Legal burden of proof

smoked in 15 minutes to cause a lethal dose is approximately 1500 pounds . Tobacco and alcohol being legal drugs in America brings to question not only why they are legal, but also why a drug that is ranked safer than them, a schedule I drug, the most severe kind. I believe this is a key point to be made about the scheduling system for drugs Mr. Candidate because, tobacco and alcohol are completely legal but more harmful to society and to the person him or…

In Justice Kennedy’s estimation, this amendment does nothing but “withdraws from homosexuals, but no others, specific legal protection from the injuries caused by discrimination, and it forbids reinstatement of these laws and policies”. Justice Kennedy supports this claim by stating that “enumeration is the essential device used to make the duty not to discriminate concrete…

observes that “juries are acquitting notorious criminals where the proof clearly indicated their guilt,” this quote is proven correct in cases such as the O.J. Simpson case, and the Casey Anthony case. In both cases, evidence clearly showcased a guilty verdict, but the juries found both defendants not guilty. The act of replacing the jury with a panel of judges has been suggested due to the burden of jury duty upon jurors. These burdens consist for jurors who must miss work for jury duty, as…

to Rutledge (2006), “If you have the voluntary consent of the suspect to enter a residence or to conduct a search, a resulting seizure of evidence will generally be reasonable under the Fourth Amendment (Schneckloth v. Bustamonte).” According to US Legal (n.d.) , “Third party consent refers to a person's agreement to official action like search of premises that affects another person's rights or interests”. Matthew Stevens, let them into Jacob’s room. Third-party consent must be based on the…

Star Chamber and High Commission—British courts of equity that operated from 1487-1641. These courts utilized the inquisitorial method of truth-seeking as opposed to the prosecutorial, meaning that prosecutors did not bear the burden of proving a case, but that sufficient "proof" came from browbeating confessions out of the accused.”…

the sequence of events in the novel id revealed, the harsh highlighting on masculine and feminine behaviour leads to prejudice. One man's machismo causes another man's; Bayardo's denial to accept Angela moves the Vicarios to murder Santiago without legal proceedings or…

ways in which Christian religion was transformed from a persecuted, underground religion under Diocletian to one that was officially favoured and publicly supported. Sirm. 1- 16 illustrate some of the significant social, economic, political and legal privileges accorded to Christian laymen and authorities. Legislation also served to establish an orthodox Christianity in line with the decisions of Church councils while penalizing those adhering to teachings proclaimed heretical. In contrast…

Their proof must show that the accused has criminal liability, accountability, or culpability (Pg. 255). In the absence of one or both of the attributes the insanity may be used. To begin with, as stated by Torry and Billick, the insanity defense was used as far back as 1581 when there was a legal note in place for those who could distinguish the difference between right and wrong and those who could…

is. An explicit bias however, creates a conscious action against individuals of historically discriminated against populations (Bennett, 2010). This immediate judgement is an issue that needs evaluated and mediated by professionals, specifically in legal professions (Greenwald et al., 2015). Service personnel need to be aware of their personal biases so to prevent subconscious judgements and remain neutral in important situations (Greenwald et al.,…

property don't return it to the innocent-because the accused then become the victims. What is "Civil Forfeiture?" Civil forfeiture is an oxymoron because there's nothing 'courteous and polite' about it. City, state, and federal authorities use the legal term to seize any citizen's tangible assets. That includes items such as cash and larger assets such as motor vehicles, furniture, jewelry, or anything that doesn't exceed $500,000 in value. According to the U.S. Department of Justice's…