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In a town called Peace Land, the supporters of the Fiesta football team learn that the supporters of the Jubilee football team in the nearby city about 40 km away have damaged the ground on which the Final between both teams is to be held the following day. A crowd of Fiesta fans armed with deadly weapons attacks the homes of the supporters of the Jubilee football team in the town. In the attack, 10 men are killed, 5 women are gravely hurt, many homes are destroyed and over 50 people injured. Imagine that you and your classmates are now part of the criminal justice system. First divide the class into the following four groups of persons: 1. Police 2. Public Prosecutor 3. Defence lawyer 4. Judge The column on the right provides a list of functions. Match these with the roles that are listed on the left. Have each group pick the functions that it needs to perform to bring justice to those who were affected by the violence of the Fiesta fans. In what order, will these functions be performed? Roles Functions Police Public prosecutor Defence Lawyer Judge hear the witnesses record the statements of witnesses cross examine the witnesses take photographs of burnt homes record the evidence arrest the Fiesta fans writes the judgment argue the case for the victims decide for how many years the accused will be put in jail examine the witnesses in court pass the judgment get the assaulted women medically examined conduct a fair trial Meet the accused persons Now take the same situation but ask one student who is a supporter of the Fiesta Club to perform all the functions listed above. Do you think the victims would get justice if only one person performed all of the functions of the criminal justice system? Why not? State two reasons why you believe that different persons need to play different roles as part of the criminal justice system.

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In
a town called Peace Land, the supporters of the Fiesta football team
learn that the supporters of the Jubilee football team in the nearby
city about 40 km away have damaged the ground on which the Final
between both teams is to be held the following day. A crowd of Fiesta
fans armed with deadly weapons attacks the homes of the supporters of
the Jubilee football team in the town. In the attack, 10 men are
killed, 5 women are gravely hurt, many homes are destroyed and over
50 people injured.


Imagine
that you and your classmates are now part of the criminal justice
system. First divide the class into the following four groups of
persons:


1.
Police 2. Public Prosecutor 3. Defence lawyer 4. Judge


The
column on the right provides a list of functions. Match these with
the roles that are listed on the left. Have each group pick the
functions that it needs to perform to bring justice to those who were
affected by the violence of the Fiesta fans. In what order, will
these functions be performed?






















































Roles



Functions



Police



Public
prosecutor




Defence
Lawyer




Judge



hear the
witnesses



record the
statements of witnesses



cross examine
the witnesses



take
photographs of burnt homes



record the
evidence



arrest the
Fiesta fans



writes the
judgment



argue the case
for the victims



decide for how
many years the accused will be put in jail



examine the
witnesses in court



pass the
judgment



get the
assaulted women medically examined



conduct a fair
trial



Meet the
accused persons




Now
take the same situation but ask one student who is a supporter of the
Fiesta Club to perform all the functions listed above. Do you think
the victims would get justice if only one person performed all of the
functions of the criminal justice system? Why not?


State
two reasons why you believe that different persons need to play
different roles as part of the criminal justice system.



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