The documentary “Presumed Guilty” embodies various elements of how criminal procedure works in an inquisitorial legal system. In an inquisitorial system the accused is automatically assumed to be guilty (Ministry of Justice‚ 2013). It is through the evidence‚ investigations by court‚ the screening process‚ and Prosecutor the truth will evolve. The court plays an active role in determining the facts of a case and the conducts of the trial (Reichel‚ P.‚ 2013‚ p.170). The judge is in charge of gathering
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plea during your arraignment. Even if you know for sure you were intoxicated‚ it probably isn’t a good idea to plead guilty right away. If you plead not guilty‚ you can always change your plea at a later time. Pleading not guilty buys time for your attorney to examine the facts of your case and build a strong defense. If you have an attorney at your side during the arraignment‚ he or she can offer advice over what you should plead and whether you should request a jury trial. An attorney can also shield
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Who is guilty? When any misfortune punishes‚ who is guilty? This thought is not so easily eased‚ especially when lives of loved ones are lost in the situation. In the moments when awful events happen‚ the finer is always pointed at one person or another. At times‚ even the person least expected. Romeo and Juliet‚ a famous play by William Shakespeare‚ approves this thought and provides a clear reminder that many characters could be possible suspects to Romeo and Juliet’s death. With what has already
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When Kaffee says his defendants’ plea not guilty‚ this throws off the prosecutor’s initial plea bargain he had agreed on with Kaffee. This again relates to class because we discussed how lawyers sometimes meet to agree on a plea bargain in casual settings before they meet in court. This also relates to how we learned the roles of a prosecutor in class for giving a plea bargain. Later in the movie‚ the case is in a district court. This had a lot of components of what we learned in class including
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All the events in the text depict real life events as seen through every government agency’s prosecuting a character. Vond’s fascist views are seen through Frenesi’s clairvoyance at the drug store. As Frenesi looks down the brightly lit aisles‚ she has an instant glimpse of the future that “if human lives and deaths [are patterns]‚ if everything about an individual could be represented in a computer record by a long string of ones and zeroes...then the only thing we’re good for‚ to be dead or
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time was coming. But by some sick fate‚ she glanced at the mirror at just the right time and saw the reflection in the mirror. 02/07/2033. Her mind began to race‚ her feet moving on their own accord as she paced the length of her bathroom. “What am I going to do? That’s only in a couple
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The official statement made by authorities was that The Doors’ front man‚ Jim Morrison‚ died from heart failure‚ even though his heart was deemed healthy just prior to his death. However‚ many fans do not believe that is what really happened. This disbelief in the official story stems from the fact that an autopsy was not performed due to the fact that the examiner did not suspect foul play. Also‚ in the days following Morrison’s death‚ there was a media blackout concerning the event. Immediately
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Who killed JFK? There are still many conspiracies about the JFK Assassination‚ but the two conspiracies that stand out are that Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) and the CIA. LHO was an American born on October 18th 1939 in New Orleans. Most Americans believe Oswald is the person behind the assassination of JFK. He believed in communism‚ he was a disturbed person and he had a violent mindset. There have been many arguments about who was actually behind the assassination. The Warren Report clearly states
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Guilty or Innocent? Today marks the momentous day that I defend a client on my own for the first time. The final outcome of this pivotal case is unknown‚ but I am thoroughly equipped to take on this challenge. Four years of undergrad school‚ three years of law school and three years as an associate has prepared me for my first criminal case as a leading attorney. At 6:00am my alarm went off; I quickly dressed as I had carefully selected my outfit the night before‚ ate breakfast and was on the
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In part two ‚ the unification of art and life will be discussed from two approaches—Woolf’s life and her works;Lily and her painting. Virginia Woolf was born on January 25‚ 1882‚ a descendant of one of Victorian England’s most prestigious literary families. Her father‚ Sir Leslie Stephen‚ was the editor of the Dictionary of National Biography and was married to the daughter of the writer William Thackeray. Woolf grew up among the most important and influential British intellectuals of her time‚ and
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