The mock witch trial which our class ran was a perfect representation of the crucible. Proctor says “Damn this village” pg 142‚ and “Damn the Deputy Governor” pg 77 The Crucible. These are two good ways of describing our experience. The charges against the accused were nonsense‚ but what was more ridiculous was when the judges believed it. The Salem witch trials were similar to our experience in the way that people were falsely accused‚ false confessions were made to save lives‚ and there was little
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MR. CROOK’S LEGAL DEFENSE CJ 227 Criminal Procedure Unit 8 Explaining Legal Procedure and Defense PRE-ARREST PROCESS • Mr. Crook‚ the following information is provided to you to assist you through your legal process since you have been identified as a suspect to a robbery. • Any information you tell me is confidential by attorney-client privilege. • I will make arrangements for you to turn yourself into local authorities. • Once you have surrendered yourself you will be searched and booked. • During
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make it as harsh as possible for you. This obviously is not fair and would cause any rational person to rebel against the system put in place for them; that is exactly what the colonists did when King George III took away the colonists’ right to trial by jury. Colonists knew the importance of the 7th Amendment because it prevented judicial bias and allowed
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segregated on opposite sides of town. This made the wives an easy target for the girl’s allegations. Salem Village had self-segregated based on wealth and power and contributed to one of the many reasons the Witch Trials of 1692 came to be. A possible reason that the Salem Witch Trials took place is that there were many jealous girls. These girls wanted the married men to divorce their wives so the girls could marry them and take all their land and money. Most of the accusers were females that were
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Some of the causes of the Salem Witchcraft Trials are boredom‚ strong believe in occult‚ disputes/rivalries or personal differences‚ ergot poisoning‚ and a cold weather theory. After the girls were caught dancing in the woods and Parris saw everything that’s when everything started. Parris starts to question the girls and they come up with wild acquisitions‚ to avoid trouble. I feel like boredom took toll on the girls because is in the late 1600’s they didn’t have nothing better to do. So I feel
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farther than what was expected. Many analyst believe that she did this because of her time frame she lived in. And that she should be pardoned because outside forces made her the way she was. Abigail lived in a time-period now called the salem witch trials‚ this took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. During this time males where the more powerful gender and women were paid very little attention too. So many women were afraid of most men. So when Abigail and 2 other girls gathered around a fire
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quote shows both the dilemma in the Salem Witch Trials‚ which Arthur Miller set his story in‚ and the era of McCarthyism which he kind of writes about; John was going to confess to being a witch but couldn’t because he didn’t want to ruin his name for his family. He was an innocent man but died because he didn’t confess. This is very similar to what was happening during the 50’s when McCarthyism first started. Arthur Miller’s use of the Salem Witch Trials in the Crucible demonstrates
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Logical Fallacies is done manipulatively‚ always done on purpose and targets people’s ignorance and more of stupidity. The trial of the slave known as tituba is a perfect example of logical fallacy‚ because she had got beat really bad. Sweeping generalization is a logical fallacy where it can be named too broadly and where it can be applied to a general statement. Tituba fitted in this logical fallacy because people back then thoughtthough slaves were uncleaned and very low of the slaves and especially
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Fact Statement Jamie Howards is 25 years old and living in Springfield‚ Pennsylvania. The young artist is well-known in the art world for his large installation pieces‚ unlike many artists that paint portraits or sculpt small things. Jamie has achieved success and praises with his past work and now‚ he is working on his new art project: “Art for Clunkers”. Jamie’s goal with his new project is turning “clunker” cars and car parts into art. Despite his poor economic conditions‚ he had found a way
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value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars‚ the right of trial by jury shall be preserved‚ and no fact tried by a jury‚ shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States‚ than according to the rules of the common law." The 7th Amendment states that any person who is accused of a crime‚ where the dollar amount is deemed to be valued at twenty dollars or more‚ has the legal right to a trial by jury. A jury trial is a panel of randomly selected citizens who will listen to the
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