Recent questions tagged criminal justice

Description : How likely is it that a court appeal would be successful?

Last Answer : Does he have any prior convictions?

Description : Do you agree with plea bargaining?

Last Answer : I think it has good and bad elements, with the good outweighing the bad but requiring reform. I'm from the US but I'm not a lawyer/judge/social worker/academic/journalist/plaintiff/defendant/cop/ ... to trial may not be realistic, and that reduces the bargaining power of defendants in a plea deal.

Description : Are people who work in the criminal justice system allowed to be on juries?

Last Answer : Yes, I think people who serve in the criminal justice system should be able to serve on juries. I don't think anyone should be automatically excluded from serving on a jury merely because of what ... of the criminal justice system, or anyone else who can't serve as an objective and impartial juror.