Supernatural Evidence In The Essay By Olivia Rodriguez

After reading the essay from my partner, Olivia Rodriguez, I’ve been able to gain a much stronger insight on the judicial system and how society affects which type of evidence was approved as lawful evidence. I interpreted Olivia’s paper as that she was trying to argue is that during colonial times, sceptical evidence, such as supernatural or racist evidence, was approved in cases even though they were clearly invalid. If someone had a vendetta against someone of a lower class than your own, they could easily create incredible evidence without the consequences that came along with lying to effectively sentence anyone they wanted. In the opening paragraph, Olivia states how supernatural evidence was accepted in religious communities because of the that that the quakers believed that spirits would transfer messages to the living. As Olivia’s point was developed throughout …show more content…
Even though I think that this question is a great goal to strive to in the long run, I think the question should have been more focused on what Olivia really was trying to have the reader understand. As for the gaps in the writing, I believe that the first body paragraph lost its focus during the course of its writing. For example, Olivia says, “An investigation took place and said to believe that her son Thomas Cornell killed her when because he was last seen with his mother”(2). Even though this could be considered important in the long run, I felt like she could have left this out of the paper. The supernatural elements weren't even brought up in this sentence. What the author is trying to tell us is how supernatural evidence was accepted in courts even