John Watkins was called down testify before a subcommittee of HUAC. a lawyer show list of name to watkins and they asked him to identify the ones of them.later house requested that the united states attorney prosecute. Watkins found guilty and fined $1000. Watkin sent to prison for one years and was placed on probation.
Along with the house and yacht bribes mentioned above, there were also a used Rolls-Royce, jewelry, antique furniture, Persian rugs, and even a $2,000 contribution for his daughter’s graduation party. With all this evidence present, Cunningham's attorney, Mark Holscher, was the one to advise Cunningham with a guilty plea. This would set the maximum sentence at 10 years versus a life sentence. With his plea, Cunningham also forfeited his $2.5 million dollar home, his antiques, rugs, $1.8 million in cash, other miscellaneous items, and agreed to help with the prosecution of others that were involved in the defense contractor scandal. By the end of the year, Cunningham resigned from the House. By resigning, he had saved himself from being limited due to the Ethics Committee and, most likely, would have been expelled from the House and would have also lost his subcommittee chairmanship. (Nation Master,
Although there are some elements that could incriminate Riginald Chase such as buying arsenic, the message "cheaters do not win", and his GPS indicating that he was in the place and date of the facts, I consider that there is not enough strong evidence that Chase murderer his ex-wife. A discovery of DNA in the body of Ludlow could have been perhaps the missing puzzle piece that would help to clarify if he did it or not. For this reason I consider Chase not
According to the National Registry of Exonerations (1),(2), from the year 2016 alone shows a record number of 166 exonerations, which almost one-third are wrongful homicide convictions.
He obtained someone else’s consequence; he complied with the blame, nowadays who does that? After Colson admitted to false accusations, the press did not say a word and the White House members were speechless. Sadly, Colson was hustled to prison for about a year. Positive thoughts racing through his mind, Colson set foot in the prison and his life
The opinion handed down from the Supreme Court on this matter by Chief Justice Warren was a six to one vote with majority as Justices Earl Warren, Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, John M. Harlan II, and William J. Brennan, Jr. the only justice in dissent was Justice Tom C. Clark. The issue present in the case was if the subcommittee is unconstitutionally exercising powers they were not granted under the constitution such as invasive questions into people’s personal lives. Watkins argued that his conviction by the court of appeals violated his right to due process under the Fifth Amendment. The decision by the court overturned his conviction based on the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. Chief Justice Warren stated that it is Congress’s right to investigate items that are intrinsic to the legislative process however broad this power is, it is not unlimited. This power of investigation is to oversee current laws and proposed statues, exposing defects in the political and socioeconomic systems and find a way to fix them. Under this power it is not to expose the private day-to-day life of an individual or their past. This investigation set out to punish the people investigated and propels the status of the investigators. It is the duty of a citizen to cooperate with Congress however the rights of the witnesses involved in the committee’s
Ultimately, the jury ruled that Tom Robinson was guilty, although many people acknowledged that Bob Ewell was lying; therefore, the verdict was more of a result of peer pressure to give the expected results, as opposed to ruling what each individual probably thought in their head. Unfortunately, mob mentality is a dangerous and potent weapon in more ways than one, as it involves mass of people whose emotions are running high; therefore, it serves as a dangerous mix with any firm beliefs or views, including racist
Because John is not a legal citizen it is possible that immigration would put a hold on him which means that even if his bail would be posted, he would not be set free without an immigration bond. Immigration will then wait for his criminal case to finish and then proceed with deportation proceedings.
Jason: (What specific example?) [Dodson told me is not specific!] All they have mentioned is guilt by association, they make a statement and then mentions the amendment, how is that specific. Just because some high-ranking official says so, Can you point to anything in the amendment that in anyway hampers their ability to prosecute criminals? Anything specific in this article not just a statement.
Adnan is probably innocent because the only solid evidence is Jay’s inconsistent testimony. The first evidence is the police audio when the first audio played jay mentions that he Adnan were at on the mall and the other audio mentions that they were at a different mall. And the second evidence is the court tapes when Adnan lawyer is questioning jay and changes his answers at the moment when jay was at the stage. And last evidence is Jay’s lack of memory because hard to believe that he forgot the day/night that he saw a dead body for the first time (Hae Min Lee’ Body)
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses three men: Arthur Radley, Atticus Finch, and Tom Robinson, to symbolize mockingbirds, showing why killing a mockingbird is a sin. Arthur Radley, an innocent, is persecuted for his oddities, even though he has hurt no one. Arthur has always been considered by the town to be “a malevolent phantom” that “went out at night” and “peeped in windows” (Lee 10). Arthur’s peculiarities are reported by Scout, who learns throughout the book how cruel the town is being to allow the crucifixion of an innocent. In addition Atticus, an upstanding citizen who is only trying to help and innocent man, is chastised by people attempting to kill his spirit and morals. According to Scout’s cousin, Atticus is “ruinin’ the
There are usually at least a few instances when a person gets wrongfully accused of something they did not do, whether it would be taking the last cookie out of the jar, picking their nose, or even something to the extremity of taking someone's life. A tragic, real-life example of this is when Michael Morton got sentenced to life in prison when he was falsely accused of murdering his wife. Twenty-five years later, he was eventually exonerated from prison by the use of DNA evidence. In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, while the witch trials were underway, situations like this were common occurrences. The play which took place in Salem, Massachusetts, was centered around many innocent people getting framed for witchcraft by licentious people who wanted to place blame on them due to jealousy or hatred for the sole purpose of revenge. The rumors quickly spreading through the town caused hysteria, defined by people behaving in an uncontrolled way due to fear or anger, eventually leading to nineteen righteous people being hung. Reverend Hale, a supposed expert on witchcraft was one of the main people to blame for the witch trials according to the vast majority of readers. Despite that, his probity becomes clearer and clearer when scrutinizing the text for its true meaning. After all, he was not responsible for the spread of the rumors about witchcraft, he began to realize the flaws in the Salem witch trials as the story progressed, and he tried to compel everyone condemned to death
I think that Parks should be criminally charged, even though he did not directly run the warehouse, because he was aware of the situation and failed to take ethical actions. John Parks was the CEO of the company, therefore making him liable for the illegal practices of the company, so yes, he should be convicted. By being the CEO, he is taking charge of the company and all of its problems. The court found him guilty, because he was in a position to correct and prevent this
was impeached by the House of Representatives and was tried by the Senate for perjury and obstruction of justice. He is later acquitted of all charges.
In the book Doubt, Father Flynn is a character that can be interpreted as guilty or innocent. Although some may say he is innocent, I believe he is guilty. My reasons for Father Flynn being guilty are he acts suspicious with the students and he acts fearful when talking to the Sisters about the accusations they had made. My last point is that Father Flynn is innocent. One reason I believe Father Flynn is guilty, is because he participates in strange outings with the Students.
Rajaratnam and Chiesi were captured and prosecuted for insider trading. The charges originated from an examination by the USAO into claims that Rajaratnam and Chiesi schemed in insider trading of stock for a few vast organizations. Raj Rajaratnam and Danielle Chiesi claimed a disclosure request issued by a local court within a common trial against them for insider trading documented by the SEC. The local court constrained the respondents to reveal to the SEC the substance of a huge number of wiretapped discussions that were initially gotten by the USAO and were swung over to the accusers within a different criminal trial.