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  • The Motive For Murder In Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado

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    The motive for Murder in Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” is an interesting story that revolves around the confession of a man, Montresor, to an unknown person. Montresor confesses how he murdered Fortunato. Like most of his works, Poe has used the first person narrative to address the readers directly. He has also addressed the theme of death. This notable subject is evident in most of his works such as “The Tale-A-Tell” and “The Black Cat.” While Montresor

  • Police Brutality Theory

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    This paper had two essential objectives. The principal objective was to highlight the relationship between racial discrimination and police brutality as well as find out the recommendations available that can help curb police brutality. The second objective was to analyze how people subjectively see law enforcement, and additionally what those suggestions hold the minorities in certain parts of the world. This study adds to the developing body of academic work that has analyzed discernments in regards

  • US Supreme Court Case: The Mapp Vs. Ohio Case

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    to strengthen the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. The matter also limited police power. I agree with the final outcome of the case. I would say the Supreme Court made the right decision with the information given. I am in favor of Mapp, because no search warrant was presented when asked for one, it was an invasion of privacy, and it held

  • Officer Gung Ho Case Summary

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    that the fourth amendment search to valid consent is that the consent be voluntary and voluntariness is a question of fact to be determined from all the circumstances. The issue with Officer Gung Ho is that he was in a police uniform, yelling for Dan to stop, this alone can be an intimidation factor, and now Ho is asking to search Dan’s bag. Dan may not know he can refuse the right for Officer Ho to search his bag because the officer does not have probable cause to search his bag in the first place

  • Essay On Fourth Amendment

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    houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures and shall not be violated without a warrant issued upon probable cause. The fourth amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures by the government and requires that search warrants need to be reviewed by the judge and a reason. There were many different ideas and changes to decide what the congress wanted the fourth amendment to be. The fourth amendment was created to keep the people safe in their houses and

  • Why Are Civil Liberties Important

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    to be secure in their houses and that papers against unreasonable searches and seizures are not to be violated. This amendment allows people to know that their houses are a secure place and that the government cannot come in at any time randomly to search. Civil rights are rights that are related to the duties of citizenship and for the participation op-portunities in civic life that the government is committed to protect. These rights are based upon the expectation of equality under the laws. A

  • 4th Amendment Essay On Warrants

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    amendment was made based on the Founding Fathers experience with the Kings agents and the all purpose rit of assistances that they used abusively. Without the 4th amendment, we would be at the will of the police because they could come into our household, search anything and take whatever they want. "A reasonable expatiation of privacy" the 4th amendment secures the protection of the people

  • Pros And Cons Of Stop And Frisk

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    This stop and frisk approach to policing is not isolated to N.Y. and is known as the Terry law in many other states. Terry v. Ohio decision made the suspicion of danger grounds for a reasonable search. In principle Stop and Fisk is a reflection of the broken window approach of policing theory suggests that neighborhoods with greater concentration of physical and social disorder should evidence higher stop and frisk activity, especially for "quality

  • Stop And Frisk Pros And Cons

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    The Controversial Stop and Frisk Policy in the United States In recent times, police brutality has become an increasingly recognized issue in our society. A large proponent of this issue is due to the policy of “Stop and Frisk” and I argue that this policy is a direct violation of human rights in this country and is fundamentally counterproductive in the nation’s commitment to liberty, democracy, and political equality. The United States of America, has struggled with the war against crime and is

  • T. L. O V. New Jersey Case

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    allow for the search. The court argues that it is correct that students do have an expectation of privacy. No student should expect to have a full scale body search. They also say that there needs to be a balancing test with schools ability to have law and order to run classes to make sure legal activities and drugs aren’t in the school to get in the way of educational objectives. This case is freedom vs order argument. They say that the vice-principal had the constitutional right to search the bag,

  • What Are The Pros And Cons Of The Fourth Amendment

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    ten amendments of the United States. The Bill of Rights were proposed and sent to the states by the first session of the First Congress . Police officers and government employees may not search a person’s property unless they have a warrant. Some pros about the fourth amendment are privacy of citizens, secure property from

  • Essay On Exclusionary Rule

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    Based upon my research, the exclusionary rule should not apply to an illegal arrest. The exclusionary rule was a court created deterrent and remedy, to keep law enforcement from violating the Fourth Amendment when conducting searches and seizures ("The Fourth Amendment And The Exclusionary Rule - Findlaw"). It is mainly used to exclude incriminating evidence that was gathered illegally to be introduced into the court as evidence against a person. The rule was developed to give individual’s rights

  • 4th Circuit Case Study

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    CAR HAS STANDING TO CHALLENGE THE LEGALITY OF THE SEARCH The Fourteenth Circuit Court of Appeals improperly applied the totality of the circumstances approach in determining that Respondent Larry Nightingale has standing to assert a Fourth Amendment challenge to the search of the rental vehicle he was driving at the time of the traffic stop checkpoint. The Fourth Amendment requires that the one who is making the challenge of the legality of a search to prove that he was personally the victim of an

  • Fourth Amendment Case Study

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    questioned and complied fully, but the school still didn’t think it was enough or believed her, thus ensued the unconstitutional strip search. Wilson had reasonable suspicion to legally search her outer clothes and backpack, but searching her underwear and stripping her was completely too far, and there was not enough prior evidence for the severity of the search. The landmark case isn’t too hard to understand, a child was stripped down to being almost naked and had to expose herself to be searched

  • Greyhound Vs Harris

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    A Greyhound bus employee called the police and reported that a man at the bus station had fallen asleep on a bench with a handgun falling out of his pocket. Greyhound did not allow individuals to carry concealed firearms at the bus station. Police officers arrived at the bus station, which was located in a high crime area, and removed a handgun that was hanging from the sleeping man’s pocket. The officers woke the man up and placed him in handcuffs. The officers learned the man, later identified

  • 4th Amendment In Schools

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    would be at the mercy of the police because they could come into our household, search anything and take whatever they want. "A reasonable expatiation of privacy" the 4th amendment secures the protection of the

  • Should Police Acquire Paid Informant?

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    The law enforcement approached the residence 84 times without obtaining a search warrant. According to the fruits of the poisonous tree doctrine, any evidence that is obtained from unreasonable searches cannot be presented in court against the defendant. I do believe that having a search warrant affects the outcome of this case. For example, if the officers could have put in the same effort to obtain a search as they did on disguising themselves, it could change the outcome of the

  • Playpen Pros And Cons

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    privacy. The same argument could be made against houses. People break into houses everyday but there is still an expectation of privacy. If the police can hack into everybody’s computer without a warrant, it would be the same as the police being able to search peoples houses without probable cause. Its not just people who don’t agree with the ruling. A Massachusetts court found that the FBI’s evidence was invalid due to it relying on a warrant that was did not apply to the

  • The Privacy Of The Fourth Amendment

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    sworn into office can issue a warrant. This warrant can also be issued with probable cause, or reasonable belief, that some crime has been committed. Upon issuance of said warrant, the sworn official must specify exactly where police are allowed to search and the exact things or people they are allowed to look for and take in their investigation.

  • R. V. Collins Case Analysis

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    Cedar’s Pub with possession of heroin for the purpose of trafficking (R. v. Collins, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 265). The accused deemed the search conducted by the RCMP