Wrongful execution

8th Amendment against cruel and unusual punishment (Justia (Coker), n.d.). Even though the law was legitimate, ethics played a role in the final decision as the greatest good for the greatest number emerged from the decision. The decision halted executions as punishment for less than capital crimes which prevents the death penalty from being improperly applied in future cases. Given that the death penalty is permanent punishment, it was crucial to determine its role in…

Studies have indicated that most of the organisation’s priority is to meet or exceed their business objectives. The success of executing any strategy is dependent on how effective the leadership is communicating the strategy, as well as the performance of the employees who contribute towards its implementation. Therefore it is desirable for the leaders of organisations to make sure that the strategy they are driving is aligned with the culture that they want to instil in the organization. This…

worked with a unit of all-white detectives, eventually known as the "midnight crew." Their tactics included: "electric shock, simulated suffocation, and mock executions, often accompanied with virulent racial epithets and attacks to the genitals." Their interests were to coerce false confessions from the men that formed the "basis for wrongful convictions and severe prison terms including death sentences in at least ten instances." (Taylor)…

The Salem witch trials began in February 1692 when two young children, Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Parris, began to act in a strange manner (chronology of events relating to the Salem witch trials, n.d.), showing signs of fits and hysterics (important persons in the Salem court records, n.d.). During this period in time where fear of the devil was much more common and superstition was a part of daily life for practically everyone it was easiest to blame witchcraft when both girls spoke of…