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As Ricky Birdsong was walking with his son and his daughter, he was shot by a white gunman in Evanston. The white man who shot him also shot many others, including a fifteen year old boy. Ricky Birdsong was killed in this tragedy. Although his children were not hurt, they saw their father murdered. His daughter voiced, “To come together just for common humanity means a lot, because the opposite of that is what took away my dad.” In response, his wife, Sherialyn Byrdsong, started the Ricky…

The four reasons why innocent individuals are wrongly convicted are called error of justice, DNA (Innocence movement), Innocence Projects, and Exonerations. The error of justice is defined as a term coined by Brian Forst to describe the many types of mistakes the criminal justice system can make. It is further described as “any departure from an optimal outcome of justice for a criminal case”. (Siegel, Larry J. 414) Many people can agree that in today’s society with the wrongly convicted…

Garvey's ghost written by Geoffrey philps is at first glance a mystery story involving the disappearance of young college graduate set to a backdrop of Miami Florida in the weeks following the murder of Treyvon martin. Scratch beneath the surface though and you find a story about accepting our own culture, one’s roots. This theme is threaded throughout the story and plays out in different ways for three characters in particular. Kathryn (the missing girl’s mother), Jasmine (the missing girl) and…

In the play, 12 Angry Men, by Reginald Rose, the characters of this story appear to be nothing more than average people picked to stand and listen to a case of a boy accused of homicide. As the characters are supposed to leave personal issues at the door of the case, some appear to use them against the boy. Using these imperfect jurors, people can see how that when insecurities, flaws, and the law form together, the justice system can be found. The justice system is neither perfect nor is it…

The Lottery: The Prize Received From the Luck of the Draw During the last few decades, the amount of violence around the world has fluctuated. However, the recent increase in violence has stemmed from past scenarios of pointless violence. According to the authors Philip J. Cook and John H. Laub, “the rise and fall of youth violence has been narrowly confined with respect to race, sex, and age, but not geography”. The way a person looks or acts has been the primary cause of violence all around…

was not alone in her efforts to warn the Nasar family. Cristo Bedoya spent the end of the novel running around the town to warn Santiago Nasar. Likewise, Yamil Shaium, who told Bedoya of the murder plot, did not report the rumors of murder to the police, but he did take action when he informed Cristo Bedoya. Despite not formally reporting the rumors of murder or…

Hugo Grotius’s Commentary on the Law of Prize and Booty, completed in 1606, profoundly challenges the traditional conceptual dichotomy between private piracy and public warfare. Grotius’s treatise convincingly blurs comfortable distinctions between piracy, privateering, and warfare. The historical event giving rise to the Commentary was an act of piracy. In 1602, the Dutch sea-captain Jakob van Heemskerck was commissioned by the United Amsterdam Company to command eight of their ships and engage…

The Favour Dimitri Arshavin sighed and said, “Alright, I’ll go.” This was the third time in three days that Dimitri volunteered to go shop-lifting. After Alexander Larson, the Swedish expert in burglary, got arrested in attempt to rob a extortionate restaurant, every Alley-Mugger turned down the offer to purloin a thing in his life. Except for Dimitri, of course. Dimitri Arshavin was born and raised in Russia, where he learned to get in and out of things as fast as one’s legs can carry one. But…

Every society has different views on car safety. Every car has different kinds of outperform safeties. When people ride the car, they need to put the seatbelt on and protect ourselves however there are some people who doesn’t follow this rule. This essay talks about the function of the car safety and how does the safety equipment involved to the science for keeping the people safe. Also, the safety equipment that this essay talks are seatbelts, airbags, crumple zones, and anti-lock brakes. The…

Mini serial `Barabas` Introduction : This serial talks about thief and criminal from Jesus`s time, Barabas. Barabas is also known as New Testament`s actor, who was released instead of Jesus. This serial has very heavy violently scenes. I would like to focus myself on Barabas fillings after he was released and his filing of duty to find out why it was happened. Barabas had described his childhood as very bad. He said: `I have asked for piece of bread and they gave me stones, I have asked for…