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    and interpretations might be a factor which causes conflicts. Its consequences include emotional pain‚ unjust decision and sometimes bring tragedy. The tragic story‚ by Larry Watson‚ set in the summer 1948‚ “Montana” demonstrated Wesley Hayden‚ a sheriff of Mercer County experiences inner-self conflict by quoting that: “This is not about family. This is a legal matter.” When Wesley had confronted with obvious proof of guilt and discovered the truth about his brother Frank‚ who had sexually molested

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    In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Tom Robinson‚ a casualty in the fight for equality in place of racism‚ becomes mistreated. He went through some horrible predicaments especially in the event of the trial. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Tom Robinson‚ shown as an innocent victim by the racism‚ circumstantial evidence‚ and opposing evidence‚ does not deserve a guilty verdict. Judge Taylor‚ shown as an "amiable‚ white-haired and ruddy-faced" man‚ becomes faced with the running of an unjust law system

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    The novel “Montana 1948” written by Larry Watson held a series of tragic events‚ which were to have a permanent and decisive impact on David and his parents. This chain of events were to turn David’s young life and that of his family upside down forever and which was to angrily lead him out of childhood‚ destroying his innocence and youthful naivety in the process. However‚ David’s shocking revelations lead to his painful gaining of wisdom. David is forced to make ethical choices of loyalty and justice

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    agencies at the Local‚ State and Federal Levels As previously discussed‚ there are three levels of law enforcement agencies being covered‚ Local‚ State and Federal. The Local level is made of three organization Municipal Police‚ County Police‚ County Sheriff‚ County Coroner/Medical Examiner and some states still use Constables today. Let’s briefly review each one. Municipal police play a more complex role than any other law enforcement agency due to serving in our cities. Big and small cities represent

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    “From the summer of my twelfth year I carry a series of images move vivid and lasting than any others of my boyhood and indelible beyond all my attempts the years make to erase or fade them…”(p. 11). These are the very first lines of Larry Watson’s Montana 1948. This first thought immediately gives off the ambiance that there are major conflicts to occur. Of course every novel needs a conflict to move the plot along‚ but what makes Montana 1948 special is all of the conflicts involve family members

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    Michael Cooper LITR201-1403A-02 Literature: A Reflection of Life Phase 4 Individual Project August 3‚ 2014 The title of the Susan Glaspell play‚ “Trifles‚” is a very important implication of the aggressive struggle that contributes to the tension of a very severe situation that is everything but trifling. A man has been murdered by his wife; however‚ the gentlemen of the town who are investigating the crime are unable to solve the mysterious murder through standard criminal justice procedures

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    programs like D.A.R.E. that help educate children and parents about the signs of drug use‚ the dangers of drug use and domestic violence issues. The rural and outlaying county areas of a city are under the care of the Sheriff’s Department. The Sheriff provides law enforcement to residents living in the county area. Just like local or city police a Sheriff’s Department can vary in

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    Texas and a couple of years later he began working in a farm in Karnes and Gonzales counties. As we can see Gregorio Cortez is an ordinary man in an “ordinary world” just trying to survive and have a decent life. His “call to adventure” came when Sheriff Morris questioned Mexicans about a stolen horse‚ thus Gregorio was approached and questioned about the situation. Everything was going smoothly until the interpreter misunderstood Gregorio’s reply by failing to identify that in Mexican Culture there

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    either directly or indirectly? (D) — Residents — Business Owners — Employees — Media 7. What elements outside the stadium have an interest in the game‚ or can affect our game in positive or negative ways (E): — Depending upon how a Sheriff is appointed‚ an election can +/- affect the rules in

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    fighting for their lives the klan was fighting to stop them from getting their rights. Edgar Ray Killen‚ a thirty-eight-year-old‚ ordained Baptist minister‚ was a saw mill owner outside of being a klan member and a former unsuccessful candidate for sheriff. Edgar pronounced his racist views into the public outside the men in the klan. The colored within his town would bare the racist slurs and comments from Edgar. The Klu Klux Klan was an all white extremist group that organized terrorism acts upon

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