Guilty as Charged

They constantly kept mentioning that they are not guilty, and they were following orders they were given. This is demonstrated in the plea scene as well as the verdict scene of the movie, because both Dawson and Downey strongly believe that they were not wrong in the orders that were given. The whole concept…

To start the procedure the target is arrested, this is the followed by the policemen telling their name their rank as an officer and the station they also tell them why they are being detained. After the subject in hand cuffed and calm they pat search them down to assure there is no danger towards them. They are then put into the back of the police car and transported to the station, when they get back to the station the offender is stripped of all things that can be used to harm themselves.…

The last example I’m going to share is the town's disapproval of Mr. Dolphus Raymond’s interracial relationship. All of these examples support my thesis of racism and prejudice being extraordinarily present in maycomb. Tom Robinson is a black man charged with the rape of a white woman named Mayella Ewell. Atticus is Tom Robinson’s lawyer, and decides to defend in his name in court, which was frowned…

the time. Burke was charged for an attempted murder, and at the trial, this charge was dropped. What had happened was, the judge had misunderstood that the foreperson of the jury had claimed “not guilty” for Burke, and discharged the jury soon after. By the time the court officer pointed out the error, the jury was gone, leaving no choice for the judge to confirm his misheard verdict the next day. Once he gained inquiry about the verdict, the judge reclaimed that Burke was guilty, and sentenced…

In the words of D.J. Jaffe, an established journalist for the Wall Street Journal, “Not guilty by reason of insanity is an inadequate remedy to violence by individuals with mental illness.” The United States justice system is meant to serve one main purpose: ensuring justice for the guilty. Yet one issue that often comes up is if the justice for one person should be different from the justice for another. This issue often comes up specifically in relation to mental illness, and in the insanity…

all the power to the person committing the crime. That as a people, our morals have equated to cowardice, and that is why the government should have the authority to protect us from monsters committing similar crimes repeatedly. “When we protect guilty lives, we give up innocent lives in exchange” (Koch 487). Bruck counters Koch with the idea that the death penalty was never really about justice, it is about being vindictive. The idea is brought forth that the public is just satisfied that the…

men, but mainly Zimmerman. Zimmerman was called a racist, due to Martin being black. This shooting sparked up quite a lot of controversy that is still going on to this day. Zimmerman was later found not guilty which angered the citizens who sided with Martin who thought that Zimmerman was guilty. On the night of February 26th, 2012, the Sanford PD received a call from a man (Zimmerman) reporting a suspicious person (Martin). Zimmerman claims that he is part of the neighborhood watch program,…

cruel the world is when the trial ends and even though all evidence is in Tom’s favor he is found guilty. Scout doesn't completely understand which makes Jem’s view important to the reader. Jem learns how unjust the world is and the evil that surrounds him while Scout has only learned that bad things can happen to good people. Although Jem sees that Tom is innocent most of the town will still say he is guilty just because he is a colored man. Mayella Ewell and her family were poor and on the…

not guilty, then that is the verdict that the lawyer must achieve using any lawful and truthful resource at his disposal, regardless of his beliefs towards the client’s guilt or innocence. The lawyer has many factors to consider when taking on a case which include: his moral obligation to the general public, as well as his contractual agreements with the client, and with his job. Consider the following: A grown man hires a highly esteemed lawyer to convince a jury to find him “not guilty” in…

Question 8 Under the heading of offences involving criminal negligence, and section 220 stating that, “every person who by criminal negligence causes death to another person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable”, the case of F.J. (2008) set how the section should be applied. In the case, the accused failed to act and prove the necessaires of life to this foster son by not protecting him from the abuse the son suffered from the spouse; nevertheless, the accused was acquitted of charges.…