2008 m. balandžio 19 d., šeštadienis

Other recent shootings at schools

Text is about shootings at schools from 1997 till 2001 year in USA.
Shootings at schools were made by adolescences who were from 6 to 19 years old. Some of the victim's were shot dead, other were wounded. Young children commit cruel crimes for some reasons. One criminals are mentally ill, want to revenge for a person, other have easy access to the gun. Some of the offenders were sentenced to life imprisonment, other should spend just few years in prison, one 6 year old boy was not charged because of his age.
In conclusion, it can be stated: some juveniles are mentally unstable, can not control their actions and do not understand consequences.

2008 m. balandžio 11 d., penktadienis

Judicial institutions in England and in Lithuania

The aim of this writing is to define judicial institutions in England and in Lithuania, to find differences and similarities too.
The highest court in England is the House of Lords which deals with all matters. The Court of Appeal is divided into Criminal and Civil divisions. Next is the High Court which is divided into divisions too. There are Queen's Bench Division which considers appeals from lower courts, Chancery Division deals with disputes about trusts, the property and the Family divison deals with family matters. Also there are the Crown Courts which deal with criminal matters and Count Court with civil. Finally, the lowest criminal court is a Magistrate Court which has a right to hear certain cases only.
The highest court in Lithuania is the Supreme Court. It reviews effective judgements, rulings and orders of the courts of general jurisdiction. The Court of Appeal is appeal instance for the cases heard by regional courts. District courts deals with criminal, civil cases. Regional courts are instance for criminal, civil cases and appeal instance for judgements, rulings, decisions. Also there are Regional administrative courts - special jurisdiction for hearing complaints, the Supreme Administrative Court is instance for administrative cases assigned to its jurisdiction by law and the Constitutional Court.
The difference between England and Lithuania judicial institutions is that in England there are jury and in Lithuania aren't. There is the Constitutional Court in Lithuania but in England isn't because it hasn't writen Constitution. However, there are some similarities too. In both countries there are witnesses, the Court of Appeal, the highest courts, County courts and both countries have Civil and Criminal divisions.
So in conclusion, it can be stated that there are more differences between England and Lithuania judicial institutions.