Golden rule

"I deserve, certainly, the most extreme punishment society has, and I think society deserves to be protected from me and from others like me." This quote from Ted Bundy, stated just days before his execution in Florida’s electric chair, shows that Bundy truly is a cold-hearted killer (Nichols 54). Bundy is thought to be responsible for the death of more than 30 women and girls, all with the same physical characteristics. Using tricks such as asking for help to find his dog or pretending to have…

WOOSH!!, the ball is high up in the air making its way down to the green,dry grass of the outer field. As it made its way towards me. I had no choice for the game rules itself, it was to catch or lose, letting the ball hit the ground rolling next to me watching it haunt me as I knew that I could of done something. But I wasn’t leaving that field with a defeat of my choice. I made the wise decision of what I thought was right, something that I knew that could represent myself as a player for what…

In the 1970s, a shocking serial killer came to the public's attention. Ted Bundy seemed like a normal man; however, his true nature soon came to light. He became obsessed with young women and he was fixated to the point of murder. This seemingly charming man was ultimately revealed as the epitome of evil - a psychopathic killer. Bundy was connected to numerous rapes and murders; it is possible he killed over forty women, perhaps even hundreds. He eventually confessed to keeping victims' heads as…

exclusionary clause which under Constitutional law, holds that evidence collected or analyzed in violation of defendants constitutional rights is not permitted for use in criminal persecutions. Sparked by the famous case Mapp v. Ohio, the exclusionary rule has a fair share of critics who argue that police blunders let criminals go free. In the 1961 Supreme Court case, Dollree Mapp was convicted when police searched her house ,under a false warrant, for a suspected bomb fugitive and found “lewd,…

home cooking meals, cleaning messes, and watching the children. Women fought for a chance to play sports, including basketball. These women were finally able to play the sports, but the audience thought the games to be too rough, so the rules changed. Although rule makers adapted the guidelines when women’s basketball first began, the sport gave women an outlet in sports. Women’s role in society limited their opportunities to play sports. Because the ladies of this time were busy doing the…

After completing six and a half innings, we head into the bottom of the final inning as the Aquinas Blugolds are ahead of Lake Country Lutheran 4-2. As a young child around the age of 5, I started playing baseball, and just like almost every little boy or girl, I always had that dream about making the game-winning shot in basketball or making that diving catch to win the state championship in baseball. My dream was almost fulfilled on June 18th, 2015. The season started in March and went all…

It was the game of the season the game we had all been working hard to play and win, we had made it to the finals in regionals, win one more game and we are going to state. I put on my uniform and headed to the softball fields, nervous but ready to play. It was a home game, home games were always the best because everyone came to watch. We started warming up for the game, our first thing we did was throw the ball back and forth for a while, after that we got a little bit of hitting practice.…

The Great Golf Ball Dilemma- Will *All calculations are rounded* This maths investigation explored the best way to package six golf balls and to recommend to the manager of a sports manufacturing company Supreme Sports. The task was to test two designs, a cylindrical box and a rectangular box, under the criteria of wasting minimal space and also the least cost the company. This testing would occur by using the knowledge of surface area and volume using formulas to find out the mathematical…

One of the reasons for why the courts enforce secret trusts can be explained by the fraud theory. Fraud theory is based on the maxim that “equity will not permit a statute to be used as an instrument of fraud”. [8] Equity will not permit the secret trustee to keep the property fraudulently to themselves relying on failing to comply with Wills Act’s requirements such as the terms not in signed writing, but instead will ensure them to hold the property on trust. [8] In this context, “fraud” should…

Thesis This paper will discuss the cases of: Weeks v United States, Mapp v Ohio, Gideon v Wainwright and Scott v Harris. This paper will discuss which of these cases was the most important and it has impacted the criminal justice system. Each of these four Cases answered questions that influenced the criminal justice system to a whole new level. Mapp v Ohio: Police illegally entered the home of Dollree Mapp without a warrant. Officers were initially searching her home for a fugitive, but…