In the crime drama Law & Order we are introduced to three main characters which are Olivia Benson, Elliot Stabler, and Casey Novak. The character Olivia Benson is a detective on the Manhattan special victims unit who cares about both her partner and the victims that she encounters. In addition, she also will do anything to get justice for the victims. For example, in the episode she tipped off the FBI so that the schizophrenic rapist would be executed for the crimes he committed. Eliot Stabler is also a detective on the Manhattan special victims unit and is tough and determined. For example, even after getting his head bashed into a car and temporally losing his vision he proceeded to testify against the schizophrenic rapist. On the other hand, …show more content…
For example, the ideal concept of a police officer that will do anything to get justice for the victim and their family is found in the character Olivia. Olivia represents this ideal concept since in the film she tipped of the FBI so that the rapist would receive the death penalty for the crimes that he committed. In addition, she also fought with Casey the ADA saying that she threw the trial due to personal issues and that the guy deserved to be behind bars for the crimes he committed. Both of these actions show that Oliva wants to see the victims receive justice. In addition, Olivia also represents the concept of a police officer that watches out for their partner and cares about them. She represents this concept since in the crime drama when her partner Elliot got hurt and he couldn't see she wanted to get revenge for what happened to him and she was also worried about his condition. Furthermore, the ideal concept of a police officer that is tough and determined is found in Elliot. Elliot represents this concept since in the film while recovering from a head injury he was still up for testifying against the rapist. Which illustrates the ideal concept of a tough and determined police officer because most people would not risk anything after experiencing a head …show more content…
For instance, the ideal concept of a prosecutor that cares about what happens to the defendant. Casey corresponds to this ideal since in the show she cared for the life of the schizophrenic rapist and made sure that Indiana did not put him on death row. In addition, the ideal concept of a prosecutor that is persistent is also represented by Casey. In the show Casey kept fighting for the defendant to stay in New York instead of letting him go the FBI and to Indiana. Which shows that she is persistent since she kept fighting for the client despite the opinions of her boss and Olivia, who wanted the client to be sent to
Released in 1989, Crimes and Misdemeanors outlines the lives of two men; Cliff Stern and Judah Rosenthal. Cliff Stern, a small time film-maker, struggles to succeed in both his career and marriage. While Judah Rosenthal, a wealthy ophthalmologist, faces moral dilemmas after having an affair with a young mistress. Judah's mistress expects him to leave his wife and when he doesn't she threatens to expose the secret relationship. Unsure Judah contemplates whether or not killing the mistress, to protect his comfortable lifestyle, is morally comprehensible. Ultimately, Judah decides to pay for the murder and gets away with it. Surrounding Judah's decision and Cliff's struggles, minor characters emerge within the plot embodying specific philosophical viewpoints. One of these characters is a professor and philosopher named Louis Levy who voices the importance of love. Shortly before committing suicide Levy says something rather ambiguous about love; "it is only we, with our capacity to love, that give meaning to an indifferent universe; and yet, most human beings seem to have the ability to...
The documentary "Valentine Road" connects with many ideas and topics that have been discussed in various theories, lectures, and book readings. This terrifying documentary shows the difficult lives of Brandon McInerney and Lawrence King. An unfortunate incident took place in Oxnard, where King has been shot and killed by McInerney. This entire incident was surrounded in controversy especially because of the fact that King was homosexual. There are quite a few ideas and topics of victimization that can be applied to both individuals, but some applicable ideas and concepts consist of identifying who the victims are and what consequences they suffered and also why, bullying, and criminological theories.
Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond is a family sit com television show about a married father of 3 children residing across the street from his parent’s house, therefore, his family are constantly interrupted by the kids, his brother, and parents. Season 1 episode 1 starts off with Raymond and his wife struggling to balance life with kids, work, and family. Since his wife is a stay at home mother of infant twins and a 3 year old girl, Raymond allows his wife to take a day off with her girlfriends and to enjoy herself without the supervision of his parents, inviting them without permission or an advance notice. As a result, Raymond’s failure to satisfy his family by lying soon gets caught. The scene allows him the perfect opportunity to voice out his feelings about the privacy of his own house.
top of a police hat. This can be seen as one of the obvious symbols of
In Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member, Kody Scott tells the story of the struggle between two significantly large gangs. At the age of eleven he was initiated into the Crips, and committed his first murder. It was this day that began what would become a career for Kody: banging (Scott, 1993).
During the criminal proceeding of the Andrea trial, there were several mental health professionals that were call by the defense to testify in the first trial, including several of her treating psychiatrists. In the Yates trial, both defense and prosecution experts agreed on three issues, Yates suffered from a mental disease, she knew that her conduct was against the law and that a subjective moral wrongfulness issue had to be considered (Resnick P,2007).
poster typically has the white cowboy large, presented front and center, with the antagonists and co-stars all behind him. An iconic western, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, has a poster picturing the white cowboy alone. Clint Eastwood stands there tall, stoic, and singular. Typical of most other westerns, the white cowboy is the center of attention. Here, however, there are two non-white figures presented: Bart, the Black cowboy, and a large Native American chief. This movie poster has the same style as other westerns with the color and layout, but is unique in the fact that a black man is presented where a white man would normally be dominating. Once again, this makes a statement about racial improvements. Previously having a black man at
The movie Doubt is set in a private Catholic School in 1960s. Sister Aloysius is the principal of the school, and Father Flynn is the clergyman in the church. While the movie deals with some moral dilemmas such as doubt versus certainty, rigidity versus openness and so on, the central theme of the story pivots on accusation on Father Flynn of child molestation. The story has a hanging ending where Father Flynn is proven neither guilty nor proven innocent. Based on the contents of the movie and my own analysis, I believe that certainty plays a bigger role in accusations and I believe that Father Flynn had been falsely blamed and I am also against the rigidity of the society.
Within the German Democratic Republic, there was a secret police force known as the Stasi, which was responsible for state surveillance, attempting to permeate every facet of life. Agents within and informants tied to the Stasi were both feared and hated, as there was no true semblance of privacy for most citizens. Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, the movie The Lives of Others follows one particular Stasi agent as he carries out his mission to spy on a well-known writer and his lover. As the film progresses, the audience is able to see the moral transformation of Stasi Captain Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler primarily through the director 's use of the script, colors and lighting, and music.
Prosecutors are arguably the most influential figures in the American criminal justice system. They decide which charges to bring, what plea bargains to offer, and what sentences to request. According to attorney advocates, prosecutors across the country are abusing their legal power and getting away with it. The most common forms of prosecutorial misconduct are hiding exculpatory evidence and engaging in improper examination and argumentation. Another form of intentional misconduct is the use of false testimony to win convictions. In 2009, Goodman, a well-known attorney in Chicago represented Brian Wilbourn in a federal narcotics case. Prosecutors knowingly allowed an informant to testify that Wilbourn sold crack cocaine out of a penthouse apartment over a three-year period when he was in fact nowhere near the scene at any time. Stephen Saloom, a former attorney, acknowledges that prosecutors are abusing their power, he quotes "As best we can determine, most prosecutors ' offices don 't even have clear internal systems for preventing and reviewing misconduct, but perhaps even more alarming is that bar oversight entities tend not to act in the wake of even serious acts of misconduct. We do not accept this lack of accountability and oversight for any other government entity where life and liberty are at stake, and there 's no reason we should do so for prosecutors"
One contradiction in the job of the prosecutor is that they have nearly limitless direction in critical matters; however, prosecutors’ are also held to a very high ethical standard. Prosecutors must screen cases to determine which ones need to be prosecuted; nevertheless, this is the source of controversy with most people. “What makes charging decisions more intriguing and controversial is the fact that in making this decision, the prosecutor has nearly limitless discretion” (Hemmens, Brody, & Spohn, 2013). This means the prosecutor’s charging decisions are beyond any judicial review, so it must be apparent that a prosecutor
The Fall is a criminal, psychological suspense thriller that focuses on Det. Superintendent Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson) and serial killer Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan). The series takes place in Belfast and focuses on how Stella and Paul operate in their own professional and personal lives. Stella Gibson is brought in from London to Belfast to do a review (reviewing all information by the police on a specific murder case, Alice Monroe) to find if the police department made any error in investigating the Alice Monroe case. Paul Spector work as a grief counselor in Belfast, living with his wife and two children. In his off time, Paul is a serial killer. Paul’s first victim, Sarah Kay, is a single solicitor (Lawyer) in her early thirties with
The movie I decided to analyze for this course was American History X (1998), which stars Edward Norton. Though this movie isn’t widely known, it is one of the more interesting movies I have seen. It’s probably one of the best films that depict the Neo Nazi plague on American culture. The film takes place from the mid to late 1990’s during the Internet boom, and touches on subjects from affirmative action to Rodney King. One of the highlights of this movie that really relates to one of the key aspects of this course is the deterrence of capital punishment. Edward Norton’s portrayal as the grief stricken older brother who turns to racist ideologies and violence to cope with his fathers death, completely disregards the consequences of his actions as he brutally murders someone in front of his family for trying to steal his car. The unstable mentality that he developed after his father’s death really goes hand-to-hand specifically with Isaac Ehrlich’s study of capital punishment and deterrence. Although this movie is entirely fictional, a lot of the central themes (racism, crime punishment, gang pervasiveness, and one’s own vulnerability) are accurate representations of the very problems that essentially afflict us as a society.
In the year 2014, law enforcement in the U.S. estimated 1,165,383 violent crimes reported (“D2014VC”). Imagine all the people needed just to get to the bottom of these cases! There is an abundant amount of Americans solving mysteries every day to keep others safe. There are crimes being committed all around the U.S. at every second of the day. In John Grisham’s The Pelican Brief, he displays a firm relation between investigators and lawyers through the Criminal Justice System of acquiring suspects and evidence, indicated in the book with an exploration of the scandals of Supreme Court Justices Rosenberg and Jensen (Grisham).
In an argument between prosecuting attorneys in “Scorched Earth,” the first episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’s thirteenth season, a pessimistic critique of the American legal system’s power to protect the weak from the strong, the unspoken but nonetheless manifest presupposition of said attorneys regarding the ends of the justice system, appears in contrast to an implied legal idealism, but this critique is ultimately rendered tepid by a partial triumph later on in the episode for the side of justice through the work of dedicated legal agents sensitive to the rights of the powerless.