Nora Wall Scandal

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Based on the corruption throughout society, that proves people are evil. In most cases, people are being falsely accused and having some form of punishment they do not deserve. The jury is very racist or prejudice when it comes to certain people. For example, African American men against white women. Back in the day, the jury would never turn against their kind, even if all of the proven evidence of innocence was there. The jury would ignore the evidence and have the innocent sent to their death, or some form of punishment. There was nothing African Americans could do since that was just how things were. Today, all different kinds of people get falsely accused and because of that, people are evil.

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One trial was held for Thomas Kennedy and he was accused of raping his own daughter. Thomas was sentenced to fifteen years in prison and his daughter, Cassandra, owned up to the accusation. “After 9 years, Cassandra, his daughter owned up to falsely accusing her father and confessed that the physical evidences of rape were because she had sexual relations with a boy in second grade.” Another trial that was held was for Nora Wall, and she was accused of rape. Nora served four days before her conviction was squashed. “Wall was the first woman in the history of the Irish State to be convicted of rape, the first person to receive a life sentence for rape and the only person in the history of the state to be convicted on repressed memory evidence.” Finally, another trial held was for Dewey Bozella. Dewey is a former amateur boxer and was convicted for murdering an elderly woman. Bozella served twenty-six years in prison before his conviction was overturned. “Lawyers discovered new evidence that had been suppressed by prosecutors showing Bozella was in fact innocent and had been framed.” These examples explains the reasons why the jury or society is evil. The jury or society does not care for the person that convicts the false crimes. They see it as someone who actually does the crime and they do not see any of the real truth behind it. The jury or society wants to see the person locked away, sentenced to death, or any other form of punishment, appropriate for the crime he or she committed. The general view when a person is accused of any form of horrible actions, is hard to be proven that it is a false statement or it never happened. Even proof of innocence can destroy someone’s life or reputation when accusations of that some sort are made. Many people who are accused of something they did not do, are victims of what could be revenge

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