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    reliability of the person who performed the analysis and the lab that analyzed the evidence brought up in court during cases? My thoughts were that this is not something that is often brought up and as a result, only the evidence is what is used to convict. Another question I had regarding the second study was the fact that they did not include the investigator asking questions on the reliability of the lab used to analyze the evidence. If researchers would have included this in the scenario where victim

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    supposed to happen. As soon as they had slight proof that he had committed the crime, they would require many pieces of evidence to prove that he was innocent. This demonstrates the unfairness that this trial possessed. People had used their bias to convict him and wouldn’t admit they were wrong until they couldn’t be right. An example of this is when Ralph Myers had gone against his prior testimony, which he was forced to do by Tom Tate through corrupted methods, to free Jonny D. Instead of accepting

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    Despite English being such a widely used language, no English is exactly the same. There are many varieties of English all over the world each having its own syntactic, phonological, lexical, sociolinguistic and pragmatic rules. In this essay the variety of English that will be discussed and analysed will be Australian English (AE). It will cover the lexicon of A E, looking specifically at slang and the origins and the types of slang. As well as this, the essay, will look at the pragmatics of A E

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    Ch. Dickens, Great expectations The text under consideration presents an excerpt from the novel “Great expectations” by Charles Dickens who is one of the world’s greatest novelists of the 19th century famous for his criticism of the bourgeois society of his time with its evils and contrasts of wealth and poverty, his unique mastery of character drawing and optimistic point of view concerning life and the world around him. The reader highly appreciates Dickens’s spirit of optimism, his love for common

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    Imagine yourself in prison. Steel bars and barbed wires are all around you. You cannot contribute to anything because you are a convict and convict are not valued in society. If you try to escape, you’ll be punished and ultimately end up back in your cell. Even if you manage to successfully escape or just released, you’ll be ostracized. No one wants an ex-con. You cannot contribute to society as much as a hard-working man who follows the law. Women are metaphorically trapped in this same prison.

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    author decided that if they didn’t tell the reader at first it would add a new level of intrigue. By describing the man in such detail, his facial features, and his expression, the author causes and almost personal connection with the man. When the convict begins to think about his family and how he could

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    Ex-convicts are usually burdened by probation and community service, and may also be disqualified from receiving, “...Federally funded health and welfare benefits, food stamps, public housing, and federal educational assistance” (Graff 129). Despite having an alternative view on the reasons why mass incarceration is taking place, Stephanos Bibas shares the concern of ex-convicts permanently being labeled as second-class citizens. Within 3 years, 68% of ex-convicts were rearrested (Graff

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    porter. Jaggers fires Orlick after Pip explains Orlick’s past evils. When Mrs. Joe dies, Pip sadly returns home. After many years, the convict that started everything (Magwitch) reveals that he was the secret benefactor and he wanted to repay Pip for his kindness. While Pip is shocked, he has to prioritize helping Magwitch escape since he is still an escaped convict. It turns out that

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    Johann Wolfgang said “The way you view someone is the way you treat them...” As a person progresses throughout the stages of life, their social status will change; which can very easily change how one views a situation. This can result in them acting differently towards the people that surround them. Furthermore, they will grow apart and distance themselves from the people that care the most about them, in a hidden attempt to gain independence and to better their life. This concept is presented throughout

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    will be discussing why the Jim Crow laws were not beneficial for anyone living through that terrible time. Out of the many childish laws, one that caught my attention was number twenty one. It stated, “Prisons: The warden shall see that the white convicts shall have separate apartments for both eating and sleeping from the negro

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