Guilty as Charged

Learn From Your Mistakes Have you ever made a decision in your life that you had to choose vs one person or another? In “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant" by W.D Wetherell, the narrator had to decide between a bass and Sheila Mant. In the “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, the narrator had to decide between her daughters to give one of them their grandmothers quilt. Both narrators had to make decisions that choose either one person or the other. The narrator from the “Everyday Use” Dee, Maggie, the narrator from “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” make decisions and sacrifices for one but they might not be the right ones and from that they learned from. In the story “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” the narrator was a young fourteen year old boy who had a crush on his neighbor Sheila Mant, a seventeen year old teenager. The narrator does not have a car but knows how to fish and has his own canoe to go fishing in. In the “Everyday Use” the narrator who is mama describes herself as a “large, big-boned women”(Walker,Pg.71) was black and poor. Mama had two daughters. One was named Dee who was the youngest. Dee was well educated and had a better figure then her oldest sister Maggie. Maggie is the oldest but isn 't well educated like Maggie.Maggie still lives with her mom in a house made of old wood with windows that are holes cut into the wall. Dee moved away from home and went off to collage and found herself a well educated, handsome man and moved in with him.…

Was Socrates guilty as charged?" Socrates, an ancient Greek philosopher, is linked with Western systems of logic and philosophy. At an early age, he served in the hoplite-ancient Greek infantry, and later devoted his life to philosophy. His rather unique perspective and wisdom in philosophy attracted friends and enemies at the same time. Socrates metaphorically was the gadfly that stung the horse- Athenian state. And from his brilliant debates accustomed with truthfulness and honesty that all…

where people who were guilty failed to be charged and were treated as good people from how the society viewed them. The book is a tragic drama that was written in 1952-1953 by Arthur Miller in setting that was based in Massachusetts when it was a puritan colony (Bloom 3). The main theme of the book depicts Puritanism and can be viewed as a way in which Miller tried to address the evils in the society at that time. The book reveals a number of evils such as adultery, witchcraft, and power…

Criminal Contempt is defined as a disobedient or open disrespect for the court. It punishes conduct that violates a courts rule rather than a penal statue or some criminal law. Arthur Kirkland was charged with criminal contempt because he punched Judge Fleming. This incident happened when Arthur was in Judge Fleming court room arguing Jeff McCullaugh case a client of Arthur. Jeff was stop for a broken light and then mistaken for another man that had his same name. McCullaugh had already spent 1…

Fradella, 2014, p. 38). A plea bargain, “a process through which a defendant is pleads guilty to a criminal charge with the expectation of receiving some consideration from the state” (Neubauer & Fradella, 2014, p. 309). It’s an offer made to individuals who are facing charges and/or sentencing that may reduce the amount of time they would serve upon conviction. It is what it implies, it’s a deal. You’re looking at…

2012 The supreme court ruled that Juveniles who committed murder should be sentences as an adult. On the other hand many adults believe that Juveniles brains aren't fully developed. therefore, They should not be charged as an adult because they’re kids. In my opinion I believe that they should be charged as adults. Some of my claims are that teenagers have brain issues, matureness and violence to their families. To begin with, In the article “on punishment and teen killers” by…

cases against well-known defendants and/or cases impacting many people. Michael John Anderson was a Minnesota resident who was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing Katherine Ann Olson in 2007. Anderson was referred to as The Craigslist Killer because he posted an advertisement on Craigslist posing as a woman seeking child care services. The intent of posting the ad was to trick a woman into coming to his home so he could kill her. First degree murder is murder committed with…

Elizabeth Eckford was an African-American girl who attended a High School with white people only. She was cursed and hit by many people but she didn’t stop fighting for her rights. The book " To Kill a Mockingbird" talks about Tom Robinson and a crime that he did not do it. He was judged and charged guilty only because of his skin color. Both stories talk about racism and the negative effect that had in both characters. Elizabeth Eckford attended Central High School on September 4,…

In Chapter three, the author discusses the importance of evidence in regards to sustaining a final verdict. Evidence is an important factor in a case, and is in constant review as to if the evidence is credible in court. The rules of evidence ultimately dictate what can and what cannot be presented to the judge and jury. Motion to suppress evidence is occasionally used by certain parties to dismiss evidence that is believed to be unlawfully obtained. As for the criminal court process, there are…

them adding additional charges they cannot prove a defendant to be guilty of. Both tactics are used to put prosecutors in a better position to obtain a plea bargain from defendants and to help move a large volume of cases through the system (Karmen, 2016). When it comes to my opinion, I feel as though these practices are not appropriate but they are needed. To me bedsheeting and overcharging are not appropriate because generally there is no evidence to prove the defendant committed the…