And, more importantly, why? In the end, the Tobacco company finds out that the person they trusted was not in fact a person to believe. "In this, the biggest tobacco trial yet, with the biggest plaintiff's lawyers lined up with millions, his beloved Marlee would hand him a verdict." She lied and the trusting flitch fell for her lies. She took 10 million dollars from him but once the lawyers found out that both of her parents had died because of smoking-related, lung cancer deaths she wisely gave it back.
Response to “Rough path to justice for gang rape victims” Fourteen and her innocence already stripped from her like an Olympic medal, three torturous years of trial and still no sound and just verdict. A tremendous amount of evidence against five brothers but yet no justice. “Rough path to justice for gang rape victims” a feature article written by Paul Sheehan outlines the injustice represented in our Australian society and underlines the significant faults in our legal system. Sheehan speaks with anger and utter disappointment with our legal system and succeeds in the exposing of this case. Sheehan’s interpretation of the case convinces you to sympathise towards T and X and leaves us as an audience questioning our so called ‘legal system.
Luke Woollard has told a Perth court today he cannot remember driving the boat which he crashed on the Canning River, seriously injuring one of his passengers. However, the 23-year-old said he has a vague recollection of being stuck underneath the driver’s side after the collision. Mr Woollard, the son of independent MP Janet Woollard and cardiologist, continued giving evidence in a District Court civil trial. Kate Campbell, 24, is seeking compensation from Mr Woollard for her life-threatening injuries in the November 2007 crash. Ms Campbell is claiming she did not know Mr Woollard was drunk when she got on board, but Mr Woollard’s defence is arguing she did and accepted the risks associated with travelling with a drunk driver.
Although, There was a tremendous amount of damning evidence against Pickton that the jurors deciding his fate did not hear during his year-long trial in 2007, including an allegation from a sex-trade worker that he nearly stabbed her to death. A series of behind-the-scenes legal rulings meant explosive Crown evidence was kept from the jury, which ultimately found Pickton not guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of six women, but guilty of the lesser charge of second-degree murder. Whether the six murders Pickton was convicted of committing were sex crimes was never debated during the trail, because the victim’s remains did not provide the evidence. When prosecutor Michael Petire told the jury at the end of the prosecution‘s case on August 13, 2007 that he was “satisfied the evidence the Crown should be calling has been called, “what he surely meant was that he had called the evidence he was allowed by the law to reveal to the jury. Some of the information such as most of the evidence pertaining to the other 20 victims was held back from the jury after the judge ruled in August 2006 that Pickton should face two separate trials; the first one on six counts, and the second one on 20 counts.
Ms. Knox and her supporters in the courthouse let out whoops of joy and relief as the verdict was read, prompting court officials to shout for silence. Ms. Knox broke down in tears. The court upheld Ms. Knox’s conviction on a charge of slander for accusing a bar owner, Diya "Patrick" Lumumba, of committing the murder. The court set the sentence for that conviction at three years — meaning time served — and a fine of 22,000 euros, or about
Another reason is that josh doesn’t live up to his dad’s expectations. Josh’s band is in a bit of a rough patch and he is finding himself losing interest in his girlfriend Alicia. Michael is the troublesome son who’s constant ring ups to remind the parents of their heartbreaks brings Michael to feel a mixed amount emotions but overall unhappy. Michael is five years older than Josh and is estranged from his parents, living outside Sydney. He had almost died from alcohol poisoning when he was 16 and had been in trouble with the police.
A ten year old boy was found not guilty by a jury after being accused of the manslaughter of Coreiy Davis who drowned after LMW threw him into the George River knowing he could not swim. This case raised the issue of doli incapax which presumes any child aged ten to fourteen is incapable of criminal intent unless proven otherwise. Ineffectiveness of the criminal justice system when dealing with young offenders is shown through many cases of injustices for the victims, accused and society. The topic of the age of criminal responsibility is an ongoing matter. In the article ‘age of criminal consent 16 or 8’ SMH 29th April 2012) the age at which children should be held responsible for a crime should be raised from 10 to as high as 16, the states chief advocate for young people has suggested to a government inquiry into juvenile laws.
According to Tappan’s (1947 p.100, quoted in Muncie et al 2010 p.4) “crime is an intentional act in violation of criminal law (statutory or case law), committed without defence or excuse and penalised by the state as a felony or misdemeanour”. In other words crime may be known as an act deliberately committed which breaches legal conduct punishable by state. This is a common understanding of crime today but unfortunately crime is not as simple as being a breach of law. The study of crime is vast and under constant debate. Crime is ever changing varying culturally, globally and historically.
The adversary system of trial is the best system for achieving justice in criminal trials for a number of different reasons. The use of a jury, the standard of evidence relied upon and the standard of proof, the cross-examining of witnesses and the ability to plead guilty, contribute greatly to reaching justice in the adversary system. They are all reasons which help the adversary system in accomplishing fairness in criminal trials. The adversary system is a feature of the common law system and was brought to Australia with England. It has adapted to the Australian legal system.
The effectivesness of sentences on sexual crime on rehabilitation and re-offending rate. Abstract Sexual crimes has always been a very serious matter because there is always a huge impact on the victims which will later on affect them, even for the rest of their life. Also, it is an important factor for the offenders who had committed sexual crimes to rehabilitate in order to commit themselves into the society. Therefore, it is essential to evaluate the effectiveness of the existing sentencing system on sexual offences. With the increasing re-offending rate in recent years, it is a fundamental importance to understand those factors affecting the people to commit sexual crimes and the reasons of the reoffending.