have shown that eyewitness testimony is not very reliable. In fact‚ The Innocence Project states that of their first 275 DNA exonerations‚ over 75% of those wrongful convictions were due to faulty eyewitness testimony. A look at the case of John Jerome White will reveal just how faulty eyewitness testimony can result in the wrongful conviction and subsequent prison sentence of an innocent man. The victim in this case was a 74 year old woman whose home was broken into and she was sexually assaulted
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The title comes from Atticus stating to his children “It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 94). The symbolism of the mockingbird represents the sin of the unfair trial and death of Tom Robinson. It was a wrongful conviction because not only was the verdict based on the color of his skin‚ but also due to the fact the jury did not want to believe a black man would ever feel bad for a white woman. Having this novel in the point of view of six year old Scout Finch
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The issue of discrimination towards racial minorities from workers of Law Enforcement is wide spread and has been discussed for last decades. The exonerations of African Americans‚ after the most of the lifetime imprisonment breakdown the news of the American media‚ displaying the crucial mistakes of police officers. The Central Park Jogger Case in 1989 is a depiction of the police officers’ wrongdoing based on racial biases: 5 young African American and Latino men were accused of raping‚ beating
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I watched To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ on Thursday‚ September 29th in OBU’s Verser Theater. To Kill a Mockingbird was completely new to me going into it. I haven’t read or seen the story in any way before‚ therefore I had no idea what to expect from this performance. Judging from the last performance I’ve seen at OBU (Lord of the Flies) my expectations going into this play were very high. The quality of the last play I saw was higher than I initially expected from a small school
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cruel punishment‚ but a necessary one that fits some crimes. Also‚ even though it is true that the mistake of executing the wrong person can’t be corrected‚ this can be prevented by proper investigation before conviction. In this essay‚ I will be addressing the morality of this conviction‚ cost of death vs. life in prison‚ how effectively the death penalty deters criminals‚ the chance of irrevocable mistakes‚ as well as giving supporting arguments for both sides. Personally‚ I believe that the
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He had arrived in Salem to do the Lord’s holy work‚ and he brought with him only the best and purest ideals of the religion he preaches in order to save the townspeople‚ yet those gifts he was confident in caused death and the wrongful spilling of blood. In confessing that he caused the tragic outcomes because he advocated for the presence of the Devil in Salem while he remained silent and willfully ignorant of the plausible doubt of the accused’s guilt‚ he called for the evil
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from this argument‚ there is also the undeniable possibility that someone completely innocent could be wrongly accused and consequently put to death. For example‚ the publicity surrounding the case of Stefan Kiszko perfectly illustrates how wrongful convictions can and do occur. The guiltless man was unfairly sent to prison for the rape and murder of Lesley Molseed. Sixteen years later Kiszko’s innocence had been proven beyond doubts due to advances in DNA evidence. This ‘miscarriage of justice’ (as
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debates as to the death penalty being morally wrong; being executed as opposed to life imprisonment. Also‚ the concern that relates to whether the convicted person is actually guilty or in fact an innocent individual. This could be a result of a Wrongful Conviction. Currently‚ not all the states use the death penalty. Twenty states including the federal government have the death penalty laws; however‚ they rarely use them. Fifteen states in the south have capital punishment laws. A couple of states are
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Jamie Halverson Period 7 Unit 3E Vocabulary Definitions: From the words in Group A and in Group B following‚ choose the one that corresponds to each definition and illustrative phrase. Group A adversary craven exhilarate alienate culinary fallow artifice delete coerce demise Delete Synonyms: remove‚ cancel‚ 1. (v.) to erase‚ wipe out‚ cut out Antonyms: save‚ add‚ restore 2. (adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddishyellow
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guilty people rather than convicting ones. It is generally accepted that the price of a fair Criminal Justice System will be acquittal on a technicality of those who have committed criminal offences or because of a failure of evidence‚ where as conviction of the innocent is never acceptable and should it arise speedy measures should be taken to rectify the injustice. The criminal law must be enforced efficiently by the agencies to police the criminal law. There are two main values that influence
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