punched John in the eye‚ causing severe eye damage. Jimmy’s mother (his only heir)‚ John‚ and Jimmy’s Poor-Man’s Bar (which was owned by five men‚ including Jimmy)‚ sued Software Inc. for the damage caused by Coleman. Coleman sues Software Inc. for wrongful termination. Lastly‚ the jewelry store sued Software Inc. for the value of the
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such will be referred to the Industrial Relations Department. Apparently‚ termination of service is permitted by law for operational reasons‚ which is commonly known as redundancy. However‚ the decision to retrench certain employee may be declared wrongful if no sensible or reasonable management could reach to such decision in retrenching the employee. In exercising retrenchment‚ not only must the employer have good grounds to do so‚ but the law clearly provides that the employer is required to exercise
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With great power comes great responsibility. As police officers begin going through their training they soon realize the great power they will soon possess. As history and documented facts have shown us‚ many of them show great control and responsibility. On the other hand‚ there are a small percentage of officers who take advantage of their control and become corrupt. This brings scrutiny and lack of trust in police departments nationwide. Police corruption refers to police personnel who use their
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Hispanics more then it does to the Caucasians. A white person may not know what racial profiling is and what it feels like. The meaning of racial profiling does not even come close to explaining or telling what it is like to be a victim of the misconduct by police. I have been a victim of racial profiling. My case is a little different because I was being stopped as I walked home from school. Police say that if they don’t arrest or ticket you then it can not be racial profiling but they are
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they were doing what they should be (Matthews & Young‚ 2013). In 1972‚ the murder of Maxwell Confait came before the courts. Two were convicted of the crime. A report was taken out by Sir Henry Fisher into the inquiry of system failures within the conviction process. The main issue was that of the police investigative processes which were put to blame for the miscarriages of justice this case (Newburn‚ Williamson & Wright‚ 2007). The Fisher report raised questions between administrative inquires and
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Courts-martial are conducted under the UCMJ and the Manual for Courts-Martial United States. If the trial results in a conviction‚ the case is reviewed by the convening authority – the commanding officer who referred the case for trial by court-martial. The convening authority has discretion to mitigate the findings and sentence‚ set aside convictions‚ and/or to remand convictions and/or sentences back to a court-martial for re-hearing. If the sentence‚ as approved by the convening authority‚ includes
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brought by prosecutors from July 2002 through July 2007 (www.usdoj.gov/ opa/pr/2007/July/07_odag_507.html): CEOs and presidents: 214 Vice presidents: 129 CFOs: 53 Corporate counsels or attorneys: 23 Other corporate officers: 817 Total corporate fraud convictions 1‚236 The following prison sentences were awarded to recently convicted white-collar criminals: ■ Bernard Ebbers‚ WorldCom CEO—25 years ■ John Rigas‚ Adelphia Communications CEO—15 years ■ Dennis Kozlowski‚ Tyco International CEO—8 1/3 to 25
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accused and another ten percent are wrongfully put to death. Mistakenly due to the following factors: inadequate evidence‚ mistaken eyewitness identification‚ false confessions‚ incompetent defense lawyers‚ poor forensics science and law enforcement misconduct. So why is a justice system that is supposed to protect us putting us to death? The real answer is elusive. It just does not make sense to kill someone then investigate. Recently it has been happening that way. Only to find out after they put the
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have developed legal defenses that justify taking another person’s life. Defense attorneys have come up with very convincing arguments that let sadistic killers get away with murder. It takes a unanimous decision of twelve jurors to result in a conviction‚ and only one to “rock the boat.” As described in these six different murder cases‚ all it takes to persuade one person to vote not-guilty is a clever defense. Homicidal Somnambulism In the Steven Stienberg
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Anthony‚ C. (2005). Predictions of Future Dangerousness in Capital Murder Trials: Is It Time to ’Disinvent the Wheel? ’. Law And Human Behavior‚ 29(1)‚ 55-86. Platania‚ J.‚ & Moran‚ G. (1999). Due process and the death penalty: The role of prosecutorial misconduct in closing argument in capital trials. Law And Human Behavior‚ 23(4)‚ 471-486.
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