Scots law

Bob Ewell was the true committer of the crime, but he was never charged and he ended up getting away with it. Finally Sheriff Tate cover up the murder of Bob Ewell and claimed it to be an accident, not doing his job, treating people higher than the law and not caring. One decision, created all of this unfair justice for everyone in Maycomb county, When the judge was getting the judges final decision “Guilty… guilty… guilty… guilty…”(214) It changed the lifes of everyone close to the people who…

England were disastrous. People were very uncertain of her taking the thrown; however, she completely proved them all wrong. Queen Elizabeth’s reign is remembered for many reasons but two of the more important were the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1587 and the Spanish Armada of 1588. Elizabeth was a very intelligent person. She did not feel with fools lightly and Elizabeth was famous for her temper, which she is said to have inherited from both her mother and father. It was hard for her…

jurors are expecting to be entertained. This misconception stems directly from the over-glorification of electronic media such as games, courtroom television shows, and smart phones (Hsieh, 2012, p. 627). This insatiable demand for visual media forced law firms to align with different multimedia organizations to bring their cases to fruition. However, going visual isn’t always the most viable option. Hsieh quotes Diamant, a partner at Taft Stettinus and Hollister in Cleveland, “One of the…

The play "12 Angry Men" by Reginald Rose is an all-time American classic. The play is about a jury set to decide the fate of a teenager who allegedly stabbed his father to death. These 12 men have this young man's life in their hands and things get heated quickly when not everyone agrees that the boy is guilty. The predominant theme of the play is prejudice, defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as "an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge.'"…

I am juror number three from the murder trial. I am writing to you so you can hear our reason on why we decided not guilty. I think the boy was not guilty. I think the boy was not guilty because there was no official evidence. The witness statements were not accurate. The first reason why I and the others voted not guilty because the witness didn’t give us good evidence. For example we had a witness who stated that he heard the killing take place. “The old man heard the boy scream, I’m…

Per Scott (2011), “the prosecution was unable to meet their burden of proof that this defendant was guilty of murder”. “It’s going to be a battle of experts,” said Karin Moore, a law professor at Florida A&M University in Orlando. The defense attacked the prosecution on the forensic evidence throughout the case because the body was too decomposed. They could not even determine the cause of death. Innocent until proven guilty. There…

NAME: Swathesh Shetty DATE: 12/10/2015 Leadership for Global Citizenship Questionnaire for the movie “12 Angry Men” 1. In one or two sentences, answer the following: a) What is the purpose of the 12 person jury? The purpose of the 12 person jury is to unanimously decide whether the accused is guilty or not guilty of the offence for killing his father based on the data and evidence gathered during the trail in the court. b) What are some of the tasks that flow from this purpose? Ensure the…

Society is remarkably quick to judge a situation without thoroughly investigating it. During the movie 12 Angry Men, the old saying that you cannot judge a book by its cover, truly comes to life. This movie shows and explains the process that the jury on each case go through. It shows how each juror goes through the process of determining whether the defendant is guilty or not. Throughout the duration of this paper, you will be provided definitions and examples of three ways that this movie…

I was lucky to be able to attend a closed session at the Reno Justice Court. My girlfriend is roommates with an elderly woman, and that woman has a niece who is district attorney Peg Samples. She was very kind and was able to allow us to watch the sentencing of this case. The case was the sentencing from The State of Nevada vs. Matthew David Fugate and he had two separate charges in the past for sexually assaulting two teenage boys. Mr. Fugate was being represented by his defense attorney John…

1. Discuss the importance of Mose Wright in the trail and his testimony. Why is his testimony so important and also so frustrating to the outcome of the trial? It was important because even though he was threatened, to be killed by the murders, he still told the jury what happened that night. It is frustrating because even though they had more than enough evidence and with Mose Wright's testimony, to put them in jail for life but they got off home free. Example on page 18, the first sentence,…