Acquittal

James Le English C102 Professor Scott 1 April 2017 Persuasion in Leadership One of the most important skills people can build and gain is leadership. In the movie 12 Angry Men, the leadership behavior challenge process was mentioned and illustrated visibly. With the taglines “Life is in their hands; death is on their minds”, the story is about the closing arguments in a murder trial. 12 Angry Men are 12 members of the jury, and they must deliberate and make a verdict of an inner-city teen’s guilty

When looking at the Model Penal Code to determine that actions if produced the death of a person that meet the elements of murder they must show the actions of the criminal behavior, the mental status of the criminal conduct, and the circumstances surrounding the events (Child, 2014). The first requirement of the Model Penal Code is that of the actus reus, also known as the criminal actions of a person, this element indicates the guilt of the offender meaning that they knowingly and willingly committed

and the influential that can hire the services of top level counsel to be able to manipulate the members of the jury to secure an acquittal for their clients. In the same breath, compared to the rich and wealthy, the poor, African American, illiterate or with an inferior education are traditionally represented by overburdened public attorneys who cannot secure an acquittal from a juries predominantly composed of affluent individuals on the other end of the “societal ladder.” Justice Byron White, in

12 Angry Men is a 1957-drama film that tells the story of a jury’s deliberation in determining the guilt or acquittal of the defendant. All jury members are older white gentleman with strong personalities. The wide ranges of personalities tend to cause conflict and tension among the group of men. Throughout the film these men work on many consensus-building techniques but often come across difficulties during the process. Luckily, they are provided with a leader who maintains organization, order

There are differences between civil and criminal litigation. Civil litigation is a lawsuit that seeks reimbursement of monetary damages or equitable relief for harm caused to an individual or group. Criminal litigation occurs when there is an injustice against the “people of the State”. The Government files against a defendant who is alleged to have committed a crime. There are some situations where a case can have both civil and criminal litigation for example in a kidnapping or assault and battery

those who experienced discrimination and brutality as a result of unjust policing practices, is powerful. Reformers and activists should never forget that. However, as the countless court rulings against the efforts of reformers and the repeated acquittals of policemen have shown, relying on an idea alone is not pragmatic or practical, and it is up to the activists to garner continued interest

contradicting himself at all. Socrates asserts that he did nothing wrong in regard to the laws of Athens and has never been a bad example for the youth in comparison to everyone in the audience and jury. If Socrates were to lament and agree to the acquittal in order to live, then he would be going against his philosophical mission from god and would be agreeing that he did do something wrong; this is why Socrates testifies that he would die rather than agree to stop practicing philosophy. Since escaping

In 1981 Steven Steinberg was accused of murdering his wife Elena Steinberg by stabbing her twenty-six times in Scottsdale, Arizona (Guy, 2015). At the time of the murder, Steinberg was the one who called law enforcement to report an attempted break-in at his home, even though no signs of force entry were found at the scene. During that time, the case drew a lot of publicity in the state of Arizona; not only because it was a horrifying crime, but because it was a case that involved a murder while

This was not a case of racism, but rather an office who feared for his life and reacted too quickly to a situation that could have been handled differently. Unfortunately for a minority community, this is not how they felt because too many incidents like Castile’s had happened with no punishment or change to prevent future tragedies. Jeronimo Yanez was found not guilty on one-count of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of intentional discharge of firearm that endangers safety. Additionally

After serving eighteen years for a sexual assault he did not commit, Steven Avery, during his arduous pursuit of liberty and justice was eventually exonerated by newly discovered DNA evidence. After regaining his freedom, Avery unsurprisingly decided to file a civil law suit in 2004 against the law enforcement officials responsible for his wrongful conviction in the sexual assault case of Penny Beernsten from 1985. The Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer” chronicled and thoroughly depicted the