Criminal accusation

Jane’s Battery Claim A “Battery” is a 1)unpermitted, unprivileged harmful or offensive contact with another person 2) caused by an act intended to result in such contact, or 3) the apprehension of such a contact. First, in order for there to be a cause of action against Mike, contact must have occurred (either harmful or offensive). When Mike called Jane and told her inappropriate things over the phone, Jane did not have any form of physical contact with Mike (neither harmful nor offensive).…

probationer was that he was an angry individual, who I would have difficulty getting to follow the rules of probation. I felt like the original probationer probably did need to be sentenced to incarceration instead of probation, due to his prior criminal history and family background. My impression changed greatly when meeting with the alternate probationer. The alternate probationer seemed like he was genuinely interested in following the rules and accepting responsibility for his actions. I…

of wealth and power in the society, these provide as a strong influence and also provides the oppurtunities available to different social group and to perform such acts which when performed will result in them being regarded as a criminal. It has been noted that criminal activities are learned in exactly the same way as law abiding one and also tend to be directed towards meeting the same needs. Functionalost theories show us that some crime and deviance is produced by structural tension and…

10’ rooms with toilet implanted in the same place, and a bunch of weak and hallucinating people with sorrowful stories. There is an acute lack of hygiene and a dearth of even basic requirements to live. For some people, prisons are places where criminals are locked up to prevent from committing other offenses. Others believe that the prison as it is unfair and is not helpful in reducing crimes. Therefore the prison system should be abolished…

In the 1998 case Powell v. United States Congress, better known as the “Rodney King Beating trial”, two attorneys argued whether or not four LAPD officers used excessive force while arresting Rodney King. At the time of the arrest, the amount of crime in Los Angeles was rising. Cannon points out that, “ with a rising crime rate and a rapidly increasing multicultural population” (Cannon). With the crime rate on the rise the small LAPD staff had to enforce lean and mean mentality for their…

More privatized prisons in the system would only make the owners of the prison a lot more richer. Many may say that these owners of the prisons are helping the government to deal with the overcrowding situation. But how are the owners helping the government, it looks like the owners are helping themselves. The owners are taking advantage of the government's problems. Christopher Petrella, a researcher at the University of California-Berkeley, and he comes out to say " Private prisons set up…

committed a wrong or appreciate why it was wrong. Some states also allow defendants to argue that they understood their behavior was criminal but were unable to control it. This is sometimes called the "irresistible impulse" defense. When defendants plead not guilty by reason of insanity, they are asserting an affirmative defense—that is, they admit that they committed a criminal act, but seek to excuse their behavior by reason of mental illness that satisfies the definition of legal insanity.…

examining Sturman and buries his story within other stories of his associate and legal content. Even the man who is ultimately responsible for Sturman demise receives a few pages. This section is also extremely biased, depicting the image that mostly criminals or immoral people are involved in this business. There are many aspects of porn that is legal, but they are only briefly mentioned. Porn is not as repressed now as it was in Sturman’s lifetime. A better examination would have involved an…

The movie Antwone Fisher is about a young man in the Navy who has a history of violence. He had a rough life as a child, due to his father being killed and his mother being arrested. Antwone was born in jail, and grew up in the foster system, where he suffers physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. A runaway at 14, he lives in the streets until he joins the Navy. Antwone is sent to therapy after a run-in with another sailor on his ship, of which he is at fault. This begins the therapeutic journey…

Clarence Darrow once stated that “there is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.” As it is, crime is inevitable for a living person in the long run. Suppose, one drove into the red light at the traffic intersection or a student lit cigarette inside the school zone, both are accountable for crimes with the consequences. Crime is a crime for the action a person has committed, and the only difference is consequences depending on how big the crimes are. During the…