LSJ 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Restorative Justice, Adversarial System
12 Dec 2016
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Themes: words in law; slippery of words in interpretations & law and violence. State of wa v. owen (state of wa is in the place of arnold sanders) State of wa=punisher; crime committed against the state. Wa(cid:374)ts to guarantee prosecution to prevent future crime (deterrence); public safety threat to all of us. Each side puts their side of the story **choosing to put them into conflict. Allegi(cid:374)g that (cid:272)ertai(cid:374) thi(cid:374)gs are (cid:862)true(cid:863) in a car; hit another (cid:272)ar; left; perso(cid:374) got hurt et(cid:272) convince court to convict her. Unlikely to be talking; not want to incriminate herself or make matters worse. Give a testimony to his lawyer which is the state of wa. How the victim and defendant feel during adversarial system. Victim (what more expanded role might you wish to play?) Little to no say in punishment (what might he want form owens?) Adversarial system treats owens as a threat to society; tell stories.
