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    during, and after meetings to help a group achieve its own outcomes. A facilitator is someone who performs these activities, helping the team by monitoring and improving its internal process. Twelve Angry Men, a movie about an open-and-shut murder trial in which one juror stands alone in his beliefs, made use of facilitation. When the twelve jurors were sent to deliberate a unanimous verdict, the case was not as clear-cut as they once thought. The jurors were made up of twelve men of diverse…

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    When considering The Post Office Robbery, one would have to first take in the fact of how the suspect will be sentenced. There are sentencing parameters that have to be followed. These guidelines are usually imposed on a suspect at sentencing. Research shows that most adhere to the following: • Acceptance of Responsibility • Criminal Background • Career Offender • Livelihood of the criminal Most Judge of the Courts has the above guidelines to measure when handing down a sentence to a suspect.…

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    incriminating testimony from Jay Wilds. By popular demand and a reevaluation of evidence and court proceedings, Adnan Syed should be allowed another trial. Christina Gutierrez was Adnan’s attorney and was incompetent in defending him in court. Gutierrez was a Baltimore lawyer that was known for her aggressiveness and great legal tactics. In the first trial, she continually tries to pin the murder on Jay, and does the same in…

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    AAC Device Summary

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    Effectiveness In order to address the effectiveness of the AAC device for Sandra, two trial sessions were conducted, one in a spiritual center on The Pennsylvania State University’s campus and one via public transportation utilizing a typical developing female test subject who is also in her teenage years. The subject was told that she would not be able Within the spiritual center trial, the test subject engaged with one of the available receptionists to locate the chapel and whilst in the…

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    A characters personality involves with mainly their body language and attitudes, which creates the conflicts of prejudiced overtime. According to the play “Twelve Angry Men” all jurors encounters a huge factor of prejudice throughout the storyline. In addition, The 3rd Juror reveals many hidden prejudices by becoming very intolerant and stubborn by the other juror’s opinion. In the play, Juror #3 appeared as a businessman who seemed to be an antagonist who suppose that all evidence that are…

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    MOVIE SUMMARY : A young Puerto Rican boy is framed for the murder of his father. A guilty verdict by the jury would result in a death sentence for the accused. The jurors decided to take a vote; all but the protagonist voted that the boy was guilty. The protagonist felt that a death sentence should not be awarded to a person unless proper evidence is sought against him. He feels that the boy may be guilty but wants the case for defense to be presented clearly which may indeed give the boy the…

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    and come up with a fair verdict. Some jurors uses emotion to deal with the case, while others uses logic and provided strong evidence to support their claim. Juror Four and Juror Eight are similar in the way that they are both open-minded, take the trial seriously, and they also use logic to analyze problems. Throughout the play, Juror 4 and Juror 8 has proven themselves to be very open-minded. They are able to take constructive opinions from others…

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    Kafka illustrates the expansive grip of the justice system by having its influence apparent nearly everywhere K. travels. Joseph K. was given a trial that was not exactly speedy and hardly public. K.’s trial took place in a private apartment hidden away in a building while his series of trials lasted a year up until his death. In America, it is also a law that if you are charged or arrested for a crime you must be told what that crime is. Joseph K. was never told what…

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    Youth Criminal Justice Act

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    introduced to select the cases that really matter to the court of law. This helps reduce the publicity of a youth’s crimes while still having the youth face consequences determined by a valid person of authority. Even if a youth’s case does go to trial, there are rules compared to the YOA that create fairness towards to youth. When the perspective of the youth accused is taken, the YCJA has shown that it has improved the equability of justice towards youth. The extent that YCJA is fair and…

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    Guilty In 12 Angry Men

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    In “12 angry men”, 12 jurors were asked to convict a kid for killing his dad or let him go free. There was many evidences to show the kid was guilty, but juror # 6 was able to debunk every single evidence. I am positive the jurors made a mistake about making fictional reasons to every clue they receive. I believe this kid is guilty for killing his dad and there’s many evidences to prove that. First, someone heard the kid saying “I’m gonna kill you” from upstairs. Then when the old man came…

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