A 16-year-old boy Found Not Guilty in Murder Trial Twelve men from all walks of life were gathered in a small room to make a life-or-death decision of a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of murder of his own father. Eleven of twelve jurors were strongly convinced that the boy is guilty based on the evidences that suggest the boy is guilty. However‚ one of the jurors had reasonable doubt about it and started to convince the others. They started to look at the case and evidences precisely again‚ and discovered
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earning political gains for the “tough on crime” politicians. In a country with a population being 13% African American‚ an increasing rate of prisoners are African American women‚ which makes one half of the population in prison African American. Angela Davis argues in the book Are Prisons Obsolete? that African American incarceration rates can be linked to the “historical efforts to create a profitable punishment industry based on the new supply of ‘free’ black male laborers in the aftermath of
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In a world far‚ far away lived Guiltylocks‚ a young girl who was very selfish and wanted everything. So right now you must be wondering why the name guiltylocks? Well because she’s guilty. Guilty of what you may ask? Guilty of breaking into innocent bear’s houses and taking their things. So right now you must be thinking why we she do that‚ like how could she possibly get pleasure from breaking into their houses and taking their things. Well I guess you’ll have to read and find out. On a bright
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The history of prisons is documented in the book "Are Prisons Obsolete?" Angela Davis specializes in jail discrimination and criminal justice. Davis debates the social issues surrounding prisons. According to her‚ when a person is homeless‚ prison frequently ends up being their only option for housing. Angela Davis wants us to understand that jail does not result in the “reformation of inmates”. Prisons do not consistently make money by abusing their inmates. In order to improve the situation of
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If it was destined that one would do something very terrible‚ but not know what one did‚ would one be guilty or innocent? This question relates to the Greek tragedy Oedipus the King‚ written by Sophocles in 429 B.C. If Oedipus did know what he has done then he would be guilty. Oedipus isn’t guilty because he doesn’t know the crimes he has committed. In the play Oedipus the King‚ he has committed a terrible crime of marrying his mother without knowing that he has done so‚ he is innocent because he
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The West Memphis Three were guilty. That’s the truth. On May 5‚ 1993‚ Damien Echols‚ Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley (ages 18‚ 16 & 17 at the time) killed Michael Moore‚ Steve Branch and Christopher Byers (all age 8). They beat them with fists‚ then beat them sticks‚ hogtied them‚ sexually assaulted them‚ tortured Branch and Byers with a knife‚ cut off Byers’ genitals‚ then dumped their bodies in a ditch. The killers were arrested a month later and convicted in early 1994. Thousands of people
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How should guilty people be punished? Thousands of crimes are committed throughout the year; robbery‚ fraud‚ rape etc The people who commit these crimes and are caught are sent to jail. The only thing is‚ Every person who committed a crime had a different reason for doing it. That is why the Court exists‚ to judge each case differently. There should be an individual punishment for every case‚ because every case is different‚ and the "criminals" have different motives
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leader and they all try to please them so they would become the leaders favorite or not get kicked out of the group. The play states that Abigail says” you will not speak of this or anything that happened or I will hurt you”. Although Abigail is guilty for starting everything she’s still a young girl and had terrible role models. Then she had seen her parents get killed and he only cared about his image in the people’s eye’s . However ‚ she didn’t need to follow her uncle’s footsteps and could have
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consider my family to be one of the more fortunate families in society. I have had a great deal of experience with that reprobate of a man that we call Socrates. I am here today with my fellow accusers‚ Meletus and Anytus‚ to prove that Socrates is guilty. I feel that Athens would be a much better place if Socrates were put to death. He is always questioning the government and I feel that is wrong and unruly to do such a thing to our government and it seems to be a threat to them as well. My experiences
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Christopher Columbus is guilty for manslaughter. In 1492 Columbus sailed here claiming to discover America. Columbus took advantage of the people he called Indians. They were unclothed people and to him that represented that they had no customs‚ culture or religion. In his journal he said “I believe that they would become Christians very easily‚ for it seemed to me that they had no religion.”1 To Columbus the Indians appeared defenseless‚ easy to trick and conquer because they had no experience
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