Trial by ordeal

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…

Peters he can be liable for civil capacity because of the pretense of the verbal contract that was discussed on November 2. Since a verbal contract was created Dr. Peter would be a defendant if Sam decided to put him through a civil trial. If this becomes a bench trial, where only a judge is involved, Dr. Peter may win because those it was a verbal contract it…

Richard’s case is completely sensitive, anything that can be connected to his trial would be extremely important. So in order to make his legal process with a jury, Richard would have to make great life important decisions. We would need to find facts in which can direct the judge to not incarcerate him at all or just for a short period of time. This would be better than having Richard go through a bench trial. It’s not such a good option to for a judge to make the full decision because that…

There was an ordeal by fire when they put a hot iron on their arm or they would walk across burning coals. If the burn didn't heal after three days they were guilty. In those times, they believed that if they were innocent God would help heal the burn faster. They even did ordeal by water, when the person puts their arm in boiling water. After three days if their arm didn't heal then they were guilty…

were stagnant and did not change their views on the witch trials. The young girls, such as Abigail and Betty, created the witch story and stood by their story until the end. Most of the townsfolk, including the Putnams, believed in the witch trials and similarly stood by their belief until the very end. Several other townsfolk, usually the ones who were accused of witchcraft such as Proctor and Rebecca Nurse, disagreed completely with the trials and believed they were false from the beginning to…

John Proctor is a type of character that everyone can relate to. He has a dangerous background that haunts his life and he can’t share it because he will condemn himself to pretty much death. He committed one of the Ten Commandment with a woman who was of an age that now would be considered a federal offense. Her name Abigail and in the story she was seventeen. In the Puritan community the first person you have sex with is supposed to be the person you marry. Abigail was a woman with a shady…

Humans naturally seek out the truth, and believe anything that seemingly appears to reinforce their viewpoint. Religion teaches already gullible followers to believe that integrity is absolute and constant. If paired with individuals that seek to take advantage of this fact, calamitous disasters would undoubtedly pursue. In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, the Puritan religion led to the destruction of Salem due to the restrictions and regulations set by the beliefs. The religion damned those who…

Beverly to investigate witchcraft. This leads to the start of the carnival of fear and terror, known as the Salem Witch Trials. Only through his fear of losing his reputation and his job, Parris starts the whole ordeal in an attempted cover-up. John Proctor starts off the same way as Parris, but eventually chooses to follow a different path. In the beginning of the trials, he does not testify…

According to the article, a man and woman there had been suspected of bewitching, and it was decided to put them to a test. They agreed, but only if two of their chief accusers, also a man and woman, were subjected to the same ordeal. On a Saturday in ahead of schedule October, 300 villagers assembled to watch. The principal test called for measuring every individual against a duplicate of the Bible, the suspicion being that an individual allied with Satan would not weigh as much as the…

Although conflict plays an inescapable role in any society or civilization, it can be expected to extend to the greatest impact possible. The Salem witch trials, which occurred in the late 1600s, is only one conflict in American history—but an infamous one. Throughout history, numerous people have been scorned, accused, arrested, tortures, put to trial, and even persecuted as witches. Because of social, economic, religious, and physical complications within the community, Salem Village was…