This Documentary looks at four brilliant mathematicians; Cantor, Boltzmann, Godel, and Turing for their groundbreaking contributions to mathematics, but also for the mental anguish and personal tragedy in their lives. How big is infinity? What is thermodynamics? These seemingly simple questions are what drove four brilliant mathematicians to insanity and ultimately suicide. “Dangerous Knowledge” delves into the deeper side of mathematics by trying to understand nature through mathematics,…
Selle V. Gibb The case at hand is one of alleged copyright infringement on a musical composition, specifically on the basis of substantial similarity and access. When establishing a claim of copyright infringement of a musical composition, the plaintiff must prove ownership of copyright, originality of the work, copying of the work by the defendant, and a substantial degree of similarity between the two works. The composer, Ronald Selle, claims that the three Gibb brothers, also known as the…
ailment and undesired company. His behavior before and after the murder drips with recklessness, anxiety, and guilt. In an era before the development of acquiring and discerning physical evidence, circumstantial evidence synchs convictions. Through his actions, Raskolnikov leaves a great deal of circumstantial evidence behind. In particular, in chapters 4 and 5, Raskolnikov acts in a manner that hints at his guilt; meanwhile, his closest current acquaintances Razumihin…
ideas about how the courtroom works when it comes to presenting evidence. These shows have covered grounds from tampered evidence, to inadmissibility, and lack of relevancy. However, it is much easier to understand the difference between the viewpoints of pop culture on evidence and the actuality of the manner, when you understand the different types of evidence. Evidence is classified into two categories, direct and circumstantial evidence. In order to understand the definition of both, one…
The three types are real evidence, direct evidence, and circumstance evidence. First, real evidence is defined tangible or touchable, identifiable objects, such as weapons, clothing, or blood. However, a person must be cautious about listing evidence that physically appears to be evidence but may not be. That is why it is important to label items as what they appear to be such as, it appears to be blood on a shirt. Records of evidence must be kept as accurate as possible to protect…
Trial Summery Over the summer and fall of 2015 I Interned at the public defender’s office in Wake County. Throughout my time interning I have been working on two cases, neither of which have gone to trial neither of which have gone to trial at this stage. However, I was able to attend part of a trial for a rape case, in which our client was the defendant. By attending part of this case, I was able to experience first-hand courtroom procedures. Before discussing the trial, it is essential to…
Professor Virginia Rawl English 1304 30 April, 2015 Exploring Direct Democracy and its Forms Democracy in a general form is a system of government in which power is given to the people who rule directly or indirectly through representatives. In a democratic government, the input of those representing the citizens determines the fate of a country or state. There are two basic types of democracy and they are the representative democracy and direct democracy. Simply put, a representative democracy…
types of evidence that can be admitted into a case: testimony, circumstantial evidence, direct evidence, and real or physical evidence. Today, evidence usually comes from sources of the real of physical evidence such as bullets, body fluids, and fingerprints. Inside that category of evidence, there is a specific field called Forensic Science. According to “Forensic Science: Evidence, Clues, and Investigation” by Andrea Campbell, the physical evidence category, sometimes called hard evidence,…
jury’s decision-making, recent interpretations of harmless error analysis suggest a departure from this holding. See Kotteakos v. United States, 68 S.Ct. 1247 (1946). The Court’s analysis in recent years has dealt specifically with the sufficiency of evidence for conviction when the error is removed. See Brecht v. Abrahamson, 113 S.Ct. at 1722 (1993); United States v. Olano, 113 S.Ct. at 1779 (1993); Neder v. United States, 119 S.Ct. at 1833 (1999);…
Paul Bloom, in the article “The Baby In The Well: The Case Against Empathy,” argues that the human emotion, empathy, causes our world more harm than it does good and that humans should use reason in place of it. Bloom supports his claims by contrasting between a counter argument and examples that back up his view on empathy. The author’s purpose is to inform people about how empathy can blow situations out of proportion in order to try and make them believe that reason is much more useful in…