Grievous bodily harm

The great sword is showy, big, and has a lot of people that use it. The shield is less popular and impossible to use as a weapon, however without the shield some grievous bodily harm could occur. With that in mind, out of all of the amendments the most important is the ninth. The ninth amendment basically says that these are just the rights they could think of right now, but they probably missed some, and even if they didn’t…

Ellen Rays thought nothing of it. On October 27th at approximately 8 pm, Joseph Standing found the body of the deceased child wrapped in a black shawl with no clothes on the same one sold to Louisa by the assistant. He noticed the severe Grievous-bodily-harm to the face and the body making the boy barely identifiable immediately he notified the police force. post-mortem…

For centuries, societies have argued for and against the use of capital punishment as a sentence to stop heinous crimes. Evidence shows that capital punishment is not the only sentence that will stop murder in our society. This essay will investigate and analyse the current laws in place and how effective they are. It will evaluate and justify if the existing laws are just and equitable. Capital punishment is the practice of executing someone as punishment for murder or other heinous crimes…

Every 107 seconds, another American is sexually assaulted. According to the NCVS (National Crime Victimization Survey), there is an average of 294,000 (12 years old and over) reported victims every year (Gaiman). Only 30% of sexual assault cases are reported (“Facts and Statistics”). Sexual assault can be detrimental to anybody’s mental, physical, and emotional stability. Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is forcing undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another. When that…

R v. Gonzales refers to a criminal case of a triple parricide by twenty year old Australian BOS: 28744455 Sef Gonzales which occurred on the 10th of July 2001. Sef’s motives for killing his father Teddy, Mother Mary Loiva and sister Clodine derived from his parent’s unattainable high expectations of him and his desire to financially benefit from their death. Having premeditated his crime, Sef entered Clodine’s room at 4pm armed with two kitchen knifes and a baseball bat and killed her. The cause…

8.Explanations 8.1. Rational Choice Theory Rational choice theory presumes that individuals make logical decisions from the choices available to them, which provides the greatest satisfaction and which are in their interest (Haycraft, 2013:13). Furthermore, rational choice theory assumes that an offender carries out a crime by evaluating what can be earned through committing the crime (Haycraft, 3013:13). Haycraft (2013:12) states that an individual might decide to commit a crime because the…

Many students are excited to enter college. There is new freedom, and they are not being nagged by their parents. Students can go to sporting events, parties, and extra-curricular events to meet new people, and maybe even romantic interests (Wilson). However, students are taught to be careful in new situations. There is no telling if someone they meet may be a sexual predator. Many women are told to be cautious of new men they meet, and to always watch their drinks at parties. Although this…

In McHugh J’s dissenting judgment in Masciantonio v R he argues that the characteristics of an ordinary person of the same age, race, culture and background as the accused should be implemented when applying the law of provocation preventing the likelihood of discrimination and injustice. Further, he goes on in saying that in a multicultural society such as Australia, the notion of an ordinary person is pure fiction and that cases heard by juries of predominantly Anglo-Saxon-Celtic origin would…

problems and it can eliminate serious crimes with the death penalty that would be one less thing to worry about. “It is available for murder, armed robbery and aggravated rape — involving dangerous weapons, more than one ­perpetrator, where grievous ­bodily harm results or where the victim is younger than 10” (Callick). In India they made rules about when the death penalty should and should not be used. In the quote above this is when it should be used. The death penalty should happen in the US…

There is a huge debate about gun control and there most likely will be until a compromise is reached. Gun control consists of the government taking away or altering the rules for the guns of the citizens. Some suggestions for gun control are complete removal, extreme background checks, and altering the laws so it is nearly impossible to possess or trade firearms. Gun control laws should be altered and be re-voted to only affect the modifications, use, and the background checks to possess…