Recent Earthquakes: Philippines Kaitlyn Denson 7th period 9/3/12 This report was taken by a seismologist on August 31‚ 2012 19:43:10‚ after an earthquake struck in the Philippines. On this past Friday‚ an earthquake in the Philippines rose panic in the hearts of its people‚ in fear of a large tsunami. The magnitude-7.6
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There are a variety of courts who have various actions and authorities of power but I will be looking and discussing the difference and powers a MagistratesCourt and Crown Court has. A Magistrates court is often made up of three people recruited from the local community. These persons do not have any professional qualifications and are known as Justices of the Peace. There are over 400 Magistrates courts existing in and around England and Wales. A Crown Court on the other hand acts as a single entity
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Why are Americas rules of evidence more restrictive than those established by other countries? America’s rules of evidence are more restrictive because unlike some countries we have Constitutional protections that safeguard individual rights. An example of this would be the Supreme courts determination that a state rule requiring that a defendant wanting to testify in a criminal case must do so before the admission of any other defense testimony is a violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment
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Appellate Courts v. Lower Courts State Court Systems have a unique two tier structure‚ which is broken down into specialized courts. Each branch of these structures have their own unique set up and hear different types of cases. Some have different guidelines‚ boundaries‚ and laws they must abide by‚ but ultimately the highest court in a state is the Supreme Court and the lower being a mayor or magistrate court. Federal Court have their own system with a similar tier structure to it‚ but is made
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Admiralty cases can’t be removed from state to federal courts. a. but most admiralty cases can be brought in state courts unless qualify under diversity. b. But federal admiralty law will be applied. iii. Jurisdiction arises under: a. 28 USC 1331: federal question b. 28 USC 1332: diversity c. 28 USC 1333: admiralty & maritime. iv. BUT‚ Congress didn’t choose to enact substantive law in the statutes left to courts. v. Courts mainly address three issues: a. what is an admiralty
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Importance of DNA Typing i Outline Thesis Statement: Although having an infant’s DNA typing done at birth can effectively analyze important health information‚ it should be an individual’s given right to accept and/or decline the storage of their private information. I. Some individuals are unaware of DNA typing of infants at birth. A. An individual may be described as parent‚ or person distinguished from others by a special quality. B. Some individuals claim that DNA typing
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Essay topic: The recent financial crisis highlights the perils of Capitalism ‘The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of riches; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.’ This quote by Winston Churchill‚ prime minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War‚ encapsulates the idea of distribution of wealth between developed and developing nations. While developed nations work on the social theory of capitalism‚ developing nations
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acid (DNA) collection and its relationship to solving crimes. The collection of DNA is one of the most important steps in identifying a suspect in a crime. DNA evidence can either convict or exonerate an individual of a crime. Furthermore‚ the accuracy of forensic identification of evidence has the possibility of leaving biased effects on a juror (Carrell‚ Krauss‚ Liberman‚ Miethe‚ 2008). This paper examines Carrells et al’s research along with three other research articles to review how DNA is collected
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Court hierarchy The Local Court is the lowest court in the hierarchy and deals with minor criminal and summary offences. It will also hear minor civil disputes with monetary value up to $60 000. The Local Court holds committal hearings‚ which are preliminary hearings where the magistrate determines if there is sufficient evidence against the defendant to warrant a trial in a higher court. The High Court of Australia is the highest court in Australia and was established in 1901. It deals with appeals
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Non-Public Information‚ or confidential data (Ruggiero‚ 2011). When a recipient’s email address is misspelled or an incorrect key is pressed by an employee and a message containing confidential information in the wrong hands. This paper will review recent security threats to individuals and organizations that occur within and organization and individually. Over the last 30 years the huge change in security threats has been the computing environment to change into interconnected
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