David Sweat: A Necessary Guilty

The justice system is best known as a pursuit for the truth. It is managed by humans so, it is inevitable not to make errors such as ones that will lead an innocent to be wrongfully convicted. Such a scenario is the David Milgaard case where he supposedly raped and murdered a woman named Gail Miller but really, the foundations of justice were tampered with. The Canadian justice system failed terribly, dismissed millions of dollars and banished the citizens certainty in the system. Most importantly, this even diminished 20 years of a man’s life.

Scott Lee Peterson was once married to Lacy Peterson in California. They were expecting their first child together when Laci disappeared on December 24th, 2002, Laci was 8 months pregnant. Scott was not immediately named a suspect in Laci’s disappearance. Scott told detectives that he was out fishing that morning 90 miles from their Modesto home. The detectives were thrown off by how calm Scott was and Scott’s lack of questioning within the first few weeks of Laci being gone.

The delivery of punishment has changed significantly over the centuries. Up until the 19th century in England, imprisonment was not regarded as a punishment, it was merely used while the offender waited to be sentenced to their ‘real’ punishment (Bull, 2010; Hirst, 1998). Corporal punishment such as flogging, branding and mutilation, death by hanging, and transportation to other continents such as America and Australia were common punitive measures through the ages, until well into the 1800’s (Newburn, 2003). Although these extreme penalties are no longer acceptable or practised by criminal courts in England or Australia, in some ways, the past has

There are many things that typical Americans expect from their courts. They count upon the ability to use a lawyer, trial by jury, and basic rights to protect themselves. However, what makes a democratic judicial system function is a person’s right to a fair trial, which is judged by someone who is impartial and applies only the law when judging. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the flaws within the religious Puritan courts are on full display. Danforth, the judge of the trials, is seen by most as the essence of the entire mess. Danforth is one of the most important judges in Puritan society, so his compliance with the Puritan trials should demonstrate that he truly believes in that Judicial process. Yet, throughout the book we see Danforth apply the law, instead of religion, more than what would be expected in a Puritan court. So, what is it about this trial that makes Danforth’s style of judging seem less Puritan? Danforth is used to his secular beliefs being in line with his religious values. In most of his trials, he is judging based on religious laws that are written on the side of “righteousness”, so his lawful morals do not prove to be a problem. However, the fact that this trial is based off of an “invisible crime” requires Danforth to rely completely on his own beliefs while judging, therefore shedding light on his attempts to separate the law from religion within his court.

Reverend John Hale was a man who had only good intentions. His strong beliefs in witchcraft led him to believe that everyone who was accused of the crime was truly guilty. Hale underwent a huge change that challenged his beliefs, but helped him change in a positive manner. Reverend Hale began as a strong person with overconfidence, consequently, because of the guilt he felt for those wrongly accused people, he changed into a disillusioned, but sympathetic person trying to right his wrongs.

incarceration of Yankee prisoners. He managed to escape from that prison; however, as he was

It is often said that products made in sweatshops are cheap and that is why people buy those products, but why is it behind the clothes or shoes that we wear that make sweatshops bad? In the article Sweat, Fire and Ethics by Bob Jeffcott is trying to persuade the people and tell them how sweatshops are bad.

The short story ''Sweat'', written by author, Zora Neale Hurston. The authors theme, elaborates from a black folk tradition. In which she first came to know, in her hometown, a black community in Eatonville, Fl. Christianity was a part of her tradition as well. Zora’s Father, was even Baptist Preacher. Another theme Zora uses, acquires love and hate. In this particular short story, the author characterizes an abusive relationship. Between a selfish husband, Sykes and wife Delia Jones. In spite of being married for more than fifteen years.

First here is one way the author is telling you that Skidmore was guilty. It was well known that Skidmore wore hats that were slightly too big for him, so his eyes were hidden in shadow. The author is showing that wearing a big hat that covers his eyes makes him more suspicious because eyes are very telling of feelings and intentions. It also shows that if he did kill him he didn’t want his brother to look at him and realize what was coming.

Darryl Hunt is an African American born in 1965 in North Carolina. In 1984, he was convicted wrongfully of rape and murder of Deborah Sykes, a young white woman working as a newspaper editor. This paper researches oh his wrongful conviction in North Carolina. Darryl Hunt served nineteen and a half years before DNA evidence exonerated him. The charges leveled against him were because of inconsistencies in the initial stages of the case. An all-white bench convicted the then nineteen-year-old Hunt, even though there was no physical evidence linking him to the crime. A hotel employee made false claims that he saw Hunt enter the hotel bathroom, and later emerge with bloodstained towels. Other witnesses also fixed Hunt to the case.

Additionally, colleges and universities nationwide had to comply with the Supreme Court decision, ending the practice segregation in those environments. The Supreme Court decision had mixed reaction from both the White and Black community. According to the Houston Informer, Sweatt said, “I think it is a milestone in the progress of applied democracy. I most certainly shall enroll in the university in September and without malice.” It was a victory for him as he fought against the state for his admittance into the law school. On the other hand, schools affected by the decision held a different opinion. Although, Dr. George L. Cross, the president of the University of Oklahoma conceded the victory of the NAACP efforts in desegregating colleges,

Just as Bruce Dawe's poem The Wholly Innocent serves to provide a voice to aborted children, the purpose of The Land of Fair Go is very similar, providing a voice to children who came from third world countries detained in detention centres, and are similarly voiceless to people of the first world. Dawe also wrote regarding controversial issues in society, as does The Wholly innocent, which addresses immigration from third world, war-torn countries. The treatment of refugees and asylum seekers when they approach Australia's borders and other first world countries is very controversial, and WRITER'S STATEMENTthere is a lot of secrecy regarding the conditions by the government. Certain government reports and other leaks and speculations by the

Not every DWI (driving while intoxicated) case ends the same, some have different verdicts in the courtroom. The Ethan Couch case is a great example of why punishing drunk drivers should be more enforced and not so lenient. The teen from Texas was driving drunk with two other passengers in his pickup truck on June of 2013, when he hit and killed four people. Ethan Couch was tried as a juvenile and charged with four counts of Intoxication Manslaughter, but was only sentenced to ten years of probation. His lawyers argued that it was due to “affluenza”, which means that he came from a wealthy family and it prevented him from understanding what was right from wrong, so he was not held accountable for his actions. The judge who took on this case

“Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston (1926) and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin (1894) at first glance may seem like wildly dissimilar stories with absolutely nothing in common. “The Story of an Hour,” for one thing, was written by an upper-class white woman in 1894, while “Sweat” was written by a not-so-prosperous black woman in 1926. “The Story of an Hour” is about a woman named Mrs. Mallard whose husband has not allowed her to have a lot of freedom because of a heart condition. When she finds out that her husband has died in a train accident, her friends are worried that, because of that condition, the news will kill her. However, she has a reaction (privately) that is entirely unexpected: she feels emancipated.

I chose the topic "Innocence and the Death Penalty" which led me to an article about Manuel Velez. Mr. Velez was was arrested in 2005 for the murder of his girlfriend's one-year-old son by blunt force trauma to the head. During the time of the injury, Velez was working on a construction sight a thousand miles away and had multiple witnesses that stated it was his girlfriend who was abusive towards her children. Velez signed a typewritten statement from the police stating that he had injured the child, but due to his low IQ of 67 and his primary language being Spanish he was unable to understand what he was agreeing to. Unfortunately his court-appointed attorney never discovered or used this information in court. Velez was convicted in 2008