Rights of the accused

However, this plan failed as John found himself being accused as a witch as well as Elizabeth. 7. Toward the end of Act III, Mary claims that Proctor is the devil’s man (118). She did this in order to ensure her own survival. Abigail and the other girls acted like she was controlling them and was getting ready to send her spirit out to kill them (116). Mary knew if she did not do something, she would be tried and hanged for being a witch. She accused Proctor as a last ditch effort to save…

In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the author uses the main character John Proctor to portray courage in times of adversity while others cower. Miller uses Proctor's character shows that standing for what you believe in is the right thing to do, even if personal sacrifices have to be made. With all the different trials that the characters have to overcome with many of the towns people in jail and the trial of Salem, Miller shows how to be courageous during hard times and how there will…

As a human rights lawyer, my job is to make sure that I protect and fight for my people of Utopia’s equal justice and rights. One of the reasons why I became a lawyer is because I wanted to help women and people in general. Being a woman, I know the struggle of not being equal and having to work hard to prove myself. I am concerned for my people of Utopia, and want to protect their rights of a fair trial and justice. I am concerned about torture and ill-treatment in detention in the middle east,…

A woman accused of killing a man during an argument over domestic issues changes her plea to guilty Tuesday. Back in October of 2016, Chauna Reed was accused of killing Stedman Baird at an apartment on Plantation Court in Vanderburgh County. Her trial was supposed to start on September 18th. Reed is pleading guilty accepting responsibility for the murder of her boyfriend. Reed is expected to serve a recommended 45-years in prison under the terms of the plea agreement. Prosecuting Attorney…

swimming test, where they would tie ropes around you and throw you in the lake if you sink, you 're good, if you float, you 're a witch. Third step would be to watch them to see if they feed off of blood. If none of those work the last step is to ask the right questions, to make them spill anything out that is suspicious of being a witch(179-181). If none of these four steps work then that person is not a witch.…

Boys and To Kill a Mockingbird: Two Trials for the Classroom it stated that, “The lessons of the infamous 1930s Scottsboro Boys case in which two young white women wrongfully accused nine African American youths of rape illustrate through fact what Harper Lee tried to instruct through her fiction”. Black people were always accused from white people and the judge will always believe the white race, they were considered criminals, barbarians and savage. Also in the article “To Kill a…

save themselves. The man caught up in all this is John Proctor, a lecher and husband of Elizabeth Proctor, an honest christian woman and one of the accused. This is an excellent example of scapegoating, considering most women accused were those with poor reputations to begin with. Sarah Good, Bridget Bishop and Sarah Osborne are three of those accused; a beggar, a harlot and a “hexer”, afflicting her victims with sickness. These women found their deaths in 1692, either by hanging or death in…

"Bold Accusations"
 Newly elected President Duterte part of "Davao Death Squad"?Based from Secretary De Lima's statements,She accused Duterte of being part of the group.The squad is a vigilante group present in Davao City which was allegedly blamed and responsible for the executions of people involved in minor crimes and drug issues.President Duterte fired back by accusing De Lima of compromising with drug lords inside the bilibid prison mostly to the advantage of the drug lords.But what made…

extreme beliefs, fears, and values. For these reasons, along with being in a strange land, Puritans tended to make rash decisions, betray one another, and live in caution. Using what is known about the Puritans today, Arthur Miller, a playwright and accused of being a communist during the Red Scare era, utilized metaphors, diction, and juxtaposition to communicate his views on…

The death penalty is a growing debate in the United States. There are so many reasons why people teeter with this subject. There are many people that have been wrongly accused and put to death. Many people have argued that it is against their Eighth Amendment Right, because it is “cruel and unusual punishment” to be put to death for crimes. Although the crimes that people can be put to death are harsh crimes, it does not mean that we should play “God” and decide to end their life. There are…