where Milk was known as the Mayor of Castro street to City Hall and held a silent vigil in the memory of Milk and Mayor Moscone. During jury selection Whites attorney made sure to exclude those who supported gay rights or those he thought were gay and eventually got a jury of working-class Catholic jurors. The prosecution lead by Thomas Norman aimed to convince the jury that this murder had every aspect of first-degree murder‚ malice‚ premeditation and deliberation. Various witnesses were called to speak
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justice‚ the jury trial. Tried by your peers‚ everyone accused is entitled to defend themselves‚ innocent until proven guilty‚ our justice is blind. Yet there are studies that show that a twelve person jury is more likely to result in a hung jury than a six person jury (ARONSON). In addition‚ there are frequently several people on each twelve person jury who are mostly silent‚ while there are another several who do over fifty percent of the speaking (ARONSON). Athenian democracy had jury trials as well
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340"‚ 1998). Feltner sought a jury trial but was denied by the Federal District Court that stated that there is no statutory right to a jury trial in copyright infringement cases and awarded Columbia pictures damages of $20‚000 per act of infringement equaling a total of $8‚800‚000 ("Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television‚ Inc. 523 U.S.
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magistrates are legally qualified and get paid for there job. The advantages of having jury service are that the legal system becomes more open and justice is seen to be done as members of the public aim to get fair results and they are made without bias. It also helps to keep the law clearer as points have to be explained to the jury‚ enabling the defendant to understand the case more easily. For the jury service there is public confidence and it is an open system of justice they
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26 November 2012 12 Angry Men directed by Sidney Lumet: Justice System Twelve Angry Men is a movie set in a jury deliberation room where the twelve male members of jury meet to decide upon the innocence or guilt of a young man accused of stabbing his abusive father to death. A unanimous vote is necessary to either convict or acquit the accused. Initially‚ eleven of the jury members decide upon a guilty verdict and subsequently the film moves into the jury’s analysis of the evidence of the
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Stealth of Arsenic (Introduction) Strong Poison written by Dorothy L. Sayers The role of the judge is to present the fact‚ formalize the event‚ and to organize the jury. “You may perhaps wish to hear from me exactly what is meant by those words ‘reasonable doubt’” (Sayers 3). At this point in the case‚ the judge is teaching the jury how to decide whether or not a person is innocent‚ guilty or proven not guilty. In my opinion I believe that the judge is biased. Shortly after describing the death
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you’re taking on a powerful and organized establishment you have to be a hierarchy” (237). The group must create a thorough plan with objectives for each individual participating in order for all aspects to be controlled. In the essay‚ “Committees‚ Juries‚ and Teams”‚ James Surowiecki claims‚ “One of the real dangers that small groups face is emphasizing consensus over dissent” (476). Often groups feel the need to agree on their points of view. In each strong group‚ a “devil’s advocate” is an important
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the the court system is actually the jury. For example as it is stated in the article jurs are supposed to be representative of our diverse community (Ladner‚2000). One of the themes seen throughout the novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers seems to be racism. Racism is not only one of the themes in the novel but it is also one of the biggest issues in today’s court
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MONKEY VS MOSES Dayton‚ Tennessee. High school football coach and substitute science teacher‚ John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating the Butler Act. The jury did not hear the defense testimony‚ as the judge declared that all of the defense testimony on the Bible was irrelevant‚ and the jury should not be allowed to hear it. The judge declared that the Bible in question was the official Bible of the State of Tennessee‚ and that this was the King James Version. The defense attorney‚ Clarence
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Juveniles jumbling as the jury judges‚ Turning and tumbling interminable pages. Moments of motion and marks of millennia Part at the centerfold‚ partially permanent Bargains of burden and unbearable losses Gauntly grapple for the gavel as goners. Cochlea captures‚ corralling casually Sounds uncensored by receiving senses. Retreating ripples and their rolling resonance Steadily yet disconcertingly spur outward In some sort of a certain order. Juveniles jumbling as the jury judges‚ Turning and
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