Essays on Jury Page 2

The Quality of Mercy Killing Reader Response What is your reaction to the jury’s finding Roswell Gilbert guilty of murder? It’s reasonable that Gilbert was convicted of murdering his wife, because that’s what it seems. The jury doesn’t consider Gilbert’s intention of killing. They see this incident from a consequentialism point of view and it…

In a letter to H.P. Lovecraft, circa September or October 1933, Howard was discussing the tenacity of Texas Rangers tracking down outlaws and murderers when he touched on the subject of a couple of bad actors who killed several Texas peace officers. When Glen Hunsucker, nineteen year old bandit, and ten times as desperate as…

Azaria, the little baby who was tragically forgotten in this incident, suffered the horrifying fate of being snatched by a wild animal from her bed and carried away into the darkness, destined to be devoured. Sadly, this distressing event was overlooked as scientists, police, and lawyers argued over the significance of her bloodstained clothes. Even…