Monday, March 3, 2014

Period 3: March 6, 2014

Your article must be from the list of articles provided in class: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rvijaOCck6-Ybc-gk3-anKGsw-HdZzIARs5QVxEKUKI/edit?usp=sharing

Directions:
In complete sentences and in your own words, answer the following questions on my blog: civicswithmsrachael.blogspot.com


1. Who is the article about?


2. Where did the event happen?


3. When did the event happen?


4. What is the article about?


5. What is your opinion of this article?


6. How does this article relate to something you learned in Civics? (if your answer is, “it doesn’t” or “I don’t know,” you need to find another article that you can use to make a connection to Civics.)


7. Provide a proper MLA citation of the article.  
Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of Document.” Page or site name. Document date. Full web address (Date of access)
Example:
Dohms, Elizabeth. “U.S. Supreme Court Could Determine Marriage Rights in Wisconsin.” The Chippewa Herald. 9 Feb 2014. http://chippewa.com/news/local/u-s-supreme-court-could-determine-marriage-rights-in-wisconsin/article_c160db9d-e37e-54a7-a128-5ee809d8b073.html (9 Feb 2014)

10 comments:

  1. Who is the article about ?
    It is about a guy named Dunn and the Florida Jury.

    Where did the event happen ?
    Jacksonville, Florida

    When did the event happen ?
    November 23, 2012

    What is the article about ?
    the article is about a man named Dunn and he was 47 years old and he was found guilty for second degree murder. The jury couldn't come up with a decision and they were trying to give him the death sentence for the murder of this person he killed. The jury convicted it to attempt second degree murder for the gun fired at the people that were in the SUV with the person that was killed. At the end of the process they are still unsure about what they are going to do.

    What is your opinion of this article ?

    My opinion on this article is that if they have enough evidence to place him for the crime and they believe that he did it then he should be convicted and have some time but if you don't have enough information on the guy and no evidence tracing him back to this crime then he should not be charged for this crime.

    How does this relate back to civics ?
    This can relate back to civics because we just wrote a paper on similar facts on what happened in this case. Also we are learning about the criminal justice system and how the whole system work and how the whole process play out.

    Work Cited :
    Cevallos,Danny. Dunn verdict a win for prosecution, despite critics. Cnn.com. http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/18/opinion/cevallos-dunn-verdict-critics/index.html?iref=allsearch

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  2. 1. This article involves gay couples in Wisconsin.
    2. This event takes place in Wisconsin.
    3. February 9, 2014.
    4. Whether gay couples in Wisconsin can be married, and then it was taken up the supreme court.
    5. I think that people should be able to marry who ever they want to.
    6. This relates to our civics class because the cases follows the due process.
    7. Elizabeth, Dohms "U>S> supreme court could Determine Marriage Rights in Wisconsin" The Chippewa Herald. 9 Feb 2014
    http://chippewa.com/news/local/u-s-supreme-court-could-determine-marriage-rights-in-wisconsin/article_c160db9d-e37e-54a7-a128-5ee809d8b073.html

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  3. 1. Who is the article about? The article was about the people of Ukraine.



    2. Where did the event happen?Ukraine



    3. When did the event happen? This event happened, "Thursday after lawmakers in Crimea voted in favor of leaving the country for Russia and putting it to a regional vote in 10 days".



    4. What is the article about? The article is about how people of the Ukraine want to leave but this doesn't sit well with Ukraine."U.S. President Barack Obama calling the proposed referendum a violation of international law". Also, "Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted he has the right to use military forces in Ukraine if necessary to protect ethnic Russians under threat in Crimea, an allegation that Ukrainian officials say he made up as an excuse to take control of the region". This has become a big thing with this situation going on. And things still have not been decided on what they are going to do with this situation.



    5. What is your opinion of this article? My opinion on this article is that if people want to leave they should be able to do what they want to do. That is against their right to stop them from leaving some where where they want to leave they are basically be holding them against their will.

    6.how does this article relate to something you learned in civics? this article relates to certain things we learned about going on in Syria.

    Chelsea J. Carter. Laura Smith-Spark and Michael Holmes,"Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk: Crimea 'was, is and will be an integral part of Ukraine"http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/06/world/europe/ukraine-russia-tensions/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

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  4. 1) In this case Robert Hallaway and Priscilla Stole was involved.
    2) This case happen in Fairfield, California.
    3)This event happen in August 30, 1980.
    4)This article is about a man name Robert that have been investigated from a case from 30 years ago. Robert was a suspect in the case of murdering of Priscilla. Priscilla was beaten to death and her 17 year old son had found her. The police investigated because they had evidence, such as DNA and a fingerprint.
    5) My opinion on this article is I think its crazy that Robert knew he was about to be arrested for the murdering of Priscilla. He must didn't want to be in jail with men because he probably lose control of himself.
    6)This article relate to mir during of Floyd Babb. The case was a mystery because they didn't know who killed the victim.But,they both had a suspect and evidence.
    7)"30-year-old Cold Case Solved In California After Suspect Commit Suicide."Fox News.6 March 2014.http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/06/30-year-old-cold-case-in-california-solved-after-suspect-commits-suicide/(6 March 2014)

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  5. 1. Who is the article about? Edgar Coker Jr.


    2. Where did the event happen? Stafford County


    3. When did the event happen? January 2012


    4. What is the article about? This article was about a man named Edgar Coker Jr., who was convicted of rape as a 15 year old. During the case, the defendant took a plea deal in order to not risk a long sentence. After the plea was entered, the female victim admits to lieing. He was released early but his name was on a sex offender list and with that came harrassment by nieghbors. His conviction was eventually overturned by the supreme court after appeals.


    5. What is your opinion of this article? I think it shows that the justice system has failed again because this man should not have served a day in jail for somethings he did not do.


    6. How does this article relate to something you learned in Civics? We learned about Double Jeopardy and in this case, he can not be trialed for this case ever again in his life.


    7. Provide a proper MLA citation of the article. Daily Progress staff reports. HomeNewsLocal, "Louisa man falsely convicted of rape is exonerated with UVa legal team's help" , The Daily Progress, 12 Feb 14, http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/louisa-man-falsely-convicted-of-rape-is-exonerated-with-uva/article_e1b695a8-9374-11e3-9edb-001a4bcf6878.html (6 March 14)

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  6. 1. Who is the article about?
    Three suspects and the Court of Maryland

    2. Where did the event happen?
    Baltimore, MD

    3. When did the event happen?
    Oct. 5th, 1994

    4. What is the article about?
    This article is about Sabein Burgess who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend about 20 years ago; however, he is not the murderer. The court discovered this after a man and his son told the truth and said that he helped as an accomplice for the murder of his girlfriend. Sadly, Burgess was taken in due to hastiness and poor cleanliness. The forensic lab was contaminated and not only ruined this but other cases as well. Also, Burgeuss fit the sterotypical criminal look and was sent to jail. It turned out that his girlfriend was murdered after a robbey in their home.

    5. What is your opinion of this article?
    Based on what I've learned and what I know, I am not surprised. This is because I believe our justice system is corrupt in general. The idea of police just trying to hurry up and finish a case angers me. It's not fair!
    6. How does this article relate to something you learned in Civics?
    In Civics, we learn many things about the justice system in order to prevent these kind of things from happening to us. The case itself didn't seem fair and wasn't thurough; however, based on what we learned in class, this is against out sixth amendment.

    7. Provide a proper MLA citation of the article.
    Author: Duncan, Ian. "Man Cleared of Murder After 19 Years." www.baltimoresun.com. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-02-21/news/bs-md-ci-murder-conviction-challenge-20140221_1_burgess-new-trial-residue/2 Date:2/21/14

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  7. 1. Who is the article about? The article is about a man name Sabein Burgess.

    2. Where did the event happen? This event happened in Baltimore.

    3. When did the event happen? This event happened October, 1994.

    4. What is this article about? This article is about a man name Sabein Burgess who was accused of killing his girlfriend. He was arrested for 19 years then come to find out he was innocent. A man finally told that he was the killer after all these years then Sabein Burgess was set free.

    5. What is your opinion? I feel bad for the man because he did not kill anyone and he was put in jail for 19 years for no reason at all. I feel as though 19 years in jail is a long time, especially if he was not guilty and did nothing wrong.

    6. How does this article relate to something you learned in civics? It relates to what we've learned because it shows how our criminal justice system makes mistakes because they are not perfect.

    7. Provide a proper MLA citation of the article.
    Ian Duncan." man cleared of murder after 19 years in prison". 21 Feb 2014
    http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-02-21/news/bs-md-ci-murder-conviction-challenge-20140221_1_burgess-new-trial-residue

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  8. 1) who is this article about?

    This article was about Dennis Maher , Jennifer Thompson , the Vermont House and Senate Judiciary committees.

    2) where did the event happen?

    This took place in Vermont

    3) when did this event happen?

    This event happened on January 16th 2014

    4) what is this article about?

    This article starts off talking about a man who had been jailed for a sexual assault crime he didn't commit it also showed a girl who misidentified the man the rest of the article spoke about the new ways they were using to cut down on misidentifications and the reasons that these new law and ways they are doing things would benefit the accused but how it would do good for the police , the accused the identifier and how it would cut down on more crimes hall king after the fact.

    5) what is my opinion of this article?

    I think the new things & set ups should have been set in place a long time ago but the fact that they are being put in now is good and do what they are saying and prevent a lot of problems in the long run.

    6) how does this article relate to something you learned in civics?

    This relates to how we were talking about your rights can be violated and upheld and how we were watching the law and order episodes about things like that and having class discussions about that.



    7) citation - Unknown. "Philly Murder Case Reversals Bring Call For Review". CBS Philly. Oct. 13 2013. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/10/13/philly-murder-case-reversals-bring-call-for-review/ (Mar 06 2014)

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  9. 1) This article is about Dennis Maher , the Vermont House Senate Judiciary committees and Jennifer Thompson.

    2) Vermont is the place is happened.

    3) This event happened on January 16th 2014.

    4) This article speaks of a man who was falsly accused of a sexual assault crime. He was misidentified by the victim in the investigation process. The artical main purpose was to state how the system is sketching up ways to prevent these tendicies from happening in further cases.

    5) I think the prevention to make sure things are in order now is great. Yet, it shouldn't have taken so long for the system to get it right. Imagine all the people who suffered because of these "accidents".


    6) In class we learned about the three court appeal amendments 4,5 and 6. We did a paper on rights that were not upheld in court room case.

    7) Unknown. "Philly Murder Case Reversals Bring Call For Review". CBS Philly. Oct. 13 2013. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/10/13/philly-murder-case-reversals-bring-call-for-review/ (Mar 06 2014)

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  10. 1)The article is about Philly murder case reversals brings a call for review.
    2)This event occurred in Philadelphia.
    3)This event evolved in the month of October on the 13th in 2013.
    4)This article is mainly about a Philadelphia judge who ruled a case last year where the Philadelphia prosecutor had "sanitized" evidence that led to a 1996 death sentence.
    5)My opinion of this article was i thought that this was important because it was very intriguing that the judges were able to go back and review cases that maybe a mistake was made on.
    6)This article relates to something we learned about in civics because it deals with the criminal justice system which we just learned about.
    7)Unknown. "Philly Murder Case Reversals Bring Call For Review". CBS Philly. Oct. 13 2103. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/10/13/philly-murder-case-reversals-bring-call-for-review/ (Mar 12 2014)

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