On August 2009, Ms. Patty Chan said she was hired by Chain Systems, Inc. as the Office Manager for the insured as she is supervised by Tong Chen the owner and operator at Chain Systems, Inc. She said her front office desk position requires her to work the front reception of the office where she types up invoices, create P.O.’s, (Purchase Orders) and other simple bookkeeping duties. She said that her office duties derive from instructions whom she receives from Mr. Tom Tong by helping him with…
solid belief in the suspect’s guilt and tries to assert that any attempt to deny guilt will fail (Chapman, 2013). Research has shown that use of minimization and maximization, as well as other manipulative techniques, can increase the chance of a false confession being obtained (Narchet et al.,…
proved that they were wrongly accused" (Innocence Project). Wrongly convicted individuals serve an average number of 14 years in prison before they are exonerated and 29% of the cases involved false confessions (Innocence Project). Included in those tens of thousands of cases as well as in the 29% of false confessions is the Jeffrey Deskovic case. In November of 1989 in Peekskill, New York, Jeffrey Deskovic was 16 year old high school student (Crocker Synder, McQuillan, Murphy, Joselson,…
In “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, the setting becomes almost another character that is used to drive the plot forward and to explain the reason behind the action of the main characters. By contrast, the setting of “The Lottery” lulls the reader into a false sense of tranquility before shocking the reader with the final plot twist. “The Rocking-Horse…
The overall length of the short film affects its structure, characterisation, plot and especially story. ‘The longer a short film lasts, the more the audience wants it to be a story. They want it to mean something.’ (Cowgill (2005 :9)). This means that shorter films, up to 5 minutes, are usually a comedy sketch with a punch line, such as in Knob, or a horror with a twist, like Selfie From Hell. The reveal or surprising ending seems to be common in the under 5 minute short, as the film has little…
confronted with special interview tactics that are often used by police interrogators. The way that police interrogators interview potential suspects may have an impact on these false confessions. Many police interrogators use certain tactics in an attempt to lead individuals to remember crimes that did not occur, then causing false confessions. When interrogators make direct accusations, ask leading questions and provide negative feedback, individuals can often have a belief change. This…
I have selected the theme(s) of vampirism and romanticism to represent strategies in which the mode Twilight has been portrayed. Twilight is portrayed in film and novel which defines and summarizes the difference in nature and tone of the two pieces. Namely the two pieces reveal how the protagonist acts and reacts, the visual display against textual perception, and the abbreviated conversations. Throughout this paper the reader will be able to detect contextual clues to allow one to relate the…
TANZANITE GEMS is an original dark comedy crime tale. The script presents with an original voice and provides for an entertaining time. The goal is clear and the stakes have the potential to be fairly high. There are solid themes about loyalty and trust. With that said, the script would benefit from further development in the areas of the structure, the pace, tension, and character development. One of the first concerns is identifying the main protagonist. The story opens with Eddie and Danny…
wrongly convicted, proclaims that “false confessions have played a role in at least 25% of DNA exoneration cases”, leading people to wonder and analyze exactly what brings an innocent person to…
LOGLINE When an accountant is convicted of a white collar crime, he gets a first-hand look at life on the inside and discovers a whole new and absurd world of orange collar crime. SYNOPSIS When accountant, David Barnes is convicted of tax evasion, his pseudo lawyer, Louis Fishbein, isn’t able to get him off. David is sentenced to prison at Fort Dicks and has to leave his girl friend, Judy, behind. Barnes is sent to Fort Dicks, a felony “camp” for white-collar crimes. There he meets a cast of…