shot Finch”. When the dog came into town he had no other decision than to shoot and kill the dog to save the kids and the town. Scout explains‚ “In a fog‚ Jem and I watched our father take the gun and walk into the middle of the street… Jem was paralyzed‚ I pinched him to get him moving but then atticus saw us coming he called‚ “Stay where you are‚”... “What’s the matter with you‚ Boy can’t you talk?” said Mr. Tate‚ grinning at Jem. “Didn’t you know your daddy’s-” “Hush Heck‚” said Atticus. Jem sat
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PTSD occurs when someone experiences or witnesses a traumatic event that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury to themselves or others. In order for a person to be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder‚ a person must have felt intense fear‚ helplessness or horror in response
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Imagine spending twenty three hours each day locked in a cage with only a window several inches in width‚ then one day being led to another room and being strapped to a bed. The curtains in a window open to people staring. A man comes into the room and inserts a needle in one arm. Something is injected‚ and a drowsy half-sleep comes‚ followed by two more injections. A burning ensues all over‚ and soon everything is gone. This is the fate of those condemned to death by lethal injection. The use
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“The death penalty for heinous crime is as justifiable‚ if society deem it necessary for its well-being‚ as is the demand upon the citizen-warrior to meet death upon the battle-field‚ or upon the doctor to remain steadfast at his duty in the plague-stricken city. The good of society is the prime reason for the punishment of criminals and their reformation is justifiable only when it conduces to this end” (Hall‚ 1902‚ p. 390). In recent years‚ death penalty has become a much talked about and controversial
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experience‚ and‚ in future chapters‚ seems to want to prevent others from being victims of actions like his. When Atticus must shoot Tim Johnson‚ the dog with rabies‚ Jem is clearly disturbed. After he witnessed the shooting‚ Lee writes‚ “Jem was paralyzed. I pinched him to get him moving” (128). He had
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jury indicted Smitter for vehicular homicide (Buck A1+). Witnesses testified that Smitter was texting while driving along State Route 90 on that July 4. She went into a skid while trying to avoid a van attempting to make a left turn in front of her‚ but she slammed into it. Golatas was killed‚ as were two young children in the van. The children’s mother and driver of the other car‚ Daniella Simpson‚ was seriously injured‚ is now paralyzed‚ and “sentenced to spend the rest of her life confined to
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Bullying in the workplace is one of the most significant challenges facing companies today. According to the Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention nearly half (49%) of all workers in the United States have been a victim or witnessed abusive behavior towards an employee (www.workplacebullying.org). Bullying in the workplace is similar to childhood bullying‚ but workplace bullies often operate within established policies of their companies. They commit deliberate acts against employees or co-workers
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Gatan‚ Catherine Fiorina F. January 4‚ 2011 ------------------------------------------------- Informative Speech CA 104 Section 6 Existence of Extraterrestrial Bodies With all our knowledge of everything around us‚ overwhelming as it may be‚ there are still a lot of aspects that are unknown to even the smartest scientists. Did you know that humans know only 5% of the entire universe? Yes‚ everything we know about the Earth‚ the Milky Way‚ and all the planets is barely even
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Summer Oglesby 9 November 2012 British Literature Antonetti-2nd Murder‚ some may defined it to be the intentional and uncoerced killing of the innocent; and it is true by definition that murder is wrong. For three weeks in October of 2002‚ John Allen Muhammad and Lee Malvo terrorized the areas of D.C.‚Virginia‚ and Maryland. The two men shot innocent citizens‚ often from a distance with rifles of high-power‚ out of the back of their vehicle. The two killed 10 of the 13 people that they
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Throughout history we have witnessed gruesome murders and the serial killers behind them. Serial killers like Ted Bundy‚ the BTK killer‚ and one of New York’s own‚ and most memorable killers the .44 Caliber killer‚ also known as the “Son of Sam” killer. For over a year David Berkowitz‚ known as Son of Sam‚ was able to remain uncaught walking the streets committing these shootings wounding and murdering many people. The criminal investigation that was conducted to capture this violent serial killer
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