The Injustice of the Tactics Used in Confession

In the article “Confession within a confession: Poe’s brave new world in “the cask of amontillado”, the author places his opinion the subject of what happens in the story. The author points out that both the characters in the story are indeed friends. The author points this out to the reader by stating that Fortunato fallows his friend, Montresor, deep into the catacombs under his house. Another argument that the author states, is that Montresor’s’ reason in killing his friend is anger at his friends new wealth with his old wealth that he has. The author as well states that Fortunato is a fool in the story. Fortunato is dressed as a fool for carnival, adding to Montresor’s’ view of his own friend. Another point is that Montresor in his confession

Blank Confession by Pete Hautman is a young adult novel. It is a thrilling realistic fiction novel with some mystery. It is a short read and the story is fast-paced, thus it is a great novel for anyone who enjoys thrillers, mysteries, quick action, and puzzle solving. The main setting of the novel is in school and a police station as the novel is about high school students and a murder. Some significant themes conveyed in the novel include bullying, violence, crime, and drug-abuse, and despite the intensity of these themes, the novel is successful at maintaining a somewhat humorous mood. The novel is unique in its form of storytelling as it portrays events in a non-chronological order which complements its method of revealing features of

The sense of self-means what that person sees when they look in a mirror, whether it is a decent, awful or an indifferent image. Everyone’s self-image is different, and that’s acceptable, normal even. In the essays “Shame,” “White Lies,” and “Salvation,” written respectively by Dick Gregory, Erin Murphy and Langston Hughes all have a common theme to them. They explain how a sense of self is like internal conflicts and the decision to lie or not to lie to gain approval.

A tragedy story portrays a noble hero and heroine downfall through use of fate, the will of gods and hubris. The book “Private Memoirs and Confession of a Justified Sinner” is a tragedy because the book narrates a story about Wringham who had involved himself in crimes. At first, evil triumphs over good as Wringham had been filled with self-righteousness and hatred and these attitudes made him to believe that any crime was right according to his religion including murder. The story is full of crimes like murder, horror, religious fanaticism, fantasy and folklore (Hogg & Carrey 50). The publisher of the story was popular due to his magazine articles and poetry and he was also self-educated thus he published the book with the idea that the information in the book is strange. This idea was as a result of horrific theme matter and experimental style which he used in the book and he knew the general public would not appreciate his book. A French writer Gide in 1940s argued that the book was a masterpiece. The story has three categories to enable readers to understand different ways in which the book exist like folklore and local tradition. The first category summarizes all events which Wringham did to make readers understand why Wringham opted for confession. The second category narrates of the shocking confession process of Wringham who was obsessed with crime for a long period. The third section talks of finding of how Wringham confessed and revelation of his characters after

In the Crucible John Proctor stood up for what he believed in and decided to rip up his confession because he knew it was a lie and he decided he would rather die than sin anymore. If he did not rip that confession up it would of been put up on the church and he believed that he could not do that to his family and ruin his name. The crucible has many examples of this throughout the play.

One meaning of "crucible" is "an extreme test of tolerance and conviction, or a trial". This definition relates to Arthur Miller 's four-demonstration play, "The Crucible." The definition is suiting, in light of the fact that it is during this tale that the volition of guiltless ladies and men are put under a magnifying glass when they are blamed for things they didn 't do. It was a definitive trial of determination and resolve to withstand such a pitiful difficulty. John Procter, Abigail Williams,Mary Warren, Reverend Parris, Elizabeth and even Reverend Hale had changed definitely due to what they needed to experience amid the progress of the play. Notwithstanding, different characters, for example, Ezekiel Cheever and Marshall Herrick did not so much change recognizably. Reverend Parris, John Proctor and Reverend Hale are some of the characters in "The Crucible" that this paper aim to discuss in reference to the change that they underwent.

People under pressure will lie, it has been proven. According to DePaulo and Deborah A. Kashy, PhD, of Texas A&M University, they have proven that frequent liars tend to be very manipulative and usually are very concerned on the impression they make on people. Liars don’t always fit the stereotype of only being about themselves either. Sociable people are usually more likely to lie and are usually more skilled in lying and these people can “lie” through a lie detector test. According to Saxe, the best-controlled research suggests that lie detectors error at a rate anywhere from 25 to 75 percent. If a criminal has a good poker face and can lie without investigators knowing then they won’t get the information they may need to find them guilty. If prison people used torture as a result of lying, then it would crack down on what criminals are lying about to protect themselves and others

“No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it” (Zweig). In the novel Beware of Pity, a man named Anton falls in love with and agrees to marry a paralyzed woman named Edith. Fearing social ridicule, he denies his engagement to the public. After learning this, Edith takes her own life. The guilt and shame of his wrongdoing force Anton to enlist in the Austrian army for World War I. In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a pair named Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale commit the sin of adultery. As they are kind and good-hearted people, the sin that they have committed causes Hester to become a better person and Dimmesdale to become full of shame and remorse.

This article addresses harsh interrogation and if it is justified to act out in a harmful way towards the guilty. In the beginning of this article you were debriefed on the history of tortious interrogations that people used to endure in order to get information out of them. The author of this article ultimately believes that essentially people want to harm people who has hurt them and humiliate those who has made them feel vulnerable so possibly that is where people get the satisfaction of the severe interrogation. The author also believes that people will justify the harsh treatments to others who are named guilty rather than those whom are innocent. To back up this claim the author conducts an experiment where people are put in a fake scenario to see what tactic they will choose.

Although physical torture is now illegal, it does not stop police from using other methods of psychological deception. One of the most popular methods is showing the suspect falsified or fabricated evidence, otherwise known as a false-evidence ploy (FEP). There are three categories: demeanor, testimonial and scientific. A study done in 2007 showed that ninety-two percent of a sample of 631 policemen used FEPs to gain a confession (Forrest, 2012).

The effectiveness of the coercive methods used in modern interrogation lack rigorous scientific consideration and have been accepted without satisfactory scrutiny. Previous studies on alternative methods of interrogation are underdeveloped and ‘sparse,’ as scope exists to reform current practices to ensure that ‘interrogation processes (are) ecologically valid and focused on the correct processes.’ This essay posits that the accusatorial Reid Model of interrogation is ineffective insofar as it employs coercive practices that have been empirically proven to elicit false confessions. The problematic Reid Model is juxtaposed against an alternative non-coercive information-gathering approach to highlight the superiority of this method in its ability to elicit true confessions. This essay emphasises the challenge for future research - to continue to deconstruct the validity of coercive techniques to encourage reform that promotes more effective non-coercive methods.

They believed that the women and the aged were to be treated with respect and unlike most people or circumstances, women are given little respect.

In this assignment, the question is asked about what the Bible says concerning personal responsibility and confession? The author points out several scriptures about a chosen accountability and a written account of one's life with God. A few of these are; II Corinthians 5:10, I Timothy 5:8, and Philippians 2:12.

For years, people have continuously tried to figure out the causes of good and evil without settling on just one theory. And it makes sense as to why people would want to find the root of all good and evil, given that throughout mankind, good and evil has been prominent with figures representing both sides. From Hitler to Mother Teresa, we see two very distinct sides of the spectrum. There’s Hitler who is responsible for the death of millions of Jewish people. Led by racism, he was a ruthless killer and was also was the main cause for WWII. However, on the other side, there’s Mother Teresa, a nun and missionary who spent her whole life to helping the disadvantaged. Plato, Augustine, and The Manicheans were just three of many philosophers who came up with ideas regarding good and evil. In Phaedrus, Plato talks about the idea of a dual-natured soul but Augustine, in Confessions, challenges that idea; Plato also describes the qualities of evil which Augustine transforms to fit in with his own beliefs in Christianity. The Manicheans talk about the journey from good to evil being led by external forces and Augustine challenges that idea, as he takes on a more internal viewpoint. Star Wars IV: A New Hope, is a movie which has parts of each of the three ideas, however the one I found to be more prominent in this particular episode was the Platonian philosophy, represented by the character Han Solo.

“Ahhh, please, please stop it! Just make it stop I’ll tell you anything! Please,” Ella screams. She tries telling the attackers the truth but, they don’t believe her. The pain is unbearable so she decides to lie and tell them exactly what they want to hear. Torture is pointless because people will lie in order for the pain to stop and the interrogators have no strategy to know if it is a lie or the truth, it impairs memory, and the interrogators can be torturing people who are truly not involved. For these reasons, torture is ineffective at guaranteeing a truthful confession and should be banned as an information gathering strategy.