many innocent black people. Some of these people may have not been tried‚ and they may have been lynched before they got the chance. Today‚ all trials are judged fairly‚ and all courtroom roles can be of whatever race. The influence upon Harper Lee to write her novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ was based on real life events. These include the Scottsboro Trials‚ expectations upon women in the South‚ and Jim Crow Laws. The first real world event that motivated Lee to write her novel is the Scottsboro
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action‚ and the ending well because it continued from the night at the jail before the Tom Robinson trial‚ the trial itself and the aftermath of it. In this set of chapters‚ Jem and Scout were in situations that were risky‚ such as going to the trial. In this portion of the text‚ Scout is shown to be more exposed to the harsh world than she was in previous chapters. For example‚ she goes to the trial and sees the injustice of the case and the unfair conviction of Tom Robinson‚ who is innocent‚ and
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that may have played a role in many of history’s mysterious events. Some speculations are that girls suffered from sickness and questionable actions due to fungus on rye. Even though there are many theories as to why the girls of the Salem witch trials made accusations‚ the two most believable are that there was fungus growing on the rye and the girls suffered from an outbreak of encephalitis because the girls showed signs of sickness and questionable actions. In February 1692‚ the people of Salem
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On the behalf of the client Gene Forrester‚ we the prosecution find him Guilty of committing voluntary manslaughter upon Phineas. He is found guilty of voluntary manslaughter on the following counts : He has the means‚ motive based on a mental illness‚ the opportunity‚ the witnesses that will testify against him‚ as well as a full out written confession. First‚ he had the means. While Gene is not an athlete he‚ at 140 lbs. is still quite capable of climbing a tree branch and there for jostling
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The Star Chamber The movie‚ The Star Chamber‚ takes a poignant look at our judicial system and forces us to consider what is legally and morally right. The movie stars Michael Douglas as a judge who is discouraged after he sees that one of his cases is dismissed on a technicality. The defendants‚ two men charged with kidnapping and murder‚ are released because the police officers who arrested them did not follow the law when it came to collecting the evidence. Michael Douglas’s character becomes
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we talked about the Scopes Trial. The trial began on July 10‚ 1925. During this time period court trials would drag out and last months but this trial ended on July 21‚ 1925‚ lasting only eleven days. This was a very controversial topic at the time because the trial was about the teaching of evolution in schools. Importance - John Scopes was a high school teacher‚ charged for violating the law that banned the teaching of evolution in schools. This was an important trial because John Scopes and many
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the scapegoats of the town. Anyone who did not attend church or was undesirable (for example Goody Good in the Crucible) had a greater possibility of being accused as a witch. At the height of the witch hunts and trials those that questioned authority or the proceedings of the trials were also quick to be accused of serving the devil and being a witch. The initial social response to witchcraft in Salem was driven by fear. However the responses were instigated by the social structure that was set
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The Nürnberg Trials began in 1945 and lasted until 1949. These trials were held in Nürnberg‚ Germany. The charges held against those on trial were crimes against humanity‚ crimes against peace‚ war crimes‚ and “a common plan or conspiracy to commit” (www.britannica.com). There were twelve trials with over 100 defendants and several courts. The International Military Tribunal conducted these trials. Representatives from the United States‚ Great Britain‚ the Soviet Union‚ France‚ and 19 other
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New Medication :Clinical Trials Phase I II III IV Requirements Testing an experimental drug or treatment in a‚ small group of people (20-80) for the first time to evaluate its safety‚ determine a safe dosage range‚ and identify side effects The experimental study drug or treatment is given to a larger group of people (100-300) to see if it is effective and to further evaluate its safety The experimental study drug or treatment is given to large groups of people (1‚000-3‚000) to confirm its effectiveness
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Mass Hysteria during the 1690s and 1950s. As examples of mass hysteria‚ both the Salem Witch Trials and the Cold War caused turmoil during their respective time period. Although very different time periods‚ the 1690s Salem Witch Trials and the 1950s Cold War were both dramatic examples of mass hysteria (Campbell). The Salem Witch Trials were one of the nation’s most dramatic examples of hysteria as close to 20 people were killed because of pure hype and chaos in the region (Campbell). The cold war
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