International Crime Witness, Part 2

INTERNATIONAL CRIME WITNESS, PART 2 Name: Institutional Affiliation International Crime Witness, Part 2 Introduction It is essential to establish that the element of comparative criminal justice remains a subfield within the criminal justice system that evaluates various judicial systems globally. It is however, essential to establish that this study takes eloquence in a state’s political and well as historical processes (Roth, 2011). In consideration of the crime that I recently witnessed in Germany that involved the murder of one of the service attendants in a hotel, it is essential to review the courts system that determined the rights of the accusers, including the court systems approach in treating the defendant during the trial process, an aspect that determines the objective of this paper. This paper will consider the accused experience within the German courts prison system and establish the ethical concerns witnessed in this case. Lastly, the paper will draw on some of the considerations that could be incorporated with the aim of initiating change within these systems. Court System’s Likely View on the Accused Victims Rights Victims of crimes within the German court systems are granted knowledge on the commission of a crime, an aspect that requires them to testify at a trial or a court proceeding. In this case, it is essential to note that this state’s federal criminal justice system may not necessarily function without the participation of a victim and witness in the process of trial, an aspect that determines the accused right in the process (Roth, 2011). This clearly determines the fact that the court system’s likely treatment of the defendant during trial proceedings would require a complete corporation to a truthful testimony of the victim as well as the witnesses in establishing the innocence or guilt of an accused individual who commits a crime. On the other hand, it is important to consider that witnesses and victims are likely to develop feelings of fear, confusion, frustration, and anger, an aspect that denotes the necessity of the Victim-Witness Program of Germany’s Attorney’s Office that enables these individual to understand the rights that are granted to them by the law. This commission is consequently committed in ensuring that a criminal and his witnesses are treated in a fare manner by the justice system (Veroff, 2016). The goal of the Federal-Witness Protection plan in this country is aimed at protecting the privacy of the criminals and treating them with respect and dignity, and also working towards ensuring that the victims are informed of the cases in helping them find services that may aid them in recovering from their crimes. According to the German criminal procedure, the Code of Criminal Procedure developed in 1877 does not outline several guidelines in regards to criminal procedures, but provides particular stipulations in regard to the criminal process (Tomkovicz, 2012). In as much as Germany’s criminal procedure laws are federal in nature, major criminal courts are located within the state level that have the capacity to interpret criminal procedures ...