Courtsystem& Death Penalty

Agenda

2. Death Penalty

2.1 Argument for the Death Penalty

2.2 Argument against the Death Penalty

2.3 Background

2.4 Terms to know

2.5 Different types of the Death Penalty

1.US Court System

1.1 Overview

1.2 District Courts in general

- The stats

- The cases

1.3 Courts of Appeal in general

- The stats

- The cases

1.4 Supreme Court in general

- The stats

- The cases

Court System: District Courts in general

Death Penalty: Different types of the Death Penalty

Death Penalty: Background

Court System: Overview

Death Penalty: Terms to know

Court System: Courts of appeal in general

Court System: Supreme Court in general

Death Penalty: Arguments for Death Penalty

Death Penalty: Arguments against Death Penalty

The US Court system conatins several different levels of court. Each court handels different types of litigation

- Second bracket of the court system

- Only appelate litigation and cases decided by district courts

- Contains 13 appellate

- Objective: Control if the law was appealed correctly in the trial court

- No excessive bail

- No fine is imposed

- No cruel or unusual punishment

- Reasons for the death penalty:

murder, mass murder, terrorism, treason, espionage

- Makes the society saver

- Provides justice and closure for victims families

- Effectice at deterring crime

- Legal Definition: "The punishment of

execution to someone legally convicted of

a capital crime."

- Different laws on what crimes result in the

Death Penalty

Some states have abolished the Death Penalty

- Possibility of a wrong conviction

- Morally and ethically wrong

- Takes away the right of life

- Discrimination in the criminal justice system

- Costs taxpayers more

- Also called "The court of last Resort"

- Highest court of the United States

- Made up of many justices:

for example:

Nominated by the president

Appointed fo life

Hear the highest appelate and original

jurisdiction cases regarding the US Conditions

- First step in the court system

- Only original jurisdiction or appeal cases

- Every district court have they're own bankruptcy court

- At least one courthouse

- Lethal Injection:

1316 executions since 1976

allowed in 33 states

- Electrocution:

160 executions since 1976

allowed in 9 states

- Lethal gas:

11 executions since 1976

allowed in 6 states

- Hanging:

3 executions since 1976

allowed in 3 states

- Firing squad:

3 executions since1976

allowed in 3 states

deterring = abhalten

escessive bail = übertriebende Kaution

fine = Geldbuße

treason = Verrat

espionage = Spionage

litigation = Rechtstreitigkeiten

appellate = Rechtsmittel

abolished = abgeschafft

jurisdiction = Zuständigkeit

appeal cases = Berufungsfälle

bankruptcy court = Insolvenzgericht

References

The stats of Supreme Court

The cases of Supreme Court

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_judiciary_of_the_United_States

- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesgerichte_der_Vereinigten_Staaten

- https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/methods-execution

- https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment

- https://deathpenalty.procon.org/

- https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/federal-courts

- https://www.correctionalofficer.org/us-criminal-justice-system

- Decides which cases it hears

- They can ether:

Choose the case

Hear and rule the case and

give reason to the final verdict

Deny the case

The cases of Courts of Appeal

- Original Jurisdiction

If the case involves a foreign

government or two or more states

- Appellate Jurisdiction

The lower courts decision is

appealed (can only rule on federal

law, no state law

The stats of Courts of Appeal

The stats of district courts

- Only hears appellate jurisdiction

Will never hear any original cases

- The appeals court can than:

Uphold the original decision

Reverse the original decision

Send the case back to the lower court

- 12 courts divided among different districts throughout the country

- Case decisions can be appealed by:

someone involved with the case

federal agency's

The cases of district courts

- 94 courts

- At least one in each state

up to four in larger states

- Represents about 80% of all cases

- Includes civil and criminal cases

- Only courts that use a jury

- Grand jury

- Petit Jury

- Hundreds of thousand cases a year

Verdict = Urteil

federal = bundesstaatlich

Uphold = aufrechterhalten

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