Courtroom

Evaluating Judges Before They Are Sworn into the Courtroom Imagine this: a middle-aged African-American man is homeless and desperate for food, willing to do whatever it takes to satisfy his aching stomach to stay alive. Suddenly, a normal-looking man approaches him. The homeless man asks the mysterious person what he needs, to which he replies, “A girl and some weed.” Prostitutes are common around the area where the homeless man resides, and weed is also prevalent. The man decides to follow…

Nice post Kevin, but the selection of your jurors calls into question of whether these jurors that you selected are bias or not. According to Jessica Hullinger (2015) the proper way to select is through questioning she stated: “Use a mixture of questions, keen observation, and stereotyping, this is how attorneys eliminate people they think would hurt their case (para. 2).” Based on that fact, an attorney can only use a series of questions and to weed out the bad through the process of…

rationalize any answer except racial bias. He then suggests that, “white judges are insensitive to racial issues in their courtrooms” because they themselves are used to unknowingly being preferred and consequently unable to recognize, “when subtle racial attitudes pervade their courtroom” (Manuel). Fortunately, there have been many trail-blazers for getting rid of bias in the courtroom. Manuel then defines…

into the courtroom of Judge Thomas Marcelain to observe my first courtroom trial. The trial involved a 31-year-old man named, Daniel Bohanna, of Pataskala. Mr. Bohanna decided to represent himself in his trial for fear of misrepresentation. He was charged with rape, kidnapping, and felonious assault. I have seen footage on T.V. from famous trials and of course seen reenactments from Hollywood, but I have never been to one in person until now. I can tell you this, T.V. and movies make courtroom…

Courtroom Number and Name of Judge *Note: I attended the central branch court in downtown San Diego with my peer, Tina Nguyen, on Friday May 11, 2018. -The courtroom number was 1901 and the judge was Peter L. Gallagher. Names of Prosecutor and Defense Attorney -The prosecutor in this case was Amy Colby while the defense attorney was Ryan MacGuire Fong. Type of Hearing -The type of hearing was a preliminary hearing. Main Facts of the Case -The main facts of the case concern two females by…

“She barely made it into the stall, threw all her stuff on the floor, damn the laptop, and fixed herself so she could sit on the commode.” Cheryl, the main character, held her stomachache from work to library because she thought she could get away with it. Despite the circumstances, she inputted more food into her stomach. The embarrassment moment was when she was in the restroom with the other two girls on the right and left side of her. In "Strange Encounters of the Restroom Kind", Deartra D.…

In Illusory Causation in the Courtroom, published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, G. Daniel Lassiter explores illusory causation in terms of the role it plays in courtrooms. This is the possibility of the effect that camera perspective has on jurors’ judgements on the suspect’s guilt, whether it was a voluntary confession and sentence recommendations. The Death Penalty Information Center had documented cases in which death row inmates were released due to new evidence and in…

In the courtroom scene of “Their eyes were watching god”, where the main character Janie is on trial for shooting her husband Tea Cake after, he charged at her and she shot him with a gun that he gave her. The critic that I am going to be talking about is Washington, who says that because Janie’s important speeches are being told in 3rd person point of view in the courtroom scene, she is disempowered as a female character. In this essay it will talk about how even though some parts of the story…

amendment itself is put together very well. The issue is that not every single courtroom is following this. Some cases are not treated the same as others, that is not fair and the sixth amendment should be followed. There have been many cases where people do not get treated fairly in a trial. There has been cases where factors such a race determine the sentencing of a person. This bias should not be tolerated in a courtroom. According to sentencingproject.org, African American men are…

interpret witness testimony (cite). Because several different methods can be utilized in the courtroom, this can create additional challenges in the courtroom. For instance, paraphrasing or condensing a speaker’s statements can create a disconnect between what is said and what is relayed during the interpretation process. Therefore, interpretation styles can become potential barriers to accessing justice in the courtroom. The issuance of protective orders is dependent on several factors…