The US Marshal Service (USMS)

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The US Marshal Service began in 1789, when Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1789 (USMS). It created the same legislation for the Federal Judicial System. The US Marshal Deputies were given the authority to assist with the federal courts all within the districts and to carry out the orders issued by the Judges, Congress, or the President. Congress had a time limit on the broad range of authority for the US Marshal Deputies (USMS). It was the only office created with an automatic expiration, which limited them to a 4 year, renewable term, serving the United States President (USMS). Around the mid-20th century, the US Marshals hired their own deputies and would fire the deputies that worked for the previous US Marshal Supervisor; this led …show more content…

The deputies serve the subpoenas, summonses, writs, warrants, and other processes issued by the courts (USMS). They would make all the arrests and handle all the prisoners’ bookings (USMS). The US Marshals also dispersed the funds to court clerks, United States attorneys, jurors, and witnesses (USMS). George Washington set up his first administration and the first congress began passing laws, it had no provisions for a regional administration structure and no agency was established to represent the federal government’s interests at the local level (USMS). Therefore, this led to Congress and the President to solve the issue by creating specialized agencies to balance the taxes. This also led to the US Marshals and their deputies to handle the duties of a …show more content…

There are quite a few things I am not allowed to discuss, due to confidentiality, but the things that I can discuss are the observations of court hearings, pre-trials, and revocation hearings. I found it to be very interesting how the judge informs the offender of his or her rights under the United States Constitution before the offender states whether guilty or not and that if the offender pleads guilty that his or her rights are then taken and would rest in the federal courts hands. Usually when the offender pleads guilty, they are under oath, being recorded, and tend to get the lesser sentence, but that is not always the case. It just depends on the case and what all is involved as far as the crime committed and the offender’s history. If the offender pleads not guilty, then there will be a trial that forms on a later date. If the offender is found guilty for the charge they will receive the harsher sentence, it is all about being honest within the federal courts, on determining the offenders