Judge Haselton's Case Summary

In “Bring Back Flogging”, Jeff Jacoby addresses the problems within America 's criminal justice system. He gives many reasons why imprisonment simply does not work, and suggests that corporal punishment should be used as an alternative. Published in the Boston Globe, a newspaper well known for being liberal, Jacoby provides a conservative view and directs his argument towards those who strongly support imprisonment and view corporal punishment to be highly barbaric and inhumane. However, in order to shed light on our current situation, Jacoby discusses the dangers that we face though our criminal justice system a nd shows concern that imprisonment is doing more harm than good. In effect, Jacoby looks to the past for solutions, and

This landmark case in criminal procedure was marked by great public criticism for the liberal stance shown by the U.S. Supreme Court. It ensures defendant’s rights to what many people regarded as opening the door to convicted criminals to escape punishment through “technicalities”.

Advertisements are everywhere. From billboards, to magazines, to newspapers, flyers and TV commercials, chances are that you won’t go a day without observing some sort of ad. In most cases, companies use these ads as persuasive tools, deploying rhetorical appeals—logos, pathos, and ethos—to move their audiences to think or act in a certain way. The two magazine ads featured here, both endorsing Pedigree products, serve as excellent examples of how these modes of persuasion are strategically used.

The Editorial Board of The Sacramento Bee, in their opinion editorial, “California is Adult in the Room Amid Childishness Over Bathrooms” (16 February 2016), argues that going to the bathroom is a necessity, and thus, lawmakers should not pass laws that base the legal use of bathrooms on the gender from one’s birth. They support their claim by first exposing the faults in the opposite side's opinions, then providing information on California’s plan for bathrooms, then promoting California’s policy that takes safety and comfort into consideration, and finally posing the solution of replacing gender-biased signs on the bathrooms with “all-gender” signs. The Editorial Board’s purpose is to make people who support strict gender-based bathroom laws

In our world, today, it happens on occasion that we, like Hale, put too much justice on the fairness that our court system is said to have. It has happened that someone was convicted of a crime that the person did not commit or a person, who committed a crime receives too strict, or more commonly the case, a

Ebert's essay was strongly criticized by the gaming community,[23][24][25] including Santiago herself, who believes that video games as artistic media are only at their infancy, similar to prehistoric cave paintings of the past.[26] Ebert later amended his comments in 2010, conceding that games may indeed be art in a non-traditional sense, that he had enjoyed playing Cosmology of Kyoto, and addressing some replies to his original arguments.[27]

For many years, the death penalty has been one of the most controversial topics in many debates all across the globe. In the case of Laura Wilcox, who was murdered by a mentally ill patient at a hospital, the death penalty was irrelevant in her parent’s opinion, despite losing their only daughter. The man was found not guilty because the courts ruled insanity was the reason for this awful tragedy and instead of being sent to death row, he was instated into a mental hospital. The Wilcox’s say they have always opposed the death penalty and say they always will oppose the death penalty. Their moral values are far more important to them than getting revenge against a man who cannot bring their daughter back. They view the death penalty for what

In this circumstance the decision of the death penalty was not executed in similar means, since the conflict was deliberated as a violation of the 8th amendment. The examination of cruel and unusual punishment (Boss, 2012), remained significant due to difficulty of the court in deciding the characteristics of the amendment to validate punishments of elaborated offenses; numerous individuals in the U.S. still support the death penalty irrespectively of how it is banned in other countries. The attitude of this argument changes vividly after the opening argument, as genuine to dogmatic. The situation starts via vindicating the resources of capital punishment moreover, the lawbreaker is mindful of the magnitude and stipulation of murder, hence,

The lessons sports can teach us reach tremendous heights. Through sports, we receive a grasp of new heights and new abilities once unknown to an individual. One of the various ways humans come into contact with sports is through merchandise. In an economy-driven world, not a day goes by where an individual does not see an advertisement of some sort of product related to sports; two of the more popular brands are Nike and Adidas. Both these companies use catchy slogans that both, entice the buyers, and also place a thought into their mind. Nike uses the slogan, “Just Do It”, and Adidas is often seen with slogans like, “Impossible is Nothing” and “All In”. These slogans demonstrate the importance of determination and perseverance into the every-day

In the legal system of the United States, there are many controversial topics and crises that have no one solution. Following suit, there is the question of ethics that exists within such an ideology. Some think that the current way of thinking is a sufficient way to run a country; others see changes that need to be executed immediately. The fact of the matter is as such, no one social institution is perfect. Therefore, the legal system is not expected to be flawless and the epitome of ethical conduct. Acting with morality is not the strong suit of the U.S. government, especially when it comes to the incarceration of dangerous criminals. Two of the issues that can be seen are the death penalty and the life sentence. Both controversial, it

In American courts that strive for justice, the idea of justice through retribution aligns with logic. For example, if somebody is guilty in a car accident, they are expected to pay the repairs. However, issues arise when one attempts to offer repairs for the damage caused by murder. How does one offer monetary retribution for a life? Despite America’s measurement-obsessed society that places a price tag on every aspect of life, can a death be quantified to bring justice? Due to this discrepancy, the idea of capital punishment arose millenniums ago, and despite its violent nature, the penalty still exists in American justice systems today. While, logically, the life of a murderer may seem an equal tradeoff for the life of the victim, morally and socially this approach complicates matters. Is this approach not just fighting fire with fire, resulting in greater harm than peace? Even more troubling, these state-administered murders directly contradict the teachings of many religions that teach the right to life. To best align with Christianity, capital punishment should be virtually unpracticed except in extraordinary cases when no other alternative can protect the common good.

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:

Markus Kaarma, of Missoula, Montana, is serving a 70-year prison term after being convicted of homicide. Kaarma, the court found, had been hunting — not protecting — on his property in invoking the Castle Doctrine in shooting a young man, 17-year old German foreign exchange student Diren Dede, he believed had been burgling his garage. The swift action of local law enforcement, and even in a state debating the merits of the popular doctrine, did not stop Juergen Schmieder, a journalist working for the left-leaning Süddeutsche Zeitung, five days later writing a story not only implying or giving the suggestion that Kaarma had trapped the victim, but explicitly saying so in the name of his article, “Lured into a Trap.”

Opponents of capital punishment have attempted to refute its application for years based on a rehabilitative approach to criminal sentencing. My argument conflicts with the rehabilitative approach and affirms the retributive approach. As a result, it logically concludes that there exists someone who should be capitally punished or that capital punishment should be used in at least one case. The premise of my argument that maintains the use of the retributive approach can be debated, but the core of the argument remains true. Although the death sentence is incredibly controversial, it is an absolutely defensible form of punishment in murder

Concepts and expectations of “appropriate justice” have changed over time as society matures. There appears to have been two basic arguments in favor of killing murders when the law was enacted. First, it was