Your Honour, Judge Parsons, and members of the jury, We have nearly arrived at the end of this court session. It has been long, and tiresome for the witnesses who had to endure reliving this trauma. The irrefutable truth is that if Pamela Poptart had truly shown remorse, she would’ve plead guilty and we wouldn’t have to examine all the stone cold truths that the defence counsel are trying to make you forget. They are trying to sidetrack you from truths that are in the agreed facts.…
xDecember 26, 1996, JonBenet was killed by her brother, Burke Ramsey, and her parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, tried to cover up the seen. Burke, John, Patsy were all associated with JonBenet’s death because evidence found with ransom note, choker, JonBenet’s body, 911 phone call, flashlight, pineapple, and evidence of sexual assault and abuse. Burke’s voice was in the 911 phone call. Burke and the parents clarified that Burke was inside his bedroom, asleep.…
Nils Christie wrote “Conflicts as Property” arguing the importance of conflicts in society and how they have become property that can be used and stolen. In this critical summary I will summarize and then critically analyze his work to determine if I agree with his argument. Christie opens the paper by arguing the importance of conflicts in our society and that “they ought to be used, and become useful, for those originally involved in the conflict.” He continues by describing how conflicts are taken from the victim, who “is so thoroughly represented that she or he of most of the proceedings is pushed completely out of the arena, reduced to the triggerer-off of the whole thing.” The author also denounces courts and lawyers that, he believes, are trained to steal, prevent, and solve conflicts.…
James Stevens also clarified to Brenton Butler’s lawyer that he does not recall talking to an officer about the description of the individual who murdered his wife. The eyewitness in this case was confident on his statement but lack on being reasonable throughout the process of testifying it. This shows how Steven’s eyewitness evidence was not precise despite of how confident. In the article “Descriptive Eyewitness Testimony: The Influence of Emotionality, Racial…
As an effect of John’s actions, Elizabeth has lost all faith in John, worries, and is insecure, but John only cares about his happiness and tries to avoid their problems. This is proven when he states, “Woman. I’ll not have your suspicion anymore,” (Miller 51). Proctor does not try to reassure Elizabeth that he desires none other than her. John is callous to believe that Elizabeth should just get over the affair and pretends as if they have no friction.…
Conclusion After reviewing all the theories of justice in the Pham murder case, the best theory to bring to this crime is the parallel theory. The parallel theory of justice is the best model compared to other models because it allows representation for both the victim and the offender. The parallel theory in this case allows the victims proper help and the offender’s proper punishment. The utilitarian and retributive theories only focus on the offender, with a young girl deceased acknowledging the victims of the crime is important. The restorative theory of justice does also focus on the offender and the victim but it has limitations when it comes to programs that help victims recover.…
On Tuesday night, around 8:30pm, John Smith was driving home after recently getting laid off at his work for his lack of attention to detail and his problems with controlling his anger. John made a stop by at a Speedway on his way home. He went in to buy some lottery tickets and some alcohol for his party he planned on having this upcoming weekend for the football playoffs. John got back to his car and scratched off his lottery tickets and did not win anything to his dismay. Angered more now, due to his small loss from the couple lottery tickets John just bought, he took off on his hour drive home.…
Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, expressed many different characters with dissimilar intentions and motivations in great length. These dramatic emotions tied along with greed and desire allowed this playwright to come to life and create an overall exhilarating read for the audience. Most characters in this play have important roles that demonstrate their true incentive in what they will get out of this huge mess of hysteria. The character of Abigail is very interesting to touch upon.…
While reading Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice & Redemption I was faced to realize not everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Ronald Cotton is an African American male who was labeled guilty the moment an officer saw him. He was denied many chances to prove his innocence in the criminal justice system. He spent eleven years in prison for a crime he did not commit.…
So much has gone awry but now the court cannot even see the truth that he knows is present. Hale knows that people are innocent and the court is not doing the right thing anymore. Hale’s fear of how much pride he has in being right frightens him. Hale wants to be right but so far what he believes has not been correct.…
Ten men were sentenced up to 25 years in jail for sex offences against a Rochdale teenage girl. One man was jailed last year, while nine other defendants were sentenced on Friday at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court. The victim went to the police, following the widespread media coverage of a number of Asian defendants who were convicted in 2012 in Liverpool Crown Court for grooming girls for sex. She said that she had been repeatedly sexually groomed for men in Rochdale from the age of 14.…
He wonders why a person’s intent is never taken into account, “Why should a man suffer so grievously for an offense he had committed inadvertently? But although he thought for a long time he found no answer. He was merely led into greater complexities. He remembered his wife’s twin children, whom he had thrown away. What crime had they committed?…
Guilty Until Proven Innocent Prison has been around in human society for many millions of years. Having someone who disobeyed the law of that village, town, city or country punished in some form of institution, cutting them off from people, is a common concept. When someone has been accused of a crime the police find evidence to back up the story and he/she is proven guilty, but when someone is falsely accused of rape and there is hardly any evidence to back up the claim they are still looked at as a guilty sexual offender. A false accusation of sexual abuse occurs more often than most people would expect. Reasons for false accusations are mostly intentional and otherwise erroneous.…
didn’t have to worry about police looking for me on it. Once I got to my camp I opened a can of my food, this was the first meal in a while that I was going to have other than slop. After eating I went outside and laid on the ground, looking into the sky. The first time in weeks that I have gotten to see the stars. While watching them I fell asleep.…
Criminal victimization can be defined by the effects associated with becoming a victim of a crime; anyone can be victimized, including the strong, weak, or even the infirm. It’s the circumstances that dictates the probability of being victimized, from forgetting to lock your house doors, to walking down a dark city street at three o’clock in the morning. However, when an ordinary person transforms into a victim, they begin to question the moral code of humanity, and their rational decision making skills. Ultimately, it’s up to the criminal justice system “…to empower crime victims…” and provide them support in a time of personal crisis (Jarell and Ozymy 1). Victimization does not stop after a criminal offense has been prosecuted, it continues in the form of emotional distress, physical…