Grand jury

I had been wanting to observe a jury selection, I finally observed some in Judge Ewell’s courtroom. Judge and counsels are discussing to see what jurors can be excuse when I went in. The jurors came back in and took almost all the seats, the prosecutor started his questioning. There are…

In “The Bet”, Anton Chekhov tells a tale of a young lawyer and banker who make a deal. The time is set in the late 1800’s and starts with a group of people together discussing capital punishment. Over the course of their discussion, they talked about their views on capital punishment and how they feel about it. During the discussion, the lawyer says that he would rather live in solitary confinement than receive death. The banker takes this as an invitation to construct a bet. The banker bets…

Beyond Reasonable Doubt Adnan Syed was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of Hae Min Lee, and sentenced to life in prison plus thirty years on February 25, 2000. But this story started a year earlier, when Hae Min Lee went missing on January 13, 1999. Her disappearance turned into a murder investigation when her strangled body was found February 9, buried in a shallow grave in Leakin Park, Baltimore. This case wasn’t a big news back then, but it was reignited when Serial’s host…

happen next. I would recommend the film, 12 Angry Men, to viewers This film is excellent because of the strong use of character development, complex, but easy to follow plot, and proper use of film elements. The film revolves around 12 men serving on a jury to determine whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty for stabbing his father to death based on the premise of reasonable doubt. As Juror Number Eight develops reasonable doubt based on some logical errors of the witness statements, he…

Thanks to Ramona’s helpful instructions I didn’t feel nervous. So I went to the jury duty parking garage and I parked on the third floor and walked the connecting bridge as if it was nothing. I also passed security and went to the cafeteria. This time Ramona was the one that was running behind, so I decided to get breakfast in the…

December 15, 1791, and the main idea of the 6th Amendment is the rights of a accused person committing a crime by the government. There are seven rights in the 6th amendment which include the right to: Speedy Trial, Public Trial, Judged by an impartial Jury, Notified of the nature and circumstances of the crime, Confront witnesses who testify against accused, witnesses who favor the accused, and right to a lawyer. One of the most important rights is judged by…

The way Capote divided In Cold Blood put the reader in the shoes of an investigator. Each section is based on different parts on an investigation which begins with the background or the victims and the result of the crimes, followed by the questioning of various suspect and potential witnesses, then the answers revealed with the capture and conviction of the criminals, and finished off with the penalty dealt to the criminals. However, the reader is let in on Perry and Dicks actions and…

Gideon’s Trumpet In 1961, a case appeared to the United States Supreme Court that challenged a well-accepted precedent established by the court almost 20 years prior. The case being discussed in this book is Gideon vs Wainwright, in which the defendant is a fifty-one-year-old white man in Florida. Gideon was accused of petty larceny, and eventually found guilty in court. Gideon, though, was representing himself, as he could not afford an attorney and was never provided with one. Gideon feels as…

Plato’s Apology tells the tale of Socrates’ defense, counterproposal, and death sentence in front of a jury of approximately 500 Athenian citizens. Plato’s Crito is named after a wealthy friend of Socrates who the philosopher invokes during his defense as an example of one of the men present in the jury who had enough exposure to his teachings, whether directly or through relatives, to have grounds to testify as a witness against Socrates if indeed his teachings were corrupting the young. An…

QUESTION 1 (4 marks) Briefly identify and explain the main communication weakness, in the way that defence counsel has sought to test the credibility of the evidence given by this witness, about how the accused reacted to the behaviour of the complainant. The main communication weakness in segment one is gratuitous concurrence. The first contribution leading to gratuitous concurrence can be drawn from the context of the cross-examination. The defence counsel a non-indigenous man is a…