Brief Arizona v. Hicks 480 U.S. 321 (1987) Facts: A bullet was fired through the floor of Hick’s apartment on April 18th, 1987. The bullet injured a man in the apartment below Hick’s apartment. Police officers arrived at Hick’s apartment to investigate the shooting. Upon investigating, the police officers seized 3 weapons and a stocking mask. Also, while investigating, one of the police officers noticed expensive stereo equipment.
In excess of the nine years, Gina Dejesus, Michelle Knight and Amanda Berry were tied up with chains stuck in between the walls. That had to give birth to Amanda Berry’s daughter in captivity. Recent reports have speculated that there were multiple pregnancies among the three women that weren’t counted for due to beatings and malnourishment. Castro reportedly covered Dejesus 's head with a bag when he raped her because he knew her family well, and because she was a friend of his daughter
In March of 1990, 14 pieces of artwork were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner art museum. Out of those 14 one was the Storm another was a seascape with Jesus and the Apostles, and also included a Vermeer and a Monet. This artwork has been missing for over 25 years. A reporter in Brooklyn sought to find these missing master pieces, so he started his own investigation. He acquired a lead, and found himself in a storage locker in Brooklyn 200 miles from the museum.
In “Trashing the Truth,” Susan Greene and Miles Moffeit revealed the horrors of evidence destruction, with a goal of bringing justice to victims of
It was first used in Great Britain on November 25th, 1938 and then spread to other parts of Europe such as Czechoslovakia, Austria,
The efforts Edina Broward made to research about her stolen painting will probably considered as diligent efforts which prevent statute of limitation from starting to run. Ms.Broward tried to find her stolen painting by many means. First of all, The police was notified by her as well as a private investigator was hired to help to find the stolen painting. Similar to Everett v. Rogers, where the owner of stolen painting informed the police and was going to hire private investigator.
In the book “Killers of the Dream” by Lillian smith there are several ideas that are brought forward that really demonstrate that the author exaggerates the true situation and the state of affairs in the south. In the context of the book, the south was experiencing serious crisis when the whited propagated segregation against the blacks and other low class whites. The paper contains the author’s thesis and a summary of the author’s primary points. Additionally, the paper examines whether the authors account is incomplete, questionable or cases where the account does not make sense. The social profiling that resulted was regrettable and brought serious repercussions to the society in general.
Because Dean uses many different sources coming from people of many different professions, not just art historians, she successfully avoids any traces of biases throughout her essay. She shows how all different types of people, including archaeologists, anthropologists, and just an average person, often succumb to the use of these four different mistakes to incorrectly identify pieces as art. A bias is often formed when the argument is supported by only a small window of evidence, and in this essay, Dean successfully avoids that mistake, and there for creates an argument with no
The book Where the Sidewalk Ends and the poem “Kidnapped” by Shel Silverstein is inappropriate for children is because of the frightening content and may give children fears for all strangers. The poem describes scenes that are too graphic for young minds, giving them thoughts of being, “Dragged me from the car down to some cold and moldy basement, where they stuck me in a corner” (18-20). This quote gives horrific images of being kept as a prisoner and being kidnapped, which could give children nightmares and terrifying thoughts. Also, children may be uncertain about what strangers are safe and which are not after reading scenes like , “ They stopped me on the sidewalk, and offered me some candy, and when I wouldn't take it they grabbed me
The photo that got my attention was picture was titled “Abigail Scott Duniway signing first Equal Suffrage Proclamation ever made by a woman. Governor Oswald West, who had signed the Proclamation is shown looking at, and acting President Dr. Viola M. Coe is standing near” on the Library of Congress . This image and title tell the story about Abigail Scott Duniway who is activist for women right sign the first Equal Suffrage Proclamation made by a woman and it being one of most influential women of the Pacific Northwest women 's suffrage movement that is sign that document. This photo also shows how those long years of working toward women right and this picture show that they are one more step closer to their
Stacy Davis, self-proclaimed activist for feminism and womanism, is a “scholar trained in feminist theory and African American biblical hermeneutics” (Davis 23). In her article, The Invisible Woman: Numbers 30 and the Policies of Singleness in Africana Communities, Davis argues for a prominent place for single woman (specifically those who have never married) in biblical scholarship, and as leaders in the church, with questions of their sexuality left alone. Davis argues this viewpoint from the perspective as an unmarried black woman. Davis establishes the foundation for her argument in Numbers 30, a text that altogether omits reference to single woman, rather each group of women mentioned in the text about vows refers to them in relation to men (21). Thus, Davis establishes the omission of single women in the Hebrew Bible as the invisible women.
The narrative of Midnight Robber chronicles the adventures and mythologizing actions of the protagonist, incorporating tales and myths from traditional African, Caribbean, North American and South American cultures. The opening lines feature the voice of a narrator, much like in folktale tradition, inviting the reader into the story: “Oho. Like it starting, oui? Don't be frightened, sweetness; is for the best. I go be with you the whole time.
Then further investigations reveal that the bust was still there but it was
