Wiretapping of the Democratic Party's headquarters. E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, who led the Watergate break-in team, were stationed in a Watergate Hotel room while the burglary was underway. A lookout was posted across the street at the Howard Johnson Hotel.
The judge, however, remains above the fray, providing an independent and impartial assessment of the facts and how the law applies to those facts. Many criminal cases - and almost all civil ones - are heard by a judge sitting without a jury. The judge is the trier of fact, deciding whether the evidence is credible and which witnesses are telling the truth.
View Full Document. 1.What is the primary function of law? Law consists of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society. Function: informed members of society, predictable out comes, and stability of society. 2.What is stare decisis ? Why is it important? A common law doctrine under which judges are obligated to follow the precedents established in prior decisions.