Case Study 3: Casey Anthony Trial Luis Morales Curtis Bunch CIS417 2/22/15 In the year of 2011‚ Casey Anthony pleads not guilty for the charges put on her for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony’s (Casey Anthony Trial‚ 2011). It all started when Casey’s grandmother had called 911 reporting that her granddaughter was missing and that her daughter’s truck smelled like a dead body (Casey Anthony Trial‚ 2011). In a long story short Caylee’s skeletal remains were found near Casey’s
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The Salem Witch Trials In the modern life we live today‚ with are social class and government‚ I envision that an incident similar to the Salem Witch Trials could not happen again. Over the years‚ our country evolved and matured to a level that could not make a silly mistake of blaming an innocent person for a crime that they did not do. Especially‚ punishing someone with death‚ for example how they solved the case trials in the 1690’s. From the Salem Witch Trials alone 15 innocent men
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The Scopes Trial of 1925 was not simply a case to be tried‚ but a war to be fought on many fronts‚ set against the back drop of the hottest summer Dayton Tennessee had ever experienced. Along with the extraordinary temperature came the heat of passion emanating from those people involved in the trial. From the science to the theology‚ the fundamentalist’s folks to the flourishing flappers‚ and the suited lawyers to the appareled primates‚ everyone was prepared for battle‚ with the American public
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his affidavit of errors that his constitutional right to a speedy trial had been violated‚ the return of the court merely asserted that the right to a speedy trial did not apply to a traffic infraction. This assertion is incorrect‚ since the constitutional right to a speedy trial applies to all prosecutions (People v Wertheimer‚ NYLJ‚ June 5‚ 1986‚ at 15‚ col 5 [App Term‚ 2d & 11th Jud Dists]). Although a constitutional speedy trial claim is not waived by a guilty plea‚ it must be asserted in the
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The twentieth century Scopes trial may have started out as a simple debate between evolutionists and creationists‚ but quickly escalated to a debate of historic proportions. The 1920s were times of change in the United States‚ from women getting the right to vote to prohibition to changes in education‚ such as the Butler Act‚ which created unease and animosity throughout the country. The Butler Act of 1925 prohibited the teaching of evolution and any other theories that deny the story of the divine
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Mock Trial Reflection Paper May I please the court! Thankfully‚ I never uttered those words during a trial. Mock Trial was difficult‚ yet full of enjoyable experiences. I joined Mock Trial for two reasons: to make new friends and to gain some form of law experience. For me‚ both of those goals were accomplished. I made a few friends‚ one of them being Adam. I learned courtroom procedure and etiquette. Mock Trial is a wonderful organization‚ yet that wasn’t always reflected in our actions. I still
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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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it goes to a judge or jury trial. The defendant agrees to plead guilty to a more minor offense than charged or to a smaller number of offenses than charged in exhange for a more leniant sentence or fine. Since the early 19th century‚ plea bargaining has played an essential part of the American criminal justice system. Research has shown that more than 90% of all felony criminal cases in urban areas of the United States are settled by plea bargain rather than by a jury trial. ("Plea Bargains: Why
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SEATTLE -- In a verdict that could have sweeping consequences for employers and cost Taco Bell Corp. millions of dollars‚ a jury here found the Mexican fast-food chain guilty of intentionally cheating hourly employees out of wages by having them work "off the clock‚" among other things. A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Labor recently reported that off-the-timeclock violations are among the most common complaints against employers by employees. "This judgment sends an important message that
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the noneconomic cases are the most common and the hardest to determine because every situation is different. Also‚ I think that everyone should be able to go to trial. I understand that some are unnecessary and that there some greedy people that lie to about a claims to get money but there are some that are honest and cannot go to trial because of lack of evidence or
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