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    The book The Color of Night: Race, Railroaders, and Murder in the Wartime West concerns the issues that surround racial bias in the Criminal Justice system, as well as outside it. The book revolves around the particular case of Robert E. Lee Folkes, a young African American railway cook, who was accused, tried, convicted, and eventually executed for the murder of the twenty year old White woman, Martha James on 23 January 1943 (Geier, P. 12). Robert E. Lee Folkes was only twenty when he was…

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    with Adnan in the public library until around 2.40pm" (Chaudry 11). Asia’s letters could have easily pleaded him innocent. However, Asia then calls one of the prosecutors saying that she was pressured to write the letters. But she could have easily gotten out of it, and called the police on them in the beginning. Thus, she called the prosecutor just to get out of the story and does not want all the spotlight on her. Besides, looking at the letter it was clear it was not forcefully written. She…

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    Man is a social creature. He requires attention and adoration from his audience, constant engagement from his peers and wisdom and advice from his betters. Scientists have even discovered that in absolute silence, humans begin to feel a severe sense of discomfort. And perhaps that is why the human subconscious yearns for a raison d’être, an explanation to the events around them, and the hidden meaning to life itself. It even resorts to creating these fantastical stories when it is faced with the…

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    still be played and 9 times out of 10 you are probably guilty. According to, Shielded from Justice: How State Attorneys General Can Provide Structural Remedies to the Criminal Prosecutions of Police Officers by Isaac G. Lara, the min challenge is prosecutors are failing at persuading grand juries to indict police officers. Because of this the outcomes are different. When it comes to investigating ordinary citizens…

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    a crime they did not commit. It is the situation in this case and the circumstances of the son being young, that impulse Mr. Silva to take blame for his son’s actions. More so, the reaction of the prosecutor about the belief of the false confession and how he perceives it was more radical. The prosecutor according to the NBC news said that the whole situation was a manipulation of the criminal justice system, his beliefs and reaction about such case was disappointment at bringing justice into…

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    Adele's case is a criminal case Property and asset insurance provides protection against risks to property, such as fire, theft, burglary and some weather damage from flood and earthquake. Adele's case explains that crime occurred in the workplace. And it is to be covered by insurance. However, the company needs to find out who is the criminal. I think this case is we say "Employee Theft or Embezzlement." Employee theft is a crime which involves the unlawful taking of money or property from an…

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    workers on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Three months prior to the collapse the Testwell helped test the crane used during the collapse. According to Dienst and McQuillan; “Testwell’s work on the crane is not part of the case the Manhattan prosecutors brought against the firm for allegedly falsifying results and records” (Dienst and McQuillan). The actions of Testwell Labs have put the lives of the public endanger with no simple…

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    In case one, State of California vs Turner, Brock Turner, 20-year-old Caucasian male and was a resident in California was charged with rape of three out of five counts in 2015, penal code PC261 (a)(3), PC261 (a)(4), PC220 (a)(1), PC289 (e), PC289 (d) (Official California Legislative Information , 1993). Turner was found guilty in March of three felony charges: assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated/unconscious person PC220 (a)(1), penetration of an intoxicated person PC289 (e), and…

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    MILLERSBURG — Initially charged with offenses that carried the possibility of only 10 ½ years of incarceration, a local man accused of beating, threatening and torturing his wife, even killing her mother's dog, denied criminal charges that carry a period of incarceration exceeding 30 years. Adam M. Rose, 25, on Thursday pleaded not guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to the charges. In addition to two counts of abduction, three counts of domestic violence, two counts of aggravated…

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    Law enforcement have several different levels from local, military, and federal. No matter which level of law enforcement is achieved an officer or agent has ethics that must be up held. However, the police subculture may contend the high standards that are viewed by the public. Therefore, law enforcement deviance whether accepted in police subculture or not is wrong. Law enforcement officers have a large amount of discretion while preforming their duties, the officers’ integrity must be…

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