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Ethics in Criminal Justice

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With the advent of technological and scientific advancement in 21st century , certain ethical issues have sprung up in nearly all aspects of the criminal justice system resulting into need to reorganize the criminal justice system to portray this reality . It is therefore of paramount importance the judicially system should be very flexible and responsive to these contemporary laws issues in to be able to adapt to new of executing justice since the key role of the judiciary is to ensure just and fair trial of

all and ensure that the basic fundamental rights of both the plaintiff and the defendant are protected . Such new realities include issue relating to but not limited to terrorism , drugs abuse , the death penalty , race and gender issues solving crime with new technology , and reviewing older crime prevention programs (e .g , probation , parole ) and health issues related to corrections (Lazer , 2004

This attempts to explore the ethical issues that that varies in the process of a trial , the resultant challenges faced by the bench in this century and the emerging trends as exhibited by different rulings It is acknowledged that the malfunctions the criminal justice system has and can still lead to the conviction of innocent individuals hence the need to identify system errors with the aim to improve the criminal justice system

A major ethical issue that has come to be realized in the process of executing justice is the DNA debate . Lazer (Lazer , 2004 ) argues that...

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