The Accusers

Unjustified Verdict of a Futuristic and Wise Man A court case requires evidence, accusers, the accused, and the jury. What links all these components together is a matter of persuasion through cross examining to prove the accused innocent or felonious. A court case also represents a cities governing and regulating systems efficiency. In the Trial of Socrates, one will come to discover the deficiencies of the accusers, Meletus, Lycon, and Anytus’ charges and the forthright manner of Socrates. One…

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also accused of “a curious person, who searches into things under the earth and heaven, and he makes the worse appear the better cause.” Meletus and Anytus were two of the accuser. At the end Socrates made a speech about apologizing how he speak normal in front of Athenians. He continued it by answering and questioning his accuser to defend himself. Socrates talked about scenarios after scenarios to make them understand that he is innocent. At the end he was sentenced to death. The Apology of…

how the accusers in both situations used their power to stir mass hysteria, harbored corrupt motives, and dictated unjust trials and punishments.…

Hoffer, similar to Boyer and Nissenbaum, believes there were many factors that contributed to the conception of the Salem Witch Trials. He uses a broader look at time, history, law, sociology and geography to explain the Salem trials. Hoffer begins his arguments by stating that “there is truth in the generalization that the people of the seventeenth century were by and large more gullible than their eighteenth century descendants. In the 1600s, popular or ‘vernacular’ belief in witches was…

disproves this charge by informing the jury that his early accusers were in fact prosecuting the character of Socrates, he professes to know nothing of these…

Apology the concept of “pursuer” death and “pursuer” wickedness is introduced after Socrates is handed his sentence in his trial. Socrates associates the “pursuer” wickedness with all the people that voted against him in his trial, along with his accusers. Socrates believes that it is more difficult to outrun the “pursuer” wickedness than it is to outrun the “pursuer” death but, Socrates explicitly states that he would rather be outrun by the pursuer of death, than be outrun by the pursuer of…

public trial, by an impartial jury” in all criminal prosecutions. However, most cases never reach to a trial because the plea bargain guarantees the accuser to take a shorter sentence. Prosecutors take advantage of the criminal justice system by using mandatory minimums and past criminal records as leverage for the defendant to plead guilty, even if the accuser claims to be innocent. It is unethical to imbue prosecutors with so much unilateral power. The criminal justice system should consider…

John did have an affair. That means his relationship with his wife is a very weak. It also shows it is conflicting him internally. He knows there aren 't any witches in Salem, yet he doesn 't speak out against it, because his mistress is the primary accuser. Elizabeth seems to think the reason is that he has feelings still for Abigail, but that is unlikely. The most probable reason is that he fears that Abigail will tell the town about their affair, which would ruin his name in town. That ties…

used to describe a large majority of the population during this time. This explanation can be considered unreliable because of who it was that accused these witches. The only people that knew the motives, behaviors of these witches were the accusers. These accusers would most likely had searched around looking for someone that matched their “profile” of a witch and then made up stories of them behaving like a witch. This is the main and strongest reason for this explanation being…