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Last week on Tuesday, my cousin was assaulted by a drunken man at a bar while having a
drink. The two harbored differing political opinions that led to the conflict. An assault is defined
as a violent verbal or physical attack against a person provided they occur in any of these two
forms, including Aggravated or Simple assault (Jones 102). My cousin, Tom, was very distressed
by the issue such that he decided to lodge an Aggravated Assault complaint at the police station.
An Aggravated Assault includes one that receives a more severe criminal punishment as a result
of its high degree of seriousness (Jones 113). When the hearing began, the jury was given 12 to
24 hours to make their deliberations based on the evidence provided by Toms lawyer. The jury is
a body that is tasked with giving a verdict based on the majority vote in legal cases that involve
examining the evidence that is presented in court (Jones 114). When Tom launched the
indictment or a formal accusation against the accused, the judge ordered the defense team to
present their case before the jury.
The defense lawyer could not object to the fact that the accused, Mr. Moses, attacked
Tom, but their argument was that the court should not pay attention to the crime as if it is an act
of felony. In some jurisdictions, the most serious offense is a felony or an indictable offense. The
Defense Attorney made this request because the prosecutor was considering First Degree Felony.
A defense attorney is a legal practitioner who specializes in defending individuals and companies
that are charged with criminal activities (Jones 118). A Second Degree Felony means that the
individual has committed a more serious crime than the First Degree Felony. If the prosecutor
would have satisfied the conditions of a First Degree Felony, the accused would have been
ordered by the judge to pay a fine of $25, 000 or a jail term amounting to 10 years imprisonment.
When a person is indicted for a Second Degree Felony, they tend to receive a more severe
punishment than in the case of a First Degree Felony. (Jones140).
Tom was particularly amazed by the judicial nature of the prosecutor in convincing the
judge to punish Moses. A prosecutor is a legal officer who takes over the responsibility of
instituting legal proceedings against the person that has been accused. He is normally identified
as the lawyer who conducts the case against the defendant in court (Jones 142). It happened that
the judge was not fully persuaded to indict the accused, so he ordered for a grand jury to further
investigate the matter. When the court is not fully satisfied with the evidence provided, it tasks a
grand jury to conduct further investigations by subpoena witnesses and documents. A grand jury
refers to a specialized body that has the capacity to initiate formal proceedings with the aim of
examining latent criminal conduct so that they could determine additional evidence to support a
potential criminal charge (Jones 336). They have to gather as much information as they can in a
case. The idea is to avoid pushing innocent people to prison facilities as a way of controlling the
problem of over-population and budget constraint. The rapid growth of inmate populations has
prompted the Department of Justice to come up with a five-year plan in the Department of
Corrections to manage this growth whilst addressing the disturbing problem of limited resources
(Jones 150). After two days, the grand jury brought a comprehensive report to the court and Mr.
Moses was ordered to pay a fine of $500.
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Tom was impressed by the decision of the court and he immediately made his way home.
When he arrived, he started watching one the famous childrens television show known as the
Sesame Street. Some of the elements that were dominant in the show included voracious eating
appetite, something that reminded him of Cookie Monster as well as Kermit the Frog. Before he
could even complete watching the show, the behavior of his children, which resembled those of
Miss Piggy disrupted him.
Toms children wear diapers at night and are fond of playing with plastic spoons. Tom
was shocked to see one of his child using a plastic spoon to taste beer from the can of Miller
Lite. Before Tom could settle, he heard police officers in the adjacent building indulging in a
brawl with some teenagers who were found at a Marijuana Joint. The teenager had been having
fun since the previous night, drinking Miller Lite beers and enjoying music from Justin Bieber
CD. The officers managed to place them in handcuffs as they were led into the waiting cars. I
must say that the teenagers were wearing clothes that resembled the color of a cockroach.
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Work Cited
Jones, Stephen. Criminology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. Print.