UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level LAW Paper 2 Data Response Additional Materials: * 0 4 4 2 2 9 2 1 1 6 * 9084/02 October/November 2010 1 hour 30 minutes Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in
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the concept of jury nullification as prior to this week i believed that the juries sole duty was only to determine whether or not a defendant was responsible for a certain crime and the sentencing was left to the judges. Due to this concept‚ i believe there are both strengths and weaknesses to the juries rational since this all depends on whether or not the jury sympathises with the defeat. the weakness would be that no matter how guilty a defendant if they are able to get the jury to believe they
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EDITORIAL: Make the jury more diverse By: Elizabeth Del Carmen‚ January 19‚ 2017 By allowing a certain selected amount of people to be a jury I do not feel as if though we are promoting an environment that does not discriminate. This will further help create a divide between the country‚ and that is not something that we want to increase. How is it that only white males are allowed to contribute to the community if they have a set mind about certain subjects. As seen in the Tom Robinson trial the
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Jury Nullification Paper Following the American Psychological Association’s Guide Kristina Wilson University of Phoenix CJA/ 344 The act of jury nullification occurs when a jury comes back with a verdict of not guilty despite the belief that the defendant is guilty of what he or she is charged with. This generally takes place when a jury finds a law is not morally right or that it does not associate with the defendant. “Jurors decide to disregard judicial instructions and arrive at their
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influence the jury in the closing argument that convicted Louise Woodward. The prosecutor uses a variety of features in this argument to convince the jury persecute Louse Woodward. I will be going through these techniques and explaining why he uses them to influence the jury. Gerard T Leone Jr was the prosecutor in the case of the death of Mathew Eappen. He uses repetition in the first section of the argument by repeating the victim name‚ “Mathew Eappen.”The repetitions show that he wants the jury to focus
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There is a thing known as a jury trial process that is supposed to happen in every jury trial case. Although‚ not followed perfectly in the jury trial of Carl Lee it is followed pretty well for a movie. The jury trial process is as follows; a crime is commited‚ an investigation is conducted‚ a warrant is issued‚ then the arrest is made‚ once arrested the criminal is booked‚ then they have their bail hearing. Following the bail hearing the preliminary arraignment happens these are when the informal
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Susan Glaspell’s short story “A Jury of Her Peers” follows the plot of Minnie Wright and her husband’s death. Its impact as a piece of revolutionary feminist literature is established through her daring choice to explore the depths of morality and justice. She asks us to question ourselves throughout‚ pleading for us to answer to what we would do if justice failed us throughout the course of our lives. The story opens with Mr. and Mrs. Peters‚ the Sheriff and his wife- Mrs. Hale‚ and the county
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Lay Personnel are made up of the jury and magistrates. These are people who do not need to be qualified and are unpaid. Both positions make decisions due to their own view of the case and have to decide a serious outcome for it. Jury To be eligible for a position as a jury you have to be over the age of 18. Then the government picks randomly someone to become a jury for a case. There will be a letter in the post informing that person they have been chosen and they will have to participate in
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On Monday‚ March 21 2016‚ I attended a civil jury trial at the Bergen County Justice center located on 10 Main Street in Hackensack‚ New Jersey. The name of the case was Russy vs. Hackensack University Medical Center. The docket number was 003606. The plaintiff was Vanessa Russy‚ her attorney was Michael J. Maggiano and the defendant’s attorney was Louis A. Ruprecht. The judge was Rachelle L. Harz. The plaintiff‚ Vanessa Russy was seeking damages from the defendant‚ her former obstetrician-gynecologist
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Is it ethical‚ for any man or woman‚ to swing a juries decision? The opening scene of the movie defines the trail that Jury will sit in on. A man walks into a New Orleans brokerage firm and opens fire on everyone inside. He kills one of the higher-ranking employs‚ Jacob Woods. The movie then immediately jumps two years ahead in time. We meet Nicholas Easter‚ played by John Cusack. He opens a letter to find out he has been summoned for Jury Duty. The case is none other than Celeste Woods‚ the
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