In the event of the shooting and death of the Louisiana State Trooper Steven Vincent, Kevin Daigle has attended his first court session and is awaiting his sentencing. This court session was held on August 24, 2015; where Daigle acknowledged, “That he would likely face the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder” , said Fox News. Daigle was apprehended and arrested on August 23, 2015 after committing the murder. His first court session was held in a small room beside the main courtroom, where a number of other inmates awaited their hearings. It is stated that, “Daigle is charged with first-degree murder of a police officer and aggravated battery, according to KPLC” (Fox). The author of the article discusses the case very (take
Cynthia Adae was taken to Clinton Memorial Hospital on June 28, 2006. She was taken to the hospital with back and chest pain. A doctor concluded that she was at high risk for acute coronary syndrome. She was transferred to the Clinton Memorial hospital emergency room. She reported to have pain for two or three weeks and that the pain started in her back or her chest. The pain sometimes increased with heavy breathing and sometimes radiated down her left arm. Cynthia said she had a high fever of 103 to 104 degrees. When she was in the emergency room her temperature was 99.3, she had a heart rate of 140, but her blood
The conviction of guilty offenders when adhering to the guidelines of the NSW criminal trial process is not difficult based on the presumption of innocence. However, due to features of the criminal trial process, established by the adversarial system of trial, cases can often involve copious amounts of time and money, particularly evident in the case of R vs Rogerson and McNamara where factors such as time and money are demonstrated to be in excess. In addition, characteristics of the adversarial system such as plea bargaining has the power to hinder convictions due to the accused having the authority to hire experienced and expensive lawyers to argue their case, hence maintaining their innocence.
The court will likely hold that Andrew Keegan’s (“Mr. Keegan”) actions were a product of a law enforcement officer in influencing his conduct therefore establishing an entrapment defense.
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Marco Topete, 39, was convicted of First Degree Murder with Special Circumstances after a high speed pursuit lead to the death of Yolo County Sheriff’s Deputy Jose Antonio Diaz on 15 June 2008. Diaz was fatally struck in the chest by one of seventeen .223 caliber rounds fired from an AR-15 Assault Rifle fired by Marco Topete.
For this assignment, we learned that Maurice Clarett filed a case against the NFL where he argued that the NFL’s three-year rule acted as an unreasonable restraint in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Act. On the other hand, the NFL argued that its three-year rule was covered from the antitrust laws by the nonstatutory labor exemption. First, the case was reviewed by the district court which concluded that the NFL's eligibility rules violated antitrust laws by requiring the player to wait at least three years before entering the NFL draft and that the eligibility criteria was not immune from those antitrust laws. The court favored Clarett making him eligible for the 2004 NFL Draft.
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).
Randall Jones has been arrested and charged with murder after he decided to begin firing bullets at partygoers who were having a good time during the early morning hours. Jones, who lived in the house with several other roommates, stated that he did not intend for the incident to take place.
The crime he committed was terrible and obviously something that could only be done with someone who lacks any good intentions. His behavior during the his trial also showed the extent of his maliciousness. He half-heartedly attempted to defend himself by claiming the prosecutors were using false evidence and that, according the records of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, “Nobles concludes that he was denied the fundamentally fair and impartial trial guaranteed him by the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment”. He put very little effort into defending himself during the trial and was quickly sentenced to death. In the early years of his time in prison he was far from the ideal prisoner. Earle presents how “He once broke away from guards while returning to his cell from the exercise yard and climbed the exposed pipes and bars in the cell block, kicking down television sets suspended outside on the bottom tier.” and on another occasion he cut himself just so he could hit an officer while they were attending to him before he passed out. This kind of behavior was completely eradicated long before he was executed, procuring him the respect of the prison
Damien Echols is found guilty and sentenced to death for the crime of killing three eight-year old boys; for eighteen years he spends his life on Death Row before he is released. Before being placed on Death Row at Varner Super Max Security Unit in Grady, Arkansas and Tucker Max Security Unit, Echols also spent time in Crittenden County Jail on misdemeanor charges he received as minor. While on Death Row, Damien explains that it was the guards that he had to watch out for and not the other prisoners. The visits from spiritual advisors as well as the media caused Echols to receive hatred from the guards. They destroyed everything in his cell, planted a knife in his bunk, sent to solitary confinement for no reason, beat up by a team of five guards, and one day he was taken to the warden’s office where he was choked while the warden lectured him on how “sick” he was.
The Dread Scott decision exacerbated the debate over slavery by declaring that blacks cannot be citizens and that Congress does not have the power to prohibit slavery in the territories, which further divided the North and the South. The decision also deeply affected politics, and was one of the causes of the Civil War.
Mr. LePape is a 46 year old individual, born and raised in Reunion, France. The father reported that he attended public school in France and graduated in 1985. He attended a culinary institute in France, graduating in 1987. Mr. LePape stated that he has worked as a chef as well as other capacities in restaurants. He currently owns a restaurant in Wilkes Barre, PA.
The author of this article explains how Brock Tuner and his case is the perfect example of Rapist who get off easy and Victims that get no real justice or recognition from the system. It only took two weeks for the court and judge to determine the fairly light sentence for Brock’s actions, 6 months in prison and registering as a sex offender for the rest of his life. The rape of the victim was partially blamed on her by some and her word was not taken into account because she told the nurse after waking up that “she couldn’t remember anything that happened” Which made everything she said in the eyes of the judge invalid. Witnesses saw the victim unresponsive while Brock (the offender) was having intercourse with her while she was incapacitated.
A person accused of a crime can acknowledge that they committed the crime, but argue that they are not responsible for it because of their mental illness, by pleading "not guilty by reason of insanity." However there are two types of defenses, "reason of insanity" and "diminished capacity." Reason of insanity, is the equivalent of pleading "not guilty," while diminished capacity is merely pleading to a lesser crime. (Insanity1) The insanity defense came to surface by society coming to a compromise on the part of society and law. On the one hand, society believes that criminals should be punished for their crimes; on the other hand, society believes that people who are ill should receive treatment for their illness. The insanity
The purpose of this case study is to investigate and bring new insight to situations and behaviors within an organization. Case studies are learning tools which utilize social science research to identify and resolve individual and organizational challenges (K. Mariama-Arthur Esq., 2015).