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Essay / The Criminal Justice System in the Film Fracture
Attempts to take advantage of constitutional rights can be seen by the accused for their own benefit and the prosecution for the benefit of the system. For example, Theodore Crawford used the Fourth and Sixth Amendments to his advantage in that not only did he skillfully hide the murder weapon in plain sight, but he also used the prosecution's witness to give himself an advantage in the trial. Just hours before the crime took place, Mr. Crawford followed his wife and Detective Nunally to where they were going to continue their affair, and switched his gun with the detective's, both having the exact same gun . This required flawless planning and execution on Crawford's part, suggesting that his course of action was completely premeditated and that he had been planning his crime for much of the time..