Guy's Second Trial Essay

Lyle and Erik Menendez were two young men who seemed to live an extravagant lifestyle with their parents, Jose and Mary Louise known as Kitty. Their father, Jose, worked very hard to provide his family with everything they could need, but this came with repercussions. Jose was extremely tough on the brothers starting at a very young age. Always placing high expectations on them for school, sports, and work, and one day they boys finally snapped. On August 20th, 1989, Lyle and Erik murdered their parents with an unclear motive. After they shot them fifteen times, combined, they left to create an alibi to lead police off their tracks, this lasting a mere seven months. Everything was going well with the brothers, they were on extravagant spending

The motion picture A Few Good Men challenges the question of why Marines obey their superiors’ orders without hesitation. The film illustrates a story about two Marines, Lance Corporal Harold W. Dawson and Private First Class Louden Downey charged for the murder of Private First Class William T. Santiago. Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee, who is known to be lackadaisical and originally considers offering a plea bargain in order to curtail Dawson’s and Downey’s sentence, finds himself fighting for the freedom of the Marines; their argument: they simply followed the orders given for a “Code Red”. The question of why people follow any order given has attracted much speculation from the world of psychology. Stanley Milgram, a Yale psychologist,

The twentieth century Scopes trial may have started out as a simple debate between evolutionists and creationists, but quickly escalated to a debate of historic proportions. The 1920s were times of change in the United States, from women getting the right to vote to prohibition to changes in education, such as the Butler Act, which created unease and animosity throughout the country. The Butler Act of 1925 prohibited the teaching of evolution and any other theories that deny the story of the divine creation of man as taught in the Bible in all Universities and public schools in Tennessee. John Scopes, a high-school biology teacher in Dayton, Tennessee decided to test this law. He was found guilty of teaching evolution to his high-school

Fritz Van Beelen was charged for the murder of a 15 year old girl, Deborah, on a beach in 1971. Fritz Van Beelen was prior convicted with two other offences of indecent exposure and the other for attempted rape before the death of Deborah. These convictions did not favour him in this new conviction and the Jury's decision, which was guilty. However, it wasn't just this. One year and nine months later, after Deborah's death, another trial took place with main evidence from Dr Colin Manock, all of which was very unreliable as well (Anon,

One of several errors in the trial was a reckless omission by a forensic scientist who testified for the prosecution. Semen was found on the victim’s body, the scientist testified, and Dominguez’s blood type matched the semen sample, meaning he could have been the perpetrator. The scientist did not tell the jury, however, that two-thirds of men in America would have matched that sample. Dominguez was convicted and sentenced to nine years in prison. He was released after serving four years and sought DNA testing at his own expense. The tests proved his innocence. His case is one of many in which limited forensic science or wrong forensic testimony has led to wrongful convictions.

Dan Locallo is a very contradicting man. When he began his career as a prosecutor he was anything but polite to the defense lawyers. Locallo himself describes himself as “kind of an asshole” towards defense lawyers (Courtroom 302, 59). During his time as a prosecutor, Dan Locallo became intrigued by the opportunity to become a judge. When Steve Bogira asked Locallo why he wanted to become a judge, his reply seemed simple. Locallo claimed that he never wanted to become a judge because of a “power-trip” he does claim that “the power of attraction was a great influence” (Courtroom 302, 59). However, Locallo admits that the real reason why he wanted to become a judge was because he would have the “ability to make decisions, to do

The prosecutors relied heavily on the two jailhouse informants; Mr. May and Mr. X. May had history of dishonesty with the authorities and a lengthy criminal record, May was desperate to get out of jail in 1985, which is why he decided to testify against Morin. May was also diagnosed with mental health experts at the second trial as a pathological liar. Mr. X had a criminal record of sexual offences; he was diagnosed with having a personality disorder and sociopathic tendencies. This clearly proves the testimonies given from Mr. May and Mr. X were

The Scopes Trial Project... Evolution vs. Creationism John Scopes: He was a teacher in Tennessee who went on trial for teaching evolution in his classroom. This is a big deal because at this time the were many religious people. He saw this case as a chance to stand up for academic freedom. After days on the trial, the jury only took a few minutes to decide that Scopes was guilty. Later on, he conviction was overturned.

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To confirm the confession, evidence from the crime was submitted for DNA testing. The DNA profile obtained from the spermatozoa located in the rape kit matched the profile that of Reyes. Also, through Mitochondrial DNA testing, hairs found of the defendant were not connected to the hairs found on the Central Park jogger or the crime. However, further testing determined that hairs found on the victim matched Reyes, collaborating his

In order to be able to appeal, we have to find out if there was a legal error that occurred in the trial court, and that such an error was material, thus, it would have changed the outcome of the trial.

The trial in 1999 was based off of a knife collection a teenage boy had and the testimony of a psychiatrist who said the gory drawings he kept in his room show he has a mind of a 'killer". Sadly, they did not have that defense at that time but it would have been very significant information that again points the crime to Dr Richard Hammond and not a fifteen year old boy. the judge vacated the conviction and terminated Tim Masters life sentence, proving him innocent of the crime he was previously convicted nine years in jail for. After being presented the new DNA evidence and still no physical proof that Timothy Masters committed the crime the judge was forced to free Mr masters of his longtime sentence.

The relationship between law enforcement and prosecutors, which goes hand-in-hand, can’t be overlooked. Evidence of a crime that detectives and law enforcement discover is as equally important as a good trial on part of the prosecution. If detectives aren’t able to find good solid evidence – that case usually isn’t bothered in being pursued. Several years ago, in the late 80’s, there was a murder case in Southeastern Oklahoma which now serves as a tragic example to the need for honest, constitutional work in the criminal justice system. Disreputable investigative procedures, fraudulent sources, and bad evidence were the foundation of this case that shattered innocent lives.

Evidence from that case at that time could have today been further tested with current technology, and undisputedly confirmed guilt, however due to ‘autrefois acquit’ the defendant could not be re-tried.

As many of you know, above is posted the requirements regarding applying for a Trial Moderator. The reason for this post is to clarify the requirements and why I deny anyone who does not meet the requirements, because I have been getting a lot of questions asked about this.