Com 105- C Spring 2015 Speech Outline Topic: 1692 Salem Witch Trials Purpose: After listening to my speech‚ the audience will have a better insight on trails‚ how they were started‚ what happened during the trials‚ the aftermath of the trials‚ possible reasons for the sicknesses the women exhibited‚ and why the trials occurred in the first place. Thesis: One of the most famous cases of mass hysteria broke out in Salem‚ Massachusetts. The 1692 Salem Witch Trials forever changed our judicial system
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Volkert Criminal Justice 20 February 2014 Alternative Sentencing and Diversion Programs There are many types of diversion programs and alternative sentencing. Some being more successful than others. It has been found that only nonviolent offenders have been positively affected by alternative sentencing and diversion programs. Violent offenders have shown to be unaffected by such programs. One of the most popular sentencing laws in the state of California is the Determinate Sentencing Law. This
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Summary WHAT IS CRIMINAL JUSTICE? ● The American experience with crime during the last half century has been especially influ- ential in shaping the criminal justice system of today. Although crime waves have come and gone‚ some events during the past century stand out as especially significant‚ including a spurt of widespread organized criminal activity associated with the Prohibition years of the early twentieth century‚ the substantial increase in “traditional” crimes during the 1960s
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integrity of our courts and in the jury system—that is no ideal to me‚ it is a living‚ working reality. Gentlemen‚ a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury‚ and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up.” I had nervously opened the envelope with “Official Jury Summons” stamped on the outside many times before the autumn of 2014‚ however‚ up until that point‚ I had been lucky and avoided selection. My once thriving town was beginning
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Introductory The subject of ‘Trial by Media’ is discussed by civil rights activists‚ Constitutional lawyers‚ judges and academics almost every day in recent times. With the coming into being of the television and cable-channels‚ the amount of publicity which any crime or suspect or accused gets in the media has reached alarming proportions. Innocents may be condemned for no reason or those who are guilty may not get a fair trial or may get a higher sentence after trial than they deserved. There appears
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The Nuremberg Trials More than half a century has passed since the end of World War Two and to this day it is still difficult to fully understand the severity of what was by far the most destructive war in human history. More than sixty million people were killed during World War Two and more than half of those were innocent town’s people. Among the dead were over six million Jews‚ which was two thirds of the total living race in Europe at the time. Beyond these general statistics were thousands
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these are all a part of The Runaway Jury. In this book‚ there is a trial‚ not just any ordinary trial‚ but a multi-million dollar trial between big tobacco companies and regular people claiming that lung cancer caused from cigarettes killed their spouses. Now it has turned into a huge legal battle in a small town. I will be clarifying the conflict between Fitch and Easter‚ connecting the trial to the master settlement agreement and predicting the outcome of the trial. At first‚ I thought that Fitch
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Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Many people are victims of a crime‚ or they’re the ones committing the crime. Some of these crimes that have been committed are sentenced as Mandatory Minimum Sentencing. Mandatory Minimum sentencing is when a person convicts a crime‚ and must be in prison for a minimum term‚ the days of punishment is up to the judges to decide. In this occasion the kind of crime that they commit depends on the amount of time the assailant will serve. What does the world have to offer
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Politics 3200-001 09-30-2013 On the Justice of Law Concerning War Criminals The clarity brought on by the past century’s globalization in both civil and military theatres has partially lifted the fog of war. Intra-state‚ ethno-culturally centered ongoing conflicts have yielded many of the most prolific cases of human rights violations in history‚ and thus have presented the world with the enigma of trying and sentencing these criminals without violating the mandates (or norms) that they wish to enforce
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drone delivering your Summons for Jury Duty. No‚ relax‚ Jury Summons are not being delivered by drones yet. However‚ just imagine the reaction of people if they were. Their first response would probably be to find an excuse to get out of it. But little do they know‚ our future depends on good and honest people providing service by making an informed decision. Serving as a juror is extremely important. For example‚ it is our civic duty‚ it gives the defendant a fair trial‚ it provides knowledge on how
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