question_answer 1)

 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	hear the witnesses
	record the statements of witnesses
Public Prosecutor	cross examine the witnesses
	take photographs of burnt homes
Defence Lawyer	record the evidence
	arrest the Fiesta fans
Judge	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 person

    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?            

Answer:

 

Roles	Functions
Police	Arrest the Fiesta fans
	get the assaulted women medically
	examined record the statements of
	witnesses take photographs of
	burnt homes record the eviderices.
Public Prosecutor	examine the witnesses in court
Defence Lawyer	meet the accused persons
	argue the case for the victims
	cross examine the witnesses.
Judge	conduct a fair trial
	hear the witnesses
	decide for how many years the
	accused will be put in jail.
	writes the judgement
	pass the judgement.

  No, the victims will not get justice if only one person performs all the functions of the criminal justice system because of the following reasons: (i) One person can become partial. (ii) If the person, who has committed the crime, belongs to majority group or has political approach, will put pressure on the single person and can win the case. (iii)  It is difficult for one person to perform all the functions of police, Public Prosecutor, Defense Lawyer as well as judge. (iv)  If all the functions of the criminal justice system are performed by a single person, it will not remain a fair trial but a biased and partial trial.