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Date Submitted: 03/31/2014 07:42 PM
Nicholas Harris
Week 5 response
Tara A. Barnes
Cjs 200
In the American Criminal Justice System there are two types of courts. They are the state court and federal court. The state court consist of three main levels: trail court, appellate court, and state supreme court. The federal court system which is a three-tiered structure involving the comprising U.S district court, U.S courts of appeal, and the U.S Supreme Court. In our textbook it suggests “This daul-court system is result of general agreement among the nation's founders about the need for individual states to retain significant legislative authority and judicial autonomy separate from federal control” (Schmalleger(2011). The dual court does not mix the process between both systems. So that means that the state courts do not get involed with federal issues and vice versa. The only way they get involved is “unless there is a conflict between local or state statutes and federal constitutional gaurantees” (Schmalleger,(2011). The U.S court system is very comparable to other court systems. Many countries have modeled their court systems after ours. There are some in this world that are stricter than ours but most are modeled by ours. For example, Mexico has a system very similar to ours and Japan modeled their system after ours. Britain has some similarities but they don't have a court that can declare a law unconstitutional like our Supreme Court can. The harshness of penalty a convicted individual receives can vary greatly. In some countries the punishment for crimes that we consider to be misdemeanor, such as shoplifting and adultery, can be very severe. A key difference in our system is the Miranda rights. It is very unique in the United States.