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The first case that I’m going to talk about is the Erma Faye Stewart case and Regina Kelly case. These two women were charged with felony drug distribution charges. This case took place in Hearne, Texas back in 2000. Stewart and Kelly along with 25 other men were charged in this case. Everybody bail was set to 70,000 each.
(2) Another of many questions about this death is whether or not Sandra Bland was suicidal before this arrest. On the mental health questionnaire filled out by the sheriff’s office a deputy marked “yes” to the question, “Have you ever attempted suicide?” Yet, on the computerized summary of her intake “No” was marked in response to “attempted suicide.” (3) These forms raise the questions of who really filled out these forms and when?
Jackelin Joa Professor Sepulveda Sub Law 3 February 2018 Ariel Castro Issue: For an estimate of 11 years, the Ariel Castro abducted and later held captive three young Cleveland girls in his house at 2207 Seymour Avenue, where he harmed them physically, emotionally, and sexually every day. Michelle Knight was kidnaped on August 22, 2002 at the age of 21. Ariel Castro saw her, she needed help getting to her son’s appointment. He took her into his vehicle with promises of a ride instead took her to his house and promises of a puppy for her son.
The results of the trial in Stamford was that Mercy Disborough was temporarily convicted of witchcraft while Goody Clawson was acquitted. The consequences for Mercy Disborough were that despite months and jail and continued peer accusation, she was acquitted. The consequences for the townspeople are blurrier, but it is evident that persistent hysteria was not one of them. The results of the trial in Stamford were largely reigned in from the massive hysteria and mass convictions associated with contemporary witch trials by the law.
COME NOW your Defendants, IVAN DUANE WILLIAMS and DENNIS RAY DAVIS, JR., by counsel, and hereby move to continue the currently scheduled trial date of December 12-14, 2017 pursuant to Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, and in support thereof, state as follows: 1. Defendants are charged with one count of conspiracy to sex traffic minors, and three counts of sex trafficking minors. 2. Discovery in this matter is voluminous. Numerous law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, Henrico County Police, and Fairfax County Police have been investigating this case for over a year and over multiple jurisdictions, including various locations in Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia.
The case of Cyntoia Brown is about an innocent victim, who had been punished for finding the courage to fight against the ones who had hurt her. Ultimately, this case is the greatest injustice act against a person ever yet. Her whole life, she had been facing abuse and inequity. She was only 16 when she has murdered Johnny Allen in 2004, and is now serving a life sentence, with an eligible parole on her 69th birthday. What the jury hasn’t been told about is that Cyntoia has been repeatedly drugged and physically and sexually
Understanding the Jodi Arias case was simple. Tons of information was available for a case lasting nearly 7 years before deciding on sentencing. A little background on the case, on the evening of June 4, 2008, Travis Alexander was murdered by his ex-girlfriend Jodi Arias in his home in Mesa, Arizona. Nearly 5 days later his friends, concerned, showed up at his house to find Alexander in the shower of his home, dead. Alexander had faced multiple stab wounds, roughly 27-29 of estimate, his throat had be slit and he had been shot in the head.
“On July 30, 1992, an innocent person was convicted of a heinous crime”. Guy Paul Morin, an ordinary man, was arrested, imprisoned and convicted of first degree murder. The victim was Christine Jessop, a nine-year-old girl from Ontario, Canada. She was found murdered in a field about fifty kilometres from where she lived. Due to the investigation team’s carelessness and tunnel vision, the systematic failure of the justice system, and the poor handling of evidence by the crown there was not only one, but two victims in this case.
Albert Camus once said, “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion" (Murphy 1). In the novel Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, Isabel is denied of the first, sixth, and eighth amendments. Isabel is not given the freedom of speech and freedom of religion. She is also banned from trial by jury and a right to a council. Lastly Isabel is not given the right that protects her from cruel and unusual punishment.
Thirteen years, seven months and thirteen days. That is the time Lawrence Rubin Montoya spent in prison for a crime he did not commit. Montoya was sentenced to life in prison in November 2000 after he was allegedly pressured by Denver police officers into confessing to murdering a Denver school teacher. In June 2014, his conviction was overturned thanks to DNA retesting of evidence. Now, the 31 year old is suing the city of Denver and members of the city’s police department in federal court for $30 million, citing the interrogation process and later failures by the District Attorney’s office.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you are here because one person in this courtroom decided to take law into her own hands. The defendant, Mrs. Dominique Stephens, murdered the man that she vowed to love. This sole act by the defendant is violation of all morals and her husband’s right to live. Afterwards, she even felt guilty about this violation of justice and called the cops on herself, and she later signed a written statement stating that she is guilty of the murder of Mr. Donovan Stephens. Then the defendant later recanted this statement and said that she only killed Mr. Stephens in self defense.
The Crucible is a book written by Author Miller to illustrate all the lies and deceit that took place during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693. There are so many different forms of lies and deceit present with in this book. But to me the three biggest are when Mary Warren and the girls, Putnam’s versusthe rest of the town and John Proctor vs Abigail. But the lies and deceit derail all of these.
Essay In the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee, there are many important messages shown throughout the book. However the primary focus was set on racial prejudice that existed in the 1930s-1940’s in the fictional town of Maycomb County. The racism in the novel was very much a reality in 1930s-1940s America. A very good example of the racial prejudice that existed was in the courtroom during Tom Robinson’s trial, an innocent Negro man held against his will for a crime he did not commit.
This was quite the battle for Adnan Syed, a young oriental male who was accused of murdering his long-time girlfriend in January of 1999. Hae-Min Lee, Adnan’s girlfriend, went missing in January and her body was found buried in a local park 3 weeks later. Adnan Syed is innocent of killing Hae-Min Lee because of three reasons: Cristina Gutierrez, Adnan’s lawyer, failed to put him in a position to win the trial, Jay is not an effective witness, and the window of time does not match up. Adnan is not at fault
Case:- Mother cleared of murder after helping seriously ill daughter die. A judge made the rare step of attacking the Crown Prosecution Service today for pursuing a case of attempted murder against a loving mother who helped her seriously ill daughter to die. Stoking the debate over mercy killings, he praised the common sense, decency and humanity of the jury at Lewes crown court, who took just two hours to clear Kay Gilderdale over the death of 31-year-old Lynn.