The Victor Diamond Mine When Land Can Be Worth More than Diamonds SCN1Dd Prepared by Eric Best Prepared for Mr. Grieg & Mrs. Chan March 4th 2012 The Victor Diamond Mine near James Bay in Northern Ontario rose lots of controversy over the environmental‚ economic‚ and social issues created by the mine. While the company that owns the mine‚ De Beers‚ says that the new mine will bring Canada new revenue and will boost the economy‚ the people of the Attawapiskat First Nation are in discontent
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cases in this country. A show-up normally occurs immediately or shortly after a crime has occurred. According to Lehman and Phelps (2005)‚ Using the eyewitness testimony law enforcement personnel can bring back anyone near the crime scene who they suspect is the perpetrator in hopes of detaining the correct suspect. Eyewitness’s testimony can be the key to recognizing‚ charging‚ and convicting a suspect in a criminal case. Moreover‚ in certain cases‚ eyewitness evidence could be the only evidence
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The first testimony I analyzed was Officer Smith’s. He was assigned to patrol the outside perimeter of the stadium where the turnstiles for the Liverpool fans was located. He stated that his familiarity with the grounds were limited both in and outside the stadium. Also‚ that communication was poor that day because not everyone had a radio. This was mentioned in the documentary we watched in class. Once it got close to kickoff lots of fans were waiting to get through the gate‚ mostly younger people
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Eyewitness Testimony 1 RUNNING HEAD: Eyewitness Testimony Eyewitness Testimony Mark Maldonado Grantham University PS280 Psychology and the law Eyewitness Testimony 2 Eyewitness testimony can create a number of problems for police and prosecutors. Some eyewitness’s do make mistakes on identifying someone and causes that person to be wrongfully convicted. It has happened time and time again. There is an organization called the Innocence Project that stated 75% of the 218 people exonerated
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Psychologist Expert Testimonies The Courtroom and the Quagmire of Psychologist’s in Expert Testimonies. Agnes M. Sigovich University of New Haven Psychologist Expert Testimonies The Courtroom and the Quagmire of Psychologist’s in Expert Testimonies. The roles and ethical dilemmas of psychologists as exert witnesses in our court system are undeniably ambiguous. These issues of morality can be seen throughout many case studies. When forensic psychologists
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witness testimony from the bus driver and child witnesses. The court heard from witnesses (classmates) that the boy had pushed Chafe once before the final and fatal shove sent him sliding down the bank onto the snowy‚ slush-covered street below‚ near the rear‚ before wheels of the bus rolled over Chafe’s head and crushed it. (Globe and Mail‚ 2015) Most of the testimonies came from students
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really occurred. This is known as the misinformation effect‚ where misleading information distorts our memory of the true event. Important in a variety of aspects‚ these memory errors become especially crucial in terms of courtrooms and eyewitness testimony. Interestingly‚ 75% of false convictions are due to an eyewitness identifying the wrong person or misreporting how an event actually occurred. Witnesses aren’t intentionally committing these fallacies‚ but by relying on their misconstrued memory
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The Shadow of Victor Frankenstein A theme of indifference and rejection from society clearly persists through the film Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ directed by Kenneth Branagh. After Victor Frankenstein‚ the main protagonist‚ realizes that reanimation is a tangible reality‚ a domino effect occurs which in turn alienates not only himself but also his creation from society. The reality of the creature’s existence is so gruesome that one begins to understand the negative effects that alienation can
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Victor Frankenstein was so caught up in if he could give a creature life that he never thought if he should. Monsters are created to keep the borders of the unknown rigid. They are a warning for people like Victor and prevent them from becoming more than they are capable of. Shelley uses Victor’s creation and immediate hatred of his monster to represent Cohens fifth thesis‚ and shows that the monster is there to punish his overstep of the possible. Victor is obsessed with wanting more‚ he wants
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in common. Just like how the monster is different from Victor in the book Frankenstein. Today we are not going to talk about how they are different‚ today we will go into the similarities of the two. As you know that if you read the book you will find out things that are pretty interesting about the two characters. One instance Victor Frankenstein was the man that created the monster‚ but yet he has not got any control over the monster‚ Victor is scared that the monster will retaliate against him
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