Research Paper On Mona Hayes

This book is a good read once the reader gets used to Cohen's extraneous notes and references. However, the dedication that went in to creating such a descriptive study of sexism and its effects on society and the criminal justice system make the book compelling. Therefore, it can be firmly stated that Cohen establishes a wonderful case study the effects of sexism in the 1800s based on a horrendous and sexually charged

“You want the messey agreement, you do know what that means”. The movie Intolerable Cruelty brings to light the messay agreement which is a prenuptial agreement which cannot be broken, it is said to be “ironclad”. In this prenuptial agreement whatever possessions that the couple bring into the marriage, will be return to them if the marriage is dissolved. Also, any earnings made during the marriage will be given to the person who earned it. No one can profit from the marriage.

Anastasia Hayes by Sensen Yes, I was there at the making of the flag. I was believed to be one of the first people on the goldfields. I was born on the 1818 at Castle, country Kilkenny, Ireland, I Anastasia Hayes (my maiden surname was Butler), was a handy sewer and a true rebel. I helped sew the Eureka flag.

Taylor Headley Mrs. King English 8th Hour 20 December 2016 Molly Pitcher An outstanding woman once said, “ Live day by day and enjoy your family.”

Wes Moore’s mother, Joy was a college graduate and very strict on disciplining her son. For example, Joy, Wes Moore’s mother worked hard to make sure that Wes Moore (the author) went to private school and later on, Military academy, so that he would have better opportunities in the future. Because of his mother Joy, Wes Moore (the author) was more disciplined growing up and became successful. The Other Wes Moore’s mother Mary, was not college graduate and less strict comparing to Wes Moore’s (the author) mother. Even though the other Wes Moore’s mother Mary, tried to improve her family situation by pursuing higher education, she was unable to continue due to her grants were cut

The lives of Olga Polites, and her family, were rattled to their very foundation when a beloved family member was savagely murdered. Prior to this tragedy, Olga had stood, adamantly, on the side against capital punishment. Throughout the course of her article, she explains how her stance has been shaken. Such a heinous act, occurring to her so personally, had changed her views. She states that, instead of viewing the shooter as a person, she was “indifferent… to his personal plight.

The main purpose of the film is to explain how Brenton Butler was an innocent teenager charged with the murder of Mary Ann Stephens. The filmmaker accomplished this purpose by showing how the law enforcement incorrectly investigated the murder of Mary Ann Stephens. The filmmaker purpose was clearly stated because the filmmaker provided sufficient amount of evidence about how the investigation was not handled correctly. This was shown throughout the film and this proved that Brenton Butler was an innocent teenager being charged with murder. The filmmaker purpose was learned throughout the whole semester.

In the story “Killings” written by Andre Dubus Matt Fowlers son is killed by Richard Strout. Matt Fowler feels that his actions are justified for killing Richard. Matt Fowlers actions do not make him a bad person. In the story “Killings” when Matt kills Richard for killing his son he feels no remorse. Matt does not feel guilty for killing Richard and he shouldn’t him and his wife need peace of mind and they could not have it with the man that killed their son just walking around town.

The other employees were looking to get revenge because he was doing a better job than they were. So they let the brakes on the tractor slip and this ran into Mr. Guizac which kills him. Mrs. McIntyre could have prevented this, but instead she just watches it all unfold. She let her pride get in the way and in turn an innocent man was

They kept chasing Mann and accusing him of being Jesse Hunter (who they never met, who was the supposed rapist), but he was at the auction when the ‘incident’ happened. The mob grew to over a thousand, KKK members and neighboring white supremacists joined the residents of Sumner and after a week of lynchings, rapes, torture, shootings, burning and other tortures, the town of Rosewood was gone. One white man teaches his son that he 's superior to Negroes. The boy is forced to look at lynchings and murders, is told that this makes a man.

On November 27, 1987 Barrie Watts and Valmae Beck lurked around Noosa headlines seeking for a young girl to be in Watts’s possession. Watt’s had told Beck of his desire to be the first and last sexual partner of a young girl, which Beck agreed to help him with. They watched for a young girl whom was under the age of 13, and had to be a virgin. They saw many young girls but, all that were accompanied by someone else until they came across a young blue eyed blonde, who filled Watt’s forever fantasies, Sian Kingi. Sian Kingi was riding her bike home near Pinnaroo Park when Valmae Beck appeared and approached her, asking if Sian could assist in helping find her ‘so’ lost poodle.

3. What was the motive behind the two perpetrators beating the virtually helpless 73-year old man? If they knew he was old and most likely weak, why didn’t they simply steal what they needed to, and evacuate the store? Was it a way of expressing some form of anger towards someone who they knew couldn’t fight back?

She looked at violence and drugs as normal things that would happen on the streets. She allowed her children to see what was going on. However, Joy Moore knew these were normal for where they lived, but she tried to shield her children from these activities. Mary accepted that she lost control when Wes stopped going to school. She thought there was no point in staying in school if Wes wasn’t going to go.

She left many people feeling hopeless and alone. What Mrs. Strangeworth had done was truly an act of

It was by no means from a lack of effort, though. Initially her husband, Bazil, was “convinced that somewhere within his bench briefs, memos, summaries, and decisions lay the identity of the man whose act had nearly severed [Geraldine]’s spirit from her body” (Erdrich 45). And although his cases do lead him to suspect the man who committed the atrocity against Geraldine, the tribal justice system is unable to take any action. Before the assualt, Geraldine remembers a sack being drawn over her head and shoulders that “went down so far… [she] couldn’t see” (159), and because of this visual block, as well as her disorientation and panic during the event, she is unable to provide the location in which the rape occurred; this opens her case up to the confusing and often ineffective system of state, federal, and tribal land