Those who play with fire will eventually be burn. Tracey Kaplan, a journalist from San Jose Mercury News, recall the latest hearing of Brock Turner case. The man behind this young boy lenient sentence is judge Aaron Persky, for his decision caused chaos in the media platform. According to Kaplan, critics are creating petitions with thousands of signatures vowing to remove Persky from his seat. After learning his seat is endangered with threats. “Persky will return to hearing civil cases at the Old Courthouse near St. James Park in downtown San Jose.” Meanwhile, Judge Vincent J. Chiarello will replace Persky in criminal matter in Palo Alto on September 6. In fact, the replacement is not a permanent change, which had made many critics argue this change will not teach him the bias decision he made. Moreover, Turner’s case have made the national focuses on the campus sexual assaults. Surprisingly, “California law treats sexual assault of a conscious person as a more severe crime than …show more content…
After numerous of petitions for Persky removal from the courthouse, Persky volunteered to move in the downtown San Jose in order to avoid the criminal cases. He can use such petty excuse to claim with the public he has stepped down from his high established position, yet he does not realize he requested to move in the most ideal city in the nation, San Jose. Despite Persky brightly new road that will last him until the next election, his supporter claimed “ that Persky doesn’t deserve to be the target of ‘this hysteria’ because he is extremely prudent and fair.” However, Persky has yet proven himself “prudent and fair” with Brock’s case. Persky can argue there are not many laws that are in favor of unconscious rape crimes, but a three months sentence for Brock will never justify the assault remorse to the twenty minutes of action. Judge Persky should not even be called a judge, yet he should be a businessman since all he knows is
I am going to write about the Trayvon Martin vs. George Zimmerman case. I’ll be trying to prove how George Zimmerman got always with murder and how the jury let it happen. Trayvon Martin was a 17 year old black male who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman because Zimmerman claims he was defending himself. A 29 year old, 5’8, 170 pound white male was being beat up and threaten by a 5’11, 158 pounds, 17 year old boy is just extremely hard to believe. George Zimmerman had no right to shot Trayvon and the fact that Trayvon Martin at no weapon of any kind makes things worse. All he had was a bag of skittles; an Arizona iced tea, and had on a black hoody. The points I want to make are how Zimmerman is guilty, how the criminal justice department didn’t do their job with trying to get justice for Trayvon and his family, how the jury didn’t do everything they could to make sure George Zimmerman didn’t get away with this terrible crime and how Zimmerman could have been convict for a hate crime instead of manslaughter or 2nd degree murder.
Erin Brockovich was a women who had three kids and was struggling to provide for them. She had no choice but to go on a search for a job. Erin managed to find a job working with her lawyer. Eventually she had a case that had the potential of turning her life around. Erin had people try to get over on her, including the lawyer she was working with. He set up multiple meetings without her knowing. Erin didn’t let this happen, she marched into the meeting and set the record straight. She was not going to let a man take advantage of her hard work. Other people also tried to take the case from her as well. Erin was so determined to win the case for all the patients she got to know, she didn’t let any obstacle stop her from winning the case. She eventually found the data that she needed to win the case and was able to help the
After a lengthy two hundred and fifty-two-day trial “not guilty” were the words that left the world in shock. O.J Simpson was your typical golden boy. He had it all, the nice car, the football career, and his kids. Unfortunately, this all came to an end when two bodies came to be spotted deceased in Nicole Browns front yard and was a gruesome sight. O. J’s ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman both found with brutal stab marks. Unfortunately, all his glory days now brought to an end, he went from playing on the field to begging for his freedom when becoming the main suspect of their murders. Since this trial has not only altered the way Americans viewed celebrities, but it also racially divided society,
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Former NFL Star, Heisman trophy winner, Orenthal James Simpson, better known as O.J. Simpson, has a lengthy history of encounters with law enforcement. He was incarcerated when he was fifteen for gang related fighting (“O.J. Simpson” Contemporary). In 1989 he pleaded no contest to beating and threatening to kill Nicole Brown, his wife at the time, and faced minimal consequences (Mydens). In 1995, after a yearlong criminal trial, he was acquitted of the murder of Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, and later found liable for the murders in a civil case in 1997. His final account with the law, that defined his destiny, was in 2007 when he was arrested in Las Vegas on ten felony charges. The final case went to trial in 2008, when he was found guilty of armed robbery and kidnapping and sentenced to up to thirty three years in
Judge Danforth he too is concerned about his reputation. He is known for his decision-
The federal government became involved in the case, and a man by the name of Eliot Ness pioneered the way. Unable to be bribed like an ordinary official, Ness secured “indictments against Capone and sixty-eight confederates, citing 5,000 offences,” although alcohol was not involved in any of them (Cyriax, “The Untouchables”). During his time investigating Capone, it was documented that Capone was so frustrated by his inability to bribe the man that Capone raged and shouted that he would kill Ness himself, however, the mob boss was unable to accomplish this, and the prideful man was reduced to a sitting duck, as his sales declined and he could feel the Feds coming closer and closer (Cyriax, “The Untouchables”).
It was the night of June 12, 1994, a woman and her long time male friend are murdered in cold blood. The victims, Nicole Brown Simpson, her neck cut so savagely it was almost severed from her body and Ronald Goldman, stabbed repeatedly, nearly 30 times. The accused, her ex-husband and football star, Orenthan James Simpson, better known as O.J. Simpson. During the trial, a trial that consisted of 150 witnesses, lasted 133 days and cost in the ball park of 15 million dollars, there were many questions asked and even more questions left unanswered (Douglas).
Court documents show that the alleged killer at the center of Netflix’s Making a Murderer, Steven Avery, believed that his brothers or other family members possibly framed him for murder. Steven now claimed that it could have been one of his two brothers who killed Teresa Halbach.
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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.
Another thing that was revealed during the trial was how O.J. abused Nicole during their marriage and when they separated. During the trial state prosecutor Marcia Clark brought up how the abuse allegations against O.J. were never really investigated (Flynn). O.J. got away with beating Nicole Brown Simpson, and he would deny ever hitting Nicole (Flynn). However, there was plenty of evidence that showed otherwise, like Nicole’s journals, pictures and statements to her friends (Flynn). On the 1st of January in 1989, Nicole Brown Simpson was hit so hard by her husband, O.J. Simpson, that she ended up in the hospital.
One of the most coveted trials in terms of popularity and media attention the O.J Simpson trial which took place between 1994 and concluded on October 2,1995 with O.J Simpson being acquitted of charges laid upon him during the Murder Trial Due to handling of physical evidence and questions over whether Mark Fuhrman planted the bloody glove at the scene to frame O.J. so in an attempt to understand how a deviation from standard operating procedures in the handling of physical evidence can affect the outcome of a criminal trial; One most first understand evidence and how to preserve it. When the crime scene technician took blood samples from Simpson’s Ford Bronco (1996) she used a cotton swab to take samples; but instead of using
The victim, John Kondejewski, a sergeant in the military as well as battle school instructor, was killed on May 15th, 1997 in Brandon Manitoba by the defendant, his wife, Kimberley Kondejewski, in the bedroom of their home (Sheehy 88). The couple was married for over 17 years before the proceeding occurred. Kimberly shot her husband three times that Thursday night; first shot to the chest, second and third shot were closer range, which led the police to charge her with first-degree murder (Sheehy 115). However, she also tried to end her life, fortunately she was only wounded. She even had composed a suicide note addressed to their children, Jennifer and Christopher. The judge assigned to the case was Justice Rodney H
The Scott Peterson case was one of the most difficult murder cases that have ever been handled by the U.S. courts in the recent memory. Scott Peterson is best known for murdering his eight- month pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, in 2002 in Modesto, California. The FBI was able to collect evidence against Peterson for the case against him. Peterson was sentenced to death by lethal injection in 2004 for the first-degree murder of his wife and the second-degree murder of their fetus son. The Scott Peterson trial was an important trial because it showed the darkness of America through his lies, less humane remarks, and the crime itself.