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    The Nuremberg Trials

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    Nuremberg Trials Andrew Dangler University of Phoenix Abstract: A brief look at the Nuremberg Trials and some of the people involved. It steps upon the problems leading to the start of the trials including three of the doctors‚ three of the experiments performed on prisoners‚ and the judgment of three people involved with carrying out the vulgar experiments. Also included are three people who decided to commit suicide instead of facing certain death after going before a jury. The three people

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    favor of executing these officers without granting them a full or fair trial‚ which was also called summary justice. On the contrary‚ the United States proposed military tribunal. In the end‚ military commission won. A series of trials‚ called the Nuremberg Trials‚ were then held where various Nazi officials were tried for their war crimes. These trials were treated carefully and diplomatically as they

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    color of his/ her skin. After the Tom Robinson trial‚ Jem learned about the reality and impact of racism in Maycomb county. Tom Robinson‚ a black male‚ was charged for raping white female‚ Mayella Ewell; the jury‚ came to a unanimous decision‚ to find Tom guilty. Jem was severely impacted by the verdict that the Jury made‚ and it was difficult for him to process why they had come to that decision. After Tom’s trial‚ Atticus told Jem that‚ “...Tom’s jury‚ but you saw something come between them and

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    Throughout history there have been thousands of “false” trials. These trials were based around false accusations. The trials most notable for accusations without the clearest of evidence was the Salem witch trials‚ hundreds were killed for being suspicious and never indicating that they were actual witches. Everyone who died in Salem and everyone who is serving or served an undeserved sentence have or at least had families‚ career opportunities‚ a career‚ in short a life. All of these get ripped

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    Amendment Indictment of Grand Jury The grand jury originated in England‚ under the rule of King John. The king selected the grand jury to be a body of his reign that would accuse no innocent person‚ and would shelter no guilty person. The Fifth Amendment of the United States protects people from self-incrimination by forcing the prosecution to obtain an indictment (complaint) from a grand jury before the case can be presented in trial before a court. Today‚ grand juries are virtually inexistent with

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    then the jury should vote the defendant not guilty. One may disagree with this statement because if the evidence that is presented in court is unclear‚ and then the jury grants the defendant not guilty and the defendant really did commit the crime then there is a criminal on the loose. For instance the OJ Simpson case when OJ tried on the glove and it did not fit. The jury saw that there was unclear evidence that proved him guilty and there was nothing that proved him not guilty but the jury still ruled

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    The trial of dedan kimathi is an excellent example of Agit-prop theatre. This kind of theatre first emerged in 1920 in Soviet Union with the aim of instigating people into doing something. One of the devices which are used as a revolutionary tool to is the incorporating of many trials in the play. According to Delip K. Basu‚ though the trials the play intends to “question the very basis of large economic‚ political and social systems. Ngugi and Mugo have played upon the word ‘trial’ investing

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    10/8/2014 Verdict in doctors’ sex-assault case is disturbing news for many women: DiManno | Toronto Star Wednesday‚ October 8‚ 2014 8:37 PM EDT HOME NEWS GTA Queen’s Park Canada World Investigations Crime Search The Star GTA Search the archives Sign In News / GTA Verdict in doctors’ sex-assault case is disturbing news for many women: DiManno The case against Amitabh Chauhan and Suganthan Kayilasanathan had an ideal complainant‚ but it’s still open season on women like her‚ writes Rosie DiManno

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    On October 30‚ 1938‚ Orson Welles broadcasted a revised version of the novel War of the Worlds over the air as part of his usual radio dramas. The broadcast‚ however‚ was revised so it would be set in the United States and it even sounded like a news report. The radio drama led to mass panic all over the United States and even deaths. Because of this broadcast‚ Orson Welles is guilty of violating the Clear and Present Danger Clause of the 1st Amendment. Orson Welles violated the Clear and Present

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    a Mockingbird wrote‚ “I’m no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system—that is no ideal to me‚ it is a living‚ working reality. Gentlemen‚ a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury‚ and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up.” I had nervously opened the envelope with “Official Jury Summons” stamped on the outside many times before the autumn of 2014‚ however‚ up until that point

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