Brock Turner Father's Persuasion

In recent history, there have been many cases of rape all over the world that have been sparking public outrage, not only because of the perverse acts but also for the way that society has responded to these attacks. The Steubenville, Ohio case is one account, where a sixteen year old girl was raped by two high school football players. Instead of focusing on the tragedy of the rape, the public and the media chose to speak about the two rapists - the boys - and how their promising football careers were over. It was suggested that the girl was at fault for being drunk, and that she was known for lying in the past, and could possibly be lying about the case (Poladian, 1). This is only one example of

In “ ‘A Steep Price…’” it analyzed the opinions of the public, media, victim, and aggressor in defending their particular take on the case. The article offers mild bias, so it does not completely report the events of the case, because it mostly focuses on the opinionated effects and not so much the facts. In “Feminist Put Judge...”, major bias is introduced by claiming to be in support of the feminist cause; however, the article uses a stronger ethical appeal to attract a broader, more unified audience. In “Here’s the Powerful Letter…”, the author recants the letter the victim wrote to her attacker, Brock Turner. She not only aims for the audience to feel the distress and havoc the case has relinquished on her life, but also a chance to spread a more positive message to thank her supporters while encouraging her audience to stand up for themselves and their self worth. The overall purpose of analyzing all these different media sources is to be able to recognize how the multiple points of view that a story can be told from will alter the objectivity of the event. A society’s culture will emphasis bias or certain point of views to get the public to believe one interpretation of the story based on the

Almost every day, we hear about justice being served upon criminals and we, as a society, feel a sense of relief that another threat to the public has been sentenced to a term in prison, where they will no longer pose a risk to the world at large. However, there are very rare occasions where the integrity of the justice system gets skewed and people who should not have been convicted are made to serve heavy prison sentences. When word of this judicial misstep reaches the public, there is social outcry, and we begin to question the judicial system for committing such a serious faux pas.

The plaintiff, Mayella Ewell, accused Tom Robinson, a black man, of raping her. Throughout the court case, there was substantial amounts of evidence that pardoned Robinson from strangling, beating, and taking advantage of her such as the fact that “His left arm was fully twelve inches shorter than his right, and hung dead at his side” (212). Several signs pointed to Mayella’s caucasian father, Robert Ewell, as the one guilty of the crime. For example, when questioned by the defendant on whether or not he called for a doctor, Ewell replied that “...he never thought of it, he had never called a doctor..” (200). Also, Robert Ewell’s dominant hand corresponded with Mayella’s injuries whereas Robinson’s corresponding hand was rendered useless by a permanent injury. However, after all of this evidence against Mr. Ewell, when the all-white jury was polled concerning Robinson, their responses were “‘Guilty… guilty… guilty… guilty..’” (241). They ignored the facts and branded Robinson a rapist because of the color of his

I am writing to you today because ever since your editorial on Tom Robinson’s death, I felt like I have to share my opinion on his case and the outcome of it. I did not, and do not, agree with the verdict. The defense has given clear evidence to the court and jury proving that Mr. Robinson did not, in fact, rape Mayella Ewell. This letter will outline all the reasons why I believe he did not do it.

that the questions I was going to apply to him were out of a guideline given to us, he smiled and

In July 2003, Kobe Bryant, shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers and one of his generation’s greatest athletes, was accused of raping a 19-year old hotel employee (Howard, “Sexual assault allegations cast shadow over Kobe Bryant legacy”). Following the precedent set by Simpson and Lewis, Bryant was able to overcome seemingly overwhelming evidence to maintain his innocence. The victim’s blood was found on the inside of Bryant’s shirt and a nurse discovered injuries consistent with sexual assault, including vaginal trauma and a bruise on the victim’s jaw (Fox News, “Detective Details Alleged Rape in Kobe Hearing”). Bryant’s defense strategy was essentially to defame his victim, claiming that her injuries were “consistent with a person who has had sex with three different men in three days.” The defense team also “accidently” leaked documents containing the victims name and sexual history to various media outlets, despite a so called “rape shield” that usually protects rape victims’ sexual histories from being brought up in court. This led to the victim actually receiving death threats from avid fans (TheDenverChannel, “Death Threat Against Bryant's Accuser Results In Arrest”). It is not at all surprising that the victim opted to end the criminal case and instead file a civil suit. After the criminal case was closed, Bryant issued an apology, in which he admitted that he “recognize[d] now that she

This series of books culminated in Moral Judgment: Does the Abuse Excuse Threaten our Legal System in 1997. Concerned about forces in our society threatening to undermine our moral sense, Wilson demonstrates in this book how our judicial system has compromised its obligation to discriminate between right and wrong. Citing highly publicized verdicts, he makes a case for re-examining the ethical drift of contemporary jurisprudence. Today's headlines, he claims, are proof that our judicial system relentlessly subjects itself to forces that limit its capacity to resolve even the gravest moral issues: judging guilt or innocence in the most grievous capital crimes. In a sense, Wilson sends a strongly worded message to criminal justice administrators:

Research into children’s memories has serious implications to society an individual’s involved in a specific case. Three outcomes are possible (a) the researchers may discredit the children’s testimony in real abuse cases and strengthens the defenses case against a real perpetrator; (b) the child who has witnessed or experienced a crime testifies accurately and truthfully, resulting in a perpetrator going to prison and not committing another crime; or (c) the child has given false accusations as a result of faulty interview tactics by law enforcement or social service workers that result in false charges and imprisonment. Cognitive psychologists take these instances into consideration when creating studies regarding children’s memories and relating them to the judicial system (Ceci & Bruyn, 1993).

“Meryl, tell us the truth. It will not go in your record if you plead guilty.”

While our inclination to “regard a past event as inevitable” or “interpret information in a way that confirms our pre-existing beliefs” is often harmless in daily lives, it can have important consequences for the legal system, especially in the case of murder (White). According to Griffin, there is an undeniable existence of confirmation and hindsight bias in criminal adjudication. With this bias, the assumption of Willingham’s guilt enabled the prosecution to discard many contradictions in the physical evidence; with bias, witnesses changed their testimony to confirm their certainty on past event; with this bias, an innocent man is almost convicted of murder by some unreliable circumstantial evidence. Everyone is equal before the law. With

Red herring is when one distracts someone or the audience to confuse them, with something irrelevant in a discussion. It leads the viewer to a false end. Also, can be used intentionally. As an illustration, Rudy’s mom asked him to clean the basement because he has not done anything this week, but he pointed out that he cut the grass two weeks ago. Hector and Jessica were fighting because no one has said “I love you” recently, so Hector pointed out that he was the first one to say it. Briefly, mother and father were arguing about who took the kids to school last, which mother pointed out that she took them to Chucky Cheese three times this month.

Bernard Webster was a victim of racial misidentification when in 1982 a schoolteacher was raped in her own home by a black stranger and identified Webster as her attacker in a photo lineup. Other residents of her apartment complex also picked him out of the lineup. In 1983 he was convicted guilty and sentenced to 30 years in prison, but he maintained his innocence and sought aid in proving his innocence, which was impossible until DNA testing came about. The examination of slides from the hospital where the victim was treated 20 years prior proved Bernard Webster’s innocence, and he was exonerated two thirds into his sentence (“Mid-Atlantic”). Unfortunately, many more innocent people have been wrongfully imprisoned because of their race, be it due to blatant racism or just cross-racial misidentification, and our current Justice System does little to stop this from happening.

The name of my business leader is Ted Turner and he was born on November 19, 1938. Ted is still alive today. He grew up with a business dad, which I guess inspired him to be interested in business things. Some family members of his are his mom, dad, and sister. Ted has been married three times. In total, he has five children, two from his first wife and three from his second wife.

After reading the letter, I do feel tremendously sorry for the victim. She simply wanted to attend a party with her sister, and because she had "drank liquor too fast" what happened next came to her unexpectedly. She felt very violated and ashamed by this event which anyone would be, male or female. If a person were to wake up and be told that they had been sexually assaulted, I am sure that they would be devastated. However, I decided to evaluate this incident from both perspectives.I wanted to figure out how Turner was able to drag this poor girl from a party to behind a DUMPSTER. In the actual scenario, both Turner and the victim were BOTH intoxicated and had been kissing and dancing with each other at the party. Both parties were not