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    reflects moral and ethical standards in relation to the use of juries as juries ensure an accused is judged by their peers and members of the community‚ however‚ the selection process in a jury can also result in a jury which does not fully reflect community standards. Under the Jury Act 1977 (NSW)‚ any Australian citizen may be called to serve on a jury‚ and citizens are randomly selected from the electoral roll. This means that the jury is essentially a representation of the community and its interests

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    Jury System

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    Assignment 10: Promotion (20 points)   In Section 10‚ you learned about promotion. Now‚ you’ll apply what you learned.   1. Describe a company that you think uses advertisement well as a promotional strategy. What do you think makes their advertisements successful? (1-5 sentences. 2.0 points) McDonalds uses ads well because there M logo is recognized around the world when you see the M you know its McDonalds   2. Describe a company that has gotten publicity from the news media. Why did the

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    throughout the world. The four powers come forth with the idea to hold a series of trials. After careful thought‚ America‚ France‚ Russia‚ and England chose Nuremberg to hold the trials. With a location set and a course of action‚ the powers now had to build their case in the Nuremberg Trials‚ a series of thirteen trials held with the purpose of bringing Nazi criminals to justice after WWII. The Nuremberg trials began with a pursuit of

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    Arrogance The Trial by Franz Kafka chronicles the arrest of a worldly‚ young bank official‚ Joseph K. for an unknown crime and traces his struggles and encounters with the invisible Law and untouchable Court. Although the novel is critically acclaimed for satirizing the Austro-Hungarian bureaucracy of Kafka’s time it also seems to be criticizing the arrogance of the common people. Joseph K.’s eventual downfall is not just due to the in comprehensible judicial system but can be attributed to his

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    The Jury System: A History Thomas Jefferson describes the jury as “the only anchor ever yet imagined by man‚ by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.”( Dialogue on the American Jury: We The People in Action‚ 1) The purpose of juries is to ensure that no government is able to convict innocent people‚ or to give unreasonably cruel punishment. Although the juries we see today are very different from the first juries‚ they have always served the same purpose‚ to keep

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    BuggsRuby Financial Reporting and Accounting February 5‚ 2013 GROUP PROJECT GM VS FORD Less than 60 years ago‚ on Jan. 17‚ 1956‚ Ford Motor(F) launched its IPO into an economy in which U.S. industrial might was the envy of the world and American cars represented the apex of the automotive pyramid. Today‚ as GM eases into its second go-around‚ the questionable future of industry and the shifting definition of "made in America" cast a dark shadow over the car company ’s public celebration

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    Trial by Media

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    Introductory The subject of ‘Trial by Media’ is discussed by civil rights activists‚ Constitutional lawyers‚ judges and academics almost every day in recent times. With the coming into being of the television and cable-channels‚ the amount of publicity which any crime or suspect or accused gets in the media has reached alarming proportions. Innocents may be condemned for no reason or those who are guilty may not get a fair trial or may get a higher sentence after trial than they deserved. There appears

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    Trial and Appellate Courts CJS 220 The Court System Trial and Appellate Courts Trial courts and appellate courts have differences not only in their functions but also in what and who are involved in the proceedings. Trial courts are the point of origin for the cases. The prosecutor’s function is to prove the defendant guilty through evidence‚ witness testimony‚ and possibly cross-examination of the defendant. The defense attorney works to disprove the prosecutor’s case through in the same

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    political and military leaders of Nazi Germany‚ indicted for aggressive war‚ war crimes‚ and crimes against humanity. Of the twenty-four twenty-one were taken into custody and put on trial; these were known as the Nuremberg Trials. These trials started on November 20th 1945 and were the first ever war crime tribunal. The Trials were held by the Allied forces of World War II and were held in the city of Nuremberg in Bavaria Germany out of the Palace of Justice. Accusations placed against them were for their

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    to the head‚ alcohol or drugs. [Quick 1973] Automatism may equally arise due to disease of the mind‚ this is known as insane automatism which results in a special verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. The defence of non-insane automatism‚ if successfully pleaded‚ acts as a complete defence absolving the defendant of all criminal liability. It differs from the defence of insane automatism in that there is no power to detain in a mental hospital neither may any other order be made against the

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