Capital gain

For this week’s assignment I chose the Terry Watson the agent and UNC scandal. Terry Watson was indicted on13 felony charges related to the North Carolina Uniform Athlete Act. Watson was also charged with obstruction of justice .The Agent provided three former UNC football players’ gifts and money; which included travel expenses for Greg Little that totaled $1,574 and $683.24 in hotel expenses. Little was also provided $18,200 in cash between May 2010 and October 2010. Robert Quinn was alleged…

Lennon was a storm of controversy from his young years in working-class environs to his violent death in 1980 in New York City. Leading up to this event David Chapman was sitting outside on a park bench. Chapman had a list of individuals he could kill; John Lennon was not initially a target, however he was killed because of opportunity (Telegraph 5). Lennon was walking with his wife Yoko Ono when he was stopped by Chapman, who presented himself as a tourist within the city. After Lennon…

There are many factors that play a role in characters overall development. Society has a huge impact on a characters actions and progress throughout their life. Two dynamic characters, Hester Prynne and Jean Valjean, have been shaped by society’s opinions and actions towards them. The simplest difference between these two characters is their gender. Although it may be a minor difference, it has a huge impact on the way society has treated these two. Hester committed a major sin, went against…

In the United States, people have been and continue to be wrongfully convicted by eyewitnesses. A majority of those convictions have been overturned by DNA testing (Yarmey, 2001). Eyewitness testimony is unreliable based on the findings psychologists have discovered through the research and study of memory. The Case for Expert Testimony about Eyewitness Memory, an article written by Michael Leipee, is sure to make known the importance of psychology in the courtroom. Eyewitness testimony is…

Ray Krone is one of many people who have suffered from being falsely accused. In December of 1991, Ray Krone was in his mid thirties. At the time, he was working as a postal worker. Ray Krone lived in Phoenix, Arizona at the time. Krone was living a successful life, he had recently purchased a house. In his spare time he would go play darts at the CBS Lounge in Phoenix. Kim Ancona, a thirty-five year old woman, regularly worked at the CBS Lounge. Ray Krone and Kim Ancona knew each other…

Psychology is the study of the mind within humans and the functions that are with it. A psychopath is defined as someone who is mentally ill and emotionally unstable with violent or aggressive behavior (OED). Throughout American and world history, many cases of psychopaths have been found. One psychopath in particular was a serial killer by the name of Albert Fish. Psychopath’s are not freaks of nature; they usually experience a tragic incident or face a hardship over a long period of time.…

The articles says this too “humans have repeatedly encountered a wide range of situations in which the benefits of killing another person outweighed the costs”.Shouldn't the cost of another human beings life outweigh whatever political or military gain that follows? Human nature is to try and survive for as long as possible, So why do people always resort to violence when they should be doing everything in their power to stay alive. Even in today’s modern society you almost never see people…

How would you feel if your child was sentenced to life in prison? On June 25, 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that juveniles who committed murder could not be sentenced to life in prison because it violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. A justice of the majority claims the immaturity, impetuosity, and failure to appreciate the risks and consequences. Including the background at home, usually you cannot extricate someone from their environment at home. There is no…

Joint enterprise, ending crime or escalating jail rates? In this day and age crime is crazy, a leap in crimes committed, the population is growing and so the demand for technology is increasing. This only results in more crime, more criminals and more witnesses. Joint enterprise is a new law recently re-introduced aiming to reduce the amount of criminals by acting as a deterrent, however it can result in punishment of the innocent. Joint enterprise is a topic in which experts have been debating…

In his article “The Right of Punishing”, Kant states that Justice is best served retributively, either equally or proportionally. In the beginning Kant establishes that the right of executing a punishment belongs to the Sovereign only as it is the highest power to exact revenge against a criminal correctly. Kant separates crimes into two categories private crime (crimen) and public crime (crimen publicum). Kant explains that Private crimes are crimes done in front of the party who suffers and…