Argumentative Essay: Safe The Law

“One punch” assaults known as “The King Hit” have cost over 90 lives since the year 2000. New South Wales have had the largest number of one punch assaults which is 28, followed by Queensland and Victoria who have recorded 24 cases each. Picture this, imagine a teenage boy who is having fun with his mates, and he gets “King Hit” by a stranger in which had taken his life. You would think that the killer would receive a very harsh prison sentence right? Well that isn’t always the case. One person who was a victim in a situation very similar to this. Thomas Kelly. Thomas Kelly is an 18 year old boy who was “King Hit” in Kings Cross in New South Wales. All it took was one punch to end his life. The attacker received a 4 year

The (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer is seeking the sum of $1 million from the (Defendant) Bobby Bandleader, for alleged copyright abuse of the song “Happy Birthday to You”. The (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer is the copyright holder to the said song. The (Defendant) Bobby Bandleader is a Bistro owner who performs the song in an altered version (his own words are used) to his customers on their birthdays and have been doing so for the past twenty years without obtaining any licensing or permission from the copyright holder (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer.

After he was charged, regardless he indicated psychopathic conduct and characteristics. He was denied appearance rights since he would open himself to guests, again demonstrating his requirement for

According to CNN, David Sweat, one of the two murderers who broke out of a New York prison last year pleaded guilty today to three counts affiliated with the escape. Apparently, after the escape David Sweat was the only one of the pair to survive the massive police manhunt from the Clinton Correctional Facility. He pleaded guilty in a court in Plattsburgh to two counts in escape of first degree and a count of encouraging prison contraband. David was already serving a sentence of life in prison, in addition, his guilty plea avoids a trial of murder and he is scheduled to be sentenced on February 3, 2016.

Andre Hatchett is one among the many that have been wrongfully convicted and served several years for a crime that he didn’t commit. Hatchett spent most of his life in prison for a murder he did not commit, which was due to inadequate evidence that the defense did not know about. It started with Neda Mae Carter, who was found brutality beaten and found dead on February 18, 1991, in Bedford- Stuyvesant. Earlier that evening Hatchett was with Carter, who he visited almost every day due to his aunt living in the same house. When it came to questioning Hatchett was very cooperative with police, he provided an alibi for police and then was able to leave. At the time of the crime Hatchett was 24 and has special needs and was also had a cast on his leg.

All plead not guilty. Bobby was charged with one count of conspiracy in the second degree, three counts of conspiracy in the fourth degree, reckless endangerment in the second degree, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and one count of criminally using drug paraphernalia. Prosecution recommended Schmurda received eight years behind bars. Trial date was set for October 5th 2015.

1) Since the injured plaintiff was not wearing a seatbelt, why is Ford being sued for failing to test the seatbelt sleeve?

In New York, 2010, Kalief Browder was arrested for allegedly committing a robbery that he said he did not commit. However, he was still charged with robbery, grand larceny, and assault. The judge set bail at three thousand dollars, an amount that Browder’s family could not pay and unfortunately, he was sent to Rikers Island where he spent over a thousand days. He was assaulted by officers, inmates, and was also constantly sent to solitary confinement for nearly two years during his time at Rikers Island (Gonnerman, 2014). Kalief Browder attempted suicide many times when he was in solitary confinement. After being released, he tried to get back on his feet within society. His case was heard by many people, including Barack Obama, Jay Z, and other well-known individuals. All of them spoke about the injustice Browder faced. However, on June 06, 2015, Browder committed suicide (Gonnerman, 2015). Many people believed that the criminal justice system failed Browder. Unfortunately, this is not the only case in which the outcome was heartbreaking.

John Doe is an individual that left his country in an effort to make a better life. However, he does not have legal status in America and was recently arrested for shoplifting merchandise, which was valued over $1,000. At the time of his arrest, John voluntarily began to make incriminating statements to the arresting officers. At the police station, detectives conducted an interview of John asking him about the theft. John Doe has had no prior arrests, is 35 years old, and most of John Doe’s family still resides in his home country. Due to the amount of money involved, the crime is deemed a felony and John was arrested and placed in the county jail in Toms River, NJ. He is

It’s notorious, it's a place of pain and sorrow. This place is called Rikers Island. Rikers is a large penal complex that imprisons nonviolent and violent criminals. However, it a jail that discriminates against minorities.Leaving this dangerous place open the violence will only get worse and more inmates will try to kill themselves like Kalief Browder. That’s why Rikers should be shut down for good.

The female picked both men when shown the same photos. Cornelius Dupree Jr. was convicted in 1979 of rape and robbery, he served his time and was paroled in July. Dupree would have been eligible for parole years earlier but refused to admit to the rape because he didn't want to be a registered sex offender. Massingill, remains behind bars while authorities search for evidence to test for the seconded rape for which he is serving a life sentence

Jennifer Gonnerman, a New Yorker writer explains , the heartbreaking story about Kalief Browder, an eighteen years old who spent three years inside New York’s Riker Island jail for stealing a backpack of a Mexican guy. Later charges were ultimately dropped. Kalief Browder , who spent three years on Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime. He was arrested in the spring of 2010, at age sixteen, for a robbery but he insisted he had not committed.

Traditionally, the positive image of a company or a brand is very important in the contemporary world. As a result, the question of morality of each individual working within an organization is of a paramount importance. In such a situation there should be no exceptions from the rule and executives could not be in a privileged position. This is the desirable ideal many companies strive to achieve at least in a public eye. However, the reality turns to be quite different from what is expected and the analyzed case of an executive’s double standard is just another evidence of the fact that the real life is so complicated that the common rules, including moral

The rule of law is a difficult concept to grasp and proves elusive to substantive definition. However, the following work considers the attempts of various social and legal theorists to define the concept and pertinent authorities are considered. Attitudes and emphasis as to the exact shape, form and content of the rule of law differ quite widely depending on the socio-political perspective and views of respective commentators (Slapper and Kelly, 2009, p16), although there are common themes that are almost universally adopted. The conclusions to this work endeavour to consolidate thinking on the rule of law in order to address the question posed in the title, which is at first sight a deceptively simple one.

Switzerland is best described by conveying an understanding of its geography, political, economic, cultural and social environments. The geography of the country has had a significant impact on its way of life. Switzerland is bordered by Germany in the north, Austria and the Principality of Liechtenstein in the east, Italy in the south and France in the west. This represents many significant European cultures converging on Switzerland – the German speaking region, the French and the Italian. Two thirds of the Swiss population lives in the Plateau, between Lake Geneva and Lake Constance, in 30 percent of the country’s surface area. There are 450 people to every 1 km2 (1,166 per square mile). This makes the country one of