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The trial was long and was delayed numerous times due to Kunstler’s busy schedule with other demanding trial cases. The delays were also part of Kunstler’s defense strategy. There was an abundance of evidence shown throughout the trial among which was the ballistics test. These test showed that of the five shots that Skagen endured only two were from Richardson’s gun. After a yearlong trial the prosecutor and the defense gave their summations and the jury deliberated. The deliberation took several days. In the end Richardson was convicted with three of the original seven charges; manslaughter in the second degree, possessing a weapon as a felony, and criminal possessing of stolen property in the third degree. The judge sentenced Richardson to a term no more than ten years for the conviction of manslaughter in the second degree. No more than seven years for the conviction of felony possession of a weapon. The criminal possession of stolen property was unconditionally discharged and the sentences were to be served concurrently. Kunstler appealed this sentenced and Richardson was allowed to stay out of jail on bail. On April 13, 1976 the Appellate Division reversed the manslaughter conviction and the felony gun conviction. The case was sent back to the original court and Richardson was resentenced to three years

In her book “Picking Cotton,” Erin Torneo address problems that came across Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton like Eyewitness Testimony, the power of Forgiveness, and Race play in Justice System using Ethos, Logos, and Pathos to express credibility, trust, logic reason, proof, and emotion. Torneo states how these circumstances can be a problem because it can create a change in people’s life whether they’re good or not. She argues that Eyewitness Testimony can be inaccurate which can cause wrongful conviction just by looking through how Jennifer make a rash decision when she identify the culprit when her memory was being contaminated, which then lead her to send an innocence man to prison. According Elizabeth Loftus, she gives a demonstration

April 6, 1931, the trials for the Scottsboro boys begin(Uschan 16). The boys were represented by Milo C. Moody and Stephen Roddy who were only given twelve days to prepare for the trials. Stephen was and unpaid, unprepared real estate attorney, and Milo was a forgetful seventy year old local attorney who hadn’t tried a case in a long time (“San Marcos” line 13). The trails were completely unorganized and false information was stated throughout the whole thing. The cross examination of Victoria Price lasted minutes and the defense offered very little information to the judge. Six out of the nine boys ended up denying the rape while 3 admitted to it. Even though the three men didn’t rape the women, because of beatings and threats, they admitted to the gang rape. By the time the trail had ended 8 out of the 9 boys were convicted and sentenced to death. Since one of the Scottsboro boys was only thirteen, he was considered too young to be tried as an adult (“UMKC” par. 6-7).

The New Jersey State Police does not experience much turnover. However, within a twenty-five year career, a trooper’s attitude, and how that attitude relates to job satisfaction and output can be measured. While a trooper with 10-15 years experience may be distrustful of command staff, junior troopers (those with 1-5 years) are viewed as zealots. Junior troopers are productive and engaged in their field. A trooper’s job satisfaction can be measured by his/her’s perceived organizational support. Job satisfaction has a direct correlation to employee engagement and perceived organizational support.

It is hard to believe that after being falsely convicted and spent life in prison for eleven years, Cotton was still able to forgive. It also moved me how even though Cotton was in very deep and seemed like there was no way he would be proved not guilty; he never gave up. He continued to fight, he got new lawyers to help him prove his innocence. I was very happy to learn that even after all the trails and wrong conviction, Cotton was still able to forgive Thompson. I was also pleased that they wrote a book together and became close friends. I hope to read this book someday because this incident intrigued

In retrospect, the whole trial was kind of amusing in a sadistic way. A white guy stepped on Patterson’s hand and somehow the incident is Patterson’s fault. He throws a stone in self defense, but in Alabama the principle of self defense only concerns white people. Us black boys were then falsely accused of rape by Miss Bates and Miss Price, but by the “goodness” of the white man, we were then given a “fair trial” by an all white jury.

The New York Times bestselling book Picking Cotton is a true story on how the justice system sometimes can be very wrong. It all started when a young college student, Jennifer Thompson was fast asleep in her college dorm room. She awoke to a stranger in her room wielding a knife. This individual brutally raped her while holding a knife to her throat. Most people

Throughout the film To Kill A Mockingbird there were numerous times racism was portrayed, for it took back in early 1930s, where skin color was still a huge thing. A time that racism was shown in the film was during the court case. Atticus was able to point out evidence that lead away from the theory that Tom Robison was guilty of what people had thought he had done. Sort of like Mr. Jamison, Atticus Finch showed that Tom Robison was left handed, while the bruises were on the left side of the Mr.Ewell’s daughter. He had said that a left-handed person would have been bruised the right side of face.

The New York City Police Department (NYPD or NYCPD), formally the City of New York Police Department, was set up in 1845 and is the biggest city police power in the United States, having essential obligations in law authorization and examination inside the five districts of New York City (Rappetto, 2011. The NYPD is one of the most seasoned police divisions built up in the United States, following its roots back to the seventeenth century. The NYPD has a wide cluster of specific administrations, including the Emergency Service Unit, K9, harbor watch, air bolster, bomb transfer, counter-terrorism, criminal knowledge, against posse, hostile to sorted out wrongdoing, opiates, open transportation and open lodging; the New York City Transit Police

The victim identified McAlister as the attacker from a photo lineup that did not include a picture of a now known serial rapist, Norman Bruce Derr, who lived nearby and bore a strong resemblance to McAlister. The wrongful conviction was based on a classic case of misidentification. The victim fought off her attacker and was able to get

Law enforcement is a major element to keeping the balance of a society. Yet, it is an incredibly complex endeavor. In this country, the execution of law enforcement has been broken up into local, state, and federal agencies that all address varying elements of law enforcement, and often in collaboration with each other.

Consequently to the increase of our high technology means of communication, police Dept. uses the public participation like Amber Alert, Silver Alert, Crime Alert on College and Universities, for increasing general security. Police uses also another source of information is found in informers who raise potential threats in social-medias, as on blogs, newsletters, personal page, and who are willing to disclose those facts to the police Dept. As a result, population feels safer with the help of new technologies; the internet and speed communications era give security feeling, and the perception of active participation for the good of the community seems to be a standard. But today, after the attacks like September-11 (3,497 deads), the unidentified

A teen by the name of Mary Sullivina, was found raped and dead after a recently arrival in her new home town of Boston. The attacker had raped an approxam. Eleven women before her and had got away with it, until, DNA came into play. This case was ruled a cold case, the town had a funding for reviewing cold cases. Due to this funding, the DNA that was collected from the scene--found on the victims body and a blanket located near the body-- was compared to a nephew of a suspect, the DNA showed a similar allies with the nephew, which indicated a man by the name of Albert DeSalvo was charged with the rape and murder of Mary Sullivan . The man was sentences to life in prison and years later he was stabbed to death by inmates. Thanks to the discovery of DNA Marys case--and many other individuals who have not had justice--have been solved.

This case goes back to the lack of technology back even close to 40 years ago that the police departments and investigators lacked back then because of the lack of technology available. Bloodsworth was accused of killing and raping a 9-year-old girl. His conviction came at the hands of two young boys who had said to have witnessed the 9-year-old victim walk into the woods behind her apartments with a man that fit Bloodworths description. The two boys described the man as a thin tall man with an overgrown mustache.

When we think of law enforcement many of us think of police officers. However, what we don't always put into account is the many different functions of law enforcement that come into play when we think of the term law enforcement. In this paper I will be taking an in depth look at the following law enforcement systems, The United States Bureau of Prisons, the Wisconsin Dept. of Corrections, local county jails, and private corrections corporations. As well as the roles and responsibilities of each agency. Also, I will be providing info about who our current United States Attorney General is, as well as Wisconsin's current State Attorney General, and the functions of both of them.