McMartin preschool trial

Jury duty Most of us would not like to go however, when we are picked we must show or we could possibly get arrested. we can imagine the stress and boredom that can happen in these week long cases and the tension between the jurors. “12 Angry Men” A movie of 12 Men deciding the fate of a latino boy. There are many psychological concepts but in this movie I believe ethics and morality and prejudice are greatly portrayed. First imagine being in a room with 12 jurors bored, tired and frustrated…

As the years go by you get older you are giving more privileges,freedom and responsibility. Do you think children should be charged as adults in a serious crime “ I say yes “ here’s a reason why I say yes.Here is some of you basic crimes a normal juvenile will commit speeding traffic offenses ,undersange drinking vandlaism, curfew violations, truancy and theft compare to the ones that are considered to be serious crimes murder, rape, and attempted murder. A ten year old boy commits a serious…

man. He also un-buttoned his clothes to show Tom that this trial will be an “easy” one to win. Epically when Atticus is defending an honest man. I predict that the Ewell’s will lose the case, and after the trial is over Atticus will be questioned. I will be characterizing Tom Robinson from the chapters 16-24. First off I characterized Tom to be truthful. I think he is truthful because in the book the person he worked for before the trial started they say “ Tom is a great worker, I have…

The Maid’s story was that she entered a room that was thought to be unoccupied. Upon entering a man attacaked her and focrebley incerted his penis in her mouth, afer restisting to the best of her abilities; she ran into the hall way and saw the man leave. After which, she reported the incedent to several emplyiess and later police invovemtn occurred. The Facts that can be claimed to completely ture, are the DNA samples that the maid spit out, containg both her saliva and his sperm. The other…

A substantial step is, "behavior of such a nature that a reasonable observer, viewing it in context could conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that it was undertaken in accoradance with a design to violate the statue" (Schmalleger & Hall, 2014 P.95). When it comes to this case I do agree that the girls had taken a substantial step towatd the commission of a targeted offense. For the reason that, Tracie planned with her friend Molly to poison her homeroom teacher. Not only did she planned the crime…

What this means is that if afforded an opportunity to file a motion to vacate, set aside or correct a sentence provided under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 the brothers will be able to show the Court that their acceptance of their plea and their convictions are not proper and that the violations of their constitutional rights to effective assistance of counsel adversely affects their substantial rights of fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the proceedings and that they are entitled to relief.…

Investigator Baldwin testified about his meeting of the defendant and the statement that Mr. Defendant gave regarding the felonies in question. Observed defense gesture for a trial order of discharge and a conversation between the judge and the attorneys regarding the instructions to be given to the jury before they deliberated. The judge appeared to have things well under control in his courtroom and kept the proceedings moving…

duties because there was no court. Nonetheless, on Thursday, I had was able to attend the calendar call. During that time, the attorneys give the judge updates on the status of their cases. It was interesting to see another judge handle the nonjury trials. The judge went through every individual separately and gave words of advice to each person, which was a little more time consuming. Also, the dynamics of the court were also different because there were several individuals who were…

I am in receipt of your letter of March 25, 2016, to attend on a jury duty on May 5, 2016. I am honored by the privilege, but I am writing this letter request that I be excuse from Jury Service. I am currently a part time student and part time job, in order to pay for my tuition. My school takes up the day time and my job takes the rest of the day. Due to this situation, I can not miss a day from school nor from my job because I wouldn’t be able to catch up my lecture and most lecture work. I…

In the flashback it shows that Steve is guilty because King is trusting Steve. Steve repeats this sentence “So, what it is”(151). This usually means that a person is either scared and worried or just really confused. He did the same thing earlier in the book but with the words “What did I do?”. This proves that he is worried and scared about a few things in life so he might be hiding something from his family or the jury. Steve could also be innocent because in the conversation between him…