2006 Duke University lacrosse case

There were over 1,100 media licenses issued in this double homicide case (Linder). That is crazy when thinks about all the multiple opinions all these sources could churn out in a matter of seconds with the many advances in mobile news castings. The entire case was able to be televised from start to end. America was able to see, like the decades before, the realities of the situation at hand. However, this was not what happened here. The media portrayed this as the LAPD trying to take away a…

determine whether the information provided can be true or false. As the quote mentions the power of the media can turn even the simplest situations into a big deviating problem. One's person's interpretation on a topic can differ from another and in some cases that can be a bad thing. In the start of the play "Really, Really", word gets out that Leigh blames Davis of raping her at the party by means of social networks and the standard gossip, leaving them subordinate upon their companions to…

The understanding of what rape actually is has been an issue than the American people cannot seem to comprehend. There are some men and women who believe when a person says “no,” they really mean, “try harder.” However, in Funk’s essay “Why Men Rape,” he explains, according to Nicholas Goth, the three main reasons that motivate men to rape, which are the desire for power, control, and domination. In addition, he goes further into detail about the three types of rapists. The Power Rapist, which…

police on college campuses. Law enforcement in general has been a hot topic across communities in America; more specifically it has sprung up in the sports world as well. From the professional world of sports down through the collegiate level, court cases, suspensions, and expulsions have been flooding the news. This brings up an important question on whether or not athletes are being treated more or less leniently than non-athletes. Studies have looked at athlete to student treatment and…

experience. Paying students to play sports would totally ruin it the college sports industry. Athletes play sports in college for two reasons; the love of the game and the change to make it to the pros. If these students start getting paid, colleges and university athletic department would turn into enterprise and this would tarnish the college athletic system. Bottom line here is that the college athletic system is broken and the solution is not to start paying college athletes. All that is…

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…