Trial

There seems to be a hypocritical problem with Socrates’ defense to the Athenian Court during his trial. He claims to the Athenian Court that he was on a mission from the Oracle of Delphi and Apollo. The problem that came to be with his defense was, he recently criticized Euthyphro for claiming that being part of his father’s execution was the will of the gods. There is a seeming hypocrisy for Socrates to claim divine motivation in his defense but say it is not plausible when Euthyphro uses…

This paper is a summary of a randomized controlled trial conducted by Joo et al (2015) in which the combination of haloperidol and dexamethasone were used to treat postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in high-risk patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery. It is understood using low dose haloperidol helps in the prevention of PONV. The study’s purpose was to identify an appropriate dose to use with dexamethasone for prevention of PONV. The study took place in a single…

The Salem witch trials were the first and only witch hunt to result in numerous deaths and rely mainly on spectral evidence. Most importantly, Salem did not follow the standard set by previous possessions: to keep the accusations made by the possessed inside the household. The accusations were used for selfish and greedy reasons. Salem Village was dealing with land disputes within the village and trying to gain independence from Salem Town in 1692. Some of Salem’s residents moved from Maine due…

The Scopes “Monkey Trial” was one of the most famous battles in history between evolution and creationism. After the Butler Act was passed, which banned the teaching of evolution, The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced it would defend anyone who challenged it. John Thomas Scopes was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925 for violating Tennessee's Butler Act. This case pitted two titans against each other, William Jennings Bryan, a former presidential…

Carl: Sam, would you say that Socrates' trial was not fair because he was not guilty of the sentenced crimes? Sam: Well it was an extreme denunciation for such petty accusations. Carl: Since we agree that Socrates was wronged, I think Socrates was stoically accepting unjust Laws. He didn’t try to convince the jury of his innocence. Do you think Socrates did right by staying and facing death, or should he have escaped? Sam: I think that Socrates believed that he was doing the right thing by…

“Trial by Jury Should Be Abolished.” Christie Davies delivers the strongly opinionated purpose of her essay immediately in the title. The author believes that no institution would last if its decisions were made by a jury. She supports this belief by saying that jurors are not actually randomly selected and that jurors make wrong decisions. She also thinks that judge and jury should switch places. The author makes these claims without much factual support to back them up. While the essay may…

Salem Witch Trials What is the cause of and the effects behind their actions during the Salem Witch Trials? Thesis The infamous “Salem Witch Trials” occurred during the turn of 17th century in Salem, Massachusetts in which many of the citizens were “17th Century Colonial American Puritans who were devoted to God and community” (King, Mixon 680). In this current state, the remaining citizens, non- Puritans were the ones condemned as a witch due to their rebellious attitude towards this Puritan…

The Salem Witch Trials The Salem witch trials took place between February of 1692 and May of 1693, by the end of the trials hundreds were accused of witchcraft, nineteen were executed and several more died while imprisoned awaiting either trial or execution. Some of the ‘symptoms’ associated with witchcraft could have included fever, contortions due to excessive pain, stress, asthma, guilt, boredom, child abuse, epilepsy, and delusional psychosis. One scientist did research and found that the…

commit wrongful acts. They mainly saw themselves as separate people from anyone else, regardless of their skin color. If the group did not have the same beliefs they regarded them as outcasts. In the context of witchcraft and witch trials, the acquisitions and trials were more based on narrow-mindedness and racism of the prosecutors than the real witchcraft, the supernatural and the occult. The…

The Puritans believed that Satan could not take the form of an unwilling person, and if anyone saw a spector, or spirit in the form of a person, that person was undoubtedly a witch. Last, the judges considered a confession from the accused. As the trials went on, it was obvious that sometimes this was the only way out (“Witchcraft in Salem”). The judges wanted to keep convicted witches in prison for as long as possible, in hopes that they would list other unknown witches (Meltzer 80). The…