Guilty as Charged

line of hearings and prosecutions of people charged with witchcraft in Massachusetts between february 1692 and may 1693. These witch trials resulted in many innocent women accused and be set on trial and latter be hung. Many women have died from this act. This was a very important act when it was going on in 1692 because everyone believed in this act. Bridget Bishop was the first person to be found guilty for the practice of witchcraft and was found guilty and was later hung. The governor's wife…

know that he would face deportation if plead guilty to one count of possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. Legal Issue When counsel fails to notify their client of the immigration consequences that would come from pleading guilty, are they guilty of ineffective counsel thus violating the client’s rights guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment? Facts Piotr Budziszewski, a Polish man and lawful permanent resident of United States plead guilty to one count of possession of a…

is Tom Robinson is innocent, but because of racism in the town he is convicted guilty. The quote above is from Atticus and he is talking about how people in the town are so racist and blinded by…

instigated by the Ewell family. The Finches are scrupulous unlike the Ewells. The man whose name is Tom Robinson is innocent, but because of racism in the town he is convicted guilty. The quote above is from Atticus and he is talking about how people in the town are so racist and blinded by hate that they cannot even see who is really guilty or innocent. Harper Lee uses characterization and conflict to display the negative effects of racial prejudice and inequality in To Kill a Mockingbird.…

Maryland, John Dalmer Benton was charged with burglary and larceny. The jury found him guilty of burglary and not guilty of larceny. Benton was sentenced ten years in prison, then he appealed that the jury was selected unconstitutionally. Benton’s case was remanded and chose to have a new grand jury. The new jury found him guilty for larceny and burglary. Benton argued that since he was found not guilty for the larceny charge before that it was double jeopardy. The question…

I. Question Presented Is Veyas guilty of animal cruelty because she acted in self defense and can she be charged with recklessly discharging a firearm even though she was in an altered state of mind? II. Brief Answer No, Veyas is not guilty of animal cruelty because she believed her life was at risk by the horse, she also is not guilty of recklessly discharging a firearm because of her altered state of mind. III. Facts Jessie Veyas is an off duty police officer suffering with PTSD,…

Nuremberg. Moreover, the biggest flaws at Nuremberg were the double standards the Allies used throughout the trials. First the Allies charged the German defendants with conspiring to commit aggression against Poland in 1939. However, no one from the Soviet Union was charged with this crime despite evidence suggesting they did. Furthermore the Germans were charged with mistreatment of prisoners of war, while France and the USSR both mistreated German prisoners of war. Once again no one from…

Oedipus said that most of his actions aren’t his fault. Oedipus shouldn’t be blamed for killing Laius since he acted in self-defense. Secondly his actions has already been decided by fate. If he has no control of his actions, then he shouldn’t be guilty of them. Lastly, on the charge of incest, Oedipus had no knowledge of who Jocasta was or that she was his mother and so he shouldn’t be blamed for marrying her. On my first point, Oedipus should not be blamed for Laius’ death. Although he did…

Mainly, transference of anger ethical of virtue to occurring when the “12 Angry Men’ misunderstood one another. Although the film has a blatant simplicity the 12 men debate the fate of a young defendant charged with murdering his father. Since majority of the jurors held an alliance by voting guilty through persuasion to hurry the case move along to proceed on with their lives. While juror 7 wanting to attend a baseball game being more imperative than ensuring the evidence the prosecutor or the…

Lately on the news there have been many cases where African Americans been getting treated unfairly and different because of race/skin color one big example is when Trayvon Martin was killed in his neighborhood in Florida and the man was found not guilty. In 2012, an African American 17 year old named Trayvon Martin was shot in the back by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch member. When brought to trial, Zimmerman was was found innocent. This decision produced a chaotic impact within the…