Common misconceptions

In Jury Decision Making: The State of the Science, Dennis Devine provides a thorough examination of empirical literature related to the factors shaping juror and jury decision making and proposes a comprehensive theoretical approach to understanding the complex processes involved. Devine is an assistant professor with the Department of Psychology at Indiana University—Purdue University at Indianapolis with an expertise in jury decision-making practices. This text is a response to research and theoretical

Unfair Justice System In Louis Erdrich novel The Round House, Geraldine Coutts was attacked and raped on a small reservation in North Dakota, her husband Bazil Coutts endeavors to bring justice to the case. Thirteen-year-old Joe Coutts is furious that there is little his father can do, so he and his best friends Cappy, Zack, and Angus set out to find the rapist. Erdrich’s novel tells about the unfair justice system on the reservations. The characters of the story show the reader the similarities

INFLUENZA Flu season is upon us and influenza has hit our area particularly hard this year. The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs that spread from person to person through sneezing and coughing. The flu can also be spread surfaces when infected people touch surfaces such as door knobs, shopping carts, computer keyboards, countertops, etc. Symptoms of the flu include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills

Getting sick is a part of life, but it can also be deadly. Pneumonia is a deadly, if kept untreated, infection that I received while I was in my sophomore year of high school. I remember coming back home at around four o’ clock in the afternoon, on a Tuesday, and feeling very ill. I knew that I was starting to get sick because it was the beginning of winter, and I usually catch a cold during this weather transition. Unfortunately, I hadn’t had an idea of what was to come. Coming back home from

all the time for crimes such as violating laws alcohol while driving intoxicated because it can bring harm to others around the environment.A tort is a wrongful demonstration that harms or meddles with someone else's or property. A tort case is a common court continuing. The denounced is the "respondent" and the casualty is an "offended party." The charges are brought by the offended party. On the off chance that the respondent loses, the litigant needs to pay harms to the offended party. A wrongdoing

for the treatment of individual’s infected with avian influenza viruses. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a vaccine to protect humans, the vaccine can be used if the current H5N1 virus starts spreading between people in a common area. Prognosis The outlook for the bird flu viral infection depends on how intense the infection becomes and on the specifics of each strain. The disease can cause serious health complications and eventually be fatal for unhealthy individuals

public pool and observes as a child drowns, they failed to act. It is the lifeguard duty to rescue the child established on an agreement. Even though possession is inactive rather than effective, possession is reflected as a criminal act. The most common items criminal have in their possession are illegal contraband, drugs, and weapons. There are two types of possession which are actual possession and constructive possession. Actual possession directs that the perpetrator has the object on or very

hire/fire anyone without interference from the government. Far too often do we hear of frivolous lawsuits in which the plaintiff is simply seeking a “pay day” from a business. In fact, 55 % of these cases are usually ruled in favor of the plaintiff (Common Good 2012). This can cost the defendants (businesses) $1.1 million on average (Glater 2008). If the current government regulated practices were allowed to continue, businesses won’t be able keep up. The pathway that led to here was paved with good

Substantive justice and procedural justice are two types of law that govern civil procedure. Substantive justice “involves the concept of just deserts, or how one determines a fair punishment for a particular offense” (Pollock, 2014, p.60). It deals with those areas of law which established rights and obligations of the individual, what individuals may or may not do. The substantive law allows for more individual freedom in deciding a case by focusing on the subject matter of the case rather than

Assume that you are the judge on appeal – how would you rule? Apply the appropriate legal principles. Refer to Clark v. Aukerman (Links to an external site.) as precedent. According to the textbook, it states, “Our legal system creates a peaceful means to acquire, retain, and divest of property, and to settle property disputes” (Lau, 2012, p. 242). The textbook also states, “Without laws to protect ownership, the stability of our society would be seriously undermined” (Lau, 2012, p. 241). The issue