A Few Good Men
The movie, "A Few Good Men," is a story about a pair of U.S. Marines that are charged with murder. They feel that their innocence prevails because their acts were committed as direct orders from their superiors, and these types of orders are not disobeyed. As the story unravels, there are many legal issues that we have covered in our class, BU11, The Legal Environment of Business. In this paper, I plan to go over the main legal elements which occur throughout the film.
Starting off with the facts of the movie, case that is being presented is a criminal one. Two Marines, PFC. Louden Downey and Lance Cpl. Harold W. Dawson, are charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and conduct unbecoming a Marine. The reason I
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At this point, Lt. Kaffee wishes to find other representation for his clients because he holds the right to withdraw from the case if his clients refuse to cooperate. After a night of thinking it over, he decides to represent them and enters a plea for not guilty at their arraignment. That brings us into the trial, which is called a general court marshal.
The main argument the defense is planning to use is that the Marines standing trial were executing an order in which they didn't think would result in harm. In his opening statement to the jury of nine, Capt. Ross drives the facts of the case into the jury. This would seem normal because for the prosecution, this case is based heavily on facts. The facts are that one Marine is dead, and two other are standing trial for his death. The defense's rebuttal points out that the actions carried out by the Marines were orders by their commanding officer.
The prosecution, representing the U.S. Government, calls the first witness. A N.I.S. (Naval Investigative Service) officer states that he received a letter from the victim, Private First Class William T Santiago, requesting a transfer off the base. In exchange, the victim would provide evidence of an illegal shooting over the fence line. The offender of the fence line shooting was Lance Cpl. Dawson. The prosecution was trying to show motive by their line of questioning. The defense makes the point
Prior to the death of Mr. Krabs, our client has worked at the establishment where the victim was murdered. Ladies and gentlemen, The defense will call upon two witnesses. The first,
A Few Good Men is a 1992 American legal drama directed by Rob Reiner. The story follows the court-martial of two U.S. Marines, who are charged with the murder of a fellow marine and the problems faced by the lawyers, of the accused, while preparing their defenses. The Marines are on a murder trial for carrying out a “code red” order. The movie refers to “code red” as a type of extrajudicial punishment used for an alleged crime or offense, which is carried out without a legal procedure.
Defendant MOS Vizcarrondo stated he was the first officer enter and identified himself NYPD and order P Rivera, subject of the investigation, to get on the ground instead Rivera ran toward MOS Vizcarrondo striking his bunker then fell on the ground causing injury to his left
While in handcuffs Officer Bowman began escorting the subject outside the residence and into the patrol vehicle. As Officer Bowman and the subject approached the doorway there appears to some type of commotion. In the report Officer Bowman wrote that the subject
Marine. The theme to this movie is that although Dawson and Downy were put through
I do believe that this is a very detailed case. For example, I do agree that Officer Jim was correct with introducing the
Gambini wanted to know what the prosecuting attorney knew about the case which is part of the discovery. Of course, the prosecuting attorney agrees to disclose everything about the case and give it to Mr. Gambini. As we have learned in class usually the prosecuting attorney will just hand over the exculpatory evidence without being asked. Jury selection then takes place where the prosecutor asks about how they feel about the death penalty. A women answers that it should be left to the victim’s family. The prosecutor proceeds to give facts about the case which should not happen during jury selection and she says to “fry them.” The prosecutor says she will do. Normally, the defense attorney would excuse them and in a case where the death penalty could be an option they have to make sure that they would be okay with it being an
Crime Scene Investigations involve the identification of unknown suspects, witnesses and victims. They respond to crime scenes to detect, preserve, document, impound and collect physical evidence. 1 This report will give details about the Jeffery R. MacDonald triple murder case, which took place in officer’s quarters at U.S. Army base Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Tuesday February 17, 1970. I will explain what happened, how it happened and what investigators found. If I were investigating the case, my experience would lead me to follow the guidelines of a criminal investigator.
May it please the Court, the attorneys for the defense, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, last week you went through a process that is known as voir dire which literally means to "speak the truth" and that's what you were asked to do as you know, as you were back there being questioned by the attorneys for each side. That process is designed to find 12 people who can be fair and impartial to both sides, not favoring one side or the other, but who can give it both sides an even shake and start off with a blank slate. At this stage of the trial, known as the opening statement, the attorneys for each side, myself on behalf of the state, uh Mr. Ford and Mr. Wadley on behalf of Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Price and Mr. Davidson on behalf of Mr. Echols,
The courthouse work group is fundamental to dynamics of the courthouse justice. This concept provides insight on the daily interactions that occur between the judge, the prosecutor, and the defense attorney. The courthouse work group must work together cooperatively to perform their respectful duties in their common goal of disposing cases. Cooperation is the key component. They cannot function independently of each other; otherwise justice will not be administered. When a case goes trial, there is shared decision making involved in the process. The judge in the case will set bail and impose a sentence upon the defendant. However, these decisions are made will the assistance of the prosecutor and the defense attorney. For example, the judge
injustices and issues in the United States. The film also incorporates the military life, military
“Your honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury,” I begin, standing at the podium, to try and make my case as to why my client is innocent. Not every pre-law major can say they have taken cases to court (even if it is a mock trial). The second week in November is my favorite week of the year because of the South Carolina YMCA Youth in Government Mock Trial Conference. For months, my team and I had been preparing both the prosecution and the defense to a criminal case. The time to show what we had put together had finally come an we were ready.
When I first read these lines in The Trial I was in shock yet had completely acknowledged the possible outcome of K.’s disposition on being interrogated in the court by the magistrate and jury at the inquiry. Prior to the magistrate statement K. was initially late and was led to talk on the platform. As he began the proceeding he noticed that they were two parties in the room that were either applauding or booing him, in regard to his remarks about the magistrate’s lack of self-knowledge of the defendant (which is K.) K.’s defiance was then tested as he noticed how corrupted the court officials and manipulation in the judicial system as he became aware that both parties had badges, that indicate that they were the court officials all along.
The first person they asked was the mailman. And he said “first thing I did on Mr.goodman’s death day. was i delivered mail to people's houses the entire afternoon. but the last house i went was Mr.Goodman’s house. WHY? because he never checks his mail i have check it for him for 365 days a year. but it wasn't enough for me to kill him. The person questioned was the milk delivery. and he said “ Every week i deliver milk up until now. Just the other day i was delivering milk to every house on the block. including Mr.goodman's house, but his was last. Because he never ever picked up his milk from the front door it was just a sight of laziness. and i didn't like so i would go throw away his milk and finish my job for the day. And that’s all officer!” then the last person questioned was the salesmen. he quickly said “ All i wanted was his land and his house for a fair price, but never seem like my deals. so just the other day i offered him my final deal 200,000$ for his land and his house, and he did not accept it. and that's all you need to know officer. then officer mike kept getting on the salesmen nerfs before he had admitted that he killed Mr.Goodman for his land. then he said “ I DID IT OK, IT WAS
In the Courtroom Observation, both sides articulated great facts to why their client should win the case. The Lawyers representing Mr. Edward Hard were making an attempt to persuade the judges to entitle a summary judgment, as the prosecutors were pushing for a trial by jury. With many interesting facts and an extremely odd conscience in this case, the nine judges had a difficult task to handle. Edward Hard was staring down the barrel of conviction or freedom in the court case.