Essays on Exonerated

The capital punishment is a form of punishment that is applied in the criminal justice system. It is worth noting that death penalty is one of the debatable issues in the world. Canada is one of the countries that debate on the death penalty as a form of punishment. For many centuries, countries have utilized capital punishment as a strategy for dealing with serious criminals. The form of punishment in Canada dates back to the era of the British colony. This was a form of punishment that was administered to those conceited of murder, assault, rape, buggery of animals, ...

Causes of Wrongful Conviction

Law leading scholars argue that the courts are the most unexamined public institutions in the world. According to Gould and Leo (2010), nobody keeps track of the cases that are prosecuted on the court or the types of convictions made for whatever reason. This may be responsible to the rising number of wrongful convictions in the court system. Several years ago, the U. S Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stated that was satisfied with the rate at which innocent people were convicted of felonies. The rate was at 0.27% (Bach 2010). He debated that, for the justice system to ...

Abstract

The death penalty is the oldest form of punishment that humankind has known. It has been changed over the years by advanced societies to lose its barbaric outlook and bear resemblance towards a civilized approach to deter violent crimes. Yet in recent times, studies have indicated that this form of punishment cannot provide valid justification for its existence within the criminal justice system for want of purpose. Our nation has witnessed several wrongful death sentences and some of these unfortunate people were exonerated posthumously. This nation’s laws were founded based on the natural law and did not copy those ...

For example Elizabeth L. Angeli, Department of Psychology, State University.

This research was supported in part by a grant from the Sample Grant Program. Angeli, Department of English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 55555 Failure of the US Justice System Ted Stevens was the longest serving Republican Senator from Alaska. He served six decades in the American Public sector. In 2008, as he was serving his sixth term he was prosecuted in a corruption case. The center piece of charges was “failing to report gifts”. He was prosecuted for bribery and corruption. After his case was started ...

Community presentation:

- Racism. Racism as a concept could be associated to group of people who inhabit the same land and share similar physical characteristics. It is a development that never seems to have an end. Ideally everyone has encountered this problem either as a concept or in practice. It is the explicit biasness towards a person based on their race either in deeds or in words. It is a problem that affects many people. There is not one group of people that racism has not affected. There are some groups that are affected more by this vice than other groups. Racism can lead to a ...

The Death Penalty

For the first one hundred and fifty years in the history of the United States of America the federal government played a minor role in the setting up of policies toward the death penalty. Executions were common until the late 1950’s. Michigan was the first state to abolish capital punishment in the late 1840’s and subsequently 13 states took the initiative and called for the abolition of capital punishment. The United Nations makes an impassioned plea to all countries to work towards abolishing capital punishment. However, even in countries where this has happened, many persons are still calling ...

Introduction

Interrogations and confession are an integral part of the investigative process. It is through the interrogation process that law enforcement officers get their confession. However, there have been claims that there is a greater focus on getting a confession that the truth of the matter is overlooked. This, among other reasons has led to a proliferation of false confessions gotten through different approaches. The gravity of this phenomenon can be illustrated by the statistics on false confessions, or outcomes resulting from false confessions. Gudjonsson et al., (2007), carried out a study to determine the relationship between reported adverse events in life, such as ...

Introduction

The policy issue in this regard is DNA exoneration. In regards to the history of the same, it was developed as a result of developments that were targeted to develop judgments in the criminal justice systems of states in the United States. The developments of this policy were purposed to assist defense attorneys and prosecutors in coming up with justifiable options that aided their briefs in the representation of their clients. According to the California Statute, the mischief underlying the spirit of the legislators in coming up with this rule was to assist convicts that may fall victim of ...

Introduction

Cases of miscarriage of justice have been reported in our news channels for many years. Today, thousands of political prisoners languish in jails, all over the world, and they do so, unjustly. Increased terrorism in the 21st century has made it even worse. With wrong convictions as a result of prejudice with regard to ethnicity, religion, activism among other perceived evils, the numbers swell by day. This paper advances the view that the law has been applied selectively in many cases, and especially in America, leading to significant cases of misplaced justice, with regard to victims of terror. Borchard, ...

Thesis: The Death Penalty is not fair because innocent people are convicted, some have been almost executed, some have been executed and exculpatory evidence was discovered post execution and some have been executed despite of exculpatory evidence. The high cost of prosecuting Death Penalty cases reflects this.

INTRODUCTION I In spite of far reaching ramifications many states in America still apply and carry out the Death Sentence.

A. The Death Sentence is obtained and carried out inconsistently. B. Death Sentence cases cost much more to prosecute than those of life without parole because of the finality of the sentence.

BODY

II Death Sentence cases create situations where innocent people can be executed, or wait for years on “Death Row” ...

Blood Match

The case of Darryl Hunt is an example of negligence on the part of the prosecution as well as the entire criminal justice system. A man serves 19 years in prison for a crime that he did not commit. Of these 19 years, 10 years have been served even after DNA evidence proves that Hunt’s DNA does not match that of the semen found on the body of Deborah Sykes. Today, such a match cannot be ignored. According to Connors et al (1996), a report by the Department of Justice revealed about 28 cases of males who had received conviction on ...

Report on Prisons and Contemporary Issues

Prisonner's Rights to DNA Testing

A person convicted of a crime would nonetheless lose his constitutional rights for freedom. The objective of court trials is to weigh the evidence that all parties have presented to justify arguments of innocence or guilt. A court trial is the best time for any accused to prove his innocence of a crime and he should maximize that opportunity to do his best to defend himself. However, trials are not just about facts and evidence it's also about possibilities. Possibilities that the accused is actually innocent, despite the evidence pointing at him. As soon as the ...

I Attention

a. Attention getter: George Kelly exonerated after being executed (Sherrer) b. Statistics about death row inmates who are innocent ( c. Introduce Topic d. Preview points of the speech (thesis)

II. NEED

a. Statistics of wrongful executions in this country b. Demonstration of societal pressures that lead to wrongful deaths. (“Get the Facts”) c. Statistics of other countries that have abolished the death penalty (“Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries”) d. The system is unfixable and unchangeable to only guarantee criminal deaths (“Leading Law Group”)

III. SATISFACTION

a. My Proposal: Therefore, the death penalty should be made illegal in all ...