Testimony

Tom Robinson’s trial resulted in the conviction of a kind colored man for raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell. The majority of citizens believe it was a fair trial because they view it in a prejudice way. In my opinion, the trial was very biased and discriminatory because Tom was a colored man who ended up being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Racism is a huge influence in our society and members of another race are not viewed as humans who have mothers and fathers as well as brothers and…

also to the reader's logic by using several statistics. By adding several testimonies, she is able to get her point across while convincing the audience that what she is saying is valid. However, the author does a below average job of appealing to the emotions of the audience. Her emotional tactics are very in-effective, as she could have shown the hardships that students in debt face, however she simply used their testimony to show how much debt they face. In her essay that analyzes the…

Virginia Employment Commission The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) administers an unemployment insurance program that provides protection against loss of wages to individuals who become unemployed through no fault of their own. In order to qualify for benefits, you must have earned enough wages in covered employment during the base period. The amount of wages you earned will determine your weekly benefit amount and the maximum number of weeks (12 to 26 weeks) to which you will be entitled.…

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is based in a small town called Maycomb Alabama during the Depression. Atticus, the town lawyer, decides to take on this case dealing with a kind and humble black man, Tom Robinson, accused of raping a young girl names Mayella Ewell. Was justice served when Tom Robinson was found guilty of rape? Mayella, of the famous Ewell family known as the city’s “trash” claimed Tom raped her. Even though he was innocent he was still found guilty of the rape because of…

In the class reenactment of Tom Robinson’s trial in To Kill a Mockingbird, the most memorable scene was Lindsay Philips’s portrayal of Mayella Ewell’s testimony. The manner in which Lindsay imbued emotion into her part and reflected the disposition of her character through body language and speech was commendable. This made Mayella’s character seem genuine and all the more convincing. The use of emotional and logistical appeal not only helps to establish the credibility of the characters,…

to NAMI.org, the definition of psychosis is being unable to distinguish fantasy from reality, strange, persistent thoughts, and strange emotions or behaviors. Now, here is all the evidence that proves this man is mentally ill. For example, in his testimony, he states “every time I thought of killing him, it haunted me.” (Poe…

Linkin Park. Her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was the one who took the blame. I think Adnan Syed deserves an appeal because in his trails there were inconsistent testimonies, cell phone call logs that had blurry information and the fact that Adnan did not have a violent or aggressive temperament. According to Episode 4 of Serial, the testimonies that were given by Jay Wilds show he is lying about what really happened. At the beginning, he stated he had nothing to do with helping Adnan bury Hae’s…

Genocide Introduction Study Questions 7) Often times in eyewitness accounts or oral testimonies, there is question whether what the interviewee is saying is indeed factual or if it lacks validity. The problem is, scholars base their primary and only source off of the words of the people they are interviewing, nothing else. This leaves room for non-factual information to be spread and believed by those who read these testimonies. (Totten and Parsons 7) 8) Education was often mentioned in…

charges of heresy. She was also accused of witchcraft…” The defendant is alleged to have stated that “There will never be another world but this one, and men and women who have died will never rise again.” These sentiments are reinforced by the testimony of multiple witnesses. den Carot eventually confesses to the crimes of heresy and witchcraft, but swears to refrain from spreading such unholy thoughts and actions in the community. She requests an absolution from her Inquisitors and is…

ANALYSIS AND DECISION: In this case, the Appellant appealed a decision of the Department proposing to discontinue SNAP and MA/HCBS services based on the Appellant’s income being over the statutory limit. Both the Appellant’s Representative and the Department’s Representative agreed on the gross amount of income being received by the Appellant in the amount of $2568.50. At the administrative hearing, the Department’s Representative testified to not knowing the SNAP income limits for a…