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    The Killing of a Canary The short story “A Jury of Her Peers” written by Susan Glaspell is about a murder investigation that has taken place in a rural farm house. This story describes vividly how families lived in rural America and the challenges that they faced. Although readers never meet the murder suspect Mrs. Wright‚ they understand her due to how her peers perceive her. Mary Bendel-Simso explains in her essay that there is a difference between genders and the only people who can judge

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    The goal of modern ceramic design is to satisfy people’s daily requirements‚ as art can be one of the emotional things that surpasses daily life. It is affective and related to platonism. Contemporary ceramic design is created by individuals with a focus on human life‚ so ceramic creation and production must take into consideration nationality‚ functionality and economy in a modern era. It depends on the nationality of the maker and also the culture of the individual‚ which then determines certain

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    Decision Making of Juries

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    DECISION-MAKING OF JURIES Characteristics of the Defendant In an ideal world‚ a jury would be made up of unbiased and unprejudiced people‚ intelligent enough to comprehend the evidence and with the necessary verbal and social skills to contribute to discussion. In the real world however‚ research has shown that jury verdicts are influenced by irrelevant aspects of the defendant such as their physical attractiveness‚ gender‚ race and even their accent. Physical attractiveness: It does

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    Position Paper - Alex Cheveldave “But I find that the time has probably come for us to realize what we have in common. Because living together and being part of a country‚ being part of a nation‚ means being able to project ourselves and relate to common values‚ to certain principles‚ to our institutions also.”      - Governor General Michaelle Jean To what extent have historical and contemporary examples of nationalism in Canada shown the same perspective as the source above?         The source

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    Decision making in juries To study the decision making of juries mock juries and shadow juries are used ( i.e. ‘real’ juries are not used as this is banned by law). Mock juries do a role play of a case‚ shadow juries observe a real case then discuss guilt/innocence but their opinion is not given to the real court. In mock juries variables such as the characteristics of the defendant can be controlled‚ however the group may not be representative of a randomly selected jury‚ scenarios may not be

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    Value of a Jury System The Founders of our nation understood that no idea was more central to our Bill of Rights -- indeed‚ to government of the people‚ by the people‚ and for the people -- than the citizen jury. It was cherished not only as a bulwark against tyranny but also as an essential means of educating Americans in the habits and duties of citizenship. By enacting the Fifth‚ Sixth‚ and Seventh Amendments to the Constitution‚ the Framers sought to install the right to trial by jury as a cornerstone

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    Evidence-based practice is the process of applying existing research findings that has shown to work when considering a chosen strategy. It is based on analysing the collection of data that has contributed towards a specific knowledge base‚ which has been shared amongst fellow practitioners within a specific field‚ with the aim to inform current practice within a profession. It encourages practitioners to guide their practice by drawing on existing research and applying it. The use of evidence-based

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    Race” James Baldwin once said‚ “I am what time‚ circumstance‚ history‚ have made of me‚ certainly‚ but I am also so much more than that. So are we all.” When the subject of race comes up‚ I feel like that quote is very meaningful. According to class lecture‚ race is an arbitrary social classification of clearly bounded categories based on skin color which corresponds to no biological reality. To be able to understand race today‚ a person should have a background on the history of race. According

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    taping in Texas jury room” written by Karen Everhart talks about the possibility of jury deliberations being skewed by the presence of cameras. To begin with‚ prosecutors believe that the presence of cameras would skew jury selection and deliberations. In the article Delmore stated‚ “desire to appear on a Survivor-style reality television series not be added to the qualification for jury service.” The presence of cameras during the court process could possibly eliminate some valuable jury members who

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    Assignment 10: Promotion (20 points)   In Section 10‚ you learned about promotion. Now‚ you’ll apply what you learned.   1. Describe a company that you think uses advertisement well as a promotional strategy. What do you think makes their advertisements successful? (1-5 sentences. 2.0 points) McDonalds uses ads well because there M logo is recognized around the world when you see the M you know its McDonalds   2. Describe a company that has gotten publicity from the news media. Why did the

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