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    Jury Room Summary

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    The pitfall of the stereotyping in the jury rooms is that creates an injustice to the defendant and that corrupts understanding and therefore, blocks the logical reasoning in the decision making process of reaching a fair verdict. Juror number eight, in the movie, displays many of the characteristics of a critical thinking compared with other jurors. He “strive for understanding, keeps the curiosity alive, remain patient and ready to invest time to overcome confusion” (Ruggiero, 2012, p.21). He…

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    Capital punishment, the United States law that is enforced on society’s most dangerous criminals such as rapist and murderers to “ensure” the safety of citizen and deter crimes as promised. As of right now, there are thirty eight states in the United States that have a death penalty and the cost of the death penalty for each state is different but one thing in similar is it’s not worth spending so much money on killing somebody that could face a better way of punishment. Many believe that the…

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    Court Case Study: Hamdy V.

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    RELEVANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION Developmental History Mr. Hamdy was born in Cairo, Egypt to the intact union of his parents, Ihab Mohammad Hamdy and Iman Abdelgawad. The elder, Dr. Hamdy offered that the defendant was born on time during a vaginal birth. He also reported regular prenatal visits while his wife was pregnant with their son. He stated that Mr. Hamdy reached developmental milestones, such as walking and talking, at the same rate as other children with no developmental delays…

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    Activity #2 Good afternoon, my name is Shameka Price. Today, I’m representing the defendant Jacob Covington. My defendant stands here falsely accused of the possession and distribution of child pornography which is a very is a serious matter. A possession conviction can lead to 10 years in prison. Any child pornography conviction can require him to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. This can adversely impact the defendant’s ability to work, where he can reside, and even…

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    information and negotiating the price (asking for discounts) mentioned that he would think about it, which could be termed as an intention to create a contract. It should also be noted that if a offer had been made the defendant had the right to reject or present a counter offer, and if the defendant had made an offer then he had the right to revoke the offer since it had not been accepted by the time, he accepted another…

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    in most cases by you, which usually leads to a higher cost. Most process servers prioritize service of process by: Same Day Service | 4 - 8 hours. Rush Service | 72 hours. Routine Service | 3 - 5 days. Back to top of page Where can defendants be served? This depends on which state the papers are being served in or are coming from. This is another reason why you need a process server. In most states, you can serve anyone anywhere at anytime. In Minnesota, you may substitute serve…

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    been used for many centuries to kill murderers or anyone who has committed a heinous crime. Although this may sound like a good thing, the trial errors are catastrophic. A judge and a jury are the ones to decide if a defendant gets the death penalty or a noncapital punishment. A defendant on trial for this certain punishment, does not get most of their rights of an American citizen. Congress should reconsider capital punishment as unconstitutional because of the amount of money used (1), the…

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    Racial Empathy Gap Analysis

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    They questioned society’s structure and assessed it to be inadequate. For the trial that occurs in 12 Angry Men, they would be very concerned with how the law is written within the plot. The film states that on a first-degree murder conviction a defendant must be executed via electrocution. They would find this “cookie-cutter” law unfair and oppressing, while also viewing the entire system as a whole as…

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    exception for true threats does not remove negligent speech from the First Amendment protection. In this case, after all the arguments are given for subjective intent to threaten, the Court held that the statute 18 U. S. C. §875(c) does not require the defendant to be aware of the threatening nature of the communication in order to be convicted of threatening…

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    The defendant had previously made alterations to the land by increasing the grade of the slope and had knowledge that children commonly walked by the slope. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant was liable under the attractive nuisance doctrine since the slope was a dangerous condition. However, the court held that a condition on the land that is natural does not satisfy the meaning in the attractive nuisance doctrine. Stark. It also determined that the changes made by the defendant to the…

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