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In 2005, 1.8 million offenders were found guilty of, or cautioned for, indictable and summary offences in England and Wales,1 per cent less than in 2004. Most of the offenders were male (79 per cent), of whom around 12 per cent were aged 17 and under.
 * 1) __WELCOME TO ALEX'S AND GUE´S SOCIOLOGY PAGE! __
 * 1.** __**Who is guilty?**__

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 * 2. __Who decides?__**
 * The person who is supposedly guilty goes to Court, where the judges decide basing themselves on the people who are for (the lawyer) and against.
 * Judges are in charge of trials and make sure they are fair. They often read the law to decide waht lawyers can and can't go when judging a case or an offender.
 * For more information about judges, you'll find some about those in Florida and the cases from this decade.

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 * 3. __What does 'guilty' mean?__**

The adjective "GUILTY" has 2 senses: 1.- responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; or marked by guilt 2.- showing a sense of guilt
 * Guilty (Adjective)
 * Familiarity information: GUILTY used as an adjective is rare.


 * 4. __What happens?__**
 * Depending on the grade of the act the offender has made.
 * 5. __Is the system fair?__**
 * 5. __Is the system fair?__**

** The system is fair and unfair at the same time. The system of crime is found fair depending on who did the crime and the type of crime. For example, a 14 year old kid is shoplifting but is caught. The sanction of this crime would probably be to pay a certain amount of money or if it´s not the first time this kid has committed this crime than he could possibly go to penitentiary. ** 

Americans (66%) in 2003 stated they thought the criminal justice system was fair (Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 2009c). Additionally, two-thirds of Americans in 2000 and 2002 (66% and 67%, respectively) asserted that police in their community treated people fairly (Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 2009b). Further, between ** **51 percent and 61 percent of Americans between the years of 2000 and 2008 have expressed their belief that capital punishment is applied fairly (Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 2009a). **
 *  Many believe that the criminal justice system is fair. For example, two-thirds of