Movie Review: Black Friday by Anurag Kashyap
Black Friday is a film that revolves around the 1993 Bombay serial blasts that took thousands of lives. It follows the investigation and gives us the story from the eyes of the various people involved. From the eyes of the police to the accused, it vividly captures the entire investigation process providing an insight into the unknown and brutal world of Police investigations. The honest imagery is what led the government to delay its release indefinitely. This review goes beyond the film and explores the case of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. State of Maharashtra (2013 13 SCC 1), that costed Yakub memon his life. The movie stars many actors from KK Menon, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Aditya Srivastava, Pavam Malhotra, Vijay Maurya,
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This happens to be a special Court and confessions before a Police Officer in such cases can be admissible in the Special Court, as mentioned earlier. The evidentiary standards in such cases are lower than what the Evidence Act prescribes. Periyasamy v. State (2014 6 SCC 59) affirms this rule. If the Court is reasonably satisfied that the confession made before the Police officer was voluntary, in accordance with Section 15 of the TADA Act, it can be admissable. One of the foundations of criminal law is to presume a man innocent until proven gulty. A close reading of the TADA Act assumes the accused to be guilty shifts the burden of proof on him to prove himself innocent. There would be no defence in case the Police arrests an innocent person and threatens and induces him to confess. There have been many such instances of injustice following the Mumbai blasts. The TADA Act is a very powerful tool in the hands of the state to arrest a person on false charges, terming them as terrorists and securing a conviction under the TADA using doctored confessions, as can be inferred from the
In Wakefield, the accused asserted that his confession was involuntary partially because the police officers conducting his interrogation had isolated him from outside help. Id. at 943. However, on the record of the interrogation, when the accused asked if he could use the phone to get in contact with his sister and his girlfriend’s mother, the police officers immediately suggested that they take a break from the interrogation so that he could do so. Id. at 944. The court determined that based on this interaction, the officers had not isolated the accused from the outside world.
This is the main reform recommended by the Innocence Project. In order for this reform to be effective the entire interrogation must be recorded or else it will be pointless as corrupt interrogation techniques could be hidden by not recording them. Just recording the confession also avoids showing the events that led up to the confession preventing analysis of its validity. A full recording will help prove the authenticity and credibility of confessions and show the reliability of testimonies. The recording can also show whether information was unintentionally given to a suspect during questioning by the interrogators and was then repeated back to the interrogator by the suspect making them seem guilty.
Fare v. Michael C. is a case from 1979 where the United States Supreme Court reviewed what would make a juvenile’s confession inadmissible in court (Elrod & Ryder, 2014). The case begins with the respondent, Michael C., a 16-year-old juvenile being taken into custody by Van Nuys police in California on the suspicion of murder. He was immediately taken to the police station for questioning. Prior to the beginning of questioning, police fully advised Michael of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona. At the beginning of the questioning, Michael, who was on probation in the Juvenile Court, asked for his probation officer to be present.
I examined A Savage Christmas: Hong Kong 1941, the first in a three part series called The Valour and the Horror produced by CBC and the National Film Board of Canada which become very popular due to the controversy that surrounded it. The document uses original film and dramatization to depict what happened to Canadian troops at Hong Kong in December 1941 and the years following in a Japanese prisoners of war camp. Similar to any historical source the film does have a bias towards the Canadians and is quite clear since they utilized personal narratives as the foundation of retelling the events that occurred. Although the article makes assumptions and ignores important context, the documentary is still a valid source when used with caution as it does contain factual There are a couple messages in the documentary that they are clearly trying to convince their audience of. The first is the Canadian government sent in untrained troops to fight in Hong Kong, knowing they had no chance win.
Not only do the defendants have to say “I did it”, they also have to explain how. Most false confessions happen because the interrogator coerces the defendant to confess, whether they did it or not. During the case, the boys were between the ages of 14-16, which makes it easier to coerce them to confession. Some believe the confessions shouldn’t be used because of errors. For example, they would say they used a rock to cause a head wound, then the rock would turn to a brick, but it actually wasn’t caused by either of these.
The judge doesn’t convict someone if they don’t have explaination from the victim as they do nowadays but at the same time if the judge has no prove of this accusation then he really can claim someone guilty if there is no evidence. But at the same time they can go off of word because you’re not supposed to lie under oath, if you are a religious
The police then determine if the suspect is guilty and continuously interrogate, accuse, and even threaten the suspect for hours until they confess, whether they are guilty or not. On many occasions the people who are coerced into false confessions are have severe mental impairments that prevent them from functioning as a normal person with out the impairments would.
But for those who want to know more about law, tribunal, politics, and history, this movie is highly recommended as me myself rate this film 4,5 of
In the movie “Friday” it displays a typical day in the ghetto and what obstacles two young black men had to go through just to get through one day. Ice Cube a famous American rapper from LA’s popular 90’s hip hop group NWA wrote this historic black comedic/drama film and along plays the main character Craig Jones. Craig plays the neighborhood hero after a chaotic day where he deals with bullies, his love life, annoying neighbors, and scary drug dealers. The film is based in south central LA in the mid 90’s where Craig and his best friend Smokey who is played by comedian/actor Chris Tucker find themselves in trouble after thinking it would be a typical Friday in the ghetto. Craig a young black man in his early twenties lives at home with his parents is determined to leave the ghetto but there 's just some things holding him back.
Bad Day at Black Rock Kathryn Abbott October 29 2015 DRAMA 3030 The unexpected arrival of a stranger to a small, Midwestern town creates a feeling of scepticism and suspicion, and through this the explicit meaning is revealed: Fear of the unknown and the moral and physical deterioration of a town left to its own devices. The film exemplifies these concepts through the use of mise-en-scène, and vivid cinematographic elements. The blood red coloured train stands out against a muted background.
During the trial two witnesses were called, including a police officer from the Bunbury police station and a detective for the organised crime squad. Both chose to swear oath before giving their statement. The first witness showed a video of the arrest on 29 August 2014 and was asked to comment on the different actions and statements made during the video. Judge Levy confirmed the video footage was labeled exhibit 3. The second witness was mainly asked about his expertise and knowledge of meth which he developed through his career.
The 1986 movie Top Gun, directed by renowned director Tony Scott, is a movie made particularly memorable due to its outstanding cast, amazing visuals, and character-based storyline. The movie stars acclaimed actor Tom Cruise, who plays the role of wildcard pilot Maverick, and Kelly McGillis who plays the role of Maverick 's instructor and love interest Charlie. The film centres on happy-go-lucky pilot Maverick (as played by Tom Cruise) as he attempts to acquire the highly coveted "Top Gun" award at a US Navy fighter pilot school in California with his best friend and co-pilot Goose (as played by Anthony Edwards). Moreover, Maverick begins to form a romantic relationship with his instructor Charlie (as played by Kelly McGillis).
“Courts have permitted the interrogators to tell the suspect that if he confesses his conscience will be comforted or they will inform the suspect’s cooperation to the court” (Richard 2008). It is unethical to promise and give hope to the suspect that will not be met in order to obtain a voluntary confession which are induced. During interrogation someone may walk in and hide his identity like being a police officer, while acting like someone else and promise the suspect that he or she is here to help and they are in good hands. Doing this is violating the rights of the suspect and should be taken into consideration, because it inflicts the mind of a suspect. If the suspect is going to confess it should be voluntary not being forced to “voluntary
The movie comedy-drama movie Forrest Gump was released in 1994. The director of the movie was Robert Zemeckis, and the screenwriter was Eric Roth. The music at the start of the movie is called "Feather Theme" and the person who composed the song is Alan Silvestri. The main actors are Tom Hanks who played the main character Forrest Gump when he was grown up, and Michael Connor Humphreys who played young Forrest Gump.
Wall Street “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works, greed clarifies—cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all its forms—greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge—has marked the upward surge of mankind” (O. Stone). In 1987 the by Oliver Stone directed movie Wall Street was released, starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen.