Hung jury

When ethics and the law begin to mix, things start to get messy. In life ethics are a part of your moral compass; they are what you live by and they tell you what’s right from wrong. Currently in my city, there is a scandal going on that involves ethics and legality. Our district attorney, John Budelmann, was found to be withholding information from certain drug cases. As a prosecutor, you must provide the criminals with all evidence that they can use for their defense. Although if the…

Persuading someone to take your side in an argument is not an easy task to accomplish. There are many things a person must learn in order to become an effective persuader. In the movie twelve angry men, persuasion plays a huge role; as the jury has to decide whether the boy (who is accused of murdering his father) is guilty or innocent. This movie is a great example of ad hominem; which is a logical fallacy in which the argument is countered by attacking the person, their motive, or other things…

I had been wanting to observe a jury selection, I finally observed some in Judge Ewell’s courtroom. Judge and counsels are discussing to see what jurors can be excuse when I went in. The jurors came back in and took almost all the seats, the prosecutor started his questioning. There are…

In other words, if the trial is random or prejudice than justice will be denied. Because of the Fifth Amendment, the government cannot try a suspect charged with a federal crime unless the grand jury allows it. Nevertheless, states are not obligated to use grand juries because it has not been incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment. The Sixth Amendment provides a right to be represented by an attorney before and during trial but the question that lingered was what if a person…

In “The Bet”, Anton Chekhov tells a tale of a young lawyer and banker who make a deal. The time is set in the late 1800’s and starts with a group of people together discussing capital punishment. Over the course of their discussion, they talked about their views on capital punishment and how they feel about it. During the discussion, the lawyer says that he would rather live in solitary confinement than receive death. The banker takes this as an invitation to construct a bet. The banker bets…

Beyond Reasonable Doubt Adnan Syed was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of Hae Min Lee, and sentenced to life in prison plus thirty years on February 25, 2000. But this story started a year earlier, when Hae Min Lee went missing on January 13, 1999. Her disappearance turned into a murder investigation when her strangled body was found February 9, buried in a shallow grave in Leakin Park, Baltimore. This case wasn’t a big news back then, but it was reignited when Serial’s host…

happen next. I would recommend the film, 12 Angry Men, to viewers This film is excellent because of the strong use of character development, complex, but easy to follow plot, and proper use of film elements. The film revolves around 12 men serving on a jury to determine whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty for stabbing his father to death based on the premise of reasonable doubt. As Juror Number Eight develops reasonable doubt based on some logical errors of the witness statements, he…

Thanks to Ramona’s helpful instructions I didn’t feel nervous. So I went to the jury duty parking garage and I parked on the third floor and walked the connecting bridge as if it was nothing. I also passed security and went to the cafeteria. This time Ramona was the one that was running behind, so I decided to get breakfast in the…

December 15, 1791, and the main idea of the 6th Amendment is the rights of a accused person committing a crime by the government. There are seven rights in the 6th amendment which include the right to: Speedy Trial, Public Trial, Judged by an impartial Jury, Notified of the nature and circumstances of the crime, Confront witnesses who testify against accused, witnesses who favor the accused, and right to a lawyer. One of the most important rights is judged by…

The way Capote divided In Cold Blood put the reader in the shoes of an investigator. Each section is based on different parts on an investigation which begins with the background or the victims and the result of the crimes, followed by the questioning of various suspect and potential witnesses, then the answers revealed with the capture and conviction of the criminals, and finished off with the penalty dealt to the criminals. However, the reader is let in on Perry and Dicks actions and…