1) Choose one of the texts above and write a 300-500-word response identifying its use of postmodern elements. From Maus contains elements‚ which identify a postmodern text. The elements used are the interrogation of the past‚ pastiche‚ the use of a non-linear journey‚ mixing of genres‚ the use of language and the high and low culture. The fragmented form and the use of anthropomorphism allow the audience to be exposed to a postmodern text. The use of anthropomorphism shows the direct way in which
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con’s of having the Miranda Warnings incorporated into standard police procedures. The Miranda Warning‚ is the requirement set forth by the United States Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona June 13‚ 1966 that prior to the time of arrest and any interrogation of a person suspected of a crime‚ he/she must be told that he/she has: the right to remain silent‚ the right to be told that anything he/she said while in custody can and will be used against him/her in a court of law‚ and that he/she has the right
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a tool to determine involvement as well a tool for apprehension. The use of undercover operations and entrapment situations to aid in the apprehension of criminals has become commonplace. So is deception by law enforcement reasonable in police interrogation and when is deception appropriate in this constraint? From a utilitarian view one can consider the positive outcomes that using deceptive tactics can produce‚ in some situations these positive outcomes are far greater than the negative. Taking
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but the pressure to catch the culprit‚ made this case get out of proportion‚ just as how it was with the West Memphis 3. The investigators involved in the interrogation process were accused of tampering with the Guildford four confession statement. The statements had very specific details that had been known by the police before the interrogation‚ such as details about the making of the bomb‚ and the layout of where the bombings occurred. However‚ on the pieces information‚ that the police were not
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for him and on that evening he went to the woods with his friends to search for his brother‚ and when he returned home at midnight his father had sent him to bed. Furthermore‚ the police interviews Mark Byers ‚Christopher’s stepfather. In his interrogation he gives the same details that Ryan gave except for one thing: he told the police that when Ryan returned
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Is it ever ethically justified to torture a terrorist to save millions of innocent lives‚ or is it always unjustifiable to torture a person? Imagine one summer day when all the news stations broadcast a message saying that a terrorist has planted a nuclear bomb in New York City and that the bomb will detonate in approximately one hour and two million civilians will parish. The news then says that the terrorist has been captured‚ but the only way to find out the key information to stop the detonation
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On March 13‚ 1963‚ Ernesto Miranda was arrested at Arizona his home. The police took him into custody‚ and transported him to a Phoenix police station. The witness whom had filed the complaint identified him. Miranda was then lead to the interrogation room. Then‚ the police officers proceeded to question him. Miranda had never been informed of his rights prior to the questioning. He was never told he had the right to an attorney to be present during the questioning. After two hours‚ the officers
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Zero Dark Thirty is a movie about the manhunt for Osama bin Laden that lasted almost 10 years beginning after the September 11‚ 2001 terror attacks on the United States and finally ending on May 2‚ 2011 when Osama bin Laden was killed. The film bounces around in different locations around the Middle East and the United States as the CIA is on the hunt for bin Laden. Pakistan is the primary focus‚ however. The film takes the viewer to different locations of Black Sites. Black Sites were places of
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and detailed. It lasted approximately 5 months in which the last 2 months “she was under a merciless interrogation by theologians from the University of Paris. The charges against her were sorcery‚ wantonness‚ sedition‚ idolatry‚ blasphemy‚ heretical belief‚ superstitious practices and‚ most important‚ her refusal to accept the authority of the church” (Gossman‚ p.8). The severity of the interrogation shows an evil side of humanity‚ the way people (even religious people) can twist and contort words
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to horrendous “enhanced interrogation” techniques such as waterboarding‚ hypothermia‚ stress positions‚ and sleep deprivation. Martin describes torture as “… a stain on our great country.” Even though torture has been known to produce answers and in return save lives‚ it is still an immoral act. The point of torture in Guantanamo Bay is to extract information from prisoners of war to aid the war effort in Afghanistan and Iraq. Waterboarding is an “enhanced interrogation” technique used by the C
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