Was the dropping of the atomic bombs justified? I have carefully selected six different sources which are either for or against the USA dropping the bombs on Japan. I have tried to find ones which support or oppose the dropping for their own separate reason. Source 4 is against the dropping of the bomb. It is an eye-witness account from a five year old girl; I think this is a reliable source because a five year old girl has no reason to lie about the events. It is sad because a girl of that age
Premium United States President of the United States Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Wrongful Convictions CM 107: Computer Composition Tamia Bracy Unit 4 As the pace of DNA exonerations has grown across the country in recent years‚ wrongful convictions have revealed disturbing fissures and trends in our criminal justice system. Together‚ these cases show us how the criminal justice system is broken and how urgently it needs to be fixed. We should learn from the system’s failures. In each case where DNA has proven innocence beyond doubt‚ an overlapping array of causes has
Premium Law Miscarriage of justice Criminal justice
Was George really left with no other options? In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck there are two men on the run. Lennie‚ who is mentally handicap‚ keeps getting into trouble. George‚ the other man on the run‚ is the one who takes care of Lennie and tries to keep him out of trouble.Although George tries to make sure Lennie doesn’t get into trouble he just cannot prevent the inevitable. George was justified in shooting Lennie because he felt responsible for him‚ he doesn’t want him to suffer
Premium Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck Great Depression
his mandate. However‚ in Leonard Cohen’s song‚ “The Traitor‚” the hero is on a stage before his peers as he fails a mission; the hero betrays his old dream of finding true love for the prospect of having intercourse. The song later reveals that he was never supposed to find love and he must now cope with the results of his predestined failure. Established early in the piece is an extended metaphor of a swan and flower; in this case‚ the swan is the hero‚ and the flower is his maiden‚ but the relationship
Premium Hero English-language films Trojan War
Were the colonists morally justified in declaring independence? British government actions were unfair to the colonists‚ and the colonists had the right to rebel against British rule resulting in the American Revolution for the fight for independence. Reasons colonists justified for independence was taxation policies were unfair‚ no representation in the Parliament‚ and many passed acts and laws. The unfair policies‚ acts‚ and laws were immoral and corrupt to the colonist’s rights that lead to an
Premium American Revolution United States Declaration of Independence Thirteen Colonies
mother and throws her head towards Pi. Later Pi fights the cook and kills him in a moment of revenge and self preservation Was Pi’s act morally justified? As moral arguments are best proven by analogies‚ let us consider four people in the same situation but a different setting. Four strangers (namely A‚B‚C‚D) are stuck in a lifeboat. A has a gun and decides to kill B (who was already injured
Premium Religion English-language films Ocean
to me‚ a family member‚ and even friends. These problems need to be fixed but I’m afraid they might not ever be. If I could change certain things the rate of wrongful convictions would drop tremendously. Eyewitness Misidentification alone is the greatest cause of wrongful convictions nationwide‚ playing a role in 72% of convictions. It’s unbelievable because research shows that memory is malleable and that an eye witness who is uncertain‚ can become much more certain over time. I also learned that
Premium Crime Prison Criminal justice
Despite the simplistic fact that King Charles I was the legally lawful leader of England‚ Parliament was more than justified in executing Charles I due to the divergent and passionate views of law and life between the people and the king in politics‚ society‚ and religion. Parliament never desired a position where they could control England with full-fledged power. They simply wanted enough limitations on the king’s power that would guarantee the people certain rights that the king
Premium Charles I of England Law
WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS JAMES DRISKELL RODOLFO HOYOS FORENSIC SCIENCE Name: James Driskell Year Convicted: 1991 Conviction: first degree murder Year released: 2003 SUMMARY James Patrick Driskell was convicted of the murder of Perry Dean Harder. Harder‚ age 29‚ was last seen outside his house in a pickup truck. His decomposed body was found three months later in a shallow grave just outside Winnipeg on Sept. 30‚ 1990. He had been shot three times in the chest. Driskell and Harder were jointly
Premium Murder Crime Homicide
time. The individual lives out his or her jail sentence in an orderly fashion only to be found not guilty after more than a decade with the discovery of vital evidence produced by advanced technology. This is just one of countless cases of wrongful conviction of innocent people by the justice system. Since 1989‚ countless of cases were found wrongfully convicted after the case had been closed‚ but were reopened thanks to the advancement in the justice system such as the usage of DNA testing. Problem
Premium Law Conviction