The Accused

you are accused and face consequences right away and are not proven guilty it is unfair. It would be fair to go to court and have the accusation be backed up with proof or else it would be considered a slanderous statement. Accusing someone without any proof will cause a lawsuit that may last months or maybe even up to years. In my mind, they will always be innocent until proven guilty and they should not have any trouble until they are found guilty. In The Crucible, many women were accused of…

Mary Warren is one of the Salem girls that was being accused of witchcraft. She was a “seventeen [year old], subservient, naive, lonely girl” (Miller 17). She was accused of being involved in witchcraft by being with Abigail Williams and the other two girls she hung out with. Mary Warren was not a witch it was just the people that accused her of being one that made other people start to actually believe that she was a witch. For example, Mary Warren was one of the girls that was dancing in the…

Being Accused "A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's Music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage mannerisms from Elvis¨- Jackie Wilson. When one gets accused of something they get frustrated which is what happens to Tommy. In Paul Bishops short story, “The framing game,” the protagonist, Tommy, struggles with being pressured into stealing shoes, and getting framed for it. Tommy gets to school, one day, Tommy gets pulled into the principal's…

1:40 p.m. The Delta State University professor accused of killing a colleague and his girlfriend admitted to her slaying in a hand-written note and a 911 call. Police released the note and a recording of the call Tuesday. In the call Monday morning, professor Shannon Lamb tells the dispatcher that police…

choice was the best thing to do since all of the juries he was with all were Caucasian(Myers). Back then it never mattered how old you were; you would still get accused of raping a white woman and you couldn't deny it because the juries were white.…

Arthur Miller, was a fictional story filled with lots of drama. It was about one village that had some people that got accused of witchcraft which was against their religion. Some people in the village were accused of witchcraft without proof, and some that were accused were innocent. Some people in the village found out that there were some young girls dancing in the woods and accused them witchcraft. In their village at that time witchcraft was against their religion. However, none of the…

The Falsely Accused In July of 2016, Micah Johnson interrupted a “Black Lives Matter” protest to attack the police officers who were protecting the participants in the march. Out of malice, he murdered five officers whose intent was only to keep the people safe. Blind vengeance caused this killer to take matters into his own hands resulting in the death of five innocent men. The hysteria in the Salem witch trials is similar to the hysteria towards police officers now because they both…

Walking into the court on the first day of the witchcraft trails I felt quite a bit of remorse for those on trial. For it had been my fault, our fault. We accused the innocent of witchcraft, so we could get out of trouble, but did we actually save ourselves? So I now must to confess, I cannot keep in such a lie. We cheated the entire town of Salem. All of the girls and I weren’t forced to dance in the woods by Tituba’s spirit. We did it willingly, and for that matter quite often. When Reverend…

In Arthur Miller's book, “The Crucible” a group of girls accuse innocent Salem citizens of conducting witchcraft. This creates hysteria in the village and leads to mostly everyone being falsely accused. Abigail Williams begins the false accusations, she does this in order to be with her desired lover John Proctor. Abigail and John Proctor had an affair, John Proctor's wife dismisses Abigail from being their servant for that reason. As a method to have John Proctor, Abigail falsely accuses John…

You detect an empty feeling in your stomach. Looking down, you scream in terror after realizing your abdomen had a massive wound. The weapon was still in you, along with the culprit staring at you. Their eyes gleam with pride for what they had done had taken an enormous amount of courage and tactics. Blood exploded all over the criminal's body once they removed their weapon of choice. Along with the intestine of the freshly killed victim. You felt a sudden urge to vomit, but it soon went away…