Bill Cosby Media Analysis

There are different ways that victims of sexual assault can be enticed to go to the police and report their crimes. Instead of waiting for crime to happen organizations can educate people on sexual assault so that they understand details regarding laws/procedures and ways they can assure that proper consent is given before any sexual action. Universities and colleges have a huge epidemic of sexual assaults, but if prevention methods are taken before the crime is committed one can ultimately reduce sexual

Douglas Wigdor the plaintiffs lawyer said, “Rape denial is just another form of the toxic gender discrimination that is endemic at Uber and ingrained in its culture,” (NewYorkTimes.com). Rape accusations shouldn’t be taken lightly. For Mr. Alexander and the others involved, to indicate the plaintiffs motives were to increase a rivals company with malicious lies were inaccurate and heinous. The crux in this case is the intrusion of private medical records from a sexual assault.

This means that her argument is not fact based and makes her argument less impacting and reliable. Susie's argument is very lopsided in her use of pathos versus logos. While her use of logos is very few; her use of pathos is a great deal. Susie also goes on to talk about that the government is discriminating based on sexual orientation and appealing to logos with her logical sounding phrases that talk about the government; however, she never shows verified or backup information to support these statements.

This was later carried out through twenty-six other states, including the U.S., which created a precedent against the execution of the mentally ill in 1986. Even though the mentally ill cannot be executed, if the person who claimed mental illness is no longer mentally ill he or she can be executed. While the insanity plea proves that some criminals are mentally unstable, it should be used with caution because many convicted criminals abuse it during court cases, imitate being mentally ill during an examination, and are able to avoid the death penalty. Despite that the insanity plea can potentially help someone in defense for a mental illness case, many people can also take advantage of these precedents to alleviate their trials. The public in most insanity plea cases, do not typically agree with the rulings because most criminals use the

Carol continuously goes back to meet with John alone in his office even after she filed the accusations against him. If a woman has been sexually harassed or especially “raped” you would not think that she would continue to put herself in the situation that she was in when it first occurred. It is as if Carol persistently goes back to meet with John alone in order to collect more “evidence” that she can contort to match her accusation of rape or even to go as far as pushing him to actually commit the crime that he is being accused of. Throughout the play, Carol seemed to almost want John to actually sexually assault or even go as far as rape her like in her accusations. In Act 3, Carol takes provoking John to a new level when she overhears a phone call he has with his wife and then tells him “Don’t call your wife baby” (Mamet 54).

Not only was Jack pronounced innocent, but it turned out that Gillian had been receiving assault from a different person entirely. That person being her father Amos Duncan, which would be kept a secret between the two of them. In this book, even with the lies that were told, the truth came out at the end. Picoult was able to insinuate the importance of telling the truth before it makes a big mess in someone else’s life. “Maybe we were a little curious, too, to see if we could pull it off… Punishing him.

There are many times in life where a person’s actions, while dishonest, will not have a large effect on the lives of other people and can therefore be considered insignificant. However, this is not the case regarding Mayella Ewell, a young girl who lied during the testimony of her own rape case, leading to the wrongful conviction of the defendant, Tom Robinson. The following arguments will explain why Mayella should be held fully and solely responsible for her actions regarding the Tom Robinson case.

Those that helped to enable the opposing part of accusers benefited, at least selfishly. On the other hand, anyone who questioned the honesty of the afflicted girls could potentially put their lives in danger. John Proctor was openly skeptical to the afflicted girls’ accusations. He was quickly arrested for assumed witching but vehemently denied any association.

The impact of these songs in the real world is a very real dilemma. However, some might argue that there is no way that music causes domestic violence. Although the portrayal of domestic violence in songs doesn’t “make” someone start abusing another person, it often desensitizes the subject and, even, makes it appear that domestic violence is okay. In addition to this, artists who have abused their significant others in the past are showing their fans that it is alright to abuse someone with seemingly no consequences. Whitney Houston said that, when it came to her husband Bobby Brown, she did "...the hitting, he doesn 't." (Fame...).

I think it would be difficult for the prosecution to form an argument off of my points. The prosecution admitted that they don’t argue that Ms. Stephens is a victim of abuse, but rather is not suffering from battered woman syndrome. Once I use all of my witnesses and explain how Ms. Stephens is a clear case of battered woman syndrome, I think they will have a difficult time arguing that considering she clearly has every sign and symptom. The only argument I think they can use would be that because Mr. Stephens went to take a nap, Ms. Stephens could have just called the police and not shot him herself. I think members of the jury may also agree with this purely on the basis that those who aren’t victims of abuse can easily have the mindset that

This campaign focuses on certain goals that seem very plausible but yet are not being implemented by society. First, one goal is to “recognize that non-consensual sex is sexual assault” (It 's On Us, 2015). While this seems like an obvious concept, many fail to recognize this fact or ignore it. Another goal is to “create an environment in which sexual assault is unacceptable and survivors are supported” (It 's On Us, 2015). It is a common misconception that females provoke their victimization by “asking for it.”

Victoria and Ruby had different views on how many negro men were on the train. Victoria was detailed about the story and seemed to know every moment, but when questioned she would suddenly not remember. All of this suspicion and lies counters any evidence that proves that the men had any sexual relations with Victoria Price or Ruby Bates. There is no evidence of physical harassment such as bruises or scratches, and the semen sample found is not proven to be the Scottsboros '. Most of the evidence against the Scottsboro men are based solely on biased opinions and racism, which is unacceptable in a court of law.

However, the some of the documents are public record. The links in this article also confirm several parts of the story. While we wait for results of Janice 's appeal for a new trial, I will keep you posted on her story. The main thing I see here is how the no knock warrant is affecting the lives of innocent Americans.

At first, I was unsure about Loftus and defending criminals who might not have commented any crime according to her. But after reading about the case of Ellen Bass it has stricken me that she has all reason to defend some of the criminals. Memories are repressed and suddenly after decades, months, days or years are retrieved but how can you recall every detail? Surely you can 't unless you have a photogenic memory.

With this current age in media describing a “war on women” it is no shock to see that a controversial piece has conquered its way through rival writing to gain the position it has today, and this may give other people their justification for selecting this article for their top three, but I don`t fall into this category. I didn 't selection such a piece due to agreements I made with the article, but quite the opposite. I refuse to accept that the actions faced by this one women, or any number of women, is justification to agree that the only war occurring is in conflict with women, but nevertheless this controversy is a great example of how the author, Amanda Hess, a journalist for Pacific Standard, can quickly gain the attention of the audience, of more than likely women from ages 18 to 35 years of age, to entice a reader to alter their mindset on social media in favor of the “war on women”. Certainly, one factor that advances this article is the style of storytelling used by the author to easily convey the message and organize the concepts and events for the reader. Ultimately, the author conveys this controversial message to rather convince or conflict the reader, creating an edge to the piece that cuts its way through to the top standings of journalism of 2015 and my personal rankings of top three, causing a respected appreciation, but not