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This paper provides a discussion of types of evidentiary rulings which give rise to successful criminal appeals. It looks at evidentiary errors at trial as grounds for appeal and major trends in criminal appeals.

From the Paper
"This research paper discusses the evidentiary issues most commonly used in successful criminal appeals in American state and federal courts. It is dangerous to generalize on this subject because the record of proceeding ..."

Tags:appeal, criminal, rulings, trial

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This paper explains that Jib Fowles' article "Advertising's Fifteen Basic Appeals" discusses how advertising contains certain unconscious emotional appeals, which he classifies into fifteen different categories that advertisers use in order to reach different demographics and psycho-graphics. Next, the author reviews specifically ten ads from the September 2011 issue of "Seventeen", a magazine for girls from ages fourteen to early twenties targeted at all races and incomes. The paper concludes that Fowles' categories of appeals for the need to achieve, for the need to feel safe and for the need for aesthetic sensations appear in these advertisements and apply perfectly to the age demographics of this magazine.

From the Paper
"The need to achieve causes people to strive in their lives for not only the present, but for the future as well. This appeal fits perfectly for Seventeen because the age range is fourteen to early twenties. These girls are working to be able to achieve different goals for the present and the future. From the ten ads three really demonstrated the appeal for the need to achieve. Two out of the three are related to education and moving on which is one of the main points of the need to achieve. The first ad is for the Art Institutes. It gives information about a future in fashion. It opens the window for young girls interested in fashion to be able to think about their future and to possibly use this opportunity for achievement. The ad also has a young girl standing and staring at the reader. The girl's expression and body language allows the reader to think' "This could be me," or "What would it be like to be in her shoes." Another very important aspect of the ad is the very top of the ad itself. It is an open ended question with a blank at the end. It reads" With my passion for fashion I will create ______." This allows a reader to answer the question themselves and make it a personal advertisement, rather than a universal advertisement."

Tags:fashion, body language, sports face perfection

Abstract
This paper reviews and analyzes the death penalty appeals process. The paper discusses the arguments that exist both for against and the long process that characterizes court appeal of a sentence of the death penalty.

Outline:
Introduction
Critical Analysis of Death Penalty Appeals Process
Summary

From the Paper
"The appeals process as related to the appeal of being sentenced to death is a long procedure which takes many years to transverse through. The inherent problem exists in that the government is responsible for feeding, housing, clothing and providing medical care for the individual who is on death row waiting out the appeals process however, that problem is much easier overcome than other problems associated with the death penalty itself. One of these problems is illustrated in the failure of courts to focus attention upon evidence at the time it presented itself but have instead taken the lives of innocent individuals not guilty of the crimes for which they were sentenced to die and then finally put to death."

Tags:margin, of, error, sacrifice, Justice, system, data, innocent

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The paper relates that 18 U.S.C. 1346 criminalizes mail and wire fraud schemes whose object - rather than stealing money or property - is to deprive the victim of "honest services." This paper discusses an appeals court case resulting from the United States government prosecution of several former Enron Corporation executives, and their investment bankers. This paper offers opinions on the decision.

From the Paper
"18 U.S.C. 1346 criminalizes mail and wire fraud schemes whose object - rather than stealing money or property - is to deprive the victim of "honest services." Under this statute, the United States government prosecuted several former Enron Corporation executives, and their..."

Tags:law, business, ethics

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This paper examines convicts, particularly convicted murders, and their increasingly limited rights to appeal their sentences. Throughout the1990s this right was restricted. It should have been extended as empirical evidence of wrongful convictions and biases demonstrate the shortcomings of the current system.

Abstract
In this article, the writer presents an examination of a case in which the defendant in the case is found guilty and appeals. The writer notes that the element used for appeal rests in the fact that an undercover officer visited the convicted felon after he was arrested and incarcerated for the charge and the prosecution used conversations that occurred during those visits to help convict the defendant. The writer points out that the undercover officer never identified himself as a cop during the visits and these visits were before the trial. The writer explains that this means that the officer questioned the defendant after arrest and after being represented by an attorney but before the trial, which infringed on the defendant's right to be represented during all questioning.

Outline:
Issue
Rule
Apply
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Once that arrest took place however and Bob was then indicted by the court system and the grand jury Bob was represented by an attorney of record. The law is very clear on the questioning of a person who is represented by an attorney. The issue surrounding the possible appeal of this case is the fact that Art did not at anytime identify himself as a cop during the visits to the jail following the indictment. There may also be some argument and merit to the fact that Art secretly taped the conversations that he had with Bob as in many states the taping of a conversation is illegal unless both parties are aware of the taping, however, there are some states, Tennessee for example, that allow taping if only one party is aware that the taping is occurring. Because the scenario does not discuss the state that this crime took place in it is wise to only argue the merit of Art visiting Bob and in that visit gathering information to use against him at his trial when he did not have an attorney present. At that point the argument is also valid that Art did not identify himself as a police officer thereby violating Bob's right to have counsel present during the visits or to even make the educated decision as to whether or not he wanted Art to visit him."

Tags:courts, rights, defendant, attorney

Abstract
This paper provides an analysis of Martin Luther King Jr.'s response to criticism from the Birmingham clergy in "Letter From Birmingham Jail." The analysis focuses on the appeals used by King Jr. to demonstrate the injustice of laws in Birmingham.

From the Paper
""Letter From Birmingham Jail" is Martin Luther King Jr.'s response to the local clergy who encouraged King Jr. to abandon his protests for civil rights in Alabama, viewing them as unlawful and promoting violence. King Jr. argues in his letter that the Church and clergy have been lax in coming to the aid of justice and he will remain in Birmingham as long as injustice is there. Because the unjust laws that undermine the rights of African Americans..."

Tags:racism, morality, civil law, disobedience, protest, civil rights, African Americans

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This paper explores a number of reasons why, though it is highly appealing to children, Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" continues to be an enduring work with great appeal to adults. Its social satire, mimicry of human behavior, critique of government policy and other reasons are used to support this contention.

From the Paper
" Jonathan Swift's satirical adventure story Gulliver's Travels recounts the misadventures of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon who winds up having various encounters in unknown lands with people and animals of all types and .."

Tags:slavery, warfare, Lilliputians, Houyhnhnms, Brobdingnagians, sea, adventure, culture, reason, literacy

Abstract
Henry David Thoreau's "Appeal to Civil Disobedience" has an interesting rhetorical appeal which he uses throughout the essay to achieve a link between himself and his reader core. This paper explains that by using the logic of the times to help his efforts, and by using the three rhetorical appeals - ethos, pathos, and logos - a longing for civil disobedience systematically ruled Thoreau's thought process in a time of racial and ethical tension.

From the Paper
"In reference to his ethos, throughout the essay Thoreau establishes his credibility with his persona and tone. Referencing pathos, Thoreau substantiates his written word through interaction with the audience on an emotional level. Finally, in referencing logos, Thoreau has truly perfected the art of logical appeals, by dropping poetic reference in key passages of the essay throughout, and, of course, by using only his, and no one else's thoughts, as a reference to such highly controversial topics as abolition and slavery."

Tags:ethos, pathos, logos

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This paper examines the process of death row appeals. The paper explains how an inmate on death row has the ability to appeal their case in the U.S. justice system at a number of levels, finally reaching the Supreme Court. The paper includes a number of real-life examples of the appeal process, as well as quotes from lawyers and journalists about the system.

From the Paper
"There are few instances in which the conviction was altered after successive appeals but that only violates the right of the society to make criminals pay for their actions. It is true that in some cases innocent people may be put on death row but for that one appeal should be enough. There is no need to give unlimited appealing right as that would gives some real criminals to plea bargain. Many will get life imprisonment instead of execution even though they deserve to be put to death."

Tags:justice, criminal, court, case, supreme, lawyer, inmate, capital, punishment