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    Invisible Worlds of Salem‚ the author made the point that views of history change when others evaluate the evidence. He/She argued that new evidence can change the view of a historical event. An example of this is shown when he talks about the previous studies done by another historian. He spends most of the time talking about other historians views and tries to connect all of them. This historian uses many different sources to find the social implications of the witch trials. He specifically utilizes

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    ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CRIMINAL TRIAL PROCESS AS A MEANS OF ACHIEVING JUSTICE. The criminal trial process is a vital part of the criminal justice system in NSW as it plays a fundamental role in achieving justice‚ by determining the innocence or guilt of an offender. Yet‚ despite the criminal trial process still having many complex issues that remove it of achieving its full means of justice‚ the process has stood the test of time and lasted for more than two centuries. It aims at lawfully

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    Trials and Verdicts Brandy Bledsoe May 31‚ 2015 CRJ 100 Week 8 Assignment 2 Professor Jamie Smith Trials and Verdicts The constitution is the basis of all criminal law as well as trials and their verdicts. The constitution and the state and federal court systems have been in effect since the nineteenth century. Each and every court case has their own unique processes related to the different courts and how the case made it to any specific one‚ taking a plea bargain as an alternative

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    The Scottsboro Trials The Scottsboro Boys were nine black teenage boys accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. On March 25‚ 1931‚ several people were on a train traveling between Chattanooga and Memphis‚ Tennessee. Several white boys jumped off the train and reported to the sheriff they had been attacked by a group of black boys. The sheriff stopped the train and searched it. In Paint Rock‚ Alabama

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    A priest and the chorus of Thebans arrive at the palace to call upon their King‚ Oedipus‚ to aid them with the plague. Oedipus had sent his brother-in-law Creon to ask help of the oracle at Delphi‚ and he returns at that moment. Creon says the plague is the result of religious pollution‚ caused because the murderer of their former King‚ Laius‚ had never been caught. Oedipus vows to find the murderer and curses him for the plague that he has caused. Oedipus summons the blind prophet Tiresias for

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    Escaping Salem Book Review Escaping Salem : The Other Witch Hunt of 1692‚ by Richard Godbeer. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 2005. In the city of Stamford year of 1692 there begins numerous odd events that are hard to make sense of or even explain for that matter. In colonial times the state of Connecticut isn’t automatically associated with any evil doings or witchcraft‚ but this wasn’t always the case for Stamford in the county of Fairfield. Richard Godbeer’s totally neutral very detailed

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    Topic: Should the rights of the accused be curtailed? Can we as a nation‚ strike a balance between the liberty of the individual and the safety of citizens? And in order to strike that balance‚ should the bill of rights protect those accused of crimes? This contentious issue is one that causes us to truly think about our constitution’s purpose and how it is currently evolving within our country’s judicial system. On the one hand‚ many believe that because the nations’ crimes being committed are

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    TRIAL BY MEDIA The courts in India play vital role in the distribution of power and rights and in the overall development of the country. The independence of each individual judge ensures that every case is decided on the basis of the law‚ the evidence and facts‚ without any improper influence. Consequently‚ judicial independence is an indispensable element of the right to due process‚ the rule of law and democracy. It is axiomatic that a judge should not act on any influence of any third party

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    regarding the witch craze‚ in a society that was suffering from severe economic hardship. By the mid-17th century‚ there were signs of improvement as inflation decreased and population growth steadily slowed down which meant there was less stress to feed the population. People obtained greater social mobility‚ which led to people feeling more secure within themselves and their village. The 1590’s saw a peak of economic distress but it seemed the witch-hunts stopped when there were fewer economic

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    fictionalized stories between the witch trials and it is reflected McCarthyism. In the story of The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ people are split into two major groups one is call “the witches” lead by Abigail Williams and another is call “witches hunter” lead by Reverend Hale. Along with the behaviors of the two factions‚ they seem to have the same goal to make Salem back to peace. Abigail William wants to save herself and the girls of the judge by accusing others who are Innocent and Reverend Hale wants

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