Conviction

DNA is found at a crime scene, they become a suspect in an investigation. The use of DNA as evidence has challenged traditional legal principles and processes. However, the analysis of DNA has not come far enough to be the only evidence needed for conviction in criminal cases. Using circumstantial DNA evidence can have major effects on stakeholders…

Corrections are necessary not only in the community, the United States military holds their own trials and runs their own correctional facility. Currently the United States Military holds any prisoner sentenced to any amount of time in prison or sentenced to death row in Ft. Leavenworth in Kansas. Since 1961 no military members have been executed, however there are six men on death row at this time. There are also prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, which are awaiting trial and are not part of…

interview with Starr, he compares how two techniques frequently used by law enforcement in the United States with the Reid Method and another used predominately by areas in Europe with the PEACE method underline issues that cause these wrongful convictions. Starr’s discusses how the America’s law enforcement has monopolized the Reid techniques in the protocols of interrogation techniques under these premises of catching people in a lie that is paired with anxiety attributes from physical and…

tried to justify the release of thousands of convicted criminal illegal aliens when Cruz confronted her with a multitude of statistics from current to past years. "193 murderers with homicide convictions. 426 people with sexual assault convictions. 16,000 criminal illegal aliens with drunk driving convictions," released in 2014 instead of being deported or undergoing criminal proceedings. "I want to know that your testimony here, on how many criminals ICE released in 2013, you were off by a…

fewer cases of wrongful conviction than the American system. Consequently, I disbelieve the authors’ statement that incarceration is the superior method of penal punishment when dealing with the issue of wrongful convictions because the Islamic criminal justice system would theoretically have much fewer cases to begin with, and therefore you cannot make such a sweeping statement that the American system is better, because they have so many more cases of wrongful conviction to begin with. Perhaps…

state of Arkansas medicating a mentally ill inmate, Charles Singleton, to make him mentally competent to execute the death penalty. This particular case provides mixed emotions and views of the judicial decision to follow through with the original conviction of Mr. Singleton. Furthermore, this provides evidence that the law and legal process needs an overhaul to fairly prosecute the mentally ill. The background behind this case of Charles Singleton is…

What separates man from beast, distinguishes between good and evil, right from wrong, determines conduct: morality. A quality found both in individuals –personal convictions, ideals, and conscience –and in a community as a whole –societal values, norms, conventions –morality proves a driving force in almost every action, thought, and word. This is idea of morality as driving force is where the term “moral compass” comes from, where morality acts as a guide directing and moving one forward.…

Denny et al, I am now familiar with the Donald Marshall case. The Royal Commission investigated the Donald Marshall case in-depth to find out how he was wrongfully convicted, by doing so they discovered systemic racism majorly contributed to his conviction. The Royal Commissioners then discovered what developed out of the events and numerous recommendations for further reference. A Royal Commission is “a body…

Upon first glance of Hughe’s “Salvation” and Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”, one would think the two non-fictional stories would be quite different when compared to the other. After all, the settings are as contrasting as the characters themselves. Langston Hugh’s “Salvation” takes place mainly upon a church pew in the presence of a church congregation, in Missouri, with the main character being a twelve-year-old boy. Meanwhile, George Orwell’s “Shooting of an Elephant” takes place in a foreign…

Oregon (1908) Facts: Curt Muller was convicted of violating Oregon labor laws, by making a female employee in his Laundromat work longer than ten hours in a single workday. Procedural History: Muller appealed his conviction to the Oregon Supreme Court, which upheld the original conviction. The case then was brought before the U.S. Supreme Court. Issue: Whether Oregon’s labor law which prohibited women from working longer than ten hours in a single work day interferes with the freedom of…