@llen Yang People v. Kibbe 362 N.Y.S.2d 848 (1974) Facts: Barry Kibbe and his friend Roy Krall, the defendants, met George Stafford, the victim, in a bar in winter. Kibbe and Krall noticed that Stafford had a lot of money and also was intoxicated. Unfortunately, Stafford asked Kibbe and Krall, who already decided to rob him, to help give him a ride. They got into Kibbe’s car and drive toward Canandaigua. As Krall was driving, Kibbe slapped Stafford several times in order to get all his money.
Brent Evans Mr. Calver American Lit 2: 1st period May 14, 2012 The Perks of Fitting In As shown Stephen Chbosky’s novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” too many teenagers these days take far more dangerous drugs, and make far worse choices in the acts they take place in. About 75% of high school students have tried alcohol, and about 26% of teens have had a recent episode of heavy drinking (more than 5 drinks within a couple of hours). “When the police came, they found my brother asleep on the roof. Nobody knows how he got there ”(Chbosky 105). In Stephen Chbosky’s novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, teens abuse alcohol, drugs, and unsafe sex.
Aaron McKinney Mr. Zimmerer Period 3 12/13/13 Ethics Essay Racial injustice in the United States court system is still ramped to this day. In a most recent case, a 16 year old boy and five of his friends all decided to get drunk, take valium pills, drive at criminal speed on normal city streets, and resulted in killing four people: a priest, family man, mother, and daughter, and leaving one of the passengers in the car with extensive brain damage. The judge of the case, Jean Boyd, sentenced the driver to rehab, ten years probation, and a fine. The attorney argued that the 16 year old suffered from “affluenza”, a disease that results in being too rich. The Judge agreed with the defense and the 16 year old avoided murder charges.
In the story of tom brennan, Daniel Brennan is accused and found guilty of Manslaughter of two of his friends and Drunken, reckless driving. For these actions Daniel Brennan was only committed to a jail time of 5 years. Daniel is portrayed as drunken young man (18,19) who experiences severe mood swings, so what will 5 Years of jail change? As soon as Daniel Brennan walks free, he is given the opportunity to drink and drive again. What we ask is, is it enough?
Busi 301 Courtroom Observation The court case is between Deborah White and Patrick Gibbs and O’Malley’s Tavern. Mrs. White is trying to seek recovery damage due to her husband being killed by a drunk driver; Mr. Hard, who was intoxicated and received several drinks at the Tavern. She stated that the bartender at the Tavern knew Mr. Hard was visibly drunk and continued to give him alcohol. The defendants are arguing that they did not know of such thing and that Mrs. White is just victim of a criminal act. The case took place in the United States District Court in the Northern district of Indiana.
On July 7th 2012, Thomas Kelly, 18 years old, was with his girlfriend walking down to Kings Cross. Suddenly, Kieran Loveridge, 19 years old, randomly king hit Thomas in the back of the head. “A single punched caused Thomas to hit the ground, blood pooling around his head.” As Quoted from DAILY TELEGRAPH NEWS on October 26th 2013. This was the cause of his death. For such a “senseless act of alcohol-fuelled violence” quoted from THE CONVERSATION titled THE THOMAS KELLY CASE.
Luana Rosa Professor K. Kraynak Monday-Wednesday Improper Use of Force With fifty-eight incidents over the past five years, Officer Michael Hobbs of the Clayton County Police in Atlanta, has been accused of being an out of control cop. He has been terrorizing and abusing citizens throughout the days and was not given any disciplinary measures. Brian Hoolahan had passed out in his car from a diabetic coma. There is proof of his life-threatening medical warning, a sticker on the windshield of his car. The police report showed that when officer Hobbs arrived at the scene, he wrongfully assumed Hoolahan was drunk.
It may be unfair to be required to treat a peer like royalty simply because he or she feels entitled to such. This is an extreme scenario, and probably doesn't occur often. But it is important to bring it up for something that needs to be as clear as the golden rule. The golden rule isn't a blindly followed law, however. Instead, it is more of a guideline, or standard.
He is a 16 year old Caucasian male who was a drunk driver; he killed four people and injured two. In addition to the injuries and murder, the impact of his truck hitting a parked vehicle caused the parked vehicle to slide into another vehicle headed in the opposite direction. Ethan Couch also caused the two teens that were in the back of his pick-up truck to be thrown out. The effects of that: one teen will never be able to move or talk again, and the second person suffered internal injuries and broken bones. “Earlier on the night of the accident, June 15, Couch and some
An average someone is affect the offender but also other innocent victims around them. Killed by a drunk driver every 40 minutes, in 2007, an estimate of 12,998 people died in drunk driving related cashes- a decline of 3.7 percent from the 13,491 drunk related fatalities in 2006. In 2002, 2.3 percent of Americans 18years and older, surveyed reported alcohol impaired including 50 percent of 18 – 21 year old. Alcohol is never right for an underage, and when an underage as a very high alcohol consumption and get behind the wheels its like hell on the wheel because he control himself not to talk of controlling the wheels and when he can’t do that, he crashes into someone else. One of the biggest and oldest organization that has been against drunk driving is MADD- which stand for mothers against drunk driving.