Law of Evidence: Movie Review I:
NO ONE KILLED JESSICA
‘Delhi is about Power’
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The movie, No One Killed Jessica, is a 2011 release based on the infamous Jessica Lal murder case of 1999. The case was a landmark for it bought forth the problem of ‘Hostile Witness’ and ‘Evidence Tampering’ in a country like India. The movie is from the perspective of a journalist, Mira, who initially believes the case to be a simple ‘open and shut’ case but 7 years down the line realizes the gross injustice done by the trial court in bringing the accused to justice and traces the journey of Jessica’s sister, Sabrina, who puts up a relentless fight to avoid this miscarriage of justice.
The movie is set in Delhi, in the Summer of 1999 and shows Jessica to be bartender along with her friend Vikram at a high end party in a club owned by Mallika Sehgal and her husband Peter. It is at this party that the main accused in the case, Manish Bhardawaj, son of a Haryana MLA, along with his companions Vishal and Lucky, approaches the victim to serve him a drink. Jessica refuses to do so as the bar is shut and asks him multiple times to back off. Enraged by this, Manish points a gun towards Jessica and insists that she serve him the alcohol.
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In the court of law, everyone is guilty until proven innocent. Thus, Hobart Ison was guilty when killing Hugh O’ Connor. Though by law Hobart was a murderer, many question that very decision. Though a killer, locals of urban Kentucky would argue that his actions are justifiable. Elizabeth Barret creates Stranger with a Camera as a tool to look into those justifications and see the reasons Ison murdered O’Connor.
Lyddie Argument Essay In the book Lyddie written by Katherine Paterson, Lyddie the 13 year old girl works hard for her family, around 13 hours, and is surrounded by disease, low pay and is being watched over all the time. But when she is sent a way to work she finds a mill, then she meets Diana, who started a petition and who wants something more than her factory life. Lyddie thinks about joining her and signing her petition. There may be consequences but i think it will have a good turn out for lyddie, This is why...
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The documentary, A Death of One’s Own, explores the end of life complexities that many terminal disease patients have to undergo in deciding on dying and dignity. It features three patients, their families, and caregivers debating the issue of physician-assisted suicide or pain relief than may speed up death. One character, Jim Witcher has ALS and knows the kind of death he is facing and wants to control its timing. Kitty Rayl is suffering from terminal cancer and wants to take advantage of her state’s Death with Dignity Act and take medication to terminate her life. Ricky Tackett, on the other hand, has liver failure and together with his family and caregiver agrees on terminal sedation to relieve his delirium and pain.
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