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Post response questions, requires a position support position evidence assigned readings. Please correct sources APA. Each question 1.5 pages length. The reading attached. 1. Critics death penalty contend evidence wrongful conviction offenders sentenced death powerful evidence favor abolishing death penalty
One of the foundational principles of the American system of justice is that it is better to let a guilty man go free than it is to condemn an innocent man as guilty. The existence of the death penalty seems to belie this principle. Once someone has been put to death, there is no way to reconsider the verdict. No matter how heinous the crimes of the clearly guilty people put to death, there also have been innocent persons convicted of capital crimes. Despite all of the controls put into place within the American justice system, mistakes have been made in the past and fortunately many of these defendants were still alive, so they could be set free. The use of DNA evidence has cleared many defendants. A study of exonerations from 1989 through 2003 in the United States found a total of 340 exonerations occurred: 327 men and 13 women. 2, 144 of them were cleared by DNA evidence, 196 by other means (Gross et al. 2005: 524).
Some of these other cases were due to what were later shown to be unreliable...
2005: 539). This likewise highlights the imperfections of the justice system and its resistance to admitting when it has made a mistake. And mistakes are likely to disproportionately occur amongst the prosecutions of the poor, given that they typically have less competent representation.
Gross (et al. 2005) notes that the evidence presented by these figures is not always conclusive that the defendants were innocent It is not always clear why the defendants in question were cleared but it is conclusive evidence of the imperfections of the justice system. The American justice system, like all justice systems, is administered by human beings and can make errors. One of the most interesting aspects of the Gross study is the way in which it highlights how prosecutors and other individuals responsible for trying defendants for capital crimes do not fully understand or even trust the science behind DNA evidence. Science is often a contentious, much-disputed topic within the American political discourse, and the inability of prosecutors to understand and accept science is a frightening illustration of how innocent persons can be convicted and nearly 'fall through the cracks' of the system. "When Charles Fain was exonerated by DNA in Idaho in 2001, after eighteen years on death row for a rape murder, the original prosecutor in the case said, "It doesn't really change my opinion that much that Fain's guilty (Gross et al. 2005:…
One important aspect was that research findings suggested that PTSD was more common than was thought to be the case when the DSM-III diagnostic criteria were formulated. (Friedman, 2007, para.3) the DSM-IV diagnosis of PTSD further extends the formalization of criteria as well as the methodological consistency for PTSD and now includes six main criteria. The first of these criteria qualifies the meaning of trauma. A traumatic event is
In civilian life, such individuals will have gained a traditional ethical education whereas in a combat context, such individuals will have been instructed on the use of lethal force. According to Willis, "habit and practice help the willingness and capacity to kill on command. The new recruit or volunteer may, and likely has, the innate reservation against killing anyone. Yet day in and day out, the 'normal' person is
Diversity and Psychology There were two major developments that influenced the field of psychology and the professions' views regarding multicultural competence, emphasized in 2003. The American Psychological Associations' 2002 Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct and the Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice and Organizational Change for Psychologists published in 2003 both stressed the importance of moving from a mono-cultural school of thought to a multicultural perspective and that these
Post War Iraq: A Paradox in the Making: Legitimacy vs. legality The regulations pertaining to the application of force in International Law has transformed greatly from the culmination of the Second World War, and again in the new circumstances confronting the world in the aftermath of the end of the Cold War. Novel establishments have been formed, old ones have withered away and an equally enormous quantity of intellectual writing has
" (Zemsky, 1) Null Hypothesis The null hypothesis of the research endeavor is that online professors will report no perceptible connection between post-tenure review and job performance. Alternate Hypothesis The alternate hypothesis of the research endeavor is that online professors will report that post-tenure review improves job performance. Nature of the Study Significance of the Study The significance of the proposed research is based in the need for greater study of online instruction in higher education with
Et al. "Psychological Responses of Women After First-Trimester Abortion." Arch Gen Psychiatry. Volume 57.8 (2000): 777-84. Lexis Nexis Rearden, David C. "Abortion and Subsequent Substance Abuse." The Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Vol 26.1 (2000): 61-75. Wiley Online Library Rosen, Gerald; Spitzer, Robert; McHugh, Paul. "Problems with the post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis and its future in DSM-V." British Journal of Psychology. Volume 192 (2008): 3-4. Hard Copy Speckhard, Anne; Rue, Vincent.