The Amanda Knox documentary discusses the murder of Meredith Kercher, a study-abroad student, in Perugia, Italy, and how her roommate - Amanda Knox - and her then boyfriend were falsely convicted. The documentary misleads viewers and has a subjective viewpoint. Its producers did not go into much detail of the problem and failed to create it from a neutral viewpoint. The documentary should focus more on Meredith’s and Amanda’s relationship, and put more emphasis on key people from the case such as Rudy Guede who was the only one that was convicted. The documentary manipulates and influences its viewers through relying on opinions rather than the facts of the case to present its point, and uses persuasive techniques such as certain music, word …show more content…
The narrative neglected to clarify why Amanda and her beau Rafael were discovered blameworthy twice. They didn 't list the reasons that drove the court to trust that Amanda and Rafael were without a doubt the ones who directed the wrongdoing. The principal purpose behind their conviction was that they discovered hints of DNA on a knife that had a trace of Meredith 's DNA. The creators ought to have utilized more police records and authority notes and discoveries while making the documentary. The Italian police bugged Amanda 's telephone and Rafael 's telephone. Including what they found from bugging their telephone would be intriguing since it would uncover more about the case and help the watcher have a superior picture of the two. The narrative neglected to clarify why and what persuaded the Italian authorities that three individuals had carried out the wrongdoing. The main individual that was convicted was Rudy Guede. Adding information such as, if Meredith, Rafael, and Amanda had any past interactions on the telephone or some other way. Other facts the creators could have included would have been looking at transactions made by the suspects to see if any unusual activity had occurred.
The Amanda Knox case was a peculiar case that took many startling turns. For this reason, the documentary did not inform the viewers with facts and proofs instead it used opinions. There’s no denying that from the start of the documentary the creators take you through a well-constructed path of emotions and opinions they want you to feel. The creators use creative manipulative techniques to influence us into having an uninformed judgment. Subsequently, the documentary did not provide insightful information to the
In contrast, Eramo immediately took action in Jackie’s case and arranged meetings with the victim and the Charlottesville Police Department to make the rapist accountable for their actions. In result, Jackie did not want to cooperate with law enforcement in describing the rape or give any names of the men involved – which concluded to no official police report. ISSUE Eramo had to prove that the defendant’s, the Rolling Stone and Erdely’s information in the article was actual malice. COURT’S
This paper will consist of an analysis of the case presented in the podcast Serial. The podcast Serial is based on a first degree murder case in Baltimore, Maryland, USA that took place on January 13th, 1999. The case consisted of Adnan Syed, a 17-year-old Muslim boy attending his final year of high school being charged with the first degree murder of his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. 16 years later, Adnan is adamant that he did not commit the crime, however he is still serving a life sentence for her death. In relation to the case, alibi believability, polygraphs, psychopathy, interrogations, inconsistencies within Jay’s story and confessions will be discussed throughout this paper.
In order for the people whose job it is to determine innocence or guilt of a person need more than just expert testimony in the form of a long drawn out explanation. Videos, photographs, or audio recordings are all helpful tools when presenting a case to a jury. In this case with Andrea Yates, there was so much evidence presented that could either have a positive or negative effect on the outcome of the trial. Prosecuting attorneys gave the jurors quite a horrific scene to digest mentally.
“On July 30, 1992, an innocent person was convicted of a heinous crime”. Guy Paul Morin, an ordinary man, was arrested, imprisoned and convicted of first degree murder. The victim was Christine Jessop, a nine-year-old girl from Ontario, Canada. She was found murdered in a field about fifty kilometres from where she lived. Due to the investigation team’s carelessness and tunnel vision, the systematic failure of the justice system, and the poor handling of evidence by the crown there was not only one, but two victims in this case.
Not calling 911 and hiding the body was morally and criminally wrong. The lack of remorse bothered me as an utter disregard for her dead daughter and selfishness unparalleled. I believe that the prosecution’s putting the death
I believe that Danforth, the judge, is to blame. He chose to listen to the girls as a verifiable source of information. He makes the ultimate ruling on who lives or dies based on their accusations. He created more fear instead of peace within the community. He didn 't question their credibility until someone else brought that issue to light.
The Disappearance Of Madeleine McCann In 2007, a three-year-old girl went missing from her holiday apartment in Portugal. Madeleine McCann was on a holiday with her parents, younger twin siblings, and a group of family friends. They had rented a ground floor apartment to spend their holiday in. On the evening of May 3rd, 2007, the McCann 's left their sleeping children in the apartment to go to a restaurant and bar fifty meters away. There, the McCann 's met up with their family friends.
For the past few years Amanda Knox, Kertcher’s roommate, had been accused of her murder. (Amanda Knox Murder a Conviction Overturned) In Rafael sollecitos' apartment, Amanda Knox’s ex boyfriend, there was a kitchen knife with both Knox’s and Kertcher’s DNA on it. With this being the only evidence investigators had, Amanda and Raffial were thrown in jail. (How much does Italy owe Amanda Knox?
Levine argued, that the `bystander effect` is a gerneral principle and it can not be applied on every real-life emergency.(Byford,p.235) To find out what the reasons where, in the murder case of James Bulger, why the bystanders didn 't step in he did a discourse analysis, in which he analyzed the testemonies of the trial. He tried to understand the witnesses responses. by putting them in the social and historical context. (Byford,p.235) James Bulger was just three years old when he was abducted and killed by two ten year old boys, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson.
Guess what Bridget was not questioned. Lastly, little was known about the murderers, but they just assumed that she did. There was no evidence that she did it she was just blamed. People might say that she had a motive and that is enough to prove it.
After a twelve-hour interrogation, Brenton Butler confessed to the murder of Mary Ann Stephens. A key claim made by the defense attorneys in this case was that this was a false confession, and after reaching a verdict of not guilty, the jury clearly agreed. The factors that led the false confession were laid out in a scene during the documentary. Instead of using the interview to discover the truth, the interrogators specifically sought out a confession from the suspect. They began the interrogation with the presumption that Brenton Butler was guilty.
The most difficult thing an author can do when telling a story, is attracting an audience, and maintaining the audience’s engagement. In Serial, while telling the story of Adnan Syed, Sarah Koenigs attracts the audience with her purpose which is proving that Adnan Syed was wrongfully convicted and isn't completely guilty. Sarah maintains the attention of her audience by using emotional, and logical appeal, while also establishing credibility. In other words she uses the rhetoric made up of Pathos, Logos, and Ethos.
Additionally, the media got into the investigation by asking questions about the events before the murder. The National Enquirer, for instance, took a different angle to investigate the case; however, by doing this, the media almost made it impossible for proper investigations to be held by the criminal justice system. Ogletree Jr. maintains that the press failed terribly by trying to assume what the lawyers or witnesses thought at different times of the trial, which was a fail (Ogletree). Consequently, there should be a level of protection from the media. Public figures should not have their cases aired or followed to prevent tampering of evidence or misconceptions.
This story alone ultimately convicted Adnan. No physical evidence was ever found. Reporter Sarah Koenig realized the patchy story of this case
Picture book review: Stolen girl August 2015 ‘Stolen girl’ written by Trina Saffioti and illustrated by Norma MacDonald, is a touching, emotionally stirring picture book about the tourment a young aboriginal girl experiences when she was taken away from her mother, by the Australian government. The story takes place in a children’s home and is told with the use of small bursts of detailed paragraphs and intense, colourful and melancholy illustrations. Written for 8-10 year olds, the purpose of the book represents the experiences of children who were a part of the stolen generation in the 1900s-1970s. In this time period it was government policy in Australia that each indigenous Australian child was to be removed from their families as the