Jury Essays

J.E.B. is the petitioner, the state of Alabama, (representing T.B. – an un-wed mother of a minor child), is the respondent. The petitioner’s claim is that, by striking men from his jury, Alabama violated his constitutional rights. According to the text, J.E.B. appealed to the U.S Supreme court since the …

1. Define Law. “Law, in its generic sense, is a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority, and having binding legal force. That which must be obeyed and followed by citizens subject to sanctions or legal consequences is a law.” 2. Give 5 functions of the …

According to the Court’s decision, why may illegally seized evidence not be used in a trial? Justice Tom C. Clark wrote on the courts behalf saying that it was logically and constitutionally necessary that the exclusion doctrine be insisted upon, even in the states. This doctrine is essential to the …

The philosophy of Alternate Dispute Resolution systems is well-stated by Abraham Lincoln: “discourage litigation; persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the normal winner is often a loser in fees, expense, cost and time.” Litigation does not always lead to a satisfactory result. It …

On March 25, 1931, seven young white men entered a railroad stationmaster’s office in northern Alabama. They claimed that while they were riding the rails, a “bunch of Negroes” picked a fight with them and threw them off the train. The stationmaster phoned ahead to the next station, near Scottsboro, …

When thinking about the history of court systems one typically does not think past the time of when the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights were established. History shows that varying forms of court systems date back as far as 1750 B.C. when King Hammurabi …

The criminal court system has many levels of superiority (refer to diagram 1.1 in Appendices). Lower courts are bound by all superior court decisions within the hierarchy. The Magistrates court is the lowest court in the criminal system; they do not create binding precedence and therefore are not bound by …

12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose is a twisting story where a son is accussed of stabbing his father to death. Twelve strangers are told to listen to this court case and are then stuck in a small, hot room where they are told to decide on a verdict, whether …

M International and W Inc. have been engaged in long-standing litigation over a specific patent infringement matter. Pertains to the accounting for this contingency loss, this memo has made the following conclusions: 1. For the year-end December 31, 2007, financial statements, M should record $17 million as a liability. 2. …

My team and I believe there was a crime committed and at some point the defendant was in the victims home and stole some of her property. There was a fight or struggle of some sort because the victim has the defendants skin under her fingernails. Drugs were found in …