Teresa Warren's Testimony: A Legal Case Study

Civil law is predicated upon the original Roman Law code wherein the person was presumed guilty until proven innocent. Countries such as Italy practice this code of law and the most recent case that symbolizes this type of law is the Amanda Knox case. Knox was interrogated for over 24 hours without a lawyer and presumed guilty until proven innocent, which runs contrary to the common law practiced in America. This is why the case caused outrage in America, which didn't understand the civil law practiced in Italy and how a suspect can be deemed guilty until proven innocent, which dictates that the defendant can be incarcerated until the person goes to trial.

Mary Warren’s behavior foreshadow about her testimony in court by giving Elizabeth a doll she made, “a popper,” which later leads to her arrest. They found a needle inside the doll, in the same spot Abigail was stabbed in. She seems to be manipulated by Abigail, due to the fact that she feared to have to testify against her in court. “She’ll kill me for sayin’ that! Abby’ll charge lechery on you, Mr. Proctor!” Mary kept saying over and over again that she cannot, which also indicates that she knows that Abigail will do something terrible to her.

Mercy Otis Warren was born on September 14, 1728. She was born to Cape Cod family. She wrote American poets, but she is dramatist, historian, and the first American woman to write things primarily for the public but not herself. She married a merchant and farmer, has five children. She wrote ‘Observations on the New Constitution.’

On Thursday, 08/11/2016, at approximately 1638 hours, I, Deputy Stacy Stark #1815 was dispatched to speak to Sheila Haggard about a report involving financial exploitation of an elderly couple. Haggard was a case manager with Shawnee Alliance. I spoke to Haggard via telephone. Haggard explained she spoke to an assistant Jackson County States Attorney, Rebecca Blomer and was advised to call the police department to file a report.

One of Nixon's campaign pledges was to appoint conservative judges to the Supreme Court to counter the perceived liberalism of the Warren Court. Supporters of this pledge claimed that the Warren Court's permissive rulings were eroding the moral base of the country and that their coddling of criminals had led to high crime rates and serious civil disturbances. Another complaint against the Warren Court was that it engaged in "judicial activism," meaning the intent of the court's decisions went beyond settling disputes between particular parties and into the arena of law-making. Racial desegregation and the reapportionment of voting districts are examples of areas in which the court's mandates affected not just the parties engaged in the suit, but literally every American.

I would go for a targeted communication strategy to each of the different stakeholders. The first one will be to Jessica’s parents to re-explain the true nature of these unfortunate circumstances. I would explain to them the entire process and where we went wrong and apologize. I would also convey that the unfortunate circumstances were not specifically targeted at them but it was a bad lapse in the entire process and while we can help at this particular time with your daughter, we will reevaluate the entire process to ensure that nothing like that ever happens again. I would also inform them that from now on, to reflect the changing demographics in the area the hospital covers, the hospital will be offering language classes to all their staff to better communicate with people from different social and cultural

Mary Anne Warren argues in the position that abortion is morally permissible because the fetus is not a person therefore has no rights and not considered immoral to be killed. I shall argue that Warren’s argument in invalid since the claims of argument cannot be proven.

The author, Phyllis A. Roth, is not your ordinary feminist, because she is also a Freudian. A better term to describe Roth would be a psychoanalytic feminist. One of her works as an author can be found in the back of the book Dracula: A Norton Critical Edition. Her criticism article is titled Suddenly Sexual Woman in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. In her article she analyzes the famous novel Dracula. She explores how gender plays a role in the novel and the concept of femininity. She writes about the transformation that takes place when a proper lady turns into a sexual vampire. Her article points out where hostility toward women 's sexuality is displayed in the novel, that the average reader may not pick up on. Roth has a strong argument. Let us examine Roth’s case.

The case of Nancy Troy and her family is undoubtedly complex and will necessitate a clinician with the ability to evaluate and address multiple dimensions of Nancy Troy and her family 's lives. It will be critical for a social worker to assess the family structure, the impact of violence, trauma, mental illness, and substance abuse, and finally, cultural considerations in order to address all the needs and areas of improvement presented by the Troy family.

Mary Anne Warren’s argument on the legal status of abortion stands on a concrete understanding and realization of an individual’s personhood. Now Mary Anne Warren’s unyielding argument on the basis of personhood is that, “If we assume that an entity is a person just because it happens to belong to our favored biological classification, we stand convicted of speciesism, close cousin to racism. There are properties that do qualify an entity as a person, but simply being human is not one of them” (124). To first be able to argue why the abortion of a fetus is permissible she needs to give a clear distinction of what can be established a decisive factor of personhood. To distinguish a line between a fetus and a human and if abortion is to be morally permissible there needs to be an understanding of when this cut off between the two officially happens. In an example of the potential personhood and a right to life Mary Ann Warren uses a hypothetical scenario of a space explorer who lands on an unknown plant. While on this plant he encounters a race of aliens. Now since he is on another plant in the presence of these alien beings how should he act towards these beings. He must first determine if they have the capability of morality or if it is acceptable to consume these aliens for food. To determine if these aliens are in fact part of a moral personhood maybe he can notice works of art, forms of tools, and communication. However, even without evidence of these things they could

In order for a trial to be brought, the police and prosecutors might be able to prove that the elements of the particular offence are present. In this criminal case both Actus reus, Mens rea as well causation was clearly shown through the behavior of Katherine Knight.

For the public, a shocking judgement has arised from the Supreme Court of Canada on Hart’s trial—a man accused of drowning his three-year-old twin daughters. The Court ruled that videotaped confessions were inadmissible and the murder charges against Nelson Hart would be withdrawn due to insufficient evidence. For such a heartbreaking loss, the conclusion of this case seems confusing at best. However, with examination into the tactics used by undercover officers in an attempt to secure Hart’s confession, the Court uncovers injustice and emotional manipulation which disputes the legitimacy of the operation.

“Susan B. Anthony is not on trial; the United States is on trial” (Anthony 179). On November 18, 1872, Susan Brownell Anthony, an avid women’s suffragist, was arrested for illegally voting. For more than twenty years, Anthony had dedicated her life, tirelessly giving speeches and petitioning Congress in order to gain women across the nation the right to vote. Before voting, Miss Anthony had ensured that she was a registered voter, as well as the other fourteen women who accompanied her to the polls. As required by law, Anthony was asked several questions to assure she met the qualifications to vote. However, several days after casting her vote, a police officer arrived at her front door. After her arrest, the news of Anthony’s trial began making headlines throughout the United States. Eventually, Miss Anthony was found to be guilty of illegally voting. Nevertheless, through the close examination of several primary sources, bias and a distinct lack of fairness are revealed in United States v. Susan B. Anthony.

MAKEDA Silvera 's chapter 22 testimony is concerning her life as a lesbian woman in her home country, the Caribbean. She touches on certain aspects in her life like hearing gossip from her grandmother or mother about the local women in her community who were rumored to be lesbians and how they were punished for being so within that community. Her Caribbean community was deeply religious which brought out a homophobic energy amongst the locals. This energy is pronounced when Silvera describes that homosexuals were referred to as "sodomite" or "man royals", these terms called "dread words". Silvera goes into more detail about her communities ingrained Christian beliefs and how these beliefs began in slave days. When the majority of the world was subjected to Christian beliefs, missionaries particularly placed these beliefs among the Caribbean slaves. Salvera says that the bible was important for their forefathers because of its stories of strength and endurance but with that encouragement came negative connotations. These strong beliefs in the bible brought strong vibes of misogyny, racism and homophobia throughout the community hence the use of words like "Sodamite" to describe a lesbian. The word "Sodamite" originates from the old testament, this meaning lesbian or strong woman in her community and this revealing her communities very low opinions on homosexuals. Homophobia did not escape Silvera 's own family as she talks about her grandmothers reaction to her coming out

The second issue appears to be lack of person-group (PG) fit. PG fit is where employees and co-workers generally get along and has similar attributes such as education, values and supporting one another. Hence, this is not the case of PG being visible between Benton and Scoville. From the case this information has been gathered: