RCP CALCRIM
This was the first of a series of demonstrations of what could be done
in our justice system with modern computers and modern software.
Keep checking the Demonstrations Page from time to time for new
examples.
The RCP CALCRIM free demonstration is now over but if you heard
from others about how easy it is to use, then get all over your elected
legislators and court administrators because it could be part of a
comprehensive RCP Software Justice Data Management System that
could quickly be put into operation at a cost which would be a tiny
fraction of the currently proposed California Court Case Management
System (CCMS). And such a modern approach could be used in any
state in the country.
The RCP CALCRIM system is an example of an easy to use tool that
judges and lawyers can use to create a set of jury instructions for a
California Superior Court criminal trial. These electronic instructions
can easily be exchanged by the parties in proposed form via Internet
or Intranet. They could be made part of a totally electronic trial record
which could then be sent electronically to appellate courts. They are
easily modified. There is no longer any need for judges or clerks to
struggle with blacking out inapplicable portions of instructions with a
black marker pen. And the instructions can be proposed to the court
and other parties by each lawyer in advance of any chambers
discussion of which instructions to give, thus saving time. The clerk
can quickly print out a full set of instructions for the jury or they could
even be provided to the jury electronically if the jury deliberation room
is equipped with a PC and a large wall-mounted monitor. Clerks
wasting time and expense photocopying instructions that have
portions blacked out can be history. The instructions could be scrolled
down the screen of a large wall-mounted monitor in the courtroom as
the judge reads the instructions. The continued waste of money on
paper is now just plain absurd.
To learn about the features of the RCP CALCRIM system, please read
the User's Manual. You will need Microsoft Word to use these
instructions.
RCP CALCRIM is a set of files designed to work together in harmony.
The judge gets the Judge's Template into which the desired
instructions are placed. The prosecutor gets the People's Template to
use to propose instructions to the court and the defense attorney(s)
get(s) the Defendant's Template to use for their proposals to the court.
These templates were originally created for Judge W. Kent Hamlin at
the Fresno County Superior Court. If you wish to use this construction
system in another county, you can simply customize the templates by
changing the information in the name and address blocks and then
save the modified files to your hard drive.
These templates work with Microsoft Word.
The master instructions sample file is no longer available here but if
you can talk your legislators, court administrators, etc. into coming to
their senses about the use of modern computer technology, these
master instructions, which are in a form that allows them to be part of
a modular interlocking system, could be made available FREE to
everyone. There is no logical reason why that could not be done.
Component sub-systems like this should be part of an overall justice
data management system that could be created quickly and which, in
spite of having incredibly better and more features than the proposed
California Court Case Management System, should cost no more than
about $6,000 per judge. Economies of scale allow this, with smaller
counties having a higher average cost per judge and larger counties
having a lower average cost per judge.
in our justice system with modern computers and modern software.
Keep checking the Demonstrations Page from time to time for new
examples.
The RCP CALCRIM free demonstration is now over but if you heard
from others about how easy it is to use, then get all over your elected
legislators and court administrators because it could be part of a
comprehensive RCP Software Justice Data Management System that
could quickly be put into operation at a cost which would be a tiny
fraction of the currently proposed California Court Case Management
System (CCMS). And such a modern approach could be used in any
state in the country.
The RCP CALCRIM system is an example of an easy to use tool that
judges and lawyers can use to create a set of jury instructions for a
California Superior Court criminal trial. These electronic instructions
can easily be exchanged by the parties in proposed form via Internet
or Intranet. They could be made part of a totally electronic trial record
which could then be sent electronically to appellate courts. They are
easily modified. There is no longer any need for judges or clerks to
struggle with blacking out inapplicable portions of instructions with a
black marker pen. And the instructions can be proposed to the court
and other parties by each lawyer in advance of any chambers
discussion of which instructions to give, thus saving time. The clerk
can quickly print out a full set of instructions for the jury or they could
even be provided to the jury electronically if the jury deliberation room
is equipped with a PC and a large wall-mounted monitor. Clerks
wasting time and expense photocopying instructions that have
portions blacked out can be history. The instructions could be scrolled
down the screen of a large wall-mounted monitor in the courtroom as
the judge reads the instructions. The continued waste of money on
paper is now just plain absurd.
To learn about the features of the RCP CALCRIM system, please read
the User's Manual. You will need Microsoft Word to use these
instructions.
RCP CALCRIM is a set of files designed to work together in harmony.
The judge gets the Judge's Template into which the desired
instructions are placed. The prosecutor gets the People's Template to
use to propose instructions to the court and the defense attorney(s)
get(s) the Defendant's Template to use for their proposals to the court.
These templates were originally created for Judge W. Kent Hamlin at
the Fresno County Superior Court. If you wish to use this construction
system in another county, you can simply customize the templates by
changing the information in the name and address blocks and then
save the modified files to your hard drive.
These templates work with Microsoft Word.
The master instructions sample file is no longer available here but if
you can talk your legislators, court administrators, etc. into coming to
their senses about the use of modern computer technology, these
master instructions, which are in a form that allows them to be part of
a modular interlocking system, could be made available FREE to
everyone. There is no logical reason why that could not be done.
Component sub-systems like this should be part of an overall justice
data management system that could be created quickly and which, in
spite of having incredibly better and more features than the proposed
California Court Case Management System, should cost no more than
about $6,000 per judge. Economies of scale allow this, with smaller
counties having a higher average cost per judge and larger counties
having a lower average cost per judge.
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