Environmental Science The most striking aspect about the environmental side of the Woburn case was how different all of the experts’ opinions and methodologies were. Each expert seemed to have their own calculations based on their own theories, some of which were more widely accepted than others. There were some similarities, but for the most part, their methodologies varied greatly. John Guswa based most of his work on a glacier and a complicated calculation that ended up being incorrect. Olin Braids based his findings on unprecedented work with the chemical reactions caused by soil bugs. No other expert had ever done the same research, so the fact that his finding were allowed as evidence is quite ground-breaking. Most research has to be …show more content…
John Riley lied during his deposition and while on the stand. Many of the other employees for both companies lied initially until they were questioned more intensely. This shows how often people can commit crimes during a criminal trial. They happen all the time, yet most of them are not followed through with legal action, solely due to the fact that when the crime is exposed, the “victim” gets what they wanted all along: the truth. They use the crime against them and destroy their credibility, but they rarely actually arrest the criminal. By uncovering the truth, they no longer care about the fact that the witness committed a crime. Crime is almost guaranteed to flourish during criminal trials. The difference between crimes during and crimes before trials, is how they are used, and what their consequences …show more content…
There is no bouncing back and forth, no waiting, and no real sense of nervousness that Schlictmann and his team would actually have to go back to trial against Grace. Those aspects are what really sets the tone of this part of the story, and the plot does not create the same atmosphere without them. The movie cuts to the chase and offers the squeal point stated by Gordon, which is different in the movie and in the book. While it shows the disagreement between Schlictmann and his partners about the amount, it does not truly capture the struggle they went through during the waiting process. Another aspect after the settlement that differed from the movie was Jan’s immediate departure from his practice with Crowley and Conway. In the book, Jan leaves amicably and goes his own way, but only after the appeal process, which he does alone in the movie. Conway and Crowley basically kick him out of their practice and send him on his way in the movie. They have no involvement in anything after the settlement, which is completely different that the book. The beginning of the movie was generally the same as the book. The plot followed the same patterns, but it did not show as many details as the book did. In order to understand the true experience of the Woburn Toxic Trial, one has to read the book. The case lasted 9 years and was full of challenging moments and setbacks that just cannot be done justice
The book is great with the plot mainly focused in the courtroom, but it feels like the author put the plot of the story from different events that happened to younger people and not from one whole event. Finally, the document went into depth of how the defense attorney went on to get every piece of evidence as possible to make the eyes of the jury see that Brenton Butler was not the person that shot and killed the
The characters make a big difference in the movie and the book. One thing they both have in common is that Otis Amber and Berthe Erica Crow get married. And that Edgar Jennings Plum and Angela Wexler get engaged instead of Doctor Denton Deere. Also Jake Wexler is a gambler instead of being a bookie.
Most movies that are inspired by books hold some relation to the author's version, but are changed to fit the director's vision and perhaps make the movie more presentable. "Paul's Case" the movie, beginning to the end, is basically the same, but slight differences were found in the characters' physical traits, setting, some symbolism, and the plot. However, these changes were not significant enough to change the story as a whole.
The movie and the story had some of the same characters but some weren't exactly the same. The movie introduced many different characters and changed some of the others. For example, the movie had the plant lady and had the mentor of Anderton as the founders of Precrime while in the book, Anderton was the only founder of Precrime. Also, Witwer wasn't blond he had black hair and Kapler wasn't named Kapler he was named Crow. In the story they had the red head Fleming who did not exist
For example, Mama goes to the bank in the movie and is given a hard time about paying her mortgage, but this did not happen in the book. Another major difference is that the school bus scene, where the Logan kids played a trick on the white kids, was not shown in the movie, even though it was an important part of the story. There are some character changes as well. Lillian Jean, Jeremy, R.W, and Melvin are Simms’ in the book, but in the movie they are Kaleb Wallace’s children. However, the main plot difference is how the movie starts in the middle, summarizing everything from the first part of the book very briefly. Additionally, many scenes are switched around and placed out of order. Altogether, the plot and character changes contribute to my unfavorable impression of the
After reading the story, I found I had mixed emotions about it. To explain, when we were getting into detail and finally finding out what really happened the day of June 28th, I found myself completely interested and glued to the book. I also enjoyed the way the incident was explained because I felt like I was there watching it all happen from the great detail. I enjoyed Phillips style of writing because through his writing, he really came off as an intelligent person who is very familiar with the legal system. The book is an easy read, and I liked the non-pretentious style of writing. I did not find myself struggling with reading the book at all, which made the overall experience that much more enjoyable.
John smith, the accused, stood up in the courtroom and started yelling at the judge about what he thought of his innocence irrespective of the decision that the judge would make. He also cursed the prosecutor and kept quiet when his lawyer warned him of the negative consequences that would follow if he continued with the same behavior. Smith did not answer any question that the judge asked him. The prosecutor indicated that he had observed similar behavior when he interviewed him, in jail.
The film that was produced after the novel has a lot of differences and not as
Almost everything that I noticed while watching the movie was spot on to the book. One thing that was sure to grab my attention was the scene with Mary Warren and Abigail in the court where Mary attempts to convince the whole court that Abigail is lying. The group of girls follow
better mood and plot details which made it much more dramatic and by far a
Of the many changes made between the book and the movie, most were made to keep the audience interested in the story. Most people who watch TV don’t have a long attention span. Executives at NBC didn’t want to spend millions to produce a movie and then have nobody watch it. The screenwriters had to throw in some clever plot twists to keep people interested. Another reason the movie was different from the book was the material in the book was a little too racy for network TV. Take the ending, for example, nobody wants to see a grown man hang himself. This was a reason the producers had to change some material in the movie.
In both cases, confirmation bias and investigative bias played a considerable role in all eight false confessions; as well as psychological coercion and the abuse of power by investigators when interrogating the suspects. Many situational and individual factors came into play during the case such as the amount of time all eight were interrogated, intrinsic and extrinsic evidence/ maximization used against them. For example, both Joe Dick and Carole Richardson were the most susceptible to psychological manipulation. Joe because of possible cognitive reasoning’s that I personally feel weren’t mentioned, but was implied; Richardson because of substance abuse during the period in which she was investigated.
In the book, everybody is killed by waragrave appearly expect for the last two vera, and lowbard. Vera shoots lombard thinking he was the murderer becuase waragrave had faked his death, theh she shoots him, and is forced to hang her self, then there were none of them. As in the movie though, vera things she has shot lombard when the murderer appears to attack her, but the two of them were the only ones left not dead becuase waragrave is the actually the killer, and as he was forcing her to hang her self, she shots him and her and lombard run away together. The movie and the novel has different endings, but there is many things that are the same, all the guests are workking togehter to just get there selfs killed one by one. Them both is ten china figures on the dinner table, that are standing for the ten
I have only included what I have to believe are largely important plot gaps and differences in the movie version in comparison to the book one, and so I apologize again if I have missed any other major ones. Forgive me, please.
One thing that happened in the movie and not in the book is when a window shatters it was Mr.Kraler trying to get into the business. The reason why Mr.Kraler had to break the window was because Peter forgot to unbolt the door. In the book/play when the window shatters it is a thief robbing Mr.Frank’s business, not Mr.Kraler. Another difference is in the movie Mrs. Frank burns a pan while she is making lunch which causes there so become smoke. In the book/play it doesn’t say anything about Mrs. Frank burning anything. The third difference is in the book/play it states that Peter and Anne go to Peter’s room to talk and get away from the adults. In the movie it shows that they go up to the attic where they kissed. There are many more differences, but these are just a few of