STRICTER DUI LAWS IN WISCONSIN??? There are times when people drive home under the influence of alcohol. Many times‚ people get home without getting pulled over by the local police department‚ sheriff’s department or the state patrol. Drivers who do get pulled over for drunk driving will be arrested and need to hire an attorney. Lawyers represent men and women in the courtroom‚ and negotiate lighter sentences with judge and district attorney’s office‚ there are even times when the case gets
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2013. This article is about how the Oregon Supreme Court made a decision on how eyewitness identification is to be used in criminal trials. The article states that misidentification is the country’s leading cause of wrongful convictions. In the ruling‚ it states that eyewitness should be subject to stricter standards. The court took into account three decades of scientific research showing that memory and perception can be unreliable. The article talks about how Oregon is the only state that is
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time. The individual lives out his or her jail sentence in an orderly fashion only to be found not guilty after more than a decade with the discovery of vital evidence produced by advanced technology. This is just one of countless cases of wrongful conviction of innocent people by the justice system. Since 1989‚ countless of cases were found wrongfully convicted after the case had been closed‚ but were reopened thanks to the advancement in the justice system such as the usage of DNA testing. Problem
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Cornelius Dupree Jr.: A Case of Wrongful Conviction. Written by: Lance Kriete CJL4037 April 2011 Every year in the United States of America‚ millions of crimes are committed that violate and harm the individual rights‚ properties‚ and freedoms that are not only guaranteed to American citizens of this country‚ but also naturally inherent to mankind as whole. Based on the founding principles of our country‚ which are derived from the Constitution of these United States‚ justice is dealt accordingly
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to me‚ a family member‚ and even friends. These problems need to be fixed but I’m afraid they might not ever be. If I could change certain things the rate of wrongful convictions would drop tremendously. Eyewitness Misidentification alone is the greatest cause of wrongful convictions nationwide‚ playing a role in 72% of convictions. It’s unbelievable because research shows that memory is malleable and that an eye witness who is uncertain‚ can become much more certain over time. I also learned that
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Professor Szeto ENC 1101 11/19/2013 Should DUI laws be stricter? DUI laws have always been a conversed issue‚ getting repeat offenders to comply; the many innocent victims that are killed and the newly broken families because of it. According to Driving Laws‚ the current BAC levels considered to be driving while intoxicated in Florida‚ “any persons under the age of 21 cannot have a BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) of 0.2%‚ 21 years or older 0.8% and commercial drivers 0.4%”. (www.drivinglaws
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WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS JAMES DRISKELL RODOLFO HOYOS FORENSIC SCIENCE Name: James Driskell Year Convicted: 1991 Conviction: first degree murder Year released: 2003 SUMMARY James Patrick Driskell was convicted of the murder of Perry Dean Harder. Harder‚ age 29‚ was last seen outside his house in a pickup truck. His decomposed body was found three months later in a shallow grave just outside Winnipeg on Sept. 30‚ 1990. He had been shot three times in the chest. Driskell and Harder were jointly
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“UNDUE PROCESS” WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS AND VIOLATIONS OF CIVIL LIBERTIES Latrina Dickerson Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Clayton State University‚ Morrow‚ Georgia February‚ 2013 “UNDUE PROCESS” Wrongful Convictions and Violations of Civil Liberties Abstract: Over the past twenty years‚ advancement in DNA technology has directly led to the exoneration of nearly 300 people in the United States. In addition to these scientific advancements‚ a growing body of
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Socrates’ Conviction Was Socrates guilty of the charges brought against him? Does his trial and execution represent the effective functioning of the Athenian democracy‚ or a failure of it? Why‚ in a society relishing freedom and democracy‚ would a seventy-year-old philosopher be executed for what he was teaching? What could Socrates have done to prompt a jury of 500 Athenians send him to his death just a few years before he would have died naturally? He was charged with not believing in the gods
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