All-white jury

The Jury System by Kenneth Jost Are major changes needed? Should peremptory challenges be abolished? 1. What is at issue? What is the claim behind this issue? Why is this important now? What impact will it have on the future? - The proceeding issue deals with whether or not to abolish the peremptory challenges within the judicial system. Peremptory challenges allow attorneys to dismiss potential jurors without the inclusion of a reason as to why. The author includes one side that favors the…

book To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee addresses a heavy subject, through Atticus, about our court systems that should be challenged. He tells the reader during the closing of the Tom Robinson case, “our courts are great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal” (274). This statement should be challenged due to the reality of the subject. Most men and women wish our court systems were equal, but they are never going to be. This is due to the fact that people will always hold…

man, and a white man. The white man is a teacher, and the young black man is a good student of his. One day they’re in class and someone’s phone rings. Out of all the people in the class, the teacher picks on Brandon, the only black man in the classroom. Brandon and the teacher have an altercation and it leads to Brandon being suspended, weeks before his graduation. After school, he tells his mom that he wants to go back and ask for a second chance. He goes back to school, but…

The trial begins with Sheriff Tate and Mr. Ewell being questioned. It was established that the sheriff went to the Ewell home upon Mr. Ewell’s request. The daughter, Mayella, was found on the floor beaten and bruised, and both the father and daughter accused Tom Robinson of the attack. Upon cross-examination, Atticus made it clear that a doctor had not examined Mayella to verify the rape, the injuries were on the girl’s right side indicating the attacker would need to be left-handed, and Mr.…

committed is a crime on its own. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird a trial involving a Negro, Tom Robinson in opposition to a white man, Bob Ewell, is present. Tom Robinson is charged with sexual assault against Mayella, Bob Ewell’s daughter. As the trial continues on Atticus’ defense of Tom Robinson manifests the innocence of the accuser. Furthermore, all evidences presented were all in favour of Tom Robinson. Despite this fact, Tom is charged guilty and soon he is shot dead because of his…

to a trial by jury. The defendant, presumed ‘innocent until proven guilty’, has the right to be judged by a group of his or her peers based on the evidence presented, the assumption being that the defendant will be judged in a fair and impartial manner. However, human beings are fallible and can be subject to faulty reasoning, alongside irrational and biased thinking. The play Twelve Angry Men, by Reginald Rose is set in a mid twentieth century American jury room. Twelve strangers, all male, are…

talked about murdering Doctor King ("Ray pleads guilty to King assassination - Mar 10, 1969 - HISTORY.com", 2010). I would paint the picture of Ray’s demeanor and would show his hatred was the motive to assassinate Doctor King. Then, I would show the jury the fugitive planned ahead by the purchases he made prior to renting the room at Bessie Brewer’s rooming house, such as the purchase of the rifle, and the receipt for the binoculars.…

the defense’s role is to vindicate the defendant of the crime accused. To do so, a story must be told, followed by an argument with evidence as aid. The person in charge of the final verdict is the judge or the jury. In the book, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, the readers become the jury and Stevenson is the lawyer who is presenting the injustice within the case of Walter McMillian. The way Stevenson wrote the book Just Mercy is in the style of a courtroom trial where there is a story told, then…

being a poor, non-white, young man is reason enough for a conviction. “During the storming stage, group members are initially more anxious in their interactions with one another because they are afraid of losing control, being misunderstood, looking foolish, or being rejected” (Gladding, 2012, p. 108). There is quite a bit of anxiety among the jurors that appears as anger. Some of the jurors give the impression of being angry at the defendant, when they haven’t even reviewed all of the…

Hickock, are put on trial for the murder of four members of the Clutter family. The judge ruled that the pair of lawbreakers were to suffer the worst capital punishment in existence, the death penalty. To begin with, the criminals were up against a bias jury and judge. Judge Tate who conducted the trial was “acquainted with the victims” (Capote 281). Because of his personal connection to the case, he had formed his opinion about the convicts prior…