Judge Manning’s demeanor towards the defendant was a bit shocking when looking at the crimes the defendant committed. At times the defendant began to cry or get sad, and the judge seem to show sympathy for him. He would ask him if he needed a break from standing or just to take a moment to himself. He showed concern for the defendant. When Judge Manning began reading each indictment, he made sure to pronounce each victims name correctly by asking the prosecutors did he pronounce them correctly, every time he had a hard time pronouncing foreign names. Judge Manning also out of kept informing the defendant that this would take a while and asked him to be patient several times. I’m not exactly sure if gender played a role in this case, though…
A rare criminal case comes out to court, the case is on an out of hospital birth of two twins. The convict is a 57-year-old Utah midwife who was sentenced to half of a year in prison. The midwife committed manslaughter, the judge finally decided after he calls the trial, the most difficult trial he has ever had to decide. The midwife told the parents of the twins that she could surely deliver the twins safely, but whenever one baby came out purple and unable to breathe, Sorensen used outdated techniques and equipment that was too bulky for the young infant. This resulted in suffocation and the baby did not make it. In the courtroom, Sorensen tried to explain to the judge how she had delivered over a thousand physically fit and healthy babies,…
Adnan Syed is a convicted murderer and sentenced to life at the Baltimore Corrections Facility. The woman he murdered was a senior at Woodlawn High School, Hae Min Lee, who was also his ex-girlfriend. Hae Min Lee went missing after school on Friday, January 13, 1999. On February 9, 1999, her body was found in Leakin Park, a victim of manual strangulation. Fifteen years later her story was brought to Sarah Koenig by Adnan’s close family friend Rabia Chaudry, who thinks Adnan Syed was wrongfully convicted of the murder. Sarah began researching this case with her team and started a podcast called Serial, a twelve episode long series. In this series, Sarah addresses the background of the case, Adnan’s alibi and other information they had gathered…
In T'an-ch'eng/Late Imperial China, how did the legal system and access to property affect the real-life women in the Death of Woman Wang?…
Explain the Nature and Types of Defenses Used in the Cases and what Evidence was used to demonstrate the defense…
For a “brutal, cowardly attack” on a 27-year-old man, run over and left for dead, Agustin Caruso pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday and was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison.…
“From a moral standpoint it would be misguided to equate the failings of a minor with those of an adult.”-Justice Anthony Kennedy. In 1993, Christopher Simmons was sentenced to death when he was only 17. A series of appeals to state and federal courts were submitted but each appeal was rejected. Then, in 2002, The Missouri Supreme Court stayed Simmon’s execution while the U.S Supreme Court decided Atkins v. Virginia, where the U.S. Supreme court ruled that executing the mentally ill violated Eight and 14th Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment because majority of Americans found it cruel and unusual, the Missouri Supreme Court started to reconsider Simmon’s case. Using the reasoning from this case, the Missouri court decided…
This is a variance from the general rule that places the burden of production and persuasion on the government. For affirmative defenses, defendants bear the burden of production, that is, they must assert the defense at the time required by law. Failure to raise an affirmative defense in a timely manner acts as a waiver of the defense. States vary about the burden of persuasion placed on the defendant. Some require the defendant to prove the defense; others shift the burden to the prosecution to disprove the defense (Schmalleger, Hall, Dolatowski,…
Levinson, D. (Ed.). (2002). Encyclopedia of crime and punishment. (Vols. 1-4). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi:…
In The Golden Age, Wang Xiaobo explicitly depicts the forbidden and punishable sex acts of Wang Er and Chen Qingyang. However, as “doing something is very different from liking it” the compulsive and obligatory nature of their trysts protects them from punishment from the state (117). This immunity is compromised when Chen confesses that being spanked by Wang awoke her masochistic desire, causing her to have sex for pleasure. While this confession was punishable in the highest degree (warranting “being torn apart by five running horses or being minced by thousands of knives”), in a shocking turn of events, as “no one had the power to tear [them] apart... [the state] had no choice but to set [them] free” (117). The author gives little explanation…
). The sources of US Law are important because they secure our general wellbeing, and guarantee our rights as natives against misuse by other individuals, by associations, and by the administration itself. We have laws to accommodate our general wellbeing. These exist at the neighborhood, state and national levels, and incorporate things such as laws that originate from the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution, that ensure our fundamental opportunities like the right to speak freely, religion, and the press. Laws that shield us from segregation in light of our race, sex, age, or due to an incapacity. In the United States, the Constitution is a definitive wellspring of the law. Be that as it may, it was never intended to address each particular…
Does notoriety affect the outcome of a criminal court proceeding? A trial’s outcome should not be based on the notoriety of it, yet it is. Due to media coverage, the length of the trial, and the notoriety of the people who committed the crime, the outcome of the trial is affected. The Manson trials and the trial of Leopold and Loeb are two prime example of how notoriety can affect a criminal court proceeding. An analysis of two criminal court proceedings, the Manson trial and the trial of Leopold and Loeb, reveals that notoriety does affect criminal court proceedings. Even though criminal court proceedings should be based on unbiased information and evidence, overall, the notoriety of the case impacts it.…
Ling Nan ZHENG, Ren Zhu Yang, Yun Zhen Huang, Wen Qin Lin, Sai Bing Wang, Ye Biao Yang, Cui Zhen Lin, Rong Yun Zheng, Hui Fang Lin, Xiu Ying Zheng, Jin Ping Lin, Hui Ming Dong, Yu Bing Luo, Sau Chi Kwok, Sai Xian Tang, Yi Zhen Lin, Rui Fang Zhang, Mei Juan Yu, Mei Ying Li, Qin Fang Qiu, Yi Mei Lin, Mei Zhu Dong, Fung Lam, Xiu Zhu Ye, Sing Kei Lam, and Xue Jin Lin, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LIBERTY APPAREL COMPANY INC., Albert Nigri, and Hagai Laniado, Defendants-Cross-Claimants-Appellees, Ngon Fong Yuen, 88 Fashion Inc., Top Five Sportswear, Inc., S.P.R. Sportswear, Inc. and 91 Fashion, Inc., Defendants, Lai Huen Yam, a/k/a Steven Yam, 998 Fashions, Inc. and 103 Fashion Inc., Defendants-Cross-Defendants.…
Grong, H. 2002. “A Personal Affair: Moral Obligation and the New Common Law Sentencing.” Retrieved November 2, 2009 from http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2009/05/attacking-the-federal-sentencing-guidelines-based-on-moral-obligations.html.…
Since the people associated with certain cultures have their own beliefs and these beliefs of individuals belonging to different cultures contradicts them with the laws and regulations of a particular country. Some cultural facets negate or mitigate criminal responsibility where acts are committed under a reasonable good-faith belief in their propriety, based on the individual’s cultural heritage or tradition and this makes the people of particular culture to disagree with justice formulation of culture. The…