Misdemeanor murder

On the topic of morality, and what moral values we ought to posses, philosophers Jeremy Bentham and Immanuel Kant hold very contrasting views, as well as contrasting views on punishment. The concept of punishment, and what is considered appropriate in terms of what crime has been committed varies drastically throughout the world. Different governments view crimes differently, and one topic that causes major controversy is the ultimate punishment, the death penalty. Though both Kant and Bentham…

Danielle Hall Dr. Bailey/ENG 233G Final Exam December 12, 2017 Part 1 1) This passage is from the novel In the Heart of The Country by Coetzee. Throughout the entire novel the main character is imagining that she has killed her father because of the many things he has put her through, things that a father should not put his daughter through. The main character talks about things that her father and her have done and those things are things that only people who are romantically involved should be…

Over the past month I have observed many interesting arguments that have caught my attention through the diversity of everyone’s opinion. The first argument that caught my eye was between my sister and her boyfriend about the plot in the movie Gladiator starring Russell Crowe. The argument that they were trying to settle was, if they were in the actor’s shoes and their family was crucified by the emperor of Rome, would you want to kill the emperor for his doing or kill is his family so he can…

The Devil in the White City by: Erik Larson Crown Publishing Group, 2003, and 447 The book "The Devil in the White City" is about the serial killer H.H. Holmes and the architect of the World's Fair Daniel H. Burnham. Who was Daniel H. Burnham? Burnham was a man who rose to prominence. In 1893 Chicago won the bid for the World's Exposition. The architects chosen were Burnham and his partner John Root, Burnham and John needed to build something to give their city a better reputation. Burnham…

made for Lizzie Borden for a pretty special reason. Lizzie Borden was a wealthy Woman who was accused of murdering her father, Andrew Borden, and her stepmother, Abby Borden, with an axe or hatchet on August 4, 1892. At the end of her trial for the murders, she was found innocent, but some say she was still guilty. Many people thought Lizzie Borden was innocent, many people thought she was guilty, but in my personal opinion she is guilty. Lizzie Borden was guilty for the crimes of her father and…

serious and heinous crimes. But America wants to put people in prison for life, but how is that fair to the criminals who did not commit such a horrible crime? Even if the crime committed is much less than that of murders and rapist, but still get the same punishment. Criminals convicted of murder or rape need to be executed because they are dangerous to the world and the human race. The death penalty should be used more often, because of its deterrent value. Capital punishment has been…

way to achieve justice for the victims and their families. Furthermore, reporters in the film asked how many others have to die before people come to the realization that the execution of Matthew and such criminals is necessary. Additionally, the murder of the victim Hope was so gruesome…

I will argue that Utilitarianism will never be seen as the correct moral philosophy and with good reason. Throughout this paper, I will be talking about the Trolley Problem developed by British philosophy Philippa Foot in 1967. This problem, in its simplest form, is deciding whether it is more morally correct to passively kill five people or actively kill one person. For the purposes of my depiction of it, the notion of actively versus passively killing someone will not be relevant for the…

The Central Park Five: Background and Bias The 2012 documentary, The Central Park Five, revisits the 1989 Central Park jogger case. Five teenagers were coerced into confessing to a rape of which they were innocent, which was not discovered until over ten years later. The filmmakers and producers of this film are Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns, and her husband David McMahon. Ken Burns, who has directed or co-directed 27 films, is often named the best-known documentary filmmaker in America.…

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption is a book written by Bryan Stevenson, which mainly focuses on his work and that of his clients. Bryan Stevenson points out problems and corruption all over the justice system, ranging from false convictions to racial profiling. He shows what injustice the criminal justice system does to people wrongfully committed and shows how law enforcement is corrupt and how this leads to the killing of innocents. While it’s hard to know how many total innocent…