Mr. Hale V. Minnie Wright Case

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Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered today for the hearing of Minnie Wright who is unjustly being accused of killing her husband John Wright. The evidence is said to be clearly against her and to be enough to prove her guilty. The truth is that it if we analyze the alleged evidence correctly, it is not clear at all and does not prove anything to accuse Mrs. Wright of murder. Today ladies and gentlemen, we are here to prove that the accused, Minnie Wright, is innocent of murdering her husband John Wright.
In this case there was no witnesses at all and the prosecution relies on assumptions rather than facts. Mrs. Wright is being accused unjustly due to prejudice and lack of investigation. When Mr. Hale went in the morning to convince Mr. Wright …show more content…

Hale went to Mr. and Mrs. Wright’s house. According to the poor investigation done by Mr. Henderson; A great deal of his “evidence” finds our client guilty when Minnie was found in a great state of shock the morning of her husband’s death. Mr. Hale found Minnie Wright looking uncomfortable, but rocking in her rocking chair. Minnie Wright revealed that John was home, but that Mr. Hale could not speak with him because he was dead. When questioned, she explained that he died of “a rope around his neck.” Mr. Hale said he was going to contact the coroner, and Minnie did not respond. He stated under oath that, “she looked queer” (pp. L-39) Mr. Hale found this odd and so did Mr. Henderson. For this reason, they suspect my client of murder. However, according to expert Caroll Douglas, “Recent research shows that blunted cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to acute psychological stress are associated with adverse behavioral outcomes.” In blatant terms, Minnie Wright was in a great deal of shock due to the surprise death of her husband. This explains her behavior when Mr. Hale first arrived at the Wright home. The study by Caroll Douglas et. Al, elaborates on cognitive behavior after psychological trauma. It implies that everything even simple motor skills are affected by trauma. Therefore, her behavior witnessed by Mr. Hale was completely normal. She should not be …show more content…

It is concluded that when a forensic examination is done in a crime scene, each determinate must be filed and kept to be analyzed. We have already found that unfortunately that was not the case here. Mr. Henderson and others just decided to look around and tamper with evidence. The prosecution has brought evidence, Minnie’s bird, allegedly found dead by broken neck, to the case that has probable consideration to have been tampered with and could have just been placed there in a possible scenario. Our point of argument retains to be that Minnie is part of a sexist accusation and was not given a fair chance to defend herself. Instead many of the men there find her guilty by default, as to putting themselves in that position. Yet with the lack of evidence against her, her size compared to John, and the scenario I will propose, the prosecution claims she is guilty solely based on her gender as a female, house

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