jury), fines up to , prison term up to 6 months in prison (provincial prison) Police stats from jan 1 - dec 31.
