...afternoon, in West Memphis, Arkansas, on May 6, 1993 three eight year boys’ bodies were found. The boys’ bodies were found hogtied, mutilated, and sexually assaulted. As the whole town was rocked by this discovery, the police decided they had to find the killer immediately. They automatically turned to their first suspect, Damien Echols, an eighteen-year-old boy who was known around town for dressing in all black and listening to rock music. The next arrest was made on Jessie Misskelley, a friend Echols, who was coerced into falsely confessing his guilt. The final arrest was made with Jason Baldwin, yet another associate of Echols. The three boys became known nationally as the West Memphis Three (WM3). The boys had rumors around town saying that they participated in Wiccan circles and Satanic rituals. Many believed that the murder of the three eight year olds’ was for a Satanic ritual that Echols, Misskelley and Baldwin were participating in. Even with a complete lack of circumstantial evidence from police, Jessie MIsskelley, at the age of just 17, was found guilty on one count of first degree capital murder and two counts of second degree murder and was sentenced to life in imprisonment without parole. Jason Baldwin was found guilty on three counts of capital murder. The 16 year old was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 40 years. Damien Echols was found guilty on three counts of capital murder and was sentenced to death by lethal injection. (Steel, “The...
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...Appeal Process 1 Appeal Process James Green July 27 2014 CJS/220 Kenneth Breiden Appeal Process 2 When the appeal process starts it is when a case is brought before the higher courts, with the hopes of having the judge overthrow the lower courts rulings set forth by a judge or verdict of the case. In any appeal case both the prosecutor and defense has the right to appeal a case. In any case there must be sufficient evidence and legal grounds for defendants to appeal any conviction. A person who has be acquitted of a crime can not have an appeal filed against them, although the prosecutors can be filed for different charges filed against the accused. A person can not be charged with the same charge twice this will be considered double jeopardy. For example the George Zimmerman trial, George Zimmerman was acquitted on all criminal charges filed against him, but since there was such public outraged over the verdict the government tried to charge Zimmerman with other charges. The appeal process is part of the checks and balances system, which ultimately determine how they are factored into the criminal procedures and process. This system would be defined to allow are parties their legal rights, when it comes to due process in the first stages of the legal system process. Appeals can be considered ways of pursuing goals in specific cases, that can ultimately lead to law being changed based on decisions placed by the court. There are many ways...
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...from West Memphis who were wrongly accused of a crime. Jessie Misskelley, Damien Echols, and Jason Baldwin were accused of murdering three young boys on May 5th, 1993. The bodies of Steve Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers were found naked with multiple bruises and their hands and feet tied with their shoelaces on Robinhood Hills. All of the children were beaten, while Christopher Byers’s penis and scrotum were mutilated. Out of the three of them, Damien Echols was bought into interrogation first. According to an article by Unsolved Mysteries (2014) police officers, James Sudbury and Steve Jones believed that Echols should be a suspect because of this deep interest in different religions, or “cults”. Misskelley was later brought in for questioning for more than 10 hours. After his confession, both Echols and Baldwin were...
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...the author uses a pattern of introducing mysteries that kept my attention. Irving kept my attention because he left the mysteries unsolved until the end He didn’t develop the plot directly. The pattern he uses is a pattern of suspense. For example he spent all of Chapter 1 explaining several unimportant stories and then at the end he finally tells the story of the baseball. Chapter 1- “Every Trip is a Quest” * Our quester: John A place to go: A stated reason to go there: He wants to figure out who is father is Challenges and trials: Owen kills John’s mother before she could tell him who is father is. The real reason to go: In the end John is feeling guilty about Owens’s death and he is trying to deal with the effects on his life * John has learned who is father is and he also understands that he feels guilty for all the deaths that have happened. Owens’s story had awoken his belief in God. Owen was on a quest to work for God. Owen went through his quest...
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...Jackie Robinson had a hard childhood. His father left one day to go to Memphis to look for a new job and never came home. Being the youngest child Jackie could not help his mom make money like his older brothers and sister but whenever he got the chance to help he did. Since Jackie's mom worked all day and there was no one to stay home with him, Jackie went to school with his older sister Willa Mae. While she was in class he was outside playing in the sandbox. His older brother Mack was the athlete of the family while Jackie was little. He came in second place to Jesse Owens in the Berlin Olympic 200 meter dash. When Jackie grew up he attended his local high school. After breaking many sports records he had many college offers. Jackie decided to go to UCLA so his brother Frank could attend all his games, but a few weeks before Jackie's first college game was played Frank was killed in a motorcycle accident. It took him a long time to recover from that loss. ===================================================================== introduction Most people have seen the movie 42 and probably didn't get all of the information about jackie Robinson or get the truth about Jackie Robinson so im here to tell you the rest or the truth about jackie robinson. And he was a brave man and he ===================================================================== conclusion So based on what Jackie Robinson accomplished for himself and for all black people and based on the fact that...
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...the most influential events in American history occurred when Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. This accomplishment and others that he would achieve in his life time, given the historical context in which he rose to fame, inspired people for many generations. Jesse Owens created a historic legacy not just because of his record finishes on the track, but also due to the challenging times in which he competed. Born on September 12, 1913, in Oakville, Alabama, Jesse Owens grew up working on several farms. Jesse’s father, a sharecropper, worked for little pay farming other peoples’ land. As young children, Jesse and his six siblings picked cotton on a rich man’s farm in Alabama. At age nine the Owens family moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Jesse worked in grocery stores as a nine year old in Cleveland to bring in extra money for his family. (Raatma 8-9) Jesse began running track and field in middle school. In 1928 he set many middle school records including jumping almost twenty-three feet in the long jump (“About Jesse Owens” 1). Jesse went to East Technical High School in the 1930s where he continued to set records and develop as a track and field star. In fact, in his Junior Year, at the National Interscholastic Championship, Jesse set the 220-yard dash record and tied the world record in the 100-yard dash. The city of Cleveland, in order to demonstrate their pride, honored Jesse Owens with a citywide parade marking his debut into the spotlight. (Raatma...
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...emotively persuades readers that individual anguish has detrimental effects on soldier’s lives intensifying their suffering. The texts use third person narrative to create emotive circumstances which manipulate the reader into understanding the suffering as either mass or individual. The writers’ portrayal of individual suffering was the most poignant compared to the subversion of widespread suffering. The texts expose the stigmatization of physical disability as a cause of individual suffering. Historically, the dependence of disabled life reflects the burden faced by soldiers of returning to normality. Wilfred Owen’s poem Disabled explores the first-hand impacts and consequences of war, coupled with the persistent individual suffering. Owen became infamous during the war as his poetry extracted the distorted views of the home-front and revealed reality. The metaphor, “put them to bed”[2] symbolizes the individual suffering caused by dependence, and also the neglect caused through others’ ignorance to their needs. The dependence of...
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...The scariest clowns in pop culture today (-- removed HTML --) Okay, let’s just put it out there. Clowns are terrifying. If you don’t think so, then you have been blessed by not seeing any kind of movie or reading any book with a killer clown in it. Once you have, clowns will always be terrifying. There also isn’t just one scary clown in pop culture. There are a lot of them. Brace yourself for these scary clowns. Pennywise, from the movie It Obviously, Pennywise from the movie It is on the scary clown list. Just look at him. He’ll have no problem murdering children…oh wait - he’s already been there and done that. After seeing this movie you will avoid the circus and never hire a clown for any kind of birthday party, ever. (-- removed HTML --) Pennywise, from the TV mini-series Pennywise from the TV mini-series is listed here because he’s actually scarier than the movie version. How is that possible, you ask? Because this Pennywise played by Tim Curry looks just like a normal clown. You would never suspect that this clown could go around killing children, and that makes him scarier. (-- removed HTML --) The Joker Heath Ledger’s Joker in The Dark Knight was scary because he was a complete psychopath. He had no feelings or emotions or empathy. He was there to simply watch the world burn. That’s scary in a different way than Pennywise is. It can be argued that the Joker is scarier because that kind of killer, devoid of feeling, can and probably does exist in our reality...
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...Cross Cultural Perspectives Derrick K. Henry Sr. ETH/316 October October 10, 2014 Donna Craft Ohio- based Owens Illinois is glass giant in the glass business, with more than 20,000 employees and more than 80 factories in over 20 countries. Serving primarily the food and beverage industries, Owen Illinois has been on the Fortune 500 list since it has been established in the 1950’s, with revenues of over 7 billion in 2009 and with the bulk of business occurring outside the United States. Since then e then it has become known as the world’s leader in glass making in 20 countries. The headquarters is located in Perrysburg, Ohio, and operates in four regions which are in Asia Pacific, Latin America, North America, and Europe. Cultural issues that affect Owen’s are the ethnicity of various plants outside the United States. Salaries vary for skilled labor from various plants in other countries due to the economy. A U.S. supervisor retains his normal pay and sometimes an increase in salary also accompanies a relocation package in other regions of the world. A non U.S. worker receives less in foreign country working for Owens but due to their relocation to the U.S. an increase will accompany them only if they decide to remain in a United States plant. Collaborating with the global organizations has been highly encouraged as well as with any organization for the benefit of being competitive and seeking best practices throughout the organization. Identification...
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...James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens September 12, 1913 March 31, 1980 he was a American track and field athlete and four time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 games.He achieved three world records. Owens specialized in the sprints,long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history. Owens won international fame with four gold medals. . Jesse Owens was the youngest of ten children, three girls and seven boys, born to Henry Cleveland Owens. Jesse Owens greatest achievement was in a span of 45 minutes on May 25, 1935, during the Big Ten meet. Owens ran a dry cleaning business and worked as a gas station attendant to earn a living. Jesse Owens...
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...roaring crowd and everyone cheering them on and wanting them to well just so they can say they were there when they saw that person make history, and Jesse Owens had it all. Jesse Owens was one of the best track and field athletes to ever live. He played a large real in the cold war between the United States and Germany before World War II. Jesse Owens had a very outstanding track and field career way back from when he was a kid in high school all the way up to when he was competing in the 1936 Olympic Games. James Cleveland Owens was born on September 12, 1913 (Turini). His family was a poor sharecropping family from Oakville, Alabama (Turini). Owens parents were named Henry and Emma Owens. His father was a son to former slaves and grew up in the same town as Jesse had. Henry spent most of his life afraid of...
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...Frank Vargas Professor Beverly Whitson English 52 24 March 2014 The Era We Live In What’s one of the worst parts about living life? It can be not being able to find that one true love in life, or even living with regret in your heart. I always hear conversations about people being together with a person they don’t love, or people talking about something they wish they could have done when they had the chance, but were too concerned about another factor in their lives, now having to live life full of regrets. Like Gil Pender says, “That’s just the era we line in…” In the 2011 film, Midnight In Paris, written and directed by Woody Allen, tells the story of Gil Pender’s, played by Owen Wilson, longing for self-fulfillment and his love for historical 1920’s Paris, France. The film also stars veteran actress, Rachael McAdams, playing Gil’s significant other, Inez. The film starts off with Gil and Inez, two engaged Americans in modern Paris having a little vacation. On a lonesome late night stroll, Gil finds himself lost in the backstreets of Paris and sees an old car from the 20’s drive up to him with open doors. Ready for an adventure in Paris he decides to get into the vehicle. Little does he know that he just stepped into a time portal transporting Gil back to the wonderful times of 1920’s Paris. Confused and full of awe, he assures himself that, “He was born too late.” While trying to figure out where he is, he runs into another young American couple, Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald...
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...Roof: Tear off two layers of shingles on house and clean up debris and haul away. House will be protected from shingles that are torn off. Install new chimney flashing, new roof to wall tin flashings, new metal valleys, new 6” of ice and water shield, new ridge vent and new ridge cap. Install new synthetic shingle underlayment, new pipe flashing, tuck point the chimney. New Owens Corning Duration shingles: $11,900 New Owens Corning Oakridge shingles: $11,400 Gutters: Install 5” with 3x4 downspouts: House $1530 Payment is as follows: 1/3 at signing and 2/3 is due upon completion. Terms and Conditions: The owner or agent certifies that he has read this agreement, and terms and conditions have been explained to him and that he fully understands them; that there is no understanding verbal or otherwise than that contained in this agreement. All measurements and depths are approximate. All materials to be at contract specifications. Contractor carries all legally required insurance. However, homeowner is responsible for permits if needed and lot line locations. Owner assumes responsibility for any landscaping repairs and gives contractor permission to access property with any equipment. Lien waivers are available upon completion. Buyer and contractor agree if any disputes arise throughout this transaction it shall be settled through arbitration. In no way shall the contractor be liable for any legal expenses. In the event of cancellations, prior to start of work...
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...Even though "these men are worth/ Your tears" (Owen, "Apologia Pro" 35-36) relatives of the soldiers fail to acknowledge the hell in which "we fight" (Sassoon 7) and the horrid places "we're killed" (8) by euphemistically referring to death in action as "retir[ing]" (9). Similarly, national governments do not know how to appropriately memorialise the souls of the deceased as they immortalise their dead through trivial "decorations" (Sassoon 3) which only pay homage to their actions during WWI and not their personalities...
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...Poems for literature The Dead-Beat/ Worn-out/ He dropped, - more sullenly than wearily, Lay stupid like a cod, heavy like meat, And none of us could kick him to his feet; Just blinked at my revolver, blearily; - Didn't appear to know a war was on, Or see the blasted trench at which he stared. "I'll do 'em in," he whined, "If this hand's spared, I'll murder them, I will." A low voice said, "It's Blighty, p'raps, he sees; his pluck's all gone, Dreaming of all the valiant, that AREN'T dead: Bold uncles, smiling ministerially; Maybe his brave young wife, getting her fun In some new home, improved materially. It's not these stiffs have crazed him; nor the Hun." We sent him down at last, out of the way. Unwounded; - stout lad, too, before that strafe. Malingering? Stretcher-bearers winked, "Not half!" Next day I heard the Doc.'s well-whiskied laugh: "That scum you sent last night soon died. Hooray!" The Send-off Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way To the siding-shed, And lined the train with faces grimly gay. Their breasts were stuck all white with wreath and spray As men's are, dead. Dull porters watched them, and a casual tramp Stood staring hard, Sorry to miss them from the upland camp. Then, unmoved, signals nodded, and a lamp Winked to the guard. So secretly, like wrongs hushed-up, they went. They were not ours: We never heard to which front these were sent. Nor there if they yet mock what women...
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