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Burden Of Proof Voir Dire
2,183 words... als. In both types of cases, provisions are made for alternate jurors to replace a regular juror who may become ill or disabled during trial. In a civil case, the trial jury is composed of 6 persons, with provision for the selection of alternate jurors. The trial jury is selected from the group previously described. A panel is called, and they take their place in the jury box (criminal) or impaneling room (civil). A process known as voir dire then takes place in which the attorneys, and some...
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Kill A Mockingbird Atticus Finch
1,348 words... , " he does not lie to her and tells her the truth. He also warns her that it might not end soon (Telgen 287). Atticus once warned his children that " [that a mob is always made up of people, no matter what]" (Johnson "The Secret Courts of Mens Hearts" 134). Atticus does not approve of the Ewell's because they are trash, and Scout never heard her father talk about people the way he did about the Ewell's (Lubert 2). "Atticus tells his children that any man who takes advantage of a black man i...
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Sexual Intercourse Cross Examination
321 wordsThe traditional legal definition of rape is the performance of sexual intercourse by a man other than her husband with a woman against her will, by force or fraud. This definition has been adapted in the statutes of some jurisdictions; in Canada the crime of rape has been abolished as a separate offense and merged into a wider general category of sexual assault. Most jurisdictions do not treat as rape an act of sexual intercourse by a husband with his wife without her consent, unless the marriag...
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Truth And Justice Defense Attorney
1,298 words... one against the defense attorney becomes evident. The attorneys should have at least a token belief that their subject is in the right. A criminal defense attorney may proclaim himself a fighter for truth and justice, and he may be precisely that, but once a case is accepted, his only responsibility is to his client, regardless of belief. Even defense attorneys who are convinced that their client is guilty are still exhorted to offer the best possible defense and to counsel their client as e...
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Sexual Intercourse Cross Examination
317 wordsThe traditional legal definition of rape is the performance of sexual intercourse by a man other than her husband with a woman against her will, by force or fraud. This definition has been adapted in the statutes of some jurisdictions; in Canada the crime of rape has been abolished as a separate offense and merged into a wider general category of sexual assault. Most jurisdictions do not treat as rape an act of sexual intercourse by a husband with his wife without her consent, unless the marriag...
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