In the trial of Socrates I am going to show that the defendant is not guilty on the first charge of corrupting the youth. My justifications for this vote are as follows. Socrates didn’t corrupt the youth‚ he just shared his ideas with them and they in turn chose the path to take these ideas. Part of understanding this case is understand the time in which the case was held. This time being 399 B.C.‚ a time in which Athens was a free democratic city‚ a town that prided itself at the time on
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Why was the Tsar overthrown in February 1917? Was it the work of revolutionaries like Lenin and Trotsky? Certainly not - they were mostly either in prison or in exile. Lenin had said in 1916 that he feared he would not live to see a revolution in Russia! Was it the War? The war certainly had a serious impact on all aspects of Russian society. Defeats undermined the army‚ and economic problems alienated much of the population. Lack of food and fuel in the cruel winter of 1916-1917 certainly
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Johnson was impeached because he took a fateful step. He removed from office Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton‚ who had administered the War Department in support of the congressional Reconstruction policy. This seemed to violate the Tenure of Office Act‚ which was passed the year before over Johnson’s veto‚ which required Senate consent for such removals. The house impeached Johnson on February 24. The official reasoning of his impeachment was that he had violated the Tenure of Office Act.
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Gandhi’s assassination was unjust because he was nonviolent and he fought for civil rights. Although some people didn’t like his tolerance of Muslims. His tolerance of Muslims is the reason why he was assassinated. He was killed by a fanatic in 1948. He was killed for political and religious reasons. Gandhi was shot three times in the chest. He was a leader that influenced the world. He fought for Indian liberation non violently. Gandhi’s assassination was unjust because he was a nonviolent leader
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Angelou). The Scottsboro trials took place 1931-1937 because nine black teenagers that were on a train from Chattanooga to Memphis seeking work‚ had been accused of rape by two white women that were also on the train that day. In the PBS video that we watched in class about the Scottsboro Trials there was much racism against blacks used during their trials that made an impact on history. In this essay‚ three major impacts on American history caused by the Scottsboro trials that occurred during the
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Jury • A group of citizens sworn to hear testimony and evidence at a trial and decide if the defendant is guilty or not of committing the crime(s) Trial by Jury • The fate of the accused is determined by peers How is a jury selected? • Through a process called empanelling: A list of jurors is created from a list of people living in the area where the court is located 1. 75-100 names from the list are randomly picked 2. These people are summoned to appear in court by notice from the sheriff
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MOCK TRIAL On Behalf of the Defence: Anver Williams v. Donovan Tisi By: Shaneka Lewis Opening Statement: Greeting courtroom members‚ I am Shaneka Lewis apart of the Defence Attorney and I will be representing my client Donovan Tisi pleading not guilty upon the robbery and bodily harm charges. On December 5th 2013 at 5:30 PM‚ Anver Williams had claimed to be walking home from his basketball practice where he perhaps had been wearing his brand new basketball sneakers. As Mr. Williams was walking
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This is a very important issue to me and i believe the three main reasons as to what cause the stock market to crash. One reason is buying on margin. The second reason is the gov’t creating easy money. The last reason the stock market crashed was stocks being priced hired than actual value. I hope you will consider my position on the issue and as well as the rest of my essay. The first reason I believe the stock market crashed was buying on margin. This let a lot of people essentially borrow money
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The trial of Socrates This essay is an interpretation of the accusations against Socrates during his trial. Socrates was a Greek philosopher born in 470 BCE. He believed that philosophical system was the value of human knowledge. He would rather die than live and not to be allowed to teach and practice Philosophy and convincing people that the things that are worth it to be valued in life were wisdom‚ truth and the improvement of the soul as an opposed to money‚ honour and reputation. 1 In 399
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WHY THE RUSSIA WANTED TO JOIN THE WWII Do you know that the WWII? It is one of the biggest war in the world. In this war‚ there are many different kinds of aspects like economies ‚ industry ‚agriculture and so on inside it. So there will be many problems about the cruel war. My question is that why the Russia joined the WWII. In this war‚ what happen about the Russia? Someone think that Russia should not join the WWII. If they did not join the WWII ‚ maybe they will not have so much injuries and
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