Antigone Mock Trial Antigone: Charged with treason against The State and contempt What if Antigone had been given a fair trial with a jury of her peers? Would they have condemned her still? You get to be the prosecution & defense in determining a fair fate for Antigone. You must ask yourselves‚ did Antigone act with treasonous intent against The State or were her actions otherwise motivated? Even further‚ was this an act of the gods and beyond her control? During this trial‚ you must base
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The Salem Witchcraft Trials “The Devil in Salem” by Peggy Robbins addresses the Salem witch trials that occurred in colonial Massachusetts in 1692. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was where it was more likely for people to believe in witchcraft in which it was known to be believed by the people that Satan would take use of human beings to carry on his war against heaven. It has been recorded that in Salem Village in the year of 1692‚ alone 170 witches were imprisoned and 20 were sentenced to death
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The Scorch Trials‚ written by James Dashner is the second installment of the Maze Runner Saga. Thomas and the Gladers have just escaped the maze experiment hosted by WICKED. But contrary to their relief‚ phase two has now begun. Thomas is split from his former allies and love interest‚ Teresa. The plot deepens when Thomas’s group B are told‚ that they have been infected by a brain eating disease called the “Flare”‚ and the team must travel through the Scorch to find a cure. Thus‚ the conflict does
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Stages of A Criminal Trail Nancy Jane Strayer University One stages of a criminal trial is the presentation of evidence‚ first the state is given the opportunity to present evidence intended to improve the defendant’s guilt. After prosecutors have rested their case‚ the defense is afforded the opportunity to provide evidence favorable to the defendant. Types of Evidence Evidence can be either direct or circumstantial. Direct evidence
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needed to ensure they would be following laws and give a fair trial. Those were the ideals that went in place when establishing the Nuremberg trials. They would be setting precedent when trying future war criminals the trials needed to be as fair as possible. The whole idea behind the Nuremberg trials were simple: they would put people who had committed egregious war crimes against humanity and they would pay the price for it‚ however the trials would need
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In some ways‚ the Casey Anthony trial reveals the way that media influence‚ including the way it is presented online‚ affects public perception. When one looks at the pages and information that pop up when one searched for information on the trial‚ a great deal of attention has been given to the way that certain commentators in the media‚ like Nancy Grace‚ tried to focus on the inconsistent and‚ most would say‚ deplorable behavior of Anthony and the tragedy of the death itself to draw ratings‚ but
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a fair trial for a number of reasons. People thought that Ethel shouldn’t have even been prosecuted at all. There Camp 4 was no solid evidence against her and it was obvious that her brother and his wife had turned against her just to save themselves. The trial was a media sensation all over the world and it was difficult to get competent lawyers to handle their cases. Most of the top lawyers did not want to take on the federal government in a spy trial. Fear
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The Mississippi Burning Trial" was not for the cold-blooded murders of three young civil rights workers‚ but rather for the violation of their civil rights. The federal government wanted to break Mississippi’s "white supremacy" stronghold on the South. "The Mississippi Burning Trial" proved to be the opportunity to do so. The three branches of the federal government and their various departments were actively involved in bringing about this civil rights trial in Mississippi and these activities
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Martha Stewart went on trial on January 12‚ 2004 for conspiracy‚ obstruction of justice‚ securities fraud and making false statements in the stock trading scandal at ImClone Systems. Stewart’s sale of almost 4‚000 shares of stock in ImClone Systems created suspicions of insider trading. After investigating the matter‚ the federal prosecutors suspected that she deliberately tried to mislead their investigation. It is considered a Federal felony for someone to falsify or cover a material fact and to
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The Casey Anthony Trial During Casey’s trial she sat there emotionless. The only time that she had appeared to be upset was when the jury had criticized her as a person‚ but not as a parent. Casey used the defense that she was allegedly sexually abused as a child as a reason to be unfit for trial‚ even though she had already proclaimed her innocence. When Casey had been told that her daughter’s body had been found she acted like it was not a surprise to her. Nothing about her daughter
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