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    Wrongful Life In Australia

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    The question of whether Australian law should recognise wrongful life as a compensable tort is not an easy question to answer. Both sides need to be taken into account for a decision to be made; there are many arguments both for and against the recognition of wrongful life becoming a compensable tort. Wrongful life is a form of medical negligence and has been defined as ‘an action brought by or on behalf of a child complaining of negligent conduct before birth which results in its birth when had

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    False Confessions

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    False Confessions Aminah Yambo Introductions to Interviews and Interrogations Professor Scott Joubert June 8th‚ 2013 In 1988‚ Ted White was clubbed in the head and face at his mattress business between 12:45 and 1:55 p.m. White died of his injuries three days later and was never able to tell the police officers of the incident. There were no witnesses found and the police never discovered any fingerprints or DNA to help identify the actual perpetrator. Regardless‚ police originally suspected

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    The term "wrongful termination" means that an employer has fired or laid off an employee for illegitimate reasons. Generally an employee can be measured to have been wrongfully terminated if any discrimination is intricate in the termination‚ if company policy states rule for termination‚ if public policy is dishonored‚ and company guidelines were not followed (Chay Kenneth Y‚ 1998). Other some reasons that could be taken as wrongful termination include complaining about workplace issues‚ being fired

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    Many people believe that morality is based upon religion and based on the rules written in the Bible and other holy books. Although‚ some say that religion is completely opposed to morality and it is wrong to mix the two. Dostoevsky argued that ’religion provides people with a reason to be moral because if there were no God everything would be permitted.’ Meaning that there is no point to morality if God didn’t set the moral values in the first place. But we could also say that we only behave morally

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    The conviction of a Royal Marine for murdering an injured Afghan insurgent should not "besmirch" the organisation‚ Prime Minister David Cameron has said. Speaking to marines at Downing Street‚ Mr Cameron said the "appalling" case in no way represented the spirit and proud history of the Royal Marines. The sergeant‚ identified only as Marine A‚ was convicted over the shooting of the unknown man in 2011 on Friday.The conviction of a Royal Marine for murdering an injured Afghan insurgent should

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    False Guilt

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    Therefore if a force is internal and uses some unknown power to generate false convictions or guilt. To give more detail regarding this power I identified its intrusion it’s as if some power or force is in your soul and mind which is connected to your emotions etc. futhermore it produces these false feelings and in this case false guilt. What is more the force controls one entering into areas that are not conventional thus one cannot escape its influence. As I have tediously declared the unconventional

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    Recent arguments have arisen discussing whether or not juries should be provided with prior criminal records of accused offenders. While some people might argue that this information should be fully disclosed‚ I believe that prior convictions should have no bearing on current accusations. First‚ everyone should be provided with impartial judgement. Second‚ you need evidence to convict. Finally‚ ex-criminals have a hard enough time going straight without prior records haunting them. First‚ perhaps

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    Eyewitness Identification

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    Ever sense the 1960 they have problem’s with used eye witness identification in the police department and it was strong testimony’s of defant. However‚ justice department has developed scientific procedure now that it will speak truth to the investigation and the court. Scientific proof like DNA of sex and murder of the perpetrate which is more accurate in selecting the perpetrator. "Mistakes eyewitness identification has gone for 30 years now Identifying the innocent man up to life in prison‚ while

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    Negligence 1 Negligence: Wrongful Death Suit September 26‚ 2010 Negligence 2 Negligence: Wrongful Death Suit The healthcare industry is booming and people will always need to be cared for at hospitals‚ doctor’s offices‚ and etc. Healthcare professionals must be careful and focused on everything they are doing with their patients. They must keep track of patients’ charts and medical procedures. If something goes wrong with the patients’ medication‚ surgery‚ or treatment and causes

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    Mineral Identification

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    any specific mineral. Well‚ “because the atomic structure of a mineral species is always the same‚ most of its physical properties are relatively constant and may be used for the mineral’s identification” (Gardiner and Wilcox 107). There are many intriguing physical properties to mineral identification. Visible properties include color‚ luster‚ streak‚ crystal form‚ cleavage. The tactile property can be measured using Mohs scale‚ which measures hardness of minerals compared to common objects

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