Law Case Analysis According to the law case EEOC v. FREEMAN‚ the EEOC filed a law suit against Freeman and alleged the company’s hiring policy which includes criminal background and credit history checks‚ has a disparate impact on African-American‚ Hispanic‚ and male applicants. And the material fact of this case is whether Defendant’s hiring criteria of conducting criminal background and credit history checks is consistent with business necessity. Since the Defendant was charged by the EEOC with
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Frosh & A. Pinchevski (Eds.)‚ Media witnessing: Testimony in the age of mass communication (pp. 133–157). London: Palgrave. Austin‚ J. L. (1975). How to do things with words. Cambridge‚ MA: Harvard University Press. Re-presenting Trauma 191 Boltanski‚ L. (1999). Distant suffering: Morality‚ media and politics. Cambridge‚ MA: Cambridge University Press. Brand‚ R. (2009). Witnessing trauma on film. In P. Frosh & A. Pinchevski (Eds.)‚ Media Witnessing: Testimony in the age of mass communication (pp. 198–215)
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CalRptr.255 (Cal App 2 Dist. 1984) Facts: The defendant Vencil Green was charged and convicted of 12 felony offenses. The defendant used a gun to commit robbery and kidnaping for the purpose of robbery. At trial court the defendant presented expert testimony that the defendant’s history of heavy usage of PCP and other illicit drugs that has affected his brain and his ability to have committed the alleged crimes with intent‚ the trial judge rejected the defense. Procedural History: This case was appealed
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In the film Twelve Angry Men produced by Reginald Rose begins when a young teenage boy was on trial for murdering his abusive father. All the evidence and facts brought to the trial was against him‚ however‚ the twelve jurors had to make a verdict whether the boy is guilty or not guilty‚ and they decision would concluded whether the boy should or should not be sent to the electric chair. In process of making a verdict‚ the twelve jurors came together to reason and decide the fate of the boy. The
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released yesterday‚ the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and the Committee on Agriculture and Food said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should be held accountable for the mismanagement of the P728-million fertilizer fund. The committees reported that testimonies showed the fund "was indeed used to assure her victory in the 2004 elections." In 2005‚ the PCIJ reported that the Department of Agriculture released nearly P3 billion during the 2004 campaign and was diverted to political allies of Arroyo. A
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been taught the names for races—he had not heard the term "black" and he called us "people with pinkish-whitish skin." The strengths of this evidence is that it provides a good personal testimony on how the author’s experience on the topic by addressing his son’s views of racism. However‚ this personal testimony is only based on one individual’s experience with this concept. Therefore it couldn’t fully count as a viable reason of how children react when they see people’s different skin color for
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also known as the Gilded Age‚ industrial supremacy contributed to America’s growth in many ways. From the boom and bust for iron and steel to the start of the automobile‚ men were being replaced with machines and lower wages. In Thomas O’Donnell’s testimony‚ he states that child labor‚ job security‚ and capitalism caused extreme problems for the working man. Child labor led to men losing their jobs. Low wages caused many of the men to become unable to provide for their families. Capitalism led Mr. O’Donnell
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Religious experiences cannot be explained empirically and tend to take place within a context of religious expectancy. Such experiences may be individual‚ in which a person becomes aware of the presence of the divine; or corporate‚ in which a gathering of people experiences feelings beyond expression – the ineffable. St Teresa of Avila described her experiences as: “God established himself in the interior of this soul in such a way‚ that when I return to myself‚ it is wholly impossible for me to
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girlfriend‚ Hae Min Lee‚ by strangling her and burying her body in Leakin Park. With this in mind‚ Adnan had a friend‚ Jay Wilds‚ who had assisted Adnan in the crime‚ but walked free out of his trial without having to serve any time in prison. Jay’s testimony of the crime had many inconsistencies that should’ve made him untrustworthy‚ but the jury still used his story as evidence to decide if Adnan is guilty of murder. Furthermore‚ the Serial podcast episodes‚ with Sarah Koenig as the narrator‚ involves
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(Meyers 229). While giving his testimony‚ Steve makes it very clear to the jury he was not in the drugstore on the day of the crime. His indecisiveness of his involvement in the crime proves Steve has committed the crime. “‘I’m not guilty‚’ I said to her. ‘You should have said‚ ‘I didn’t do it‚’ she said” (Meyers 138). Miss O’Brien‚ Steve’s defense attorney‚ seems to feel there
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