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The French Prosecutor In Question, Jacqueline S. Hodgson
The French Prosecutor In Question, Jacqueline S. Hodgson
Washington and Lee Law Review
Both the pre-trial and dispositive roles of the French prosecutor have continued to expand over the last decades with a resulting shift in power away from the trial judge and the juge d'instruction. The recommendations of the Liger Commission in 2009 went beyond the redistribution of authority and proposed the abolition of the juge d'instruction, placing the prosecutor in charge of all criminal investigations, even the most serious, complex, and sensitive. At the same time, the prosecutor's role and status has been challenged in a number of ways-in particular concerning her function as judicial supervisor of the detention and interrogation …
The Affects Of Apprendi V. New Jersey On The Use Of Dna Evidence At Sentencing—Can Dna Alone Convict Of Unadjudicated Prior Acts?, Katharine C. Lester
The Affects Of Apprendi V. New Jersey On The Use Of Dna Evidence At Sentencing—Can Dna Alone Convict Of Unadjudicated Prior Acts?, Katharine C. Lester
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
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Uncertainty And The Search For Truth At Trial: Defining Prosecutorial "Objectivity" In German Sexual Assault Cases, Shawn Marie Boyne
Uncertainty And The Search For Truth At Trial: Defining Prosecutorial "Objectivity" In German Sexual Assault Cases, Shawn Marie Boyne
Washington and Lee Law Review
According to German legal scholar, Claus Roxin, German prosecutors are the "most objective civil servants" in the world. Roxin 's assessment of German prosecution practice reflects the conviction of many German legal scholars that prosecutors in Germany's inquisitorial system function as second judges dedicated to finding the objective "truth." In this Article I investigate how prosecutors "translate" the normative duty of objectivity enshrined in the German penal code into observable practices on the ground I examine prosecutorial decision-making in three sexual assault trials. Sexual assault cases pose unique challenges to prosecutors as well as to the definition of objectivity. Because …
The Sexual Offender Registration And Notification Act: No More Than "Statutory ‘Lip Service’ To Interstate Commerce", Lindsey B. Fetzer
The Sexual Offender Registration And Notification Act: No More Than "Statutory ‘Lip Service’ To Interstate Commerce", Lindsey B. Fetzer
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice
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