The right to a fair trial is a common law right. A fair trial is designed to prevent wrongful convictions‚ protect people’s life‚ liberty and reputation. A fair trial ensures that accused people remain innocent until proven guilty and that their reputation is not harmed in the process (Australian Law Reform Commission‚ 2014). To ensure that every individual who is facing court after being accused of committing a crime has a fair trial‚ laws have been implemented to restrict powers specifically of
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actor. Simpson’s life was completely changed when he was put on trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman. Due to the celebrity status of Simpson and the media coverage that followed the case‚ it is known as the “Trial of the Century.” Officially called the People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson‚ the trial lasted from November 2‚ 1994 to October 3‚ 1995. After the extensive trial‚ Simpson was acquitted on murder due to a lack of evidence to convict
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The Salem Witch Trials began in Salem‚ Massachusetts; the massacres could have been caused‚ historians believe‚ by many reasons such as the seclusion of the village‚ sickness‚ and overall boredom. The trials have many mysteries surrounding them. Historians still cannot come up with one specific cause that caused the ordeal to happen in the first place. They do have‚ however‚ the basics of it with some of the mysteries thrown in. Many accounts of the Salem Witch Trials all have something in common
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Speedy Trial These source texts address the enduring issue concerning states rights being in conflict with federal power by relating Flordia’s unwillingness to provide this case’s defendant with an attorney and the federal government’s power to force Flordia to abide by the 6th Amendment. These issues clearly reflect how prescient our founding fathers were in generating a set of founding principles enabling posterity to grapple with new and evolving situation that could not have been foreseen
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Reasons Behind Witchcraft Accusations In the Salem Witch trials of 1692‚ many individuals were accused of witchcraft. However‚ the reasons for which they were accused differed greatly from person to person. The classification of a witch‚ how people were tested for witchcraft‚ and specific witch accusations in conjunction with other logical explanations may be the reason why people were condemned as witches. A witch is defined as a person who has made a deal with Satan (Witch-Hunt‚ 33). It is
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victims of the Holocaust due to the results of the decisions for the consequences for the axis powers including the results of the Nuremberg Trials and the postwar life of Holocaust victims. The events that occurred post-war exhibited the difference between freedom and justification‚ and by comparing the adversities of the
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accused were harming them through black magic. Throughout the months‚ there had been many trials and many of the accused were found guilty. The most notable accusation was of John Proctor and his wife. Abigail claimed
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The trial that I am going to tell you about is very different than most other trials. In a way it is 3 or 4 different trials. First there was the Paula Jones case in which Paula Jones sued President Clinton for sexual harassment‚ and Clinton ended up paying an out of court settlement of $850‚000. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Jones) Then there was the Monica Lewinski scandal with the infamous blue dress. Based on these two scandals The House of Representatives voted to impeach Clinton on 4
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John’s River‚ Oglethorpe named residing islands and bays. In July 1743 Oglethorpe was then recalled back to England to be seen before court due to an irritated officer during the war with Spain under General Oglethorpe’s command. At the end of the trial‚ all charges were withdrawn. Due to insufficient financial support‚ Oglethorpe was compelled to take funds from his own personal account to make ends meet for the new thriving colony.
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workers were attacked and illegally lynched by a mob in Duluth‚ Minnesota. Those innocent deaths led by false accusations supported with no evidence‚ fear and motives can relate to those wrongfully and legally hung in The Salem Witch trials. Even though the trials took place three centuries ago‚ similar unjustified deaths and persecution of people based on fear and social instability continued on to the 20th century. In the year 1920‚ America was in the midst of a violent period of racial discrimination
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