The Salem Witch Trials Salem The Salem witch trials and hysteria first began‚ during the spring of 1692‚ when two young girls‚ Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams‚ started having uncontrollable fits that consisted of screaming and contortions. Several other girls‚ such as Mercy Lewis‚ Elizabeth Hubbard‚ and Ann Putnam Jr.‚ from Salem were also diagnosed with similar symptoms. After seeing the local doctor‚ William Griggs‚ he decided on the diagnosis of bewitchment. This lead the people to wonder
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RIGHT TO SPEEDY TRIAL : A HUMAN RIGHT AND A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT Speedy Trial as a Human Right The right to a Speedy Trial is first mentioned in that landmark document of English law‚ the Magna Carta. With evolution of concept of Human Rights in 20th century‚ Right to Personal Liberty emerged as one of the basic Natural Right of every human being. Deprivation of personal liberty is caused when any person is under detention for any alleged crime. This makes it necessary
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understandable that the witch trials in the Massachusetts area would become such hysteria. Though many historians have attributed the cause of the Salem Witch Trials to economic instability between the thriving seaports and the languishing agriculture and the political struggle between the highly patriarchal society and the independent women who started to defy the status quo of women‚ these are not the most compelling cause of the Salem Witch Trials. Through the system of the trials‚ the people who were
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FAIR TRIALUNDER CRIMINAL LAW 1. INTRODUCTION The concept of fair trial has been adopted by almost all the countries in their respected field of laws. The purpose behind the establishment of fair trial is to protect the common man from unfair means of any injustice and violation of fundamental rights. The principles of natural justice are the ultimate basis of fair trial system. As far as country like India is concerned‚ the concept of fair trail is envisaged under the Constitution and other
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rights to criminal defendants during trial. There are two fundamental aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system: The presumption that the defendant is innocent‚ and the burden on the prosecution to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Assuming the defendant does not plea-bargain‚ a trial will probably result. Thus‚ it is important to focus on constitutional rights during the trial stage. The three rights considered in this paper are the right to a speedy trial‚ the right to an impartial judge‚ and
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NUREMEBER TRIALS SUMMARY Wilmington University The Nuremberg trials consisted of multiple cases in Nuremberg‚ Germany were Nazi officials and other high ranking individuals were indicted on crimes against humanity‚ crimes against peace and genocide‚(History.com Staff‚ 2010) which were newly coined terms. At the time of the trials there was no law aganist war‚ in a sense the Nuremberg trial invented crimes inorder for individuals to be sentenced. BBC History caterogories the Nuremberg Trials as “
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throughout the world. The four powers come forth with the idea to hold a series of trials. After careful thought‚ America‚ France‚ Russia‚ and England chose Nuremberg to hold the trials. With a location set and a course of action‚ the powers now had to build their case in the Nuremberg Trials‚ a series of thirteen trials held with the purpose of bringing Nazi criminals to justice after WWII. The Nuremberg trials began with a pursuit of
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The O.J. Simpson trial was one of the most recognizable cases in American history. It went on for nine months. There were 11 lawyers representing the O.J. and 25 working around the clock for the largest prosecutor’s office in the country. The opinion of the Jury was for the defense‚ not guilty. I agree with them. It would have been crazy if O.J. was convicted because the evidence was not properly handled or accounted for‚ the main police officer handling the case was a racist man and the defendant
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the outcome of the O.J. Simpson trial for the murder of Nicole Brown and Ronald Lyle Goldman. One of the reasons why O.J Simpson was not convicted was because a glove found at the scene didn’t fit Simpson’s hands. But even though the glove didn’t fit‚ he should have been found guilty because he was known to be abusive towards his wife and Simpson was found rapidly leaving the crime scene in his van. Therefore‚ O.J Simpson most definitely did not get a fair trial. In October of 1995‚ O.J Simpson
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Chapter 14 Trace the history of trials by jury. The right to a trial by jury can be traced to the Magna Carta in 1215. This right was incorporated into Atricle III‚ Section 2‚ of the Constitution with respect to the federal government‚ and in the sixth amendment‚ with respect to the states. Analyze the scope of the right to a trial by jury in a criminal case. The right to a trial by jury applies to all non-petty criminal offenses‚ usually interpreted as offenses punishable by a term of imprisonment
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