The fourth observation is the benefit of pleading guilty instead of going to trial. As I have stated before all of the defendants I observed all pleaded guilty and this made it difficult to actually describe how a trial of minor traffic offence is conducted. The first benefit of pleading guilty is the person’s socio-economic status. In the courtroom mostly all of the individuals were middle-class wearing casual attire but a few that were not dressed appropriately for court. In the adversary system
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In the article “Hiroshima was a War Crime” written by Shigetoshi Iwamatsu explains his views concerning the United States use of the atomic bombs on Japanese cities during the end of WWII. In the author’s opinion the use of atomic weapons was a war crime. According to West’s Encyclopedia of American Law a war crime is defined as “Acts that violate the international laws‚ treaties‚ customs‚ and practices governing military conflict between belligerent states or parties.” Iwamatsu supports his opinion
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To what extent was the Vietnam War part of the Cold War? The Vietnam War was a cold war-era military conflict in Southeast Asia. Conflict officially began on November 1st in 1955 and ended on April 30th 1975 with the fall of Saigon. With that it lasted nearly 20 years‚ which makes it one of the longest military conflicts ever in human history. The war was fought between the Communistic North Vietnamese and the Anti-Communistic south. The north was supported by various nations‚ including the Soviet
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Civil War was a hard time in American history. Brother against brother. A country divided and so many deaths. There were many events that lead to the war‚ but the main event was the ending of slavery. There was many causes for the Civil War ‚that broke out in April 12‚ 1861‚ but the main cause was slavery. The burning issue that led to the disruption of the union was the debate over the future of slavery (‘Causes Of The Civil War’). In my opinion I do think that was the cause of the civil war was slavery
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Charles 1st was reasonable to an extent‚ but not fully. Parliament was also to blame‚ but less so than Charles. Charles had a bad relationship with Parliament from the beginning‚ resulting in conflict between them. He believed in Divine Right of King‚ something that his father also believed in. Divine Right of King means that you were chosen to be King by God; therefore‚ God is on your side. Charles also shut down Parliament a number of times‚ and ruled without Parliament for a number of years.
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Why was the Thirty Year’s War fought? To what extent did politics determine the outcome of the war? Discuss the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. Could matters have been resolved without war? The Thirty Years’ War was the last and most catastrophic war based on religion and politics. It took place between 1618 and 1648 in the Holy Roman Empire. The war can be split into 4 main wars which were the Bohemian Revolt‚ the Danish intervention‚ the Swedish intervention and the French intervention. The Bohemian
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Is Adnan guilty? Adnan is not guilty because it is possible that he did not have enough time to kill Hae. The day she went missing was around Ramadan‚ so he would have had a busy schedule including the holiday which demonstrates he didn’t have time to kill her. He would never have any private moment to kill her since the parking lots at school and Best Buy are always busy. In the podcast‚ Koenig reads an excerpt of the letter she received from Adnan‚ There are 1500 other students filling the hallways
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spite of their ideals‚ there was one entity stopping them from fulfilling and continuing their beliefs ; Mexico. Although Mexico was precluding their aspirations‚ it didn’t give the United States the right to go to war. Going to war with Mexico was not justifiable for multiple reasons. First‚ and foremost‚ the primary reason war was not justified‚ nor warranted‚ is because the Americans were on Mexican land that they were originally invited to inhabit. Once Mexico was declared free from Spain
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downfall was caused by World War 1? 1914 was a devastating year for many countries of the world‚ as world war one began to take full effect. But as world war one shook the world; it began to question Nicholas II’s ability to rule Russia. In this essay i will discuss the extent of world war one’s responsibility in Nicholas II’s downfall‚ and the extent of other contributing factors. I will argue that Nicholas II’s own traits as a leader were the main reason for his downfall. On the one hand‚ world war
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Was the Vietnam “War” justified? In 1965‚ 3‚500 United States Marines put boots on the ground in South Vietnam. The Marines being the first United States battle ready troops on the field in a skirmish that had been brewing for years. The comnie government of North Vietnam supported by the Soviet Union and the Chinese was confined in a battle with South Vietnam reinforced with the US in a Cold War proxy fight. The U S had been offering help as well as consultants to the South ever since the beginning
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