point that Tom Robinson is not guilty. Tom Robinson is not guilty because the jury is inconsistant‚ there is no evidence of rape‚ and an important thing is that Tom Robinson can not use his left hand‚ which is one of the key things to this trial. Despite the fact that everybody thinks that Tom Robinson is guilty for the rape‚ he is not. Atticus Finch fully explains and shows that there is no way Tom is guilty. People automatically think that Tom Robinson is guilty because he is black‚ but that is
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judging two aggrieved adversaries‚ one person must be found guilty in order to vindicate the innocence of the other. You might think that the guilty are guilty‚ even before we judge them to be so; however‚ guilt does not exist prior to our judgment. Until then‚ there is a presumption of innocence because guilt has not yet been determined. You may have assumed that the process of judgment discovers the truth‚ or that it uncovers the guilty party‚ when in fact‚ it decides guilt and innocence in question
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In the trial of Socrates‚ I juror number 307‚ Ryan Callahan vote the defendant is Not Guilty on the first charge of Corrupting the youth. My justifications for this vote are as follows. Socrates didn ’t corrupt the youth‚ he just shared his ideas with them and they in turn chose the path to take these ideas. Part of understanding this case is understand the time in which the case was held. This time being 399 B.C.‚ a time in which Athens was a free democratic city‚ a town which prided itself
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will find the power of influence and the effect it can have over a majority audience. Juror #8 who plays the protagonist role‚ is the only juror that votes not guilty in the initial round of deliberations. Fonda who plays juror #8 is faced with many challenges in trying to convince a room of jurors who feel strongly that the boy is guilty. The setting itself was not the best one‚ the room was hot‚ there was no air conditioning‚ and it was the hottest day of the year. Uncomfortable conditions‚ and
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found guilty‚ would receive a mandatory death penalty. The jury is sent to a hot‚ crowded room to deliberate. Before any formal discussion‚ they cast a vote. Eleven of the jurors vote “guilty.” Only one juror votes “not guilty.” That juror‚ who is known in the script as Juror #8 is the protagonist of the play. As the tempers flare and the arguments begin‚ the audience learns about each member of the jury. And slowly but surely‚ Juror #8 guides the others toward a verdict of “Not Guilty.”
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Psycho Rhetorical Analysis There are many factors that contribute to making a film as a frightening as Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror film Psycho‚ without all of the typical gruesome scenes moviegoers are used to seeing. The timeless movie Psycho is a 1960 American psychological thriller about the encounter between Marion Crane‚ a secretary hiding out after stealing a large amount of money‚ and the schizophrenic motel owner Norman Bates‚ both of whom must deal with the guilt and surveillance
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such as closing their eyes whilst sneezing. if a strong person holds a knife in the hand of a weaker person and uses the knife to stab another person‚ then the weaker person could not be guilty of stabbing the victim. such actions would not form the actus reus of a crime and so a defendant could not be guilty. Omission an omission is a failure to act. the law only makes a person liable for his failure to act where he has a duty to act. the duty can arise when. • Where a person contract
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first serious attempts to define insane legally was in 1843. This occurred due to the M’Naghten case. Daniel M’Naghten was charged with the attempted assassination of Prime Minister Robert Peel. As a paranoid schizophrenic‚ M’Naghten was found not guilty and had set a rule for the insanity defense. This rule declared it was not right to hold a person legally accountable for unlawful actions committed while afflicted with a mental disorder(The M’Naghten). This disorder must prevent the person from
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who condemned him. Although Socrates died‚ but he never convicted of his charges; even at the last moment‚ he warns the condemners and accusers will soon be punished by his son. In my opinion‚ if I were on the jury‚ I would also find Socrates as not guilty. Socrates violates none of the four charges‚ and by his eloquence‚ he embarrassed his accuser in front of the public‚ especially the wealthy young group of people and leading the defense on the jury and trap the accuser. According to the four
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The movie Just Ask My Children has many similarities and difference compared to the story‚ The Crucibles. The movie has so many similarities that it is pretty much the same story just in a different time period. That also goes for the differences and the only reason why they are differences is because of the different time periods. The story and the movie compare to each other so well due to several different reasons. First off‚ both of these are based off of true stories which is really upsetting
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