relevant to the offence and the offender.3 Hence in the context of sentencing indigenous offenders‚ where it is related to the offence‚ the indigenous circumstances will provide a relevant context for mitigating the sentence.4 The seminal case of R v Fernando5 (“Fernando”) adumbrated the oft-cited Fernando principles6 which comprehensively set out the considerations when sentencing indigenous offenders. Key amongst these considerations is the relevance of indigenous background‚ poverty and alcoholism
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CRJ 150 McCleskey v. Kemp The case began with Warren McCleskey‚ an African-American man who was sentenced to death in 1978 for killing a white police officer during the robbery of a Georgia furniture store. McCleskey appealed his conviction and sentence‚ relying on the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment and the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of Equal Protection to argue that the death penalty in Georgia was administered in a racially discriminatory -- and therefore unconstitutional--manner
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Living in a first-world country‚ our freedoms and rights are protected above all else by the law. We are allowed freedom of speech‚ race‚ religion‚ thoughts and ideas‚ etc. These freedoms allow us to express ourselves to the best of our abilities. Yet some ideas that these freedoms allow us to transmit are censored in order to prevent harm to others; hate speech‚ propaganda‚ etc. is frowned upon as it may bring harm to others. The case of pornography in all this and its legal regulation is the belief
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Stevenson presents the character Mr Hyde as being terrifying and animal-like by using imagery. Hyde is described as a predator‚ he ’snarls’ and breaks into a ’savage’ laughs which suggests he’s intimidating. Mr Hyde also possesses ’extraordinary quickness‚’ which is not like a human‚ this could suggest he is athletic even though he doesn’t look like it. In the extract‚ he is said to be ’hardly human‚’ that could refer to his barbaric‚ animal-like behavior. He gives the impression of being possessed
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Assignment 2 Issue: Under the state’s tort law‚ does forgery occur when an individual finds a check written out to cash‚ and was there any intent to injure or defraud. Rule of law: Under Section 30-236 of the state penal code defines forgery as “falsely making or altering any signature to‚ or any part of‚ any written purporting to have any legal efficacy with intent to injure or defraud.” Section 45-3-109d of the state Commercial Code provides that when a negotiable instrument is made out to cash
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PEOPLE V. SANDIGANBAYAN G.R. Nos. 115439-41 July 16‚ 1997 DOCTRINE: To prevent a conniving counsel from revealing the genesis of a crime which was later committed pursuant to a conspiracy‚ because of the objection thereto of his conspiring client‚ would be one of the worst travesties in the rules of evidence and practice in the noble profession of law. EMERGENCY VERSION: Paredes‚ a Provincial Attorney‚ applied for a free patent. It was granted by later on cancelled as it was obtained through fraudulent
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No‚ that was a very astute answer. I can see what you’re talking about. Thank you. If you keep watching‚ there is an episode where they celebrate V-A Day which is the day that the war ended. Again‚ if you strip away all the Nazi stuff‚ it could be Thanksgiving. It could be an Independence Day. It is really chilling by how closer it is to the American Dream than not at all. I’m still in season one‚ but I plan to keep watching. I did get to interview Lini Evans who appeared on the show and had wonderful
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Hector v. Achilles In Homers Iliad many of the male characters display characteristics that define the heroic warrior code of ancient Greece. They try to obtain glory and power through victories in war; yet still have a distinct human side. Throughout many conflicts described in the Iliad their weaknesses and strengths appear evident. Two examples of this are Achilles and Hector. Both of these men try to uphold the warrior code but with distinctly different approaches in war‚ relationships and
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discharge. Courts have ruled that disciplinary policies can be contracts‚ even when employers include at-will statements in them‚ if the policies contain provisions promising that the employer will follow specific disciplinary procedures. So‚ in Dillon v. Champion Jogbra‚ Inc.‚ the Vermont Supreme Court found the disclaimer printed in an employee manual was in conflict with the employer’s elaborate discipline and discharge system‚ which the employer said would be carried out in a fair and consistent
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v. anthony Florida v. Anthony On may 24‚ 2011 Casey Anthony was brought to trial for the murder of her daughter Caylee Anthony. Casey Anthony’s was charged with First-degree murder‚ Aggravated child abuse‚ and providing false information to law enforcement. The prosecutor in this case was Linda Drane Burdick‚ who said that Casey wanted nothing more to live the single woman’s life of partying with her boyfriend‚ and going to clubs. She hadn’t had a job in years‚ but lied to her family about going
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