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Wrongful Conviction, 2006.
An analysis of the implications of wrongful convictions in the United States and ways these have been discovered.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses wrongful conviction in the criminal justice system in the United States. The paper analyzes how it is now evident that there are hundreds of individuals that have been incarcerated who are innocent and how in recent years many of these innocent individuals have been released after serving time on death row or having been incarcerated for decades for crimes that they did not commit.
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"Wrongful Conviction in the Criminal Justice System Introduction Wrongful convictions have been recorded in the United States since the early 1800s. While it has been historically believed that all individuals convicted of crime claim to be innocent although they are guilty, it is now evident that there are hundreds of individuals that have been incarcerated who are innocent. Furthermore, in recent years many of these innocent individuals have been released after serving time on death row, or having been incarcerated for decades for crimes that they did not commit. The public concern for this issue has only been realized in the past few decades since the advancements of DNA testing, and the ability of scientists to prove innocence in many cases. However, forensic science is not the only method that is used to convict in this country."
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The Zacarias Moussaoui Conviction, 2006.
This paper looks at the verdict of Zacarias Moussaoui and why the death penalty was really not an option.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 5 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper discusses how much has been made of the recent Zacarias Moussaoui conviction and the fact that the September 11, 2001 conspirator will live out the rest of his days as an inmate of the federal maximum security penitentiary in Florence, Colorado. The paper shows how some Americans, perhaps many Americans, feel that the judgment was far too lenient and that Moussaoui is getting off easy for helping to arrange a horrific terrorist strike that resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians.
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The Trial and Conviction of Socrates, 2002.
Examines the trial of ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates and his subsequent sentencing to death.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper examines the trial of Socrates. He was accused of corrupting youth and encouraging disbelief in the gods. He was convicted and sentenced to death. This paper argues that he may have been guilty of the second charge but was innocent of the former accusation. .
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T.S. Eliot and the Growth of Christian Conviction, 1999.
Why it is interesting to see how some of Eliot's poems progress in their expressions of doubt to faith as he himself developed as a poet.
3,658 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 101.95
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" T.S. Eliot converted to the Anglican religion (Church of England) in 1926 where ?he was baptized in?the Cotswolds? (Gordon, 130). It is interesting to see how some of his poems progress in their expressions of doubt to faith as he himself developed as a poet. One of his poems, ?The Hollow Men,? (1925) written shortly before his conversion and two other poems, written after his baptism, ?The Journey of the Magi? (1927) and ?Ash-Wednesday? (1930) dramatically illustrate the growth of his religious convictions. These works also display the growing affirmation of these convictions in his art."
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Belief and Conviction, 2002.
A look at personal belief systems.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper focuses on an individual's personal belief system and what are the values that he holds on to. The author believes that man is accountable for the mistakes that he has made and although he can not undo them at least he should try to stop others from making them. Man knows that he must help his society in some way and that's just what he is trying to do in this paper.
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The Innocence Commission: Wrongful Convictions, 2006.
A look at how individuals are wrongfully convicted of a crime and what solutions are available to correct the situation.
1,639 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses how a wrongful conviction is a miscarriage of justice and occurs when a person is convicted and punished for a crime he did not commit. The paper also looks at how most criminal justice systems have some means to overturn or rectify a wrongful conviction, but this is very difficult to achieve. Finally, the paper looks at the causes of some of these wrongful convictions and contends that when an innocent person is wrongfully convicted, it is definitely a serious miscarriage of justice.
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Introduction
The Causes of Wrongful Convictions
Case Examples
Suggestions to Eliminate Wrongful Convictions
Conclusion
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"The most common reason for a wrongful conviction is because of a mistaken I.D. Studies have been done over the years to determine the error percentage. But from 1932 when the first study done by Borchard through 1996 conducted by Huff, Rattner, and Sagarin, the percentages range anywhere from 45% to 60%. The biggest reason for witness misidentification is because most police departments show victims pictures simultaneously rather than one at a time. Studies show fewer errors are made when pictures are shown one at a time. In addition, sometimes victims want to identify the offender so badly that he or she may identify anyone who even remotely looks like the person or persons who wronged them."
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Wrongful Convictions, 2006.
A look at three wrongful convictions and how innocence commissions could prevent such occurrences.
2,190 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 68.95
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The paper asserts that wrongful convictions adversely affect more then just the defendant; they also affect family and friends as well as the public's confidence in the criminal justice system. The paper looks at three past cases of wrongful convictions and identifies changes to the court system as well as the role of innocence commissions in preventing such failures.
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Introduction
Wrongful Conviction #1: Tony Ford for Murder
Wrongful Conviction #2: Larry Peterson for Rape and Murder
Wrongful Conviction #3: Ronald Cotton for Rape and Burglary
Conclusion
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"The modern American institution of the presumption of innocence as decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in Coffin v. United States, 156 U.S. 432; 15 S. Ct. 394 is often viewed as a logical implementation of Blackstone's Ratio, the simple premise that insists "better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer" (Wikipedia). This concept is hardly unprecedented in history and can trace its roots back through English Common Law (of which William Blackstone was a jurist and historian) to the Old Testament (in the book of Deuteronomy) and even as far back as early Roman Law and its Spartan and Athenian contemporaries (Lewis). The driving principle behind this logic is that the one remuneration that can never be made to the wrongfully is that of time and the life that goes with it. Once lost, they cannot be recovered and the injury extends well beyond the convicted."
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Wrongful Convictions, 2008.
This paper discusses the problem of wrongful convictions in the criminal justice system especially in Canada and specifies two cases.
2,835 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 84.95
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This paper stresses that the criminal justice system is a form of theater in its subjective flourishes, which can very much alter what happens to the accused. The author points out that an innocent person can be falsely convicted and spend years in a correctional institution based on his looks and behaviors. The paper relates that Stephen Truscott's wrongful conviction demonstrates the absurdity of what can go wrong when an innocent man refuses to confess to a crime he did not commit. The author underscores that the issue of wrongful accusation and conviction points to possible errors by the police, the courts and the handling of evidence. The paper urges that this issue should be examined in the context of Canadian civil culture, which disdains the criminal, especially in cases where the accused is allegedly responsible for sexual offenses and homicides involving children.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Stephen Truscott's Failure to Demonstrate Remorse
Culture and Criminality
The Wrongful Conviction of Guy Paul Morin
Implications
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"In October of 1984, Morin was falsely accused of the still unsolved sex murder of 9 year-old Christine Jessop, his next-door neighbor" in Queensville, Ontario. Morin was then aged 25. When Jessop was reported missing, the Durham Regional Police responded and questioned members of the Morin family. It was observed that Guy Paul Morin showed no reaction, looking ahead, as was noted by police as suspicious. This reaction however is seen as one of several typical if unexpected reactions to police questioning, part of what Gudjonsson analyzed as part of the psychology of interrogations, of all kinds, as may produce extreme evasion or non-acceptance that a crime has taken place, as well as unwanted false confessions."
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DNA and Convicted Prisoners, 2002.
A look at the use of DNA to overturn prisoners who have wrongly been convicted.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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This six-page undergraduate paper addresses the use of DNA to overturn prisoners who have wrongly been convicted. DNA testing has made exoneration possible for many innocent convicts. It allows the prevalence of a more just legal system. Unfortunately, this expensive testing is made freely available to convicts only in New York and Illinois. In the rest of the states, the prosecutors, the courts and the governors rule whether a prisoner would have DNA testing. Many prisoners resist this test possibly because they are guilty of crime.
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Convict Labor in the New South, 2002.
An examination of the book ?Twice the Work of Free Labor-The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South? by Alex Lichtenstein.
987 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This essay presents the summary of the magnum opus ?Twice the Work of Free Labor- The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South? by Alex Lichtenstein. This paper shows how Lichtenstein provides an overview and his personal review of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century criminal justice system in order to single out the possible reasons behind the current massive figures representing African American prisoners. The last paragraph is based on personal opinion of the book.
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"The long-lasting heated debate took its origin from C. Vann Woodward, one of the foremost advocators of the discontinuity thesis. He presented his controversial views regarding the emergence of the New south and its history. He was of the view that as an aftermath of the Civil War and Reconstruction, a distinct group of tradesmen and business tycoons appeared resulting in the demise of the prestigious class of ancient farmers and agriculturists of the south. However, the real debate began in the 1970s when the ?new abolitionsists? or ?new continuarians? headed by the pioneer Jonathan Wiener vehemently opposed Woodward by refuting his claims. This group suggested that the society of New South had slightly deviated or changed from what it believed, practiced as rituals and ancient manners. Thus maintaining that southern society was built on chained and enslaved horticultural working class and uncovered the resistance of the people of south toward industrial growth. This class of observers took jailbird labor, sharecropping, and deficit subordination as apparent and potential symbols representing servitude. In addition to the above, they were of the notion that it was due to the act of enslaving blacks that the South remained economically and socially unstable. Where the two clashing groups of historians addressed two major aspects of south that is forced labor and capitalism, Lichtenstein rejects both point of views, he established his own thesis thereby throwing light on a highly neglected yet critical aspect of the underlying issue and settles the continuity debate forever. The convict lease system of the south as well as the chain gang system are considered as the ?most appalling features? that the author considers as responsible components for replacing South ?to the process of modernization itself? (p. xvi)."
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Female Ex-Convicts, 2002.
An analysis of societal perceptions of woman ex-convicts.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper will seek to understand the nature of woman ex-convicts in American prisons, and how they perceive the way society views them. In this manner, we can learn the psychology that they hold after being released into society.
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Sentencing Convicted Criminals, 2002.
This paper discusses the assessment and classification of convicted criminals that leads to sentencing as an integral part criminal justice process.
1,415 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper discusses the complicated risk management system that balances the possibility of rehabilitation with the degree to which the public may be put at risk if this convicted criminal is not put in jail. The author states that risk control is a controversial topic because it attempts predict future behavior. The paper states that risk control concepts are important for criminals who are struggling with alcohol and drug addictions.
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"Most cultures are to some extent caught within a pendulum-like fluctuation between the belief in and attempts at rehabilitating those who have committed crimes and a get-tough approach in which rehabilitation is very much secondary to the impulse to punish. In the United States, the third quarter of the last century was a time of cultural commitment to the idea of rehabilitation, especially for young offenders. However, in part in response to the general social unrest that accompanied the war in Vietnam, during the 1970s the commitment to rehabilitation began to wane and the tendency to assess potential future risk to the community at large as more important than the possibility of rehabilitation for individual offenders."
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Financial Aid for Prior Drug Convicts, 2002.
An examination into a 1998 provision of the Higher Education Act which denies financial aid to people with prior drug convictions.
800 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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The paper defines the Higher Education Act, established 30 years ago to offer financial aid to people seeking higher education. It thereafter examines the 1998 provision denying this aid to people with prior drug convictions. The affect of this new provision on colleges and universities throughout the United States is discussed.
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"But many students and politicians have voiced out against the bill, saying that it is class-discriminatory and racist. Several student and statewide organizations, including the University of Southern California Student Senate and statewide New York and Wisconsin organizations, have recently passed new resolutions speaking out against the bill, on the grounds that financial aid should be given out to academically qualified students who need the aid to attend college."
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Wrongful Convictions, 2002.
Shows what affect wrongful convictions have on public attitudes toward the criminal justice system.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 44.95
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This reviews the impact of wrongful convictions on the public. In today's world, not a single justice system is really handling criminal cases with one hundred percent accuracy.
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Wrongful Convictions, 2007.
This paper discusses the phenomenon of wrongful convictions due to false confessions.
823 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 29.95
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The paper explores why somebody would confess to a crime they did not commit and identifies several types of people who falsely confess. The paper discusses how the criminal justice system tends to set the confession of the defendant as the most important and irreversible proof of guilt, ignoring evidence to the contrary, other statements and other possible suspects. The paper maintains that it is crucial for the police to closely follow the criminal procedure even when faced with a confession from the most likely suspect.
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"The English jurist William Blackstone once declared that it would be "better for ten guilty persons to escape than for one innocent to suffer" . The principle is still applicable today as wrongful convictions do so much damage and ruin so many lives. They can no longer be considered simple "regrettable anomalies " of a system that works properly. There are many factors leading to such unfortunate developments in a case out of which the most important are: insufficient, corrupted or false evidence, untrue witness statements, including confessions, biased evaluations and other unfortunate happenings. Wrongful convictions due to false confessions are a great problem that the criminal justice system has been and is still facing."
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