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
He gave the court noticeable different answers under oath. Due to the inconstancy of the priest’s testimony, his testimony will be discarded and inadmissible. When determining the outcome and severity of your sentencing, I must consider both aggravating and mitigating factors.
In Serial, Koenig was questioning the consistently of Wilds testimony by saying that, “In Jay’s statements, while the particulars shifted, the spine of his story did not. Adnan told Jay he was going to do it, Adnan showed him the body, they buried her in Leakin Park, they ditched her car. Jay has been consistent on those point” (Koenig Ep.5). Koenig’s point of view clarified that Wilds should not be considered as a witness for the credible
Picking Cotton Picking Cotton is a story that entails two individuals’ trials in forgiveness and finding peace. Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton are the two individuals whose lives were changed forever by the events that occurred on that unfortunate night in 1984. Case Events
In English we are reading a book about a court case called “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers. The book is about a boy fighting for his freedom in court. That boys name is Steve Harmon. Today my job is to convince you that not only is Steve Harmon is not guilty, but he is , completely innocent. My job is to convince you that everything said against him is well within the area of reasonable doubt.
Paul, the evidence from the DA’s office, the doctors, members of the Children's Institute International (CII) and clients. He had to work together with them to defend his case. This was shown when a plea bargain was offered to Ms. MaMartin. 2. How significant was discretion with respect to the defense attorney?
I think that there is a lot more evidence that shows that Adnan is guilty, but one of the ones that I think is one of the most important is Jay's
It can be argued that the jury was not a proper representation of his peers. Along with other factual errors surrounding Dixon’s false conviction,
When the cops first bring Jay in on February 28th, they talked to him for about an hour before the tape went on. Then, on March 15th, the second interview. Jay signs his initials to an official explanation of rights form at 3:15 p.m. Then the tape starts.” She brings evidence to discredit Jay and the detectives in the case.
Some possible motives that may have caused Jay to lie are that he murdered Hae but blamed it on Adnan or that he knew Hae's killer and tried to help cover it up by blaming the ex-boyfriend. One theory could be that Jay murdered Hae because he was jealous of Adnan's good relationship with his girlfriend, Stephanie. Therefore, he intentionally tried to meet with Adnan on the day of the murder so they could be seen together and then be able to frame him by providing the police a well-planned story. Unfortunately, Adnan had no recollection of this day's events to provide to the police. Another theory is that Jay was a good friend with Hae's actual killer and helped him escape the law by blaming Adnan.
There were various reasons that aided the jury’s decision to declare Mr. Butler not guilty. The officers failed to inform Butler’s family upon his arrest and interrogated him privately without a parent or lawyer present. Both Detective James H. Williams and Dwayne Darnell interrogated Butler alone at separate occasions. Detective Williams claimed to have done a thorough investigation, however, failed to ask neighbors if they had seen Butler earlier that Sunday morning. Detective Darnell wrote a statement telling Butler what he did and Detective Darnell threatened to hit Butler every 10 seconds he did not sign the paper that resulted in Butler getting in twice in the eye.
Although they were apparently very good friends, Jay confessed instead of total denial. Once Jay told the detectives what they wanted to hear, he said he was scared of Adnan, he received overseas threats from Adnan’s family, and even his girlfriend Stephanie was threatened. Firstly believe Jay could’ve gave total denial of Adnan’s alleged actions against Hae. Secondly all the dirt he put on Adnan is most likely fake leverage that Jay thought of to sway the opinions of the detectives. I guarantee that his plan was to make himself look like a partial victim, pressured into silence.
His confession makes their already doubtful stories in the eyes of the court, lose
Could they be wrong? “ – Both the statements listed above involve use of the fallacy of “Begging the question” 3) “How come you believe the woman’s story, she is one of them too, isn’t she?” – This fallacy is what we call as Hasty generalization. According to him, since the woman who gave the testimony against the boy lives in the same locality as the boy, her testimony can also be doubted upon. He tries to convince other jurors with this seemingly inappropriate
He also made a red herring fallacy during the demonstration of old man witness. iii) Fallacy of begging the question was made by him immediately as he has his entry in the room, claiming that, “everyone knows that he is guilty”. iv) When asked to defend his statement, he repeats that everyone knows he is guilty, thus creating Circular reasoning fallacy. v) Attack on the person was also made by him while stating, “The kid 's a dangerous killer, you could see it... He stabbed his own father, four inches into the chest.
