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     Eric Smith was 13 years old in 1993 when he brutally murdered 4 year-old Derrick Robie.  The nature of the crime was horrific, which included battering Robie with rocks and sodomizing him with a fallen tree branch. Smith’s continued and strangely joyful involvement in the investigation eventually led him to confess to the murder. …

There has been, thankfully, a great shift since the chastened “New Women” of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, as noted by critic Phyllis A. Roth”For both the Victorians and twentieth century readers, much of the novel’s great appeal comes from its hostility toward female sexuality”1That hostility has been a source for female transformation from the post feminist…

            Colonialism and imperialism which have been practiced by certain powers in the world have brought about both positive and negative impacts to some countries. Colonialism is a historical event which dates back to as early as the seventeenth century when many western countries developed a great interest to capture colonies so as to gain…

Kansas has streamlined the legal system by providing a clear outline of steps for criminal cases. These steps consist of police investigation, prosecutor evidence gathering, defendant representation and case presentation, and judge and jury decision-making. It is crucial to have an understanding of these steps in order to safeguard individual rights. This essay examines the…

One of the most important themes in the movie Winter’s Bone is the submissive and ridged, traditional gender roles women adhere to throughout the film. Men are always portrayed as being in the authoritative position, and only two examples of women standing up to this authority come to mind. Class plays a major role in…

Coca-Cola’s Global Challenges Coca-Cola is arguably the most planetary company in the universe, runing in more than 200 states with over 130,000 employees with merely 53 % of gross revenues in North America. Coke is a mature concern in a mature industry with gross revenues flattening out in 2011 to a steady $ 46B projected…

Nature and Effect of Obligations Article 1163 – Every person obliged to give something is also obliged to take care of it with proper diligence of a good father of a family, unless the law or the stipulation of the parties requires another standard of care. Specific/Determinate thing vs. Generic Thing A thing is said…

Anne Spencer writes of love, friendship, self-actualization, and the injustices of oppression that block it. Some of her poetry is directly inspired by personal relationships, but much forms a controlled, metaphorical, and seldom overtly angry statement of the value of those who have been oppressed (Johnston). Spencer never wrote a book of poems, and her…

Her enlightening finds gave many people the view they needed to see that many things needed to be changed. They realized that if any one person could bring about the changes that were needed it would be the same person who realized the need in the first place: Florence Kelley. The reason she would be…

The irrationality of racism is displayed throughout Sue Kidd’s “The Secret Life of Bees”. Kidd displays all the characters with dignity. She demonstrates the different personalities of whites and blacks during this time. When Rosaleen goes to vote she is harassed for no reason by white men. Lily feels that all blacks are like Rosaleen;…