telling him‚ “My job is to make sure the law works for you as well as against you.” Instead of pretending to be crusading for a not guilty verdict‚ O’Brien tells the truth that she intends to help hunt down the truth both for and against Steve as an unbiased tool of the court. This means that she will insure that the jury’s predispositions do not change their verdicts‚ that the prejudice of the court doesn’t change the evidence given in court‚ and that the evidence against Steve is legitimate and/or nonexistent
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Mahatma Gandhi once said “There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts.” This quote illustrates the idea that man must live longer with his conscience than with a simple decision made in a courtroom. The distinction between right and wrong must be derived from one’s morals‚ not the rulings of the state. This concept of conscience conquering law can be applied to works of literature such as the Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Antigone
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Date: 15/01/201411/27/2012 Time: 09:49:0704:11 PM BRM0002 IBS Case Development Center Assessment of Retail Credit in a Private Bank with the help of ‘Discriminant Analysis’ This case study was written by R Muthukumar‚ IBS‚ Hyderabad. It is intended to be used as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. The case was compiled from generalized experience. 2009
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For example‚ on pages 91-126 of The Crucible‚ Mary Warren and the girls are in the court deliberating about Mary Warren’s confession. This was a prime moment for John to speak out to the court and really expose what is going on between the group of girls. But‚ unfortunately‚ he held his tongue and missed his shot to save the innocent people the
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Specific Deterrence Critical Thinking Critique Your name Park University Author Note This paper was prepared for Criminology CJ200‚taught by Professor____________. The theory of specific deterrence holds that criminal sanctions should be so powerful that known criminals will never repeat their criminal acts. Critical Thinking The theory of specific deterrence holds that criminal sanctions should be powerful enough that convicted criminals will never repeat the criminal
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Preliminary English Twelve Angry Men – Reginald Rose Terminology Accused: a person or group of people who are charged with or on trial for a crime. Plaintiff: a person who brings a case against another in a court of law. Beyond reasonable doubt: The standard that must be met by the prosecution’s evidence in a criminal prosecution: that no other logical explanation can be derived from the facts except that the defendant committed the crime‚ thereby overcoming the presumption that a person
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nineteen year old girl. Although I am extremely nervous for the pending verdict‚ my evidence may change Tom’s fate. I can’t help fearing the worst things that can happen during and after this case. My mind is running with thoughts like‚ what will be the final verdict‚ will this trial be fair and lastly‚ how will my dearest children react? Fingers crossed my evidence will bring my client to justice. My thoughts on how this verdict will turn out are thundering like a storm in my head. Of course there
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chosen. It gives us an honest verdict of the accused being guilty or non-guilty as it allows us to see what the minds of different type of people think. The disadvantage to this is that not all jurors will be a cross section of people. The jurors chosen may be the same type of people who think the same which means this will give us an unfair verdict in a case. If an unfair verdict is made‚ the accused may be accused for the wrong thing. In the court room the answer or verdict is all in the juries’ hands
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I tend to my garden as I watch several cars drive along my street back to their homes. Tom Robinson’s trial must be over. Before the trial even started‚ I predicted that the verdict would be guilty. When I saw Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill arrive back at their house with long faces‚ my prediction was confirmed. It is still upsetting for me to hear that another innocent black man’s life was ruined because of the way white people treat them. I did not attend the trial; I do not wish to see an innocent person
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edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Simpson/polls.html) 80% of people questioned watched the verdict. People are by nature interested in celebrities and when something like this happens it generates a lot of attention simply because its what the people want to see. As for Simpson being guilty or not‚ I think we all know the truth in that case. In the same poll mentioned above 53% of those question disagreed with the verdict reached by the jury. 57% of people believed they jury reached a verdict too quickly. In a civil case after the trial
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