This week’s group presentation was about the jury selection. In many states they add the list of driver’s license and telephone directories to the juror pool which is how jurors get summons with a specific date and time. Other states add government list such as tax rolls and people who receive unemployment or food stamps however it is all random selection. Everyone has the right to trial and jurors are essential to this process. In order for a juror to get selected they must be citizens that are
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Every year‚ many people go on trial and have court cases for a crime of murder‚ but the Casey Anthony case was deemed “trial of the century”. According to “Casey Anthony‚” June 15‚ 2008 was when two-year old Caylee Anthony was last seen alive. Casey Anthony‚ Caylee’s mom‚ claims that she dropped her daughter off at the babysitter’s home. When going to pick her up‚ neither the babysitter nor Caylee were anywhere to be found. A month later‚ on July 15‚ 2008‚ Cindy Anthony‚ Casey’s mother‚ called
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murder. In the article‚ “Many Kids Called Unfit for Trial” Greg Krikorian stated‚ “those under 15 often blind to the long term results of their choices.” A study directed by a University of Massachusetts professor found that one-third of the eleven- to thirteen-year-olds studied and 20 percent of those fourteen or fifteen years old had levels of reasoning and awareness comparable to those of mentally ill adults judged not competent to stand trial. Krikorian also stated that‚ “ younger individuals
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Maycomb Sexual Assualt Trial Tom Robinson Found Guilty for Rape November 22‚ 1936 Yesterday at around 11pm‚ Tom Robinson who had been accused by Bob Ewell of raping his daughter‚ Mayella Ewell‚ Tom Robinson has been charged for rape. The court case took place at the Maycomb County Courthouse and enormous crowd of people‚ both white and blacks‚ turned up to observe the trial. The prosecutor was Mr. Gilmer and the defence laywer was Atticus Finch. The case was presided over by Judge Taylor and a
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SALEM WITCH TRIALS! ♥ From June through September of 1692‚ nineteen people convicted of practicing witchcraft in Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials took place only in America‚ but the idea of witches has existed in many parts of the world. In Europe witches were believed to be anti-Christian‚ and to have sold his or her soul to the devil in order to obtain magical abilities‚ usually to harm others. However‚ witches in Africa and the West Indies involved concepts other than the devil. From the
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your paper. ETHNICITY AND CRIME PERCEPTIONS ON JURY DECISIONS 4 stereotypical race crime biases play into a jury’s decision making‚ and from there‚ analyze what we can do to reduce the impact. If race stereotypical crimes affect jury decision-making‚ then a jury’s decision is not just based on evidence‚ as it should be‚ but on other external factors as well. Studies support the claim that stereotypical race crime does affect decisions made by juries (Hunt‚ 2015). Verdicts are biased by social stereotypical
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Salem Witch Trials The Salem witch trials took place in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. During that time more than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft‚ also known as the Devil’s magic.1 By the end of the trial nineteen were executed by hanging and one was pressed to death with stones. Seventeen others died in prison while awaiting trial.2 Although the trials were named after Salem Village‚ one of the towns involved‚ trials were also conducted in other towns
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Your honour and members of the jury. I would like to thank you for your attention throughout this trial as I am about to present my closing address. We are gathered here today to discuss the consequences of the now deceased king Macbeth. Macbeth has been convicted with the murder of King Duncan‚ Banquo and Macduff’s family. Throughout my testimony‚ I have confirmed that this individual committed these crimes alone as he was blinded by his own ambition and uncontrollable desire to rule Scotland
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loan Rs. 5‚000 31.1.2011 Paid instalment of loan Rs. 25‚000 31.1.2011 Interest allowed by bank Rs. 8‚000 Classification of accounting equation approach with meaning and examples Analysis of transaction –with accounts involved-nature of accountaffects and debit/credit 2 4 10 6 The following trial balance was extracted from the books of Chetan‚ a small businessman. Do you think it is correct? If not‚ rewrite it in the correct form. Debits Stock Purchases Returns outwards
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the first time only after they have been broken‚ risking the viability of both the court and distorting law internationally. Furthermore‚ the trials of the offenders are often little more than post-conflict authoritarian demonstrations of power‚ with little legal legitimacy. The Nuremberg Trials will be examined as evidence to the assertion that these trials are detrimental to the pre-existing legal system and to the advancement of war criminal law as a whole. The Nuremberg criminals were officially
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