Module B: Witness Syllabus: This module requires students to engage in a detailed analysis of the text…respond imaginatively‚ affectively (emotionally) and critically. Explore and analyse particular characteristics of the text… Topic Sentence Witness‚ directed by Australian director Peter Weir‚ made in 1985 combines a crime story with a love story‚ creating a dual narrative. Introduce question… Plot * This dual narrative film is set in 1984‚ in Lancaster‚ Philadelphia. *
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because of false eye witness testimonies. Eye witness testimonies are the accounts given in the courtroom during a grand jury or trial by a witness at the event of a crime. False eye witness testimonies convict innocent people into prison. Out of the 80‚000 prosecutions a year that rely on eye witnesses‚ about half get convicted. Of those half‚ we are still sending 5‚000 innocent people to prison each year. There are many reasons why eye witness testimonies are unreliable. Eye witness testimonies rely
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it‚ particularly the Christian people and the Church. 3. Who am I going to talk to/observe/question/survey? Conducting it to different type of people‚ either by their status in life and profession‚ as well as the people involved or had been witness mercy killing particularly doctors‚ nurse‚ family of the victim or patient. 4. How am I going to be able to gain access to these groups‚ individuals or other source? By visiting them directly and asking them personally‚ visiting in hospitals
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Burden of proof is the responsibility of the prosecution also known as the people. This is because the 5th amendment of the Constitution gives the right to any U.S. citizen who has been accuse of a criminal offense the right to a trial by judge or jury because they are innocent until proven guilty. This is where burden of proof becomes important to the case and hard for the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. During a trial the prosecution will have to use and show evidence to show not
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Peter Weir’s film Witness explores the contrast between the two worlds by contrasting the Amish culture with a modern Westernized society. Weir presents many themes and issues in his film. Through his use of film techniques like long shots and close-ups make the film more enjoyable. These themes include clash of two cultures/different worlds‚ Peace and violence‚ innocence and corruption. These are presented effectively with a variety of film techniques‚ editing‚ setting‚ dialogue and music/sound
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In David Gergens book‚ “Eye Witness Power: The Essence of Leadership” he covers 4 major presidents‚ Richard Nixon‚ Gerald Ford‚ Ronald Regan‚ and Bill Clinton. In my opinion He did well communicating everything and made the book pretty interesting. I like how he covers each president and actually goes into a lot of details. I actually found that it was more interesting than I had initially thought. The detail in this book is incredible‚ it’s like a behind the scenes of each presidency. Gegren served
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Witness/Narrative : Wilbur Wright Hook: *1 or 2 sentences* "I confess that in 90 I told my brother Orville that man would never fly for fifty years" said by me Wilbur Wright‚ father of modern aviation! And that design above you and I is what my brother‚ Orville and I did. Background info (birthplace‚ birthdate‚ any relevant childhood info.‚ relevant relationship info.‚ etc.): I was born on April 16‚ 1867‚ near Millville‚ Indiana‚ the middle child in a family of 5. My father‚ Milton Wright‚ a priest
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Today‚ in the United States‚ there are many issues with laws that people disagree with; a major one being the criminal prosecution of pregnant women who abuse drugs and alcohol. State laws are now considerably different in their approach to resolve this problem due to the social outlook on the the issue.(Dailard) The controversy is determining the balence between womens ’ rights to their body ’s integrity and society ’s interest in healthy pregnancies. There is no criminal law against drug abuse
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The Public Prosecution Service v. William Elliot and Robert McKee is a case relating to fingerprint evidence that was ruled inadmissible due to unlawful means of evidence collection. This caused dispute over the validity of the inadmissibility submission by the defence counsel‚ however‚ I believe the fingerprint evidence was rightfully dismissed from the court. On October 6th 2007‚ William Elliot and Robert McKee were arrested for the theft of building materials on the premises of Aluminum & Plastic
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1. From the book‚ why might a Prosecuting attorney act unethically? Provide a few examples? In the book prosecutor attorney misconduct takes place is because it works. This utilitarian rationale assumes that the intended good that results (conviction) outweighs the possible negative consequences (misleading the jury‚ undermining the adversary process‚ and possible erroneous convictions). An example given in the book is the case Miller v. Pate‚ where the prosecutor concealed from the jury that the
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