Because the jury system‚ as currently run‚ is stupid. Yes‚ jury trial is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution (although only with regard to federal cases). It was originally considered a hallmark of civilized criminal justice because citizens did not want to be subjected to government inquisitions‚ with
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the outcome for anyone else. The princess in the short story‚ “The Lady or The Tiger” by Frank Stockton embodies the id specifically‚ with little portrayal of the ego or superego. The trials are a public event held in an arena with two identical doors‚ one holding a tiger‚ the other a lady. If the man on trial‚ picks the door with the tiger‚ he is guilty and immediately mauled to death. If he picks the lady however‚ he is proven innocent and wed to her‚ despite all potential conflicts. The man
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MIDDLETON IMPT: Pre-trial is an essential device for the speedy disposition of disputes. Hence‚ parties cannot brush it aside as a mere technicality. Where the pre-trial brief does not contain the names of witnesses and the synopses of their testimonies as required by the Rules of Court‚ the trial court‚ through its pre-trial order‚ may bar the witnesses from testifying. However‚ an order allowing the presentation of unnamed witnesses may no longer be modified during the trial‚ without the consent
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David: Welcome Thomas‚ we are very glad you came. Thomas: Thanks! I am happy to be here. David: We invited you here to ask you questions about your last several weeks during the trials. These trials must had been very hard on you and your friends. Thomas: Yes‚ those weeks were the hardest times of my life‚ and the only ones I can remember. David: Why is that? Thomas: When WICKED first gathered all of their test subjects‚ they erased most of our memories. We could remember the names of objects
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Essay: Assess the Fairness of the Chamberlain Trial. On the 17th of August‚ 1980‚ Azaria Chamberlain disappeared from her campsite at Ayers Rock. Her parents‚ Lindy and Michael Chamberlain‚ claimed that a dingo had taken her. In order to assess the fairness of the Chamberlain Trial‚ we need to consider the role of the media‚ the nature of the evidence available at the trial and of the police investigation‚ the role of the jury‚ the role of the public prejudices and the findings of the Morling Royal
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the chemiluminescence experiment the goal was to produce light during a series of trials in order to create light or a glow. In order to do this systematically‚ all chemicals were used to start and as it became apparent that some chemicals did not effect the outcome of certain trials they were eliminated one at a time. Because the trials were done systematically from one to the next‚ only one element of each trial was changed at a time‚making it easy to single out the defining factors. There were
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°C 80.0 °C 90.0 °C Length of the Bubble (±0.5 mm) Trial 1 (±0.5 mm) 16.1 mm 17.1 mm 18.5 mm 20.5 mm 22.5 mm 23.5 mm 25.0 mm Trial 2 (±0.5 mm) 16.3 mm 17.0 mm 18.5 mm 20.2 mm 21.6 mm 23.2 mm 24.1 mm Trial 3 (±0.5 mm) 16.2 mm 17.2 mm 18.5 mm 20.3 mm 21.5 mm 23.1 mm 24.5 mm Notes • The starting temperature of the 200ml of water for all three trials was 30 °C. Processed Data ! ! ! ! ! Let T be the trial and a subscript the trial number. ! Averagelength of bubble = (T1 + T2 + T3) ÷
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they follow a different standard as follows: But it is as well to remember‚ for example‚ that while article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights‚agreed in November 1950‚ guarantees you a fair trial‚ it does not guarantee you a right to appeal against the outcome of that trial. The right of appeal is to be found in article 2 of the Seventh Protocol to the Convention which was only agreed so 34 years later‚ in November 1984. So‚ even in the legal thinking of the modern world‚ appeals
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2 Armington‚ while robbing a drugstore‚ shot and seriously injured Jennings‚ a drugstore clerk. Armington was subsequently convicted in a criminal trial of armed robbery‚ assault and battery. Jennings later brought a civil tort suit against Armington for damages. Armington contended that he could not be tried again for the same crime‚ as that would constitute double
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The film Twelve Angry Men suggest that The United States Judicial system is very unfair to the person being tried.In this trial‚ the defendant is being tried for killing his father. Some of the men in the jury are chosen very poorly. One example of them being chosen poorly is their past clouds their judgment. Juror number three had a bad past with his son which lead him to believe that all children are ungrateful and useless. “You’re right. It’s the kids. The way they are you know? They don’t listen
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