Part one of term paper
The court I chose to visit was New York County Criminal Court, located on Centre street. I sat in on arraignments, which were being handled as if they were on a converor belt. This process is the first opportunity a defendant has to encounter a judge after being arrested. Most of the individuals had been arrested the day before and were then ...

Part two of term paper
... if it were their personal case, which I found to be straining. The action taken by the judge varied on every case, some defendants were jailed for seven days after they plead guilty, some were released ROR, pending a future court date, and others were jailed after bail was set. What I found amazing was that after I had been there about an hour there were no cases left. Every one in the court took a seat and just carried on as the judge read his newspaper. I never imagined that criminal cou ...