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There is a plethora of questions result if one deduces the seriousness of the situation. For instance, should the system be reevaluated in terms of the rights of minors; especially when it comes to interrogation practices? Or did the police in Jacksonville, Florida just represent a few bad apples in an otherwise functioning system? The answers to these questions are fair from obvious and subject to intense arguments from both sides of the debate.
Another consideration that is relevant would be the frequency of occurrences in which innocent people are imprisoned. Websites such as www.injusticebusters.com have devoted an incredible amount of time and energy documenting occurrences in which individuals were wrongly convicted of crimes. It is apparent after inspection of cases represented on websites such as these, that even though Brenton Butler was able to receive a fair judgment in the courtroom, not every tried suspect receives such a favorable outcome.
3) Do you think a juvenile's rights should be extended by the Supreme Court after watching this video (which one's?) Clearly the stakes are high in this case. In most juvenile cases, the stakes are not this high.
I do personally believe that juvenile's rights should be extended by the Supreme Court. Juveniles are particularly vulnerable to...
Therefore, I believe that there should be protective measures developed to make sure that one overbearing law officer cannot effectively pressure a juvenile suspect into making a false confession.
Though in Brenton Butler's case the officers used force and intimidation to secure their confession, it is also reasonable to speculate that other false confessions might have been obtained without using physical abuse. For example, if a juvenile possesses a level of immaturity then they may agree to a false confession through purely verbal intimidation techniques. One way that this could possibly be avoided is to mandate that some independent observer must be present during questioning. A defense attorney would serve as an obvious candidate for this role.
However, though most people would agree that laws should be protecting the innocent with rigorous vigor, the extent of the measures also need to taken into consideration. For example, most people would also agree that it is important to provide the legal system with the tools to convict the guilty. Therefore, a reasonable balance must ensue to meet both of these prerequisites. However, in the case of juveniles, my opinion is that they should protected by every reasonable protection available.
The first one to open the door and bail out before the car plunges over a cliff is a "chicken," Ralph explained. That's where they got the idea of running red light as a stunt. "Nick was best at it," Ralph explained. "He was fearless. When he played baseball in high school, he was fearless then too. When he was up to bat, he would crowd the plate and like,
Pissarro took a special interest in his attempts at painting, emphasizing that he should 'look for the nature that suits your temperament', and in 1876 Gauguin had a landscape in the style of Pissarro accepted at the Salon. In the meantime Pissarro had introduced him to Cezanne, for whose works he conceived a great respect-so much so that the older man began to fear that he would steal his
It will use historical evidence to examine the role of the church is a spiritual entity. It will examine the role of the church as a political entity throughout changing political landscapes. It will explore the role of the church as a social service provider with regards to the importance of this role in helping black people to redeem themselves in light of historical cultural atrocities that they have
Injustice anywhere," King went on, "is a threat to justice everywhere." As to the social and racial injustices King is speaking of, a bit of background into conditions in the South - and specifically, in Alabama - is worthy of some space in this paper. In fact, just a few years prior to the civil rights activism in Birmingham (that saw King arrested and placed in a jail), the lynching
2). It is clear that the United States looks on this pathetic situation as a place that needs assistance, and the U.S. has provided aid off and on to Sudan through the years of its independence. It may be, Lewis writes, that the U.S. actually did not intervene in any way in the carnage in Darfur until massive international publicity forced America's hand. The 22-year civil war that claimed
Religion and Selflessness In “Homo Religiosus,” Armstrong presents the idea that people need to believe in God to make sense of their own lives, to order their lives, and to give their lives meaning. She argues that this is a very ancient idea and that people should be used to this need by now because it is not going away and is unlikely to ever go away. Nelson suggests, however, that