Act one‚ Pg 1-13 1. What is the setting of the drama and what is its significance? The story is set in the jury room in New York City. The significance is to emphasize the drama but to specifically illustrate how the 12 Jurors become irritated by one another due to the confined spaced and heated arguments that symbolically occur. 2. What are the judge’s instructions to the jury? What is the charge against the defendant? The Jurors are asked to “…try and separate the facts from the fancy…
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ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CRIMINAL TRIAL PROCESS AS A MEANS OF ACHIEVING JUSTICE. The criminal trial process is a vital part of the criminal justice system in NSW as it plays a fundamental role in achieving justice‚ by determining the innocence or guilt of an offender. Yet‚ despite the criminal trial process still having many complex issues that remove it of achieving its full means of justice‚ the process has stood the test of time and lasted for more than two centuries. It aims at lawfully
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filed a lawsuit against A.T. Massey Coal Company (here on labeled as Massey) alleging that Massey fraudulently canceled a coal supply contract with Harman Mining‚ resulting in its going out of business. In August 2002‚ a Boone County‚West Virginia jury found in favor of Caperton and awarded $50 million in damages. Massey went on to appeal to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. During the interlocutory period Don Blankenship‚ C.E.O. of A.T. Massey Coal Company was involved in a campaign for
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The Reliability of Our Entertainment Media With the new age of Entertainment came a launch of a History-based Dramatization radio show that would take listeners through a portal each week and report of the great events of the past. You are there‚ a show created by Goodman Ace‚ was originally called CBS is there and was one of the shows that took hold in households. “They began the show with "live" background coverage of the events unfolding. Then the sounds and characters involved proceeded. Often
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Hostile Witnesses – Structure of Answer 1. “The issue here is whether [counsel] can discredit their own witness‚ [witness’s name]‚ in the witness box?” a. When calling a witness‚ the caller expects their testimony to be favourable to the case. When this doesn’t happen‚ the caller will want to attack the witness to destroy the effect of the evidence. b. Whether you can do this depends on whether the witness is hostile or merely unfavourable. c. Usually crops up in examination-in-chief
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The edition of the magazine was not a great edition of the magazine. It had descriptions of oral sex and an offensive ‘Rupert the bear’ cartoon strip. * The judge was Michael Argyle Q.C.; who would impose heavy sentences ‘if the jury convicted.’ * The jury was drawn from a particular social group (People who owned property); thus none were pre-disposed to the type of journal OZ was. * The prosecution had the magazine as its only exhibit and the court was told that it was ‘unacceptable
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open-and-shut murder trial case. They retire to a jury room to do their civic duty and serve up a just verdict for the indigent minority defendant (with a criminal record) whose life is in the balance. The film is a powerful indictment‚ denouncement and expose of the trial by jury system. The frightened‚ teenaged defendant is on trial‚ as well as the jury and the American judicial system with its purported sense of infallibility‚ fairness and lack of bias. Alternatively‚ the film could also be viewed
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Maricopa County. When this particular case first was reported I remember finding it very interesting and was following the progress for some time. I recently became aware that this trial is still in the final sentencing after numerous jury dismissals‚ mistrials‚ hung jury‚ allegations of perjury‚ prosecution wrongdoing‚ and defense cover-ups. Background On June 4 2008‚ Travis Alexander a 30-year-old businessman who lived in Mesa‚ Arizona was murdered in his home‚ found almost
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without insurance and minor criminal damage up to the value of £5.000 Either-way offences: These are middle of the range offences such as theft or ABH and can be tried in the magistrates’ court by a magistrate or in the crown court heard by a judge and jury. They are determined by the ‘mode of trial’ procedure‚ this is where the defendant can choose to have the trial heard in magistrates or crown court. Indictable offences: These are the most serious offences such as murder‚ rape‚ manslaughter and armed
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emotionalism or fear. In the U.S.‚ viewers often see interviews with case participants‚ who are placing their self-serving interpretation of events before the public as fact. This enables accusers to perfect their story while not under oath and to bias public opinion against a defendant who typically is under legal advice not to speak publicly. The Courts have carefully evaluated the press’s First Amendment rights against the defendants Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial. In doing
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