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    The Criminal Trial Process

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    Year 12 Legal Studies Crime Portfolio Crime: The Criminal Trial Process 1. Describe the role of the courts in the Criminal Justice Process: (300 – 400 Words) Once a formal charge has been laid against a person‚ a hearing or trial of the accused will need to take place in an appropriate court. There are many courts that have jurisdiction to hear criminal offences. The right court for the matter to be heard will depend on a number of issues this includes: The seriousness of the matter‚ in particular

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    Motivations of Reverend Parris‚ Abigail and the Putnams The witch trials supply Reverend Parris in numerous key ways. Initially he was frightened that any indication of witchcraft be established in his home; he has been the Reverend after all‚ has not been establishing in effectively with the community. If it was established that it was his home that was the origin of witchcraft‚ he would end up being unemployed. However‚ it eventually ends up in his favor. As soon as witchcraft is found in his

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    Salem Witch Trials

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    seizures and psychotic break so he assumed that they were the work of evil and diagnosed them as such. During the Salem Witch Trials‚ there were more than 200 trials that took place. (Video‚ 2012) Out of the many trials that took place‚ 20 people were tried and found guilty and executed. However‚ 4 others who awaited trial died while waiting in jail. People who were on trial for being a witch was not allowed to have a lawyer represent them and were forced to represent themselves. Spectral evidence

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    Stages of a Criminal Trial

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    Stages of A Criminal Trail Nancy Jane Strayer University One stages of a criminal trial is the presentation of evidence‚ first the state is given the opportunity to present evidence intended to improve the defendant’s guilt. After prosecutors have rested their case‚ the defense is afforded the opportunity to provide evidence favorable to the defendant. Types of Evidence Evidence can be either direct or circumstantial. Direct evidence

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    Scopes Trial Analysis

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    developing in America‚ the conflicting views of the traditional orthodox south and the modern urban north began to clash. These conflicting views‚ which primarily revolved around morals and religious beliefs‚ came into light with the Scopes Trial. Prior to the Scopes Trial‚ John Washington Butler proposed a bill to the state of Tennessee that it would be “...a crime there to teach ‘any theory that denies the story of the Divine creation of man as taught in the Bible‚ and to teach instead that man

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    Trial of Temple Anneke

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    witchcraft” but she was found innocent for this accusation. “Her ultimate arrest stemmed from the charge that she used sorcery to obtain the return of goods stolen from a roofer (xiii).” There were set guidelines during early modern Europe for a trial that involved the capitol offense but when it came to accusations of witchcraft many guidelines were over looked and the verdict quite often seems to be predetermined. Low magic‚ which Tempel Anneke is most often accused of‚ was considered to

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    Drew Paterson Trial

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    Drew Peterson Trial Drew Peterson was born on January 5‚ 1954. He graduated from Willowbrook High School in Villa Park‚ Illinois in 1972. He was a cross country runner at Willowbrook High school. After graduated from High School he joined US Army. Before moving to Falls Church‚ Virginia to train as a military police officer he briefly attended the College of DuPage. Peterson had a 30-year career as a police officer. In 1977‚ he began working with the Bolingbrook Police Department in Illinois

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    Spanish traveller‚ Benjamin Tudela‚ roamed certain countries likely as a trader in the twelfth century writing down his experiences. The main values of the excerpt are Jewish ideals‚ religious culture‚ and states the way kings ruled their cities differently. From Bagdad to Alexandria he mainly focuses on Jewish interests‚ and common accustomed facts to be known of the each city. In Bagdad‚ the royal dwelling is Caliph Emir al Muminin al Abbasi‚ who kings of Islam accept and is top of the Mohammeden

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    Celia's Trial Analysis

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    Celia’s trial was a big event during the time many were surprised she even got a trial after all she did kill her slave holder (Robert Newsom). Her story gave many a new view on slavery and the treatment of slaves and the continuation of slavery. The time period this is set in is very prone to these situations slave uprising due to certain states being free states and just years before the beginning of the civil war. During this time slavery was being debated as right or wrong. The slaves began

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    CHAPTER 7 – case study “The trial of Martha Stewart” question 1 (p.225) Did Martha Stewart commit the crime of insider trading when she sold her ImClone shares on December 27‚ 2001? I believe that Martha Stewart committed the crime of insider trading. In my opinion‚ this case study had enough information about Martha Stewart’s trial. There are facts supporting that she had important and significant information about ImClone shares that wasn’t available to the public at that time. First of all

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