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3 Strikes and You’re Out! I like to pretend that I am an athlete, that I can conquer any sport thrown my way and still play by the rules. I like to pretend that nothing can ever get in the way of that. The problem is things can get in the way and in a moment you least expect or least want them to get in the way. But for a third-grader thrust into the excitement of softball none of that matters. It was a thought blown away in the wind. I can still remember the crisp clean sound of the ball landing

Quick Hands, Quick Thoughts Thirteen years ago I picked up a big yellow ball, a long metal bat, and a love for the game of softball. Over time I joined recreational leagues, travel teams ,and fall leagues for softball dedicating a majority of time to playing and practicing. I think one thing that made me fall so deeply in love was the pace of the game. Softball is quick, there’s no time for mistakes, and frankly when and if you do make a mistake, your team suffers. Being coordinated is a must

convicted. Mapp took the case to the Supreme Court who overturned her conviction on the grounds that the lower court decision violated her fourth amendment rights and was unconstitutional. This case is a landmark for it introduced an exclusionary rule that stated any illegally obtained evidence couldn’t be admissible in court. Opponents of the Supreme Court affirmation of the verdict argued that the court decision would limit state governments’ rights and give power to the federal government excessive

It was a hot day, no clouds in the sky, only the hot, glistening sun. I was play a softball game outside when a bird flew onto the field in the middle of the game, infield. Everyone was trying to make the bird leave so it wouldn’t get hit; but it wouldn’t budge. So we kept playing until the bird started to dance on the field. The bird didn’t care who saw it. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953), the main character; Guy Montag; is a fireman who burns books because they were banned in

The “plain view doctrine” allows law enforcement officers during a lawful observation to seize evidence or contraband items observed without a warrant. (Hall, 2014) However, the probable cause requirement to believe that the items in plain view are contraband while they are lawfully present in an area protected by the Fourth Amendment. (Rutledge, 2006) Once the officer has seen the items, the owner’s privacy interest in that item is lost. The “plain view doctrine” has three elements. First, an officer

In the supreme court Muehler v. Mena case, Mena sued the officers in federal district court for violating her 4th amendments rights. The fourth amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. The officers heard that there was that she was affiliated with gang violence and deadly weapons so they searched the house that Mena and others were in. The officers did things like handcuff Mena and the others. They also questioned her about her immigration status. She believed

One of the most famous criminals in history is Albert Fish. Alike many others, he also fit the description of insanity, yet, due to the severity of his wrongdoings, he was sentenced to death. Serial killer Albert Fish was proclaimed insane and still sentenced to death in the electric chair in 1935 when he was arrested for the kidnapping and murdering of Grace Budd. He was executed in the Sing Sing prison in 1936, after admitting multiple times that he strangled, dismembered and ate his victim. He

Unit 5 DB 1 Automobile Exception Introduction The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which tends to have certain exceptions as well as set guidelines for LEOs on their power and how they can conduct searches, and laws that would prevent against unreasonable search and seizures that can be made of a person’s property or seizure of contraband. Within this paper, it will look at the exception to the Fourth Amendment, and related cases that will address warrantless searches by LEO, with

My science project is what will I hit farther with a baseball bat tennis ball, baseball, or a golf ball.What I think will happen is the golf ball will go the farthest first then the tennis ball, last the baseball. Section Heading: The reason I think the golf ball will go the farthest is because it has the most density and density means “to have the degree of compactness of a substance.”I believe the tennis ball will go the second farthest because it has almost little density and it has no core at

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--Jackson Sigman dazzled on the mound as the second-seeded West Virginia University baseball team rallied to beat third-seeded Maryland 8-5 on Sunday afternoon at David F. Couch Ballpark in the Winston-Salem Regional. The Mountaineers (36-25) trailed 4-0 but overtook the Terrapins (38-23) with four runs on four hits in the eighth inning to take an 8-4 lead. The never-quit Mountaineers completed the rally in the eighth. Hill led off the frame with a base hit and scored on Jackson