Role of the jury: The jury is an integral part of the courts. It consists of twelve random people from the public who sit in a seated area beside the judge. Before the trial commences‚ one person from the twelve is selected as a ‘foreman’ by the jury. They are a spokesperson for the whole jury. A jury isn’t always necessary‚ only really for defamation and assault cases. The jury’s role is decide whether they believe‚ given the facts‚ if a person is guilty or not guilty of committing the offence
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murders commonly result in the criminal offender being placed on death row. Some legal execution methods would be: Lethal injection or electric chair. In my opinion I believe the death penalty is an illogical‚ unreasonable and an absurd punishing system‚ and shouldn’t be re introduced into the UK. I am going to explain why below. I think the death penalty shouldn’t be re-introduced for many reasons; my first reason is about criminal justice. For example if the person being placed on death row had
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Should Public Exams Be Abolished In Hong Kong? Public examinations play an important role in a student‘s life‚ especially in Hong Kong. Nowadays‚ there is no other ways to promote into university in Hong Kong unless passing the examination. Students have to sit for 2 major public exams including The Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination(HKCEE) and The Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination(HKALE). Should public exams be abolished in Hong Kong? This topic is a hot issue that many
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Should high school students be required to pass a standardized test before getting their diploma? No‚ I would say I disagree with this approach. Why? Seniors in high school have already worked so hard to get where they are‚ I don’t think it would be fair to make them pass a standardized test. I understand the concept of having students do standardized testing to test their knowledge. However‚ I would not think it would be fair to make them take a test before being able to graduate. If the students
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205 August 19‚ 2012 The Death Penalty Should Not Be Abolished Should the death penalty be abolished or not is a question that we ask ourselves. I don’t believe that it should I believe that if you have committed a crime that leads to the death penalty then it should be carried out. Now a day people think that they can get away with anything and not have to pay the consequences. I believe in the death penalty not saying that its right but why should we have remorse for these people when they
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their families. It is difficult to start out on jobs that pay little to nothing especially when supporting family members or just an individual working on their own. Minimum wage should be raised because it would boost the economy‚ help people out of poverty‚ and help college students. Many people argue that minimum wage should not be raised for many reasons. One reason is it could hurt their employment status in the workforces. However‚ in reality it would increase the help of finding a job by if people
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Should the Mandatory Life sentence for Murder be abolished? Murder carries a mandatory life sentence‚ under the Murder (Abolition of death penalty) Act 1965. This can but rarely does‚ mean that the offender will spend the rest of his natural life in prison. An offender given a mandatory life sentence who is released from prison will remain on licence for the rest of his or her life. The incident of Michael Barton who was racially motivated to murder Anthony walker aged 20‚ with an ice axe will face
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million Americans vote for the presidential candidates‚ then in the middle of December the president and vice president of the United States are actually elected by the votes of only 538 citizens. Wouldn’t you think there was an obvious flaw in the system? I would be willing to bet that the majority of you would‚ but in the case of the Electoral College apparently the majority doesn’t count. The Electoral College was established in Article II of the Constitution and amended by the 12th Amendment
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Death Penalty Should Not Be Abolished 410182038 Lynn Paragraph 1: 以5/21江子翠捷運站隨機殺人事件開頭 →This event arise the discussion on remaining or abolishing the death penalty in Taiwan. →state my stand—I do not agree with abolishing death penalty. (Reason—justice and cannot prevent people from committing crimes) Paragraph 2 : Elaborate on my first reason—justice. (Criminals should be responsible for what they did.) Paragraph 3: Elaborate on my second reason—cannot prevent people from committing crimes
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Death penalty‚ also called capital punishment‚ is generally known as the ultimate punishment to offenders. As death penalty involves taking one’s life‚ opposing voices have not been silenced from the worldwide‚ many protestors unite themselves to form groups or organizations such as Amnesty International and United Nations Human Rights Commission. Because of the effort exerted by these organizations ‚ the belief that capital punishment is wrong have been successfully spread to every corners on the
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