Argumentative Essay On Ozie Powell's Trial

On June 12,1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered. Their bodies were discovered outside Nicole Simpson's condominium. Nicole Simpson was the estranged wife of the famous football player and T.V. star O.J. Simpson.

In many ways, the opinion in this case represents a final step in the creation of

April 6, 1931, the trials for the Scottsboro boys begin(Uschan 16). The boys were represented by Milo C. Moody and Stephen Roddy who were only given twelve days to prepare for the trials. Stephen was and unpaid, unprepared real estate attorney, and Milo was a forgetful seventy year old local attorney who hadn’t tried a case in a long time (“San Marcos” line 13). The trails were completely unorganized and false information was stated throughout the whole thing. The cross examination of Victoria Price lasted minutes and the defense offered very little information to the judge. Six out of the nine boys ended up denying the rape while 3 admitted to it. Even though the three men didn’t rape the women, because of beatings and threats, they admitted to the gang rape. By the time the trail had ended 8 out of the 9 boys were convicted and sentenced to death. Since one of the Scottsboro boys was only thirteen, he was considered too young to be tried as an adult (“UMKC” par. 6-7).

A very significant case in Cook County Courts was the Bridgeport case, known as a “heater” case because of the publicity that surround it, and the racial overtones (Bogira 181). The Bridgeport case involved three white teenagers, Michael Kwidzinski, Jasas, and Caruso that were accused of brutally beating two young black boys who were riding their bikes in the predominantly white neighborhood. The entire summary of the case, in Courtroom 302, was based around the fact that one of the boys, Michael Kwidzinski, was most likely innocent. The question then turns to the boy himself, Michael Kwidzinski; if he was innocent, why did hid then accept a guilty plea bargain?

On June 19th 1862 the US Congress prohibits slavery in the United States territories nullifying the Dred Scott

Now look at Rosina Townsend who maintained the brothel. Mrs. Townsend’s brothel was a high-end brothel, but her reputation or her word was worth mo more than a piece of dirt in the bottom of your shoe. This was demonstrated the most during the trial. Judge Ogden Edwards spent an entire hour instructing the jury. The judge instructed the jury to weigh all characters involved, victim, accused, and witnesses. He instructed that the prostitutes were not to be believed unless corroborated by respectable individuals. He went as far as to try to establish an alibi for Robinson in respect to visiting the brothel on the night of the murder. If the jury felt Robinson’s guilt was beyond doubt, then to convict him; if not acquit.

During the early nineteen hundreds many people especially in the south were often convicted of crimes for no other reason than their skin color and contrary to many ideas about our court system, we have not always been the most honest and unbiased people. One prime example of this is the case of the Scottsboro Boys and how they were accused of rape and had to go to court numerous times, almost everytime ending in the death sentence. The evidence in the case clearly points towards the innocence of the Scottsboro boys, evidence such as unclear stories from the girls, lack of bruises and marks indicating assault as well as a previous history of prostitution from both of the girls. This evidence helps to prove that Charles Weems and the Scottsboro boys were innocent and wrongly accused and convicted.

The author, Phyllis A. Roth, is not your ordinary feminist, because she is also a Freudian. A better term to describe Roth would be a psychoanalytic feminist. One of her works as an author can be found in the back of the book Dracula: A Norton Critical Edition. Her criticism article is titled Suddenly Sexual Woman in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. In her article she analyzes the famous novel Dracula. She explores how gender plays a role in the novel and the concept of femininity. She writes about the transformation that takes place when a proper lady turns into a sexual vampire. Her article points out where hostility toward women 's sexuality is displayed in the novel, that the average reader may not pick up on. Roth has a strong argument. Let us examine Roth’s case.

On Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. James L. Wilkins, 41, was shot and killed during an argument over a $5 debt that the suspect said Wilkins owed him. When Wilkins said, he did not owe the suspect any money, the suspect shot Wilkins two times with a pistol, according to witnesses. The incident occurred at 107 S. Second Street in front of the home of Wilkins and his daughter. The witnesses told police they did not know who the suspect was.

“…and on the charge that the prisoner did with others to conspire to destroy the lives of soldiers in the military service of the United States in violation of the laws and customs of war-Guilty” were the words that soared out of Wallace’s mouth at the end of the trial. It was then that Henry Wirz was found guilty. Why? Why was he found guilty? This decision was based on the emotional aspect of the witnesses, and not by the actual guilt. Not only my defense, but also the defense of Wirz’s attorney, Baker, the testimony of the defendant, Henry Wirz, shows that Wirz should not have been found guilty.

In the movie “Marshall” we take a look at one of Thurgood Marshall early cases. In “Marshall”, Thurgood starts off at a train station getting ready to board and some bad cats walk up to him and started screaming obscene things at Thurgood. We see Thurgood going into the NAACP office and someone is waiting for him to tell him he will be taking a rape case in New York. Thurgood tells his wife that he will have to leave again for another court case. So he goes to New York and enlists the help of local lawyer Samuel Friedman. Marshall needed a co-counselor based in Connecticut to help him argue the case, someone more familiar with the laws and politics particular to the state. Sam’s response wasn’t to welcoming. He felt like this was a case that could possible ruin his career. He wanted nothing to do with it. After a few movie minutes we go to see the man accused of rape. It’s an African American male named Joseph Spell. Spell is accused of raping his former boss Eleanor Strubing. Mrs.Strubing had come home from dinner with friends. She was fresh from the shower and wearing only a robe when Spell knocked on her bedroom door and asked if he could borrow some money. She claims Spell raped her made her get dressed took her downstairs, bound her hands and feet, and raped her again. After forcing her to write a ransom note, he put her in the car, cut off the bottom of her dress and gagged her with the remnant, and drove until a policeman stopped the car. The officer did not

“After much thought, we the jury have come to the unanimous decision that the defendant Tom Robinson…” he paused and let out a nervous sigh, betraying his calm façade, “On the charges of both rape and assault we have found the defendant, Tom Robinson, innocent,” I looked over to see Jem rejoicing and silently cheering but as I did I saw the expressions of the others sitting in the balcony. Among the Negroes there was

Echoing my forum statement of week 2, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) was created by, and receives its authority from Article III of the United States (U.S.) Constitution in 1787 and ratified in 1789 [1]. As head of the U.S. Governments judicial branch, the role of SCOTUS is to enforce the Rule of Law of the U.S. Constitution, seeing that the lower courts do not undermine the Constitution and the freedoms and liberties it provides to the citizenry; they are the ultimate arbiters in judicial cases. SCOTUS is comprised of a Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices, who are all appointed by the President of the United States, but must be confirmed by Congress, and serve a life term until they choose to retire, resign or are removed due to gross neglect or legal misconduct. The SCOTUS also acts a check and balance to the President and Congress, ensuring they do not abuse their authority by exercising their

A month later, Corey Bates- a Vanderbilt football player- is charged with a fifteen year sentence for the same ruling as Turner’s. The only difference between them is race, for Turner is a white male and Bates is a black male. Rape is something that cannot be justified with excuses, nor devalued. Both men did a horrendous act, in which gave no right for neither man to receive any less of a sentence than the other. Because Turner was a white male, had no previous conflicts with the law, and went to a prestigious school they only labelled him as a young man that made the wrong choice for a day who didn’t deserve the hardships of hard prison time. On the other hand, Bates being a black male with a young son, who also attended a college university, was presumed more of threat to society. Both of these men are threats to society; no one is more or less than a coward than the other. The justice between these men were off balanced, as each case occurred after the other. No matter the circumstances there will always be a silver-lining to the decisions made upon a

Penny, David’s wife is the secondary victim of the incident. As per Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1992] a secondary victim is one who is no more than a passive and unwilling witness of injury to others. D owes secondary victim a duty of care it needs to be shown that proximity of relationship: a close tie of love and affection to a primary victim, proximity in time and space: proximity to the event or its immediate aftermath, proximity of perception: witnessing the event with their own unaided senses, caused by shock: the psychiatric injury must be caused by a shocking event. In this case Penny who is the secondary victim has to satisfy all the stated conditions. Under the reasonable foreseeability it needs to be illustrated