Civil Liberties In Court Case Analysis

Newspapers were the primarily source of the news during the 1800s. Since the early 19th century when the Magna Carta was established Americans had the constitutional right and duty to participate in the process of justice by law. In the constitution American has the right to judge other own liberties against the government institution. When women were not allow to participate in the jury process, the jury was consisted of 12 white male Americans. Using a form of outside source to be involved in a criminal case allowed for people to have an active voice in the deciding of how American demonstrate own liberties in society under the Constitution. In March 6, 1892 Webster Jury Disagrees took the cover of the newspaper in New York. In the city …show more content…
People eye’s started to raise because the three men who stood out for the verdict of first degree murder included the foreman. Assistant District Attorneys Melntyre and Stapler were disappointed because they did not reach a conviction or an acquittal. After the court cases were taken out of court, evidence came out that claimed that the Granville woman played a more important part in the Goodwill murder than how she was characterized in court. When she was on the stand as a witness she brush over if she lived with Webster as his wife. Previously to the case, she had been a notorious figure of the worst reputation in the city because of her personality to embroil people in quarrels. Besides her behavior in the city, her face became known in 1886 because of her interested in another trial and discussing whether it was good or evil of her prominent affair. The deceased victim’s brother claimed that Lawrence was an acquaintance of his brothers, and that if this evidence was presented, it could have casted a flood of light on the …show more content…
During the 1800’s newspaper were a popular commodity to find interesting reading material that was significant to the achievement of broadcasting the current event. In the trial of Webster, it contained when whole because of the lack of officials going out their way to investigate leads such as, how and what role did Mrs. Lawrence had in the case with Goodwill death. This case is a great example of how the judicial process has changed over time because all the members of the jury came from different walks of life. If other evidence was presented during the trial, the state attorneys could have gotten a conviction of