QUIZ ON THE "SCOTTSBORO BOYS: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY" 1. Where was the setting for the documentary? The setting for the documentary took place in Scottsboro‚ Alabama. 2. What year did the incident take place? The incident takes place in 1931. 3. What was the number of the accused? The number of accused was nine boys. 4. What was the number of the accusers? The number of the accusers was two white women. 5. What were the names of the accusers? The names of the accusers were Ruby Bates and Victoria
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telling him‚ “My job is to make sure the law works for you as well as against you.” Instead of pretending to be crusading for a not guilty verdict‚ O’Brien tells the truth that she intends to help hunt down the truth both for and against Steve as an unbiased tool of the court. This means that she will insure that the jury’s predispositions do not change their verdicts‚ that the prejudice of the court doesn’t change the evidence given in court‚ and that the evidence against Steve is legitimate and/or nonexistent
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Preliminary English Twelve Angry Men – Reginald Rose Terminology Accused: a person or group of people who are charged with or on trial for a crime. Plaintiff: a person who brings a case against another in a court of law. Beyond reasonable doubt: The standard that must be met by the prosecution’s evidence in a criminal prosecution: that no other logical explanation can be derived from the facts except that the defendant committed the crime‚ thereby overcoming the presumption that a person
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nineteen year old girl. Although I am extremely nervous for the pending verdict‚ my evidence may change Tom’s fate. I can’t help fearing the worst things that can happen during and after this case. My mind is running with thoughts like‚ what will be the final verdict‚ will this trial be fair and lastly‚ how will my dearest children react? Fingers crossed my evidence will bring my client to justice. My thoughts on how this verdict will turn out are thundering like a storm in my head. Of course there
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chosen. It gives us an honest verdict of the accused being guilty or non-guilty as it allows us to see what the minds of different type of people think. The disadvantage to this is that not all jurors will be a cross section of people. The jurors chosen may be the same type of people who think the same which means this will give us an unfair verdict in a case. If an unfair verdict is made‚ the accused may be accused for the wrong thing. In the court room the answer or verdict is all in the juries’ hands
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I tend to my garden as I watch several cars drive along my street back to their homes. Tom Robinson’s trial must be over. Before the trial even started‚ I predicted that the verdict would be guilty. When I saw Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill arrive back at their house with long faces‚ my prediction was confirmed. It is still upsetting for me to hear that another innocent black man’s life was ruined because of the way white people treat them. I did not attend the trial; I do not wish to see an innocent person
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edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Simpson/polls.html) 80% of people questioned watched the verdict. People are by nature interested in celebrities and when something like this happens it generates a lot of attention simply because its what the people want to see. As for Simpson being guilty or not‚ I think we all know the truth in that case. In the same poll mentioned above 53% of those question disagreed with the verdict reached by the jury. 57% of people believed they jury reached a verdict too quickly. In a civil case after the trial
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Snyder v. Turk p40 Procedural History: Lower court entered a directed verdict for Dr. Turk b/c there was an absence of evidence that he intended to inflict personal injury Directed verdict: a ruling by a trial judge taking a case from the jury b/c the evidence will permit only one reasonable verdict (after trial) -testing sufficiency of evidence (enough facts to prove elements) Issue: Did Dr. Turk intend to commit a battery when he touched D but did not intend personal injury? -Does
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people might get nervous and be apt to change their testimony‚ or might even play it up for the camera. With the peer pressure of being on television‚ do you think allowing media in the courtroom could affect witnesses’ testimonials and juror’s verdicts? There has been an ongoing debate whether the media should be allowed in the courtroom. Media has been present in courtrooms since 63 B.C. (Court Reporting‚ n.d.). Throughout the ages‚ media has been involved in courtroom proceedings in
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Evaluate the effectiveness of the jury system in the criminal trial Juries exists in the criminal trial to listen to the case presented to them and‚ as a third‚ non-bias party‚ decide beyond reasonable doubt if the accused is guilty. For the use of a trial by juror to be effective‚ no bias should exists in the jurors judgments‚ the jurors should understand clearly their role and key legal terms‚ and the jury system should represent the communities standards and views whilst upholding the rights
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