defendants should be competent to stand trial because trying an incompetent defendant in court leads to injustice and policy considerations (Miller 1988). Competency is required in the trial process as it protects the reliability of the court procedure‚ and guarantees fairness of the legal court process. An offender who may have a mental disorder is examined by medical experts including psychologists and psychiatrists to determine whether he or she is competent to stand trial.
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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STUDENT ALLIANCE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS IN UP (STAND UP) PREAMBLE We‚ the member organization of the Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND UP)‚ imbued with a strong desire to advance student rights and welfare‚ recognizing the need to unite the studentry and link its struggle with the basic sectors of the society in pursuing for a nationalist‚ scientific and mass –oriented education‚ do hereby ordain and promulgate
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Kayra Feliz Van Houten College Composition March 3‚ 2015 Divided We Stand: An Overview of the Origins of American Apartheid Although people oftentimes believe segregation is synonymous with the Civil Rights movement‚ some people might be surprised to learn that racial residential segregation was not always the status quo. Prior to the turn of the 20th century‚ racially and economically diverse neighborhoods were the norm across the country. Urban “ghettoization” came about after the Great Migration
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Mr. Pitt‚ otherwise known as William Pitt‚ the 1st‚ Earl of Chatham‚ was born in 1708 and lived until 1778. During his lifetime he served as the Prime Minister of Great Britain. After his death‚ his son‚ William Pitt‚ the Younger‚ also served as a Prime Minister of Great Britain. Mr. Burke‚ Edmund Burke‚ was an outstanding writer‚ political theorist‚ orator and statesman whose life spanned from 1729 until 1797. Mr. Fox‚ or Henry Fox‚ was a prominent statesman in parliament. William Pitt‚ 1st
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When the present proposal was initially conceptualized the idea was to focus on how stand-biased desks with fidget bars might aid cognition in students with attention difficulties. However‚ how do you implement a long-term stand-biased desk use study of just children with attention difficulties in a school setting? How do you identify a large enough population without stigmatizing them? It was quickly realized that the way to do this is to do a long-term research project that would benefit all
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buyer or seller has any market power or ability to influence the price. The sellers in a purely competitive market are price takers. The market set the price and each seller react to that price by altering the variable input and output in the short run. In the long run they can alter the size of the fixed input in each short run period. A competitive market is characterized by a large number of relatively small firms. No single firm can influence the market price which is essentially the meaning of
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In William Faulkner’s The Reivers‚ every character undergoes their own personal struggles‚ and each makes a choice on how to get through these hard situations. The author believes that humanity possesses the ability to survive and prevail‚ but only a few of the characters in the novel actually end up triumphant while retaining their virtue. There will always be a controversial debate on whether mankind is inherently good or evil‚ whether they endure or prevail. However the characters in the book
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Katerina Klingensmith Mrs. Drebus Honors English 10: 7 22 August 2014 Outline Thesis: The two Aphorisms here are trying to tell you that your life is short and you need to live it to the fullest before it is too late. I. “ It is better to die on your feet that to live on your knees” A. Euripides 1. Born in Athens‚ Greece‚ around 485 B.C. Married a woman named Meleto and had 3 sons. His family was most likely a prosperous one; his father was named Mnesarchus or Mnesarchide‚ and his
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In 2014‚ one of the greatest football movies was released. When the Game Stands Tall‚ Based on a true story about De La Salle’s football team‚ and their streak of 151 wins in a row. When The Game Stands Tall‚ is an inspirational and comedy movie‚ it makes you smile and love the idea’s set behind the actual football team. I would recommend this movie to almost anyone‚ because of the love and loyalty that goes through the whole movie. De La Salle high school is an all-boys catholic school that
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Lit and Film Stand By Me and The Body: In the novella _The Body_ and the movie "Stand By Me"‚ we see a story of four young boys who embark on a journey to find the dead body of Ray Brower‚ a boy about the same age as the four boys: Gordie‚ Chris‚ Teddy‚ and Vern. Gordie‚ is generally seen as the most intelligent of the four boys‚ giving guidance and answers to the other boys. Then there is Chris‚ the peacemaker of the group‚ Teddy‚ the comic relief for the group‚ and Vern‚ the loner of the group
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