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BASINGER, BOXING HELENA AND LAW SUIT

In 1991, Main Line Pictures sued Kim Basinger (and others) for breach of contract in connection with the film "Boxing Helena." Bas...

Against the Practice of Race-Based Jury Nullification

to be guilty, innocent, in order to nullify unfair laws. This is particularly true of black juries finding black defendants innoce...

The Group Dynamics of the Jury in 12 Angry Men

which a jury debates the evidence it has just seen presented in a murder trial. This paper reviews the film as well as discussing ...

Death Row: Why is it Racially Imbalanced?

properly! Crime is not racist. Some criminals may be, but crime itself is not. People of all races commit crimes. We would like ...

Are Judges an Anachronism to the Criminal Justice System?

For all of its faults and shortcomings, the American legal system is the best in the world. That system revolves around two prima...

Principles of Jury Nullification

positive development, scholarly opinion uniformly refutes this position, seeing instead of "power to the people," that rule of to...

Short Stories and Rounded Character Building

The ways in which rounded characters are constructed within short stories are considered in a six page examination of Guy de Maupa...

Spectator Article on Jury Nullification

they had heard much worse and thought the boys should be allowed to go. They believed they were doing the right thing but of cours...

Jury System's Significance

to stifle its newspaper critics through criminal prosecution, New York grand juries refused to indict, and a petit jury famously r...

History and Evolution of Grand Juries

In eight pages this research paper traces the evolution of the system of grand juries from its early days in England to the contem...

Is a Man with a Brain Tumor Who Commits Murder Guilty or Not Guilty?

In five pages this essay considers whether or not a jury should find a man who committed murder while suffering from a brain tumor...

Fiction and the Portrayal of Management Leadership

In nine pages this paper examines the leadership of characters depicted in 'The Moviegoer' by Percy, 'Shooting an Elephant' by Orw...

A Twenty First Century Platform for the Democratic Party

Racial inequality, problems in higher education, and affirmative action, jury nullification, and restitution are all issues that s...

Process of Jury Selection

In eight pages the O.J. Simpson case is featured in this consideration of the process of jury selection with ethnic composition an...

Misconduct and Jury Incompetence

way to enough blood loss volume to induce death (2000). They used their medical expertise during deliberations which led to the ve...

Process of Jury Selection and Discrimination

OJ jury, they might have convicted him. Much attention has been paid to race and gender as a result of Batson v. Kentucky, a case ...

An Effective Closing Argument in a Death Penalty Case

one chosen for consumption. Bill was only 14 years old. Mike dies after rescue and Mark seems to have had a psychotic break. Mark ...

Leadership and the Film Twelve Angry Men

The Architect does not profess belief in the boys innocence, at this point, but simply indicates that he feels a moral obligation ...

Isolation Theme in 'A Jury of Her Peers' by Susan Glaspell

talked too much anyway" (Glaspell). Throughout the story, Martha Hale feels guilty because she did not visit Minnie more often, b...

Antigone and A Jury of Her Peers

This 3 page paper gives an overview of the two stories Antigone and A Jury of Her Peers and the relationships between the women in...

Counter Closing Argument Construction

one were to counter Spences arguments, one would first have to make the company, Kerr-McGee look as if it were not the big bad ind...

"A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell

This essay pertains to Susan Glaspell's " A Jury of Her Peers." The writer argues that Glaspell provides a scathing social critiqu...

HOT COFFEE, MCDONALD'S AND ETHICS

will burn if they drink it too fast, and the best way to ensure they wont be injured is to wait for the coffee to cool a little. T...

Women’s Writing and Male Domination

both the other woman and herself. She tells her shocked husband, who faints when he sees her creeping around the wall, that she ha...

Reconstruction, Progressive, and New Deal Eras and Government's Role

also addresses some of the history of social work. Role of Government in Reconstruction, Progressive, New Deal The years followi...

Federal Government's Growing Power During the 20th Century

the federal government to take action in order to help people make money. These seem to be rather insignificant issues, or issues ...

Government's 'Proper' Economic Role

with the economy is that of offering a measure of security for the legitimate financial interactions and commerce of its citizens....

Environmental Regulation and the Federal Government's Role

environment. From the 1960s to the present, in fact, environmental regulation has been in the forefront of legislative efforts. ...

Government's General Principles

original thirteen colonies on which the new United States of America was founded removed their approval of being governed by the B...

Is the US Government's Executive Branch Democratic?

write a bill, but may only suggest bills to Congress with the hopes that they will then submit such a bill (The Executive Branch, ...