CCIB received a SOC 341 via email from Maria Neda Mirgoli (Counselor) regarding Dionne Borden (DOB 8/20/1975). RP reported that she had a session with Dionne who stated that Lerea Staten (staff) makes her and another resident Robert Dillman (37) wait outside the home for forty five minutes of more, after they get dropped off from the day program. RP reported that Dionne stated that this only happens on Mondays. RP also reported and that there is no other staff to open the door when residents get home.
In June 2014, Justin Bourque was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder after shooting three RCMP officers and wounding two others in Moncton, New Brunswick (Chronicle Herald 2014). He was subsequently convicted and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for seventy-five years (Chronicle Herald 2014). Bourque’s sentencing is unprecedented and is the longest sentence in Canadian history (Chronicle Herald 2014). A Canadian judge has not given a harsh a punishment since the final executions in 1962 (Chronicle Herald 2014).
In 2000, Delwin Foxworth was beaten and set on fire outside of his North Chicago home. Foxworth survived the attack but died two years later in a nursing home. Marvin Williford was arrested and convicted for the murder in 2004 and was given an 80 year life sentence in prison. Williford’s defense attorney David Owens is requesting a retrial for the case because of the absence of Williford’s DNA profile in the DNA samples that were taken from the crime scene. Additionally Owens makes the argument that the eye witness testimony of a woman who was present during the attack was unreliable. The woman states that she clearly saw Williford and two other assailants commit the crime, but Owens and Geoffrey Loftus, a professor of psychology at the University
The Sixth Amendment states that the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury. However, Dexter was in jail for 25 years since 1982, and the appeal was still in process to the Supreme Court. Also, based on the jury selection on exhibit B, document one, there were only white people in the final jury, and African Americans were struck peremptory by prosecution. Dexter did not have an impartial jury because white people may favor his opposed side due to the different race. According to Batson v. Kentucky, the USSC also determined that peremptory challenges used to exclude jurors on the basis of race could be challenged by the defendant. It was not fair for Dexter to not have the same race people as him in the jury. In addition, the Sixth Amendment also says that both federal and state courts must provide a lawyer if the accused cannot afford to hire one. Even though Dexter did have an attorney, his attorney was not organized and prepared. The adequate attorney was not as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment because he admitted that “he has not been to the crime scene, or viewed the crime scene photographs…has not viewed the prosecution’s witness list.” He had not done anything that could help defend Dexter. He didn't even call witnesses in the court to help Dexter. Strickland v. Washington also supports this because the court upheld the defendant’s conviction that his rights had been violated when his lawyer did not provide enough evidence to avoid the death
In 1969, at the age of 17, David Milgaard and his friends, Ron Wilson and Nichol John decided to take a road trip from Regina to Vancouver. Milgaard was known as a “hippie” and used hallucinogenic drugs like other youth at that time. They left for Saskatoon shortly after midnight to pick-up one of their friends, Albert Cadrain. The group arrived at Caldrain’s house and set out for Calgary the next morning. A guy named Larry Fisher who rented Albert Cadrain’s basement apartment, sexually assaulted and murdered a nursing assistant. The police soon put a in-depth investigation on this case but were unable to get any leads. On March 2, 1969, Albert Cadrain returned from his road trip and phoned the Saskatoon police and informed them that David
The following vignettes were chosen by our group for highlighting Myra Bennett’s compassion for the isolated communities in northwest Newfoundland.
Judi Wineland 's attitude prior to and while she is raising her two daughters has an impact on OAT. Along with Wineland 's attitude the Controller Gary Balfour 's attitude impacts the Control and Accounting side of OAT. Attitude is defined by three components, Affective, Behavioral and Cognitive. The Affective component refers to the person 's feelings and emotions towards a specific topic. The Behavioral refers to a person 's behaves based on their attitude. Cognitive refers to the a person 's belief and knowledge on a certain topic. In this case Judi Wineland deals with balancing her family life and her corporate life seeing as she holds a time and effort intensive position for both. On the other hand Gary Balfour struggles with everyday check ins from Judi on whether or not his supposedly OAT tailored accounting system is fully functional due to bugs still currently on the system.
Inmate Chouch, I spoke to Officer Houston about this incident and she stated that she ordered the housing unit to lockdown for meal distribution at about 1700 hours. She then began to pull a group of inmates for chapel which left the housing unit at 1713 hours. I watched video recordings for Durango 8 from 1713 hours to 1733 hours, I observed multiple inmates standing beside there bunks, walking from one bunk to another, inmates attempting to use the phones, inmates attempting to shower, and inmates waking up and down the rows without there MCSO issued orange shirt on. I also observed Officer Houston walking up and down the rows ordering inmates to get lockdown, which in a dorm style housing unit is sitting on your assigned bunk, NOT beside
Last week, Natalie Wolf spoke to our class. Mrs. Wolf discussed some of her cases in the Delaware Superior Court, the Delaware Supreme Court, the Delaware Industrial Accident Board, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and in the Circuit Court for Cecil County. She is a partner at Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor out of Wilmington, Delaware and successfully received her J.D. from Georgetown University (she told us to go to the best school you can get into- her firm does not accept applicants from Widener University School of Law). She also said she represents persons injured in auto accidents, work accidents and medical accidents (negligence, etc.). When she was just starting out, she represented insurance companies in personal injury and
The worker contacted Donna Smith; who is the sister of Brandi Trowsdale. Mrs. Smith stated “Hannah suffers from neurofibromatosis and I’m worried that her change in attitude may have to do with her disease because she went from being very happy with Allan and Brandi, and then went to stating that she was being abused and mistreated. And I believe there is something must be going on to have her change in attitude all of a sudden like this. Brandi and Allan have always been very loving and giving to both of the
Louisiana State Rep. Dodie Horton introduced legislation today that would ban roadside rabbit sales in Louisiana. The “Bunny Bill” was inspired by Haughton resident Lou Ann Holley, the owner of the only rabbit shelter and sanctuary in northwest Louisiana. Holley explained that since starting the shelter seven years ago, she has taken in dozens of abused rabbits due to roadside sales gone wrong.
It is hard to believe that a single photographer captured this image. The photographer who captured this incredible picture goes by the name of Margaret Bourke-White. According to the caption, this image was taken around 1937 and it depicts 16 African Americans including one white girl that are standing in a line, carrying various personal belongings as if they were leaving to go away somewhere. Each of these individuals standing in line has nice cold weather clothing on and each of them have looks of indifference. You can easily see that these people are not happy at all. These people are the main focus in the image; they are standing in line in every ounce of hope whether it be retrieving clothing or food. The most striking feature of this photo is that they are standing in front of an “American Dream” billboard. The billboard displays a wealthy Caucasian family riding in a car and they each have a look of joy and happiness. The family even has a little dog with his head sticking out of the window as if he is having the time of his life, followed by two children in the back seat wi...
My personal opinion on the Cary Gallant case is that the people on the top of the waiting list should be those who are youngest and most in need for a liver transplant. It should not matter if the person is an alcoholic or not, if they desperately need one they deserve to be at the top of the list. The reason why I say youngest is that the younger people have their whole life ahead of them, and if they need a liver transplant at a young age, they deserve to get one. We should not be judging the person with their relationship with alcohol, if there is a risk that they would not survive the six months of being sober, there is no reasonable reason they cannot be on the list. Besides, if I was in the position of Cary Gallant or another person with
March 30, 1981 was a peaceful day. President Ronald Reagan was walking outside enjoying the fresh air when suddenly shots were fired. Six shots were fired in total, but only one shot hit Reagan due to a bullet that ricocheted. Luckily, Reagan was hit in the abdomen; therefore, he survived. The “mastermind” behind the attempted assassination was a man named John Hinckley. Hinckley believed by going through with this assassination it would be a romantic scenario for himself to confess his undying love for the actress Jodie Foster. Before long it was time for the Hinckley trial and after hearing his side of the story, the jury came to the conclusion that he was crazy. Hinckley was later found not guilty by reason of insanity and admitted to
Rosa Lee Cunningham is a 52-year old African American female. She is 5-foot-1-inch, 145 pounds. Rosa Lee is married however, is living separately from her husband. She has eight adult children, Bobby, Richard, Ronnie, Donna (Patty), Alvin, Eric, Donald (Ducky) and one child who name she did not disclose. She bore her eldest child at age fourteen and six different men fathered her children. At Rosa Lee’s recent hospital admission to Howard University Hospital emergency room blood test revealed she is still using heroin. Though Rosa Lee recently enrolled in a drug-treatment program it does not appear that she has any intention on ending her drug usage. When asked why she no longer uses heroin she stated she doesn’t always have the resources to support her addiction. Rosa Lee is unemployed and receiving very little in government assistance. She appears to
Then we have the preparation of the directress who's role is to guide the child to areas that will help him fulfill his needs. However, to be able to guide the child correctly, the director needs to have certain attributes, spiritually, mentally and physically that has to be taken into consideration so she can be ready to work in a prepared environment. First, spiritually, the director has to develop the capability of observing the child without being noticed, but yet has to also be present and pay attention to the child and not just look at the bigger picture. Next the director has to be patient, enough that she will hold herself when wanting to interrupt a child when an error occurs during their activity. Gilda Bonnet wrote "It is a time