judge was Antonin Scalia, he was an older man. He was born in Trenton, New Jersey, an hour away from my hometown. My town was small but wealthy. I met the boy on the other side of the room at a high school dance. He was sweet, clean shaven, and a well rounded guy. I sounded old fashioned, but I was raised by my grandparents after my parents were killed. This boy’s name was Stephen, blonde hair, blue eyes, six foot, and such nicely tanned skin any girl would die for . I am five foot three, brown almost black hair, big green eyes that used to hold so much hope, and skin as white as snow. "My best friend Marisa was very different from me. She had such beautifully bright purple hair, her eyes were the most beautiful auburn, five foot six, and …show more content…
I hate that she had to go though the things she did. When Alexander didn’t come with to the cabin, it was almost a treat for Stephen. He was finally able to have the forbidden fruit, to take his turn on the pony. Stephen didn’t like that she wouldn’t play along, he hated feeling like he wasn’t doing a good job. I went along with whatever he told me because I didn’t want to get hit again, but Marisa wasn’t like that. She would never back down from him, she never let him see how broken she was. I guess in the end he couldn’t take that one of his little play things didn’t want to play along. When Marisa and I had woken up that day I thought it was going to be just like the others. I had gotten into the shower and started to wash my hair, Stephen had walked into the room, he continued to get undressed and join me. He was being extremely nice to me that day, it was almost like he knew how much he was going to hurt me. When the shower was over he told me to get dressed and come into the room after I was done. I walked in to see Marisa still asleep on the bed, and Stephen sitting in a chair across the room. I walked over to him and sat in his lap just like he had told me to do every time he sat in that chair. I curled into his chest, and kissed his neck. He played with my hair and started to get up, but all the while holding on to me. He ever so gently whispered in my ear “I am going to do something, and if you look away or close your eyes i’ll kill you”. He put me down and walked over to where Marisa was, he grabbed a hold of her hair and yanked her awake. I want to make note again that Stephen hated Marisa because of her refusal to play along. He proceeded to do unspeakable things, then he ended her life without a second thought. After he was done I ran over to my best friends body and while I cried and held her, he just sat on that stupid chair and watched. Alexander came later that day, and when he walked into the
Billy Joel once sang, “Only the good die young”. In life, it is true, the young and innocent seem to touch more lives around us than anyone else. In the Casey Anthony trial, Anthony was a suspect in the murder of her daughter Caylee. Caylee’s life shouldn’t be counted in years, it should be counted by how many lives she affected, the love she has gained, and the support the country has given her to find out what really happened. In the play, Twelve Angry Men, a boy killed his father; however, both cases were challenged by the obvious and the abstruse evidence. Large cities towards the east coast, in 1982, Twelve Angry Men, and 2008, Casey Anthony Trial, affiliated with two major trials able to modify the lives of the living and the dead. For that reason, during the Casey Anthony case, jurors were conflicted throughout the trial.
No matter how much he put her through, she kept fighting for her life. I was confused by this because, in my eyes her life was completely over. I did not see how she could ever live a functioning life after all of the things that she went through. I would have thought that this reality would have been a reason for her to give up and choose fiction. Fiction would have been the easy way out of the pain, loses, and suffering that she faces and would continue to face. Then I thought to myself that is what makes humans amazing. Being able to endure the challenges of life and keep going. Originally, I thought she was a fool to keep going then I realized that she was strong. If I was her I would have chosen my reality
Normally children do not attend court cases, especially since they are difficult to understand and follow. However, Scout and Jem are eager to see their father in court because it has been the topic of the neighborhood for weeks and countless people have been speaking poorly of him. While they are watching the trial, they learn many new things that cause them to grow up faster than they would have. They are exposed to several injustices in the world, such as racism, and they begin to understand how judgemental people are and how it affects their views on others. At first Scout and Jem do not know why people are critical of their father, but as the trial proceeds they soon realize that their father is defending an African American, for which he has earned everyone’s hate.
"Actually when its that darky being the litigant?" a more youthful voice asked. I turned around to see Nick Leonard. He was an adolescent newcomer to Maycomb. He had just been here a few months. He had short, wavy tan hair, grass green eyes, and he had a tall, brawny figure. He has a wife, Jennifer and one-year-old kid, Dylan, and they live about five miles from this very court house. He and his family are pleasant people, and nobody truly loathes them. The main quality I despise about him is that he was the fastest to judge each and every individual in Maycomb. His early introduction from what I review about Tom Robinson w...
To begin, parallel and conflicting characteristics can be realized by exploring the judges of the two cases. Judge Horton and Judge Taylor both presided over the cases. Judge Horton was the second of three judges in the Scottsboro cases, and Judge Taylor was the fictional judge in To Kill a Mockingbird. The two both exhibited undeniable sympathy to the defendants in the cases. Judge Horton sympathizes with the nine Scottsboro boys by declaring, “You are not trying whether or not the defendant is white or black … you are trying whether or not this defendant forcibly ravished a woman” (People and Events). It is obvious that Judge Horton was unprejudiced and believed the boys should be treated with equality. This attitude is akin to the one of Judge Taylor; Taylor assigned Atticus Finch, a notable lawyer, to the case of the fictional black character Tom Robinson. Maxwell Green, an inexperience rookie, should have been assigned the case; however due to Taylor’s empathy, Tom obtained a decent lawyer who would do h...
Throughout the entire film, viewers can witness how Steven Avery is being poorly treated because of his socioeconomic status, and the fact that he is different from everyone in the Manitowoc County. Steven was lied on, picked on, and accused of committing a crime he did not commit, all because he was looked down upon and viewed as being less of a person than everyone else in the community. Watching this episode invokes an emotion that is prevalent today with our justice system. Many minorities are falsely accused and falsely imprisoned due to personal vendettas from private citizens or members of the law enforcement. Many are disfranchised due to their socioeconomic status. There are many innocent men and women serving life sentences and on death row for crimes they did not commit. In the year of 2007, Devontae Sanford, who was just 14 years old at the time, was wrongfully convicted of a crime and sentenced 90 years in
"Her eyes were blue with age. Her skin had a pattern all its own of
The courthouse was crowded, all seats were taken and many were standing in the back. It was silent, no one spoke, not even a baby cried out. There was the Judge sitting in the front of the room, the defendant, the solicitor, and the jury. I was a member of the jury that day. Everyone knew the truth, the defendant was innocent, and the evidence that was established was supportive and clear.
As time goes on he becomes more and more passionate and seems to be somehow personally involved with the case. At one point, he tells the other jurors about an argument between him and his son. Juror 3 and his son had an argument which made his son run away. When his son returned to apologize, Juror 3 hit him for leaving the first time thus leading him to run away once more. He has not seen his son in two years and this has left him somewhat bitter inside. His anger toward his supposed ungrateful son is projected toward the young man on trial. Juror 3 has no concern for the life of the defendant. He makes it clear that he would have been an executioner and would have pulled the switch on the boy himself. His personal troubles have imposed on his ability to come to a verdict.
The original trials of the Scottsboro Boys, presided by Judge Hawkins, were unfair. Haywood Patterson wrote that as he and the Boys were herded into the Scottsboro courthouse by the National Guard, a horde of white men, women, and children had gathered outside, ready to lynch them. He “heard a thousand times… ‘We are going to kill you niggers!’” (Patterson 21). The atmosphere around the courthouse on the day of the trials was like Barnum and Bailey’s and the Ringling Brother’s...
On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed and the US went through one of its hardest times. This difficult time was known as the great depression and US citizens were facing unemployment, poverty, and hunger. The President during the beginning of this time period (1929-39) was Herbert Hoover (1929-33), his plan was a “hand’s off” policy in which the government wasn’t largely involved in the situation. Hoover raised taxes and had many failed attempts at helping (encouraging the opening of soup kitchens and big businesses to help) but overall, this only allowed the economy to fall even more and US citizens to go through a hard time period. In the 1932 election, Franklin D. Roosevelt (democrat) won by a landslide. When entering his presidency,
When trying to describe Dan Locallo as a compassionate judge one could use the Tony Cameron, the Larry Bates and the Frank Caruso Jr. criminal cases. Tony Cameron has been in jail for only five months. He was arrested for armed robbery in August of 1997. Cameron has an inner conflict that he keeps fighting-whether or not he wants to plead guilty or not guilty (Courtroom 302, 26). Tony Cameron realizes that if he wants to present his case to the judge he better make it a good one. Most offenders that visit the courthouse feel like...
knew that she didn't love him, but still proceeded to commit the rest of his life to her. Consequently, a story of forbidden passion, hatred, and jealousy unfolds.
The Creature That Opened My Eyes Sympathy, anger, hate, and empathy, these are just a few of the emotions that came over me while getting to know and trying to understand the creature created by victor frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. For the first time I became completely enthralled in a novel and learned to appreciate literature not only for the great stories they tell but also for the affect it could have on someones life as cliché as that might sound, if that weren’t enough it also gave me a greater appreciation and understanding of the idiom “never judge a book by its cover.” As a pimply faced, insecure, loner, and at most times self absorbed sophomore in high school I was never one to put anytime or focus when it came time
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” This quote is one of the most well known sayings from the famous creative writer, Stephen King. American history has been filled with hundreds of great and influential authors, starting from the creators of the first books in Ancient Rome to the stack of books in public libraries around the world. Throughout all of the famous and inspirational authors, Stephen King holds a spot in the modern world of literature. King has inspired thousands with his words and determination to carry on. He had a desire to be a writer as a child and never lost the interest even with age (“Growing up Believing in God”).