law 3

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Role of Judges
- 1. Referee in a trial
- a. Ruling on evidence
- b. Rules of court
- 2. Resolve cases w/o trial
- Symbol of justice
- Most prestigious job
- Many defer their jobs to others
How one becomes a judge/ what makes a good judge
- 1. Elected
- a. Political
- b. Not really about how qualified you are
- 2. Appointed (federal)
- a. For life (unless impeached)
- Usually lawyer before judge (10 yrs)
Traditional independence
- work with all branches of gov
- ---Interpret laws
- ---Provides forum
- ---Attempt to resolve cases w/o trial
Food reward dog
- Only eats when finds narcotics
- Sits when smells
- ---Then have probable cause ---> then need warrent
- Have to be standing somewhere legally
- Just like plain view
Judicial selection process
- 12 people headed by lawyer interview
- ---then on governors list of potential appointees
- ------most people on that list all their life
- ---------6-12 appointments a yr from group of 300
- ---political connection with someone with important gov or in legislature
- ---tremendous info of law
- ---common sense
3 people in court
- Citizens
- mopes
- predators
citizens
- made one wrong mistake
- mopes
- cant get out of their own way 90% people- cant get anything accomplished
- lazy or drug addicts
predator
- bad, did something bad and most likely going to do it again
- ---usually cant be fixed (rehab)
- ---so give incremental sentence
- ---if come back then you need to get a worse sentence
- ------most people come back over and over again bc they don’t know how to live their adult life
Mandatory minimum sentencing

takes discretion away from judge

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law 3

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law 3

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2013-12-12T15:58:39Z

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