Indictment

The French Revolution is regarded throughout the world as one of the greatest and noblest fights against corruption in the world. The bourgeoisie, or wealthy merchant-class, as well as the nobles dominated politics and forced all taxes and pains onto the defenseless farmers that had no say in the corrupt government. Instead of continuing to accept this harsh treatment, The French people became inspired by the way the American colonists fought against England and began a revolution of their own.…

kickbacks. The kickbacks were shared among the executives and politicians who were closely tied to Petrobras. The kickbacks were then laundered to foreign bank accounts for each party. The scandal rocked Petrobras and Brazil, and ended with 117 indictments including most of Petrobras top executives with 13 different companies involved. It is estimated that around $3 billion in bribes changed hands. The chart above shows the movement of money throughout the…

ousted the rebellious youths from their home base. The then President, Olusegun Obasanjo an ethnic Yoruba himself reacted to the killings by requesting that Bayelsa State Governor, should produce the perpetrators within a fourteen days span for indictment and possibly prosecution. The president further decreed that he was going to use his executive powers and declare a state of emergency in Bayelsa state if the culprits were not handed over by the state governor. As the governor could not…

In this essay, I will investigate the differences amongst state and government jurisdictions in criminal prosecutions involving crimes against persons. The essential goal of this paper is to clarify how the same behavior might be arraigned either in the state or government court according to material state and elected statutes. In addition, with the use of a scenario I will choose specific crimes and describe the elements of each. Lastly, I will describe a cultural factor and how it can impact…

Could you imagine your life without freedom you wouldn't be able to speak or write freely, even express yourself. It is for this reason that freedom matters, more so to those who have once been without. Poets have the ability and perception to capture the theme of freedom matters succinctly in their poems through the use of many aspects such as poetic elements, the metaphorical meaning and figurative language which also allows poets to exaggerate or alter specific linguistic points of interest.…

New forms of literature reveal themselves to the world everyday. In many ways, they are all different from each other; the style, the composure, the tone just to name a few. However, one major item unites them all, this item being a integral message hidden in the shadows and cracks of the piece of art. This is often accomplished through the use of symbolism and imagery, two crucial items which, when combined, transform the mind of the reader to Rembrandt’s white canvas. Few novels are able to…

The genetic factors perspective branches off into two separate branches to thoroughly examine the etiology of criminal behavior. The influence of genetic factors can either be researched by analyzing behavior genetics or be studying molecular genetics. Behavior genetic theory recognizes the level of genetic overlap between two individuals and speculates that individuals that possess similar genes are more likely to share similarities and exhibit the same behavior as compared to individuals that…

Martin Luther King Jr. once said “We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was ‘legal’ and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was ‘illegal.’” People must stand up for the issues of justice even if it is illegal because without them what will become of their society. Although opponents may say that taking a stand on issues of justice in society is not important, in actuality it is very important for a person to take a stand on issues of justice in…

Obsession - Radical Islam 's War Against the West is a 2005 documentary film directed by Wayne Kopping. The film details the proliferation of radical Islam, how it threatens Western society, its parallels to Nazism through the targeted eradication of the Jewish population and the reluctance of Western civilization to collectively recognize Islamic radicals as a world wide threat. The documentary uses a significant amount of video and audio footage compiled from Arab television and media…

How would you define someone who is well-educated? Would you base your definition and judgement based off of the school a person went to, or the highest level of degree in which they received? Is a person smart and intelligent because of the grades they received on assignments? Or would you base a person’s smartness off of their ability to memorize facts and relay them to you? In the past I have gotten straight A’s and numerous academic awards. While these are accomplishments, I do not believe…