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This 6 page paper provides an overview of a criminal justice system, one that is an alternative to the existing system in the United States. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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for addressing crime, the protocols for handling misconduct among officials, the creation of a plan for jury selection, the role of victims in the sentencing of criminals, methods for punishing
criminals, addressing the issues related to juvenile criminals, and the role the media should play in court cases. Each of these areas poses specific challenges in the development of
a plan for criminal justice. This paper reflects an example of one system of criminal justice. State vs. Federal Jurisdiction One of the challenges in the
modern criminal justice system extends from determining state and federal jurisdiction relative to court cases. The best method for addressing a viable legal system could be to allow states
to have jurisdiction over cases that result from the intervention of state law enforcement officials and to let federal jurisdiction only apply to those cases that result from federal law
enforcement (for example, federal drug enforcement officers or federal immigration officials). This would result in state supreme courts overseeing state issues of state constitutionality, and the Supreme Court addressing
only issues of national constitutionality. Selection of Law Enforcement Officials and Court Officials Law enforcement officials, prosecutors, defenders, and judges should be a part of a merit system,
where promotions occur relative to the requirements put into place in other businesses. Law enforcement officers, then, would be selected out of a pool of candidates that reflect the
best in their classes at a police academy; prosecutors would come up in the ranks of law firms and would be promoted as a result of their merits. Judges,
then, would come into their positions after years of experience on the bench and years of positive work assessments; rather than being appointed to positions by existing governments. This
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