In most societies‚ there is one question that can provide clarity to people when a situation goes awry; guilty or innocent? When reading the play‚ Oedipus the King‚ written by the playwright Sophocles‚ there were many instances that could be used to declare Oedipus guilty or innocent. Oedipus is very much guilty because he should not have thought he had higher authority than the gods and he should not have insisted on continuing to look for the answers to all his questions. Sophocles did a fantastic
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the public’s misunderstanding of exactly what happens when someone is found “not guilty by reason of insanity”. It is because of cases like John Hinckley and Andrea Yates where the defendants are found not guilty by reason of insanity coupled with the public’s misunderstanding that causes the public to become so outraged with the insanity defense. The public has this common misconception that someone found not guilty by reason of insanity is just let go and is not punished for his or
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In recent discussions of Sacco and Vanzetti‚ a controversial issue has been whether or not the two men are innocent or guilty. On the one hand‚ some argue that they are innocent. From this perspective‚ there was little evidence to support the verdict. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that they were guilty. From this perspective‚ there are letters that were recently released that link them to the crime. In the words of Bartolomeo Vanzetti‚ “I am convinced that the human history has yet
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In 399 B.C.E‚ a jury of 501 Athenians sentenced Socrates to death for being found guilty of corrupting the youth and for not believing in Athens gods. In the trial‚ Socrates entertained and addressed two sets of accusations: the old accusations and the new accusations. In the old accusations‚ Socrates was accused of “investigating the things under the earth and the heavenly things‚ and by making the weaker speech the stronger‚ and by teaching others these same things” (19b). In the new accusations
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There’s a great difference between being guilty and non guilty‚ but would you want to be in a trial where the verdict will most likely always be guilty no matter what the crime is? In John Grisham’s novel‚ A Time to Kill‚ two white men rape‚ abuse and leave Carl Lee Hailey’s ten year old daughter‚ Tonya Hailey‚ close to death. Carl Lee Hailey took the law into his own hands and murdered the men that did something so brutal to his little girl. Throughout most of the novel‚ two most intelligent lawyers
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Although undoubtedly guilty of murder‚ there is no doubt in my mind that this is a clear-cut case of diminished responsibility. Throughout the whole sordid business the defendant whom I am representing has been beset with evil influences designed to erode his free will and conscience. If there was a penalty for the only flaw which he showed before he was mercilessly exploited by these evil forces‚ which was that of ambition‚ I believe we would all be convicted at some point in our lives. Without
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OJ Simpson-Guilty or Innocent? The OJ Simpson case is one that has left a stain on law enforcement and put a pock down on the chain of command issues as well as the collection and contamination procedures across the US. Although more than most of the evidence could have put Mr. Simpson in prison for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman if it had been found to be creditable‚ the fact that the investigation and collection were so splotchy and unorganized‚ with evidence being misplaced
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Guilty or Not Guilty? Many people suffer all their lives from this oppressive feeling of guilt. I was one of them. On April 25th‚ 2000‚ I pled not guilty to murdering my fiancé‚ James Watkins. I knew I was guilty and I was going to plead guilty‚ but my lawyer told me to plead not guilty. I didn’t want to go to jail‚ but I did the crime so I needed to do the time. Throughout this paper I will inform you about my story and its outcome. James and I were High School sweethearts. We had been together
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I‚ Claudius‚ am not guilty. To begin‚ the state has improperly failed to disclose that the ghost Hamlet has been seeing is the reason Hamlet is accusing me of such horrors. This apparition is truly a bad omen. It’s wicked requests it asks Hamlet to fulfill are similar to the desires of Satan. Not only this‚ but Hamlet has used his conversations with the apparition as a way to cope with the death of his own father. Therefore‚ it is clear that the ghost is Hamlet’s pitiful attempt to grasp onto anything
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innocent person for a criminal. This is because the witness has seen the individual before‚ and is therefore part of his/ her memory. These defendant identifications are very persuasive to a jury since it provides them with proof that the defendant is guilty in the witness’s eyes. But‚ unconscious interference that the witness deals with can lead to many uncertainties and problematic issues. Firstly‚ it is not uncommon for witnesses to make errors about where they have seen individuals before. This is
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