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Wrongful Conviction On the morning of August 10, 1984, Deborah Sykes was brutally stabbed, sexually assaulted, and eventually killed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The man convicted for her murder was Darryl Hunt, a 19 year old boy that would go on to spend 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Hunt was convicted based on eye-witness testimony and informants, but was later exonerated based on DNA evidence that matched a man that was caught just a few months after the murder took…

The coup d’état has plagued Africa since the wave of independence that swept over the continent in the 1950s and 60s (Drury, Shearer, Cole, Hernann, & Sharif 2010). During this period, newly decolonized countries were handed the keys to their own political, economic, and social autonomy. With this autonomy, however, also came great instability. Numerous African countries such as Zaire were given very little time to develop their own governments, economy, and infrastructure of their own (Pfaff…

THE NORTH KOREAN SPACE PROGRAM North Korea has been at odds with most of the world for quite some time. Following the division of the country in 1948, North Korea has been arguably the least transparent country in the world. The rise of super power nations such as the United States, Russia, and China has made North Korea even more non-transparent. North Koreans have kept much of their military research and development, space program, and every day life under tight lock down. Present day…

As al-Wazzan approached each new situation, he changed more and more of himself, until finally too much was lost in translation and he found himself unable to return to his life of prestige in North Africa. From childhood through adulthood he lived a life of travel, learning customs, languages, and new laws. He was able to assimilate into cultures so well he even made a career out of it by becoming a diplomat for the city of Fez. However, in…

tells of how four freedmen by the names of Jim and Lewis Coppedge who are brothers, Ned Myers who is Coppedge’s step-father, and George Chambers kill James W. Redfearn. Redfearn is the owner of a general store called Whites Store in Anson County North Carolina. It is believed that the freedmen committed crime because the KKK was coming to the store. Testimony was used to convict Lewis and Ned of Murder. This same testimony was used to convict Jim as well, but at a later time. Details that…

A dirt road called Half Breed Drive stretches out of Auburn, Nebraska for just a few miles, through endless cornfields, past a single mailbox. But its history runs deep, with an origin story stretching back 185 years, long before Nebraska was a state, or even a territory. This road traces the top of the western boundary of the Half-Breed Tract, a failed reservation for people rooted in two cultures but welcome in neither. The story that follows only amounts to pieces that I’ve stitched together…

American Beauty Standards Compared to Korean Beauty Standards Both Koreans and American have similar idea of the perfect body. American women tend to want a flat stomach, long legs and a very low weight. However, this ideal body is physically impossible to achieve for a large percentage of American women. For example, if the shows on TV channels like TLC, show how unrealistic it is to attain this goal. Like the show Botched, that shows the extent people would go to look a certain way to be…

to maintain it as one country. Due to North Korea’s struggle with her economy, a myriad of North Koreans evacuates to South Korea by crossing over the 38th parallel and risking their lives. Nevertheless, walking around Seoul, there are hardly any North Koreans. When they are found in public, South Koreans either keep distance from them or stare at them with despise; the 38th parallel seems to be segregating the North and the South among society as well. North Koreans recognize the hatred and…

Literacy has broader implications of the word than the definition in the dictionary. The reason why I recalled the moment of a middle school class in Korea is also related to impacts of literacy. That is because backgrounds and experiences of a person determine literacy of the person. Since I learned shallow definition of English words in Korea, sometimes I misunderstand lectures. These kinds of situations might be seen as one of 'literacy events ' due to different backgrounds. "Literacy…

Culture Awareness; North Korea What do you think about when you think of North Korea? There are many things that can go through your head when trying to define a country. The traditions, customs, religion, the food, and the language plays major factors of that definition of a country. Culture is the behaviors and beliefs that make up the characteristics of a particular group of people or in this case, a country. This essay will cover a lot that goes into the composition of North Korea’s culture.…