01:202:201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Prosecutor, The Courtroom, Child Custody
4 Apr 2017
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Police chapter 8: the courtroom work group: professional. Trial: the examination in court of the issues of fact and relevant law in a case for the purpose of convicting or acquitting the defendant. Courtroom work group: the professional courtroom actors including judges, prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, public defenders. An elected or appointed public official who presides over a court of law. The trial judge has the primary duty of ensuring justice: holds the ultimate authority and weighs objections from both sides, decides on the admissibility of evidence and sentences offenders, the prosecuting attorney. Prosecutorial discretion: the decision-making power of prosecutors, based on the wide range of choices available to them. Exculpatory evidence: any information having a tendency to clear a person of guilt or blame, need to hand over even if it hurts your case. Prosecutors may serve as quasi-legal advisor to local police. Prosecutors have the burden of proving guilt: the defense counsel.
