Should grading system be preferred over the marking system? Yes because... There is not less precision in a system with more possible marks it is simply an illusion. In practice how many teachers could justify why they gave a mark of 64% as opposed to 63 or 65%. Different teachers would give different marks because the criteria is rarely so precise. The only time there will be such precision will be in subjects like Maths where there are a large number of questions that give a set number of
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A jury is a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence provided in a court of law by both parties. This verdict is given by the foreman who is appointed by other members of the jury. Other duties of the foreman involve asking questions on behalf of the jury and facilitating jury discussions. The verdict given by the foreman can be either guilty or not guilty as there is no such verdict as “innocent” and this is given after the hearing of the evidence. The size of the
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the concept of jury nullification as prior to this week i believed that the juries sole duty was only to determine whether or not a defendant was responsible for a certain crime and the sentencing was left to the judges. Due to this concept‚ i believe there are both strengths and weaknesses to the juries rational since this all depends on whether or not the jury sympathises with the defeat. the weakness would be that no matter how guilty a defendant if they are able to get the jury to believe they
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EDITORIAL: Make the jury more diverse By: Elizabeth Del Carmen‚ January 19‚ 2017 By allowing a certain selected amount of people to be a jury I do not feel as if though we are promoting an environment that does not discriminate. This will further help create a divide between the country‚ and that is not something that we want to increase. How is it that only white males are allowed to contribute to the community if they have a set mind about certain subjects. As seen in the Tom Robinson trial the
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influence the jury in the closing argument that convicted Louise Woodward. The prosecutor uses a variety of features in this argument to convince the jury persecute Louse Woodward. I will be going through these techniques and explaining why he uses them to influence the jury. Gerard T Leone Jr was the prosecutor in the case of the death of Mathew Eappen. He uses repetition in the first section of the argument by repeating the victim name‚ “Mathew Eappen.”The repetitions show that he wants the jury to focus
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The Jim Crow laws may have been abolished but that does not mean that the injustice for minorities is abolished. Minorities are facing a significant amount of injustice based on their skin color. More African American’s and Latinos are being arrested and discriminated more because of these harsher penalties. For example‚ the war on drugs‚ was actually not a way to get drugs off the streets and to better the communities. The campaign convinced many Americans to go along with it and see that it was
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Susan Glaspell’s short story “A Jury of Her Peers” follows the plot of Minnie Wright and her husband’s death. Its impact as a piece of revolutionary feminist literature is established through her daring choice to explore the depths of morality and justice. She asks us to question ourselves throughout‚ pleading for us to answer to what we would do if justice failed us throughout the course of our lives. The story opens with Mr. and Mrs. Peters‚ the Sheriff and his wife- Mrs. Hale‚ and the county
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Jury Charge Members of the jury‚ I will now give you many instructions that you should consider in deciding this case; all are equally important. Don’t pick out one and ignore the rest. Think about each instruction in the context of all the others. You must obey the instructions. You are not allowed to reach decisions that go against the law. In these instructions‚ the masculine gender he or him includes the feminine gender of she or her. You may take notes during the trial‚ but don’t overdo
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THE RUNAWAY JURY By John Grisham Takes place in Biloxi‚ Mississippi. MAIN CHARACTERS Nicholas Easter – (real name is Jeff Kerr) Juror that was a plant on the jury. He and his girlfriend Marlee had money motives. Nicholas molded the jury from day one to vote his way. Marlee – (aka Claire Clement - real name is Gabrielle Brant) Nicholas Easter’s accomplice on the outside of the courtroom. Rankin Fitch - Ran the show of high-priced lawyers and consultants
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“The Story of an Hour” and “A Jury of her Peers” are short stories based on married life for women in the 19th century. During this time period women had no rights and were expected to get married‚ raise children‚ and do household chores without doing anything for themselves. Works of literature written during this time by American women provide insight to the predicaments of married middle-class white women in the 19th century. The women discussed in these stories while alike‚ are very different
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