imprisoned aren’t you supposed to be found guilty and then sentenced? I can see why flight risks and repeat offenders would be jailed before trial‚ but why anyone else? When the poor cannot afford their bond‚ they will sit in jail for months‚ sometimes even longer than the max sentence for the crime they committed‚ before ever going to trial or being sentenced; Even if they are innocent! To charge someone to stay out of jail when they have not been found guilty makes no sense to me. Also setting in jail
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Arraignments may commence immediately following a preliminary hearing or may be rescheduled for a future date. During an arraignment a defendant is given the opportunity to plead “Guilty” or “Not Guilty”. If a defendant pleads guilty to charges‚ said defendant will be given a sentencing
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Twelve Angry Men illustrates the dangers of a justice system that relies on twelve individuals reaching a life-or-death decision Discussion From the introduction after the headline‚ we are informed that twelve angry men come from different hierarchy‚ some of them are wealthy‚ high-education people‚ and some of them are poor‚ refugee people. they also have different disposition‚ juror No.3 is a mean and extremely opinionated person‚ and No.2 is a hesitate person; most of them are quite different
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238 ). This shows that even when black people did not do what they were convicted for‚ they were still guilty. This goes with the first quote when “Judge Taylor was polling the jury: Guilty… guilty… guilty… guilty…” ( Lee‚ 240). Judge Taylor was basically saying that Tom was not going to win this case. This shows that even when the case was false and everybody knew it‚ the back man is still guilty. Overall‚ there are tons more quotes that could have been used for racism in the book “To Kill A
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Former NFL star Darren Sharper‚ 39 has pleaded guilty to federal charges of drugging and raping three women in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. He had previously pleaded guilty to similar charges distributing drugs with the intent to commit rape in Nevada‚ Arizona‚ and California. This case started in the Louisiana state courts but has moved on to federal court. The United States Supreme Court will hear this case due to the fact that he has plead guilty in more than one state to drugging and raping women
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the triumph of evil in a man with many good qualities. We see this through Macbeth’s actions and thoughts as he did not want to kill anyone until Lady Macbeth influenced him‚ his determination changed throughout the course of the play‚ and he felt guilty about what he has done. Through all of this‚ we see a man who has been influenced to do the wrong thing for his own good. Macbeth is a man with good qualities‚ but he let his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ change his point of view into killing people for selfish
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innocence. Even though he warned him to leave town‚ possibly saving Mr. Burgess’s life‚ he was still guilty of carrying this dishonest secret. When the secret of the sack of gold arose he made a mistake by running straight to the printing press and thus announcing it to the world. Another form of dishonesty came in the justification of wrong doings. All nineteen important citizens of Hadleyburg were guilty of this. The first act of justification came when Mr. Richards made the initial assumption that
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Guilt‚ how do people deal with it? When people feel guilty‚ do they run and hide‚ apologize‚ get angry or just bury it deep down. Everyone at some point in their life feels guilty‚ it is a natural feeling that God put in people so that they may recognize when they do something wrong. Guilt is when a person believes or realizes that he or she has violated his or her own standard or moral conduct and feels responsible for that violation. In "The Tell Tale Heart" the main character murdered his neighbor
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appears in the novel when Cecil jacobs announced that Scout’s dad Atticus defends black people and started to make fun of her it‚ when Tom Robinson was accused of rape when he didn’t do anything and they know that he is innocent but was still found guilty and sentenced to death‚ and when Tom Robinson was shot 17 time and killed. Racism plays a big role in this book. One example of racism is when Cecil Jacobs‚ a kid in Scouts grade‚ announces out during recess that Scout’s dad defends black people
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the play Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth proves that a guilty conscience can lead to death devising a plan for her husband to murder King Duncan in hopes that Macbeth will take over the thrown. In the beginning of the play‚ she is portrayed as a strong and ruthless woman who pressures her husband into murdering Duncan. Even though Macbeth is hesitant‚ she manipulates her husband into following through with her plan. Afterward‚ however‚ Lady Macbeth develops a guilty conscience‚ which ends up driving her insane
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