Jury • A group of citizens sworn to hear testimony and evidence at a trial and decide if the defendant is guilty or not of committing the crime(s) Trial by Jury • The fate of the accused is determined by peers How is a jury selected? • Through a process called empanelling: A list of jurors is created from a list of people living in the area where the court is located 1. 75-100 names from the list are randomly picked 2. These people are summoned to appear in court by notice from the sheriff
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-1 Racist‚ ignorant‚ lying southern folks convicted a black man for rape even though he did not do it… welcome to the early 1900’s. The events of the Scottsboro Boys‚ Emmett Till‚ Medgar Evers and many racially motivated murders and trials‚ gave Harper Lee the background for her novel. Just like in the Scottsboro Boys there was a man that was wrongly accused even though the “victim” said that the man never raped her and while trying to escape from prison was killed. In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird
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agree to some extend that the accused‚ Michael Hudson does not suffer from epilepsy‚ psychosis‚ or mental disabilities. I agree that Mr. Hudson’s sleep patterns are unusual‚ but due to the fact which Dr. J. Tyrone stated in his reports; Mr. Hudson’s sleep is fragmented by brief repeated awakenings‚ which suggest at some point of the attempted murder‚ Mr. Hudson should have awoken and was conscious of his actions during the crime. Furthermore‚ the fact that Mr. Hudson was suffering from extreme stress
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Did Louis Riel have a fair trial…. By: Anansha Gounder Block: 1-2 1885 was a big year for many people in Canada. There were groups that loved all the changes or hated them. The people that hated them were the ones that it really didn’t effect‚ the ones it did effect were hated. Riel was the leader for these changes people looked up to Riel‚ but this this there were more people who hated him as well. Here I am trying to find out whether Riel had a fair trial or not because many find that he didn’t
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and race. Mayella and her father were poor and dirty meaning her class was not very good‚ when she was in the courthouse she was looked at differently than some others. During the trial with Tom Robinson she was more likely to win because of her race being white and his being black. With Mayella being a female and in a bad situation she doesn’t have as many rights as some of the females and males. As an illustration of race in the 1930’s whites and blacks did not get along with each other‚ African
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fair play. If the soldiers could not get a fair trial‚ were we any better than the British and their high handed ways. John Adams knew he had to be the one‚ only a known radical could defend the soldiers. In the end‚ John Adams got most of the soldiers acquitted and the rest reduced to minor charges. The right by trial by jury was one of the rights the radicals were defending. The British were trying to limit trial by jury because too many smugglers were being acquitted. In Congress‚ John was one
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Encompassing man kinds existence on this planet is the error that leads to wonderful ramifications and life altering discoveries. Without human destiny to err‚ our very nation would cease to exist as presently constructed. Christopher Columbus would not be the great explorer we know him as today having failed to fail in his attempt to reach India. Penicillin which has been employed to aid in the recovery of millions of ill patients‚ was in fact an accidental discovery. How could error possibly be construed
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Mock Trial 1. Can you state your name? 2. What is your position at the school? 3. Would you say you have a lot of knowledge and experience with athletics? 4. Can you name all the sports you were a coach for in all your years of coaching? 5. Your honor given Mr. Brady’s experience in the field of athletics and coaching id like to submit him as an expert. 6. During these sports you can agree that Jordan was not your only athlete that you were coaching? 7. Could you confirm that you did
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God On Trial Christian Worldview Integration Dr. Carl B. Smith II Its impossible to reflect on the origins of evil without bringing up the concept of free will. God created man with this idea of choice; the choice to believe and obey‚ or the choice to disobey. It was this free will that allowed Adam and Eve to fall from their initial glory and introduce evil and suffering into the world. We can justify a large amount of sustained suffering by acknowledging that it actually benefits us and is not
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S.G.C With Trials‚ there will be Tribulations The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was one of America’s most utilizing tools for advocating women’s rights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the brave author and advocate of this amazing document set before the government apposing legitimate rights for all women across the U.S. With the help of other women who were “fed up‚” Elizabeth Stanton‚ stood and presented the first ever‚ unlawful acts against‚ that were posed upon woman in the 18th century
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