March 3‚ 2013 Wrongful convictions. | How the use of DNA can exonerate those wrongfully convicted. Imagine wasting years of your life in a jail cell on death row‚ for a crime you did not commit. You have to ask yourself “how could this happen? How did an innocent person get convicted if indeed they are innocent?” Those are just a few questions you think of when you think of wrongful convictions. Some questions can be answered by the common causes of wrongful convictions‚ such as‚ eyewitness
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people who believed that their soar to greatness was genuine. It turns out to be the America’s biggest corporate bankruptcy. Before the fall of Enron: The sale of natural gas and electricity. It turn from a energy company to trading company. Jeffrey Skilling’s mark-to-market method. The method requires estimations of future incomes when a long-term contract is signed. The price or value of a security is recorded on a daily basis to calculate profits and losses. Special Purpose Entity Are
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John Hinckley Jr. was a man who became obsessed with a breakout actress named Jodie Foster. Hinckley quit his job and derailed his life due to his obsession and followed Foster everywhere she went‚ writing her letters and trying to gain her affection. It became so extreme that Hinckley Jr. decided that the ultimate way to get her attention was to assassinate President Ronald Regan. In 1981‚ Hinckley Jr.’s defense team pled insanity defense and succeeded. Yoong (2012) states that he was acquitted
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judge through generations after generations. Fortunately‚ the first step to be acknowledged by others is by identifying oneself so that the comfortability level is suitable for the individual in that specific crowd. It is hinted in Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides where every man and woman wants to fit into a group where they naturally belong. This is because of the human nature man-kind posses in which the necessity of security can only be achieved when gathered in a pack. However to do so‚ each
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There are many different types of serial killers. Process-focused serial killers get enjoyment from torture and the slow death of their victims. These include three different types of hedonists’ lust‚ thrill and gain and power-seeking killers. Lust killers derive sexual pleasure from killing. Thrill killers get a "kick" from it. Gain killers murder because they believe they will profit in some way. Power killers wish to "play God" or be in charge of life and death. Some serial killers have been
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Serial Killers Serial killer: A person who attacks and kills victims one by one in a series of incidents. Why do some people kill other people? More importantly‚ why do some people enjoy killing lots of people just for the fun of it? This is a basic description of what a serial killer is. But what possesses these human beings to commit such heinous crimes? Some say that genetics are responsible‚ while others blame the environment that the killers grew up in. The causes of psychopathy remain
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Henry Lee Lucas was told by his mother at a very young age that he was evil and would probably spend the rest of his life in prison. Lucas was suspected‚ along with his partner Otis Toole‚ to have committed hundreds of vicious murders. His mother would torture him as a child. She would dress him as a girl‚ putting ribbons in his hair. He was malnourished‚ dirty‚ and smelly; he was an outcast to his peers. His mother would severely abuse him. In fact‚ she once beat him unconscious with a two-by-four
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mom and one from your dad‚ nobody has the same DNA as you unless you are a identical twin or a clone. Your siblings have different DNA than you though you have the same parents because the two halves combine differntly. In the year of 1984 Alec Jeffreys discovered the use of fingerprinting in a case. Since this discovery this tool has solved many cases and help with the falsely accused victims get out of the trouble they weren’t involved in.DNA is a very useful in finding criminals‚ because it
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maintain objectivity and be free of conflicts of interest in discharging professional responsibilities. A member in public practice should be independent in fact and appearance when providing auditing and other attestation services. “Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling reportedly led the company’s risky bets to revolutionize the market
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experts employees working for Enron. The founder was Ken Lay a smart executive. The company was leader for many years the culture of Enron was very maleness they needed “Guys with spikes”. So Enron did have the smartest guys. Ken Lay hire as CEO Jeffrey Skilling and J. Clifford Baxter‚ an intelligent executive he committed suicide‚
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