Guilty as Charged

In the play inherit the wind the “monkey trial’ is taking place in a southern city of the united states of america. The trial is debating whether a man should be found guilty for teaching children in his class the theory of evolution, mccarthyism is when someone makes unfair accusations against a person or organization based on social views they have. In inherit the wind they show these views on mccarthyism by how a lot of the people in the town react when they see that cates teaches his…

execution are contested not only in terms of determining historicity or discerning the historical fact, but also the manner of interpreting the content itself. Whether the death was a suicide, using the legal system as a noose instead of being found guilty and convicted; to what extent was his megalegoria a tool for him to dig his own grave, or was he speaking sincerely? If Socrates’ goal was to martyr himself, how successful was he, if at all? The choice to categorize Socrates as a martyr at…

based on right or wrong cannot be held legally responsible for their criminal acts. Each state varies in the legal standards that determine the sanity of defendants. Andrea Yates, was charged for capital murder in 2002 for drowning all five of her children. In 2006 Yates was acquitted after jurors found her not guilty by reason of insanity.…

The title of the book “To Kill a Mockingbird,” though not very obvious until told in the book, has a very large and powerful meaning behind it. It is a metaphor relating to the innocence of a mockingbird, and how innocence can be killed (like killing a mockingbird). There are many examples of this innocence, and some examples of how the innocence is killed as well. This is shown through characters like: Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, and Scout and Jem Finch. Tom Robinson is an example of killing the…

He is not guilty of this for many reasons. First of all, he never even was the leader of the vikings, and therefore was NOT responsible for any of the actions or crimes they commited. Leif Eriksson, as stated before, was sent on a mission by King Olaf I to spread…

The Death Penalty Greg’s wife, Kathy, was murdered and almost a year later, Greg was arrested and charged. Greg Wilhoit spent five years of his life on death row after being convicted for murder. Prosecution sought the death penalty and he was condemned to die by lethal injection. After a jury found him guilty of first degree murder, he was later granted a new trial due to inconclusive evidence and the judge issued a verdict of innocence. The death penalty possibly risks the lives of innocent…

Criminal Liability of Tony Smith Arguably, Tony will be charged with numerous offences regarding his actions on March 11 2017. Offences Against Rebecca: Firstly, the most severe indictable offence committed was that against Rebecca. As stated on the facts Tony verbally abused Rebecca “yelling and screaming that she was a slut” Rebecca was crying hysterically. Tony later slapped Rebecca “hard across the face, continuing to call her a slut.” He then “punched her as hard as he could in the jaw.”…

Around one thousand women assembled around the White House holding suffrage banners in one long picket line. “For Paul, this event had a very special symbolism. Women no longer needed to march down city streets as they had before Wilson’s first inauguration because the public had come to accept that women had the right to vote.” Young, old and middle aged women came together in the rain and snow on that Saturday to represent no one or anything could stop their cause. Disapproval dwindled away…

was charged with sexual assault, attempted murder, and false imprisonment. Steven Avery couldn’t afford a good attorney because he was poor. Steven Avery spent 18 years in prison for something that he didn’t do. Officers from another county called and said that Manitowoc County possibly had the wrong man for the rape. It turns out that the other county was right and that the real rapist was Gregory Allan. Steven sued Manitowoc County for $32 million; he received $400,000 before he was charged…

Atticus Finch, the best lawyer in Maycomb, was sitting nervously in his chair as he waited for the town Judge to arrive in court. Tom Robinson, Atticus client, was in trouble for raping a white woman but that was not what really happened. The true story was Tom Robinson is a black man that worked for The Ewells family but the father’s daughter Mayella accused Tom for raping her but what really happened was the father hit his daughter for having a crush on Tom so she had to make up a lie which…