In case one, State of California vs Turner, Brock Turner, 20-year-old Caucasian male and was a resident in California was charged with rape of three out of five counts in 2015, penal code PC261 (a)(3), PC261 (a)(4), PC220 (a)(1), PC289 (e), PC289 (d) (Official California Legislative Information , 1993). Turner was found guilty in March of three felony charges: assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated/unconscious person PC220 (a)(1), penetration of an intoxicated person PC289 (e), and penetration of an unconscious person penal codes PC289 (d) (Court Motions/Orders Instructions/Minutes Chronolocial Order, 2015). None of the codes that he was charged did not include the intent “rape,” which may have led to the lower sentence then the max. So, Turner was sentenced with 6 months in jail instead of the max. The district attorney felt the punishment does not fit the crime (Fantz, 2016).…
Abel Fields was convicted for giving false information about serving in the military as well as claiming to recieve a prestigious medal that he did not. Under the Stolen Valor Act, it is a crime to make false claims about receiving military medals and awards. They claim that violating the Stolen Valor Act could result in a fine and/or imprisonment up to six months. The claims that Field's made were completely false, thus violating the Stolen Valor Act and Fields was fined $1,000. Some lower courts claim that "to be convicted, the one in question must be proven to be acting out of malice when violating this act.…
Lauren Garcia Professor Hinrichs KIN 550 15 May 2018 Assignment 1 The first case I looked at was TENNESSEE SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, PETITIONER v. BRENTWOOD ACADEMY. The underlying issue here is a high school football coach sent out a letter to eighth grade boys, violating TSSAA’s rule for prohibiting coaches from using undue influence while recruiting middle school athletes. This lawsuit became vital in sports law because it was the first time the Supreme Court had to make a decision regarding which entities are bound by the First Amendment. Brentwood sued the TSSAA claiming they were violating the schools first and 14th amendment rights.…
The supreme court justices Samuel Alito answered to this case that Mr. Salina didn't have the right to remain silent. Mr. Salina was free to leave, which didn't insert his Miranda rights and he had therefore no right to remain silent. Justices Samuel Alito stated that Mr. Salina´s should have affirmatively invoked his rights, because without Mr. Salina´s having a lawyer or being told the Miranda rights he should have been more affirmative about his invoking. (http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/06/salinas_v_texas_right_to_remain_silent_supreme_court_right_to_remain_silent.html) Salinas v. Texas is demonstrating the Miranda rules in a way where if the rules doesn´t apply the questioned from the beginning the Miranda rights doesn't apply either.…
Cruzan v. MO Dept. of Health People are born with natural rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which the Constitution protects. Nancy Cruzan lost her ability to express and revel in her natural rights when a tragic car accident left her severely debilitated and in a ‘persistent vegetative state.’ Nancy Cruzan’s parents requested that their daughter be removed from a machine distributing artificial nutrition and hydration that kept her alive. Nancy’s parents strongly believed that pursuing a ‘plan of medical treatment that allows nature to take its course and permits [her] to die with dignity’ would be the most just decision for her (Cruzan v. Mo Dept of Health (Brennan, J., dissenting)). However, the majority of Justices…
Question #1 Mr. Trump wants to have somewhere to get away from the hustle and bustle of his corporate, and political life. The place he has chosen is a little parcel of land on the picturesque Moosehead Lake in Maine. He owns a large track of land on the lake (24.5 acres) , but intends to sell the other 800 acres, and only keep a small track of land that he plans to build a summer home on. The building of this house would require the filling of a wetland, which under the Clean Water Act requires a permitting process through the U.S Army Corps of Engineers.…
Shelby County v. Holder case The Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. constitution extends citizenship and legal rights to all people. This amendment is what guarantees and protects people’s rights to due process of the law. The Fifteenth Amendment gives all citizens the right to vote and be protected against discrimination from the United States or any state, based on a person’s race, color, or if they were a former slave. Until 1965, there were steps put in place such as literacy tests that prevented many citizens from voting.…
On June 14th 2015, New York Times wrote an article Beyond the Chokehold: The Path to Eric Garner’s Death. This article explained the aftermath of his death a year ago. When I first watched the horrific events on my television, I knew it showed an occurrence that I will not forget. Watching the man getting chokehold to death disgusted me. It made me think about how policemen can even possibly think about performing such actions.…
Ahmed Mohamed, the Muslim teen who was arrested in September for bringing a homemade clock to his high school visited the White House on Monday evening and met with President Obama. Ahmed was arrested from his Irving, Texas high school last month when he brought a homemade clock to school. When he first showed a teacher the clock he was told not to show it to others. The teen was later handcuffed and arrested by police and asked if he intended to make a bomb.…
Rodney Glen King lll was an American taxi driver in Los Angeles, California. Tragically, he became nationally known after being identified as the victim, beaten by Los Angeles Police Department (L.A.P.D) officers following a high- speed car chase. Due to the incident, it caused riots all over the nation. California in particular, was the initial place the riots started. Early Sunday morning around 12:30 on March 3, 1991, Rodney King, along with two additional passengers, Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms, were driving on Interstate 210…
In a Democracy it is important to have frequent elections where all adults have the availability to participate. Until recent history the United States had mechanism put in place where some groups of society had multiple obstacles. Mechanisms like poll tax and literacy tests were given to reduce the number of minority voters. Individuals were even disfranchised and had no capability to vote. Devices and mechanisms able to break the burden of disfranchisement had first began in 1965 when a group of peaceful marchers traveled to Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery to push and promote legislation for the creation of new voting rights legislation.…
Spiegel wasn’t afraid to fire his employees that were working below the usual or the standard. Many people have said that he is headstrong and very arrogant. Some of those people say that he has to be that way in order to drive the company. Reggie Brown, one of the company’s co-founders, filed a lawsuit against Spiegel, claiming that he was forced off of the team by Spiegel. Evan Spiegel has been more of a robber baron than a captain of industry with the Snapchat company.…
Paul Walker's daughter, Meadow Walker, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that manufactured the car her father died in. Two years after his accident, "The Fast and Furious" star's daughter is suing Porsche, stating that the vehicle he was traveling in was unsafe and lacked certain safety features she believes could have saved her father and his friend Roger Rodas. According to TMZ, copies of the suit state that Walker's car lacked important safety features that could have stopped the accident from happening, or at the very least allowed him to survive it.…
Analysing with the Boston consulting Group matrix, these two businesses are both in the “problem child” of the matrix which means that they both have a high market growth but currently a low market share within the portfolio. However, revolutions could be made in the corporate-level strategy with the intervention of driverless vehicles technology. The “problem child” have the chance to turn into a “star” in the next few years (Johnson et al., 2014). From the company perspective, Uber truly save the cost of human capital and the delivering speed might be faster than that of a human-driving car. Consumers benefit from paying lower delivery fees and could order food and receiving packages regardless of the weather.…
Tesla Motors is taking the world by storm. Cofounder and CEO Elon Musk has helped the company be one of the most talked about motor vehicle company. A major focal point of Tesla is to produce environmentally friendly cars that are also tech savvy. Starting as a small company back in 2003 Tesla has since grown exponentially thanks to Elon Musk. He is a mastermind when it comes to marketing and bringing in funds.…