Even after all of this speculation of her being guilty, she was found not guilty. ... After, some of these jurors were interviewed and said they thought Casey Anthony was guilty. ... After the indictment is finalized the fifth part of the American Criminal Justice system takes place. ... The next part of the process before trial is the seventh part, the bail. ... After the trial, the ninth part is the sentencing. ...

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This consists of the time before and after the trial and under Powell v. ... The letter also clearly stated that the offer would expire December 28 of the same year, just before the preliminary hearing. ... By March 2008, Frye had now entered an open guilty plea to the felony after still not knowing of his alternative. ... On the other hand, he had made a valid guilty plea after a fair public. ... Morrison as stated before. ...

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Just recently, a federal court lifted Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. ... According to Judge Marsha Berzon, "such bans before viability violate a long string of U.S. ... She also said that "a woman has a constitutional right to choose to terminate her pregnancy before the fetus is viable"(Elias). ... The Kansas legislation does not displace current state law that bans most abortions after the 22nd week of pregnancy. ... For instance, when there is some kind of illness which can be predicted before the baby is born or if the mother is too young to take care for her ...

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Before I began put this idea in your head: many Africans were taken from the only place they knew. ... Blacks were promised 40 acres and a mule after slavery, but that was not given. ... Historically, reparations have been payments that victorious nations demanded from defeated nations after a war. ... It is also statistically shown that some white ancestors arrived in the U.S after 1808 (adversity.net). I don"t feel that those who arrived after this period should pay or apologize to former slaves. ...

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Debbie, his wife of forty-five years, died the year before he finally returned. ... He finally gave up arguing with them altogether one day in 1774 when he was called before the British government to explain his activities in America's behalf. He stood before the government's Privy Council for two hours. ... After his return to Philadelphia in 1785, he was put back to work again. ... In his will, he left $5,000 each to Boston and Philadelphia, part to be used for public works after one hundred years and the rest after two hundred years. ...

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After the compromise the South was no longer defending its power as a large state, but instead defended its power as a slave-holding state. Before this ruling it was apparent that the issue of representation had "overshadowed every lesser disagreement" (Banning, 423). ... This proposal is obviously fueled by the South's self-interest that was hidden before the compromise. Before the Great Compromise slavery was not a great topic of discussion, but once the distribution of state power was visible in Congress it came to the forefront. ... Banning shows that Madison pressed the...

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After the Florida Supreme Court ruled against Gideon's petition for habeus corpus, Gideon appealed his case to the United States Supreme Court in forma pauperis, which means that if the case is approved to be considered the government would provide a lawyer and all other expenses for the consideration of his case in the Supreme Court (Wilson 431). ... Gideon presented his case before the Supreme court in January 1963. ... These arguments were considered before the court in an attempt to earn an appeal, a new fair trial for Gideon (372 U.S. 335). ... From the beginn...

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When the question arouse about whether praying in school was permitted, before September 11th the answer was a concise "no." ... This student was booed when she received her diploma and another student was applauded when he held a moment of silence after a judge banned prayer at Washington Community High Schools Graduation ceremony. A federal judge issued a restraining order days before Sunday's ceremony blocking any student led prayer. ... Much of our system of laws and government were either patterned after or strongly influenced by the Bible. ... In Washington County, the county that m...

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The most significant amendment to the bill was The Patriotic Act of 2001 after the country faced the biggest attack from a foreign terrorist group. ... Its amendments after the September 11th attacks further sought to assure the citizens that the country would be more secure than before. ... Public confidence in the system and the government improved with many citizens asserting to feeling safer after these legislations. Before the FISA was enacted, it was the responsibility of attorney generals of the country to oversee surveillance activities and the wiretappings on suspected spies and terr...

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He confessed that he had kidnapped and raped the young woman after only two hours of questioning. ... In addition, they decided that the police have to make certain points clear for the accused before questioning and suspect. ... After the trail the Fifth Amendment rights were given the nickname commonly used "the Miranda Rights" Miranda v. ... Illinois a 22-year-old of Mexican extraction, was arrested with his sister and taken to police headquarters for interrogation in connection with the fatal shooting, about 11 days before, of his brother-in-law. He had been arrested shortly after th...

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Miss Bowen argues that the colonies, which had no pretensions to independent sovereignty before the Declaration of Independence and were not mentioned in that document by name, flaunted their state sovereignty after the 1783 peace was signed. ... Her contention that independent state sovereignty was not at issue before 1776 can hardly be reconciled with the Revolutionary argument that individual colonial legislatures were coequal with the British Parliament; moreover, she fails to indicate that while the states were not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, their representatives in the...

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India decided to move away from its monarchical roots after the British left in 1947 and chose to become a modern republic. ... After the independent the first thing to do was to make a Constitution for the country. ... All the citizens are equal before the law. Rich or poor, high or low all are equal without any distinction of any caste or creed or sex before the law. ... India after choosing democracy had to choose from socialist or capitalist ideology. ...

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After seven years of labor the servants were free to start a new life. ... Shortly after Bacons death, Berkley returned to Jamestown where he regained all his power and hung leaders of the rebellion. ... After a thorough investigation by an English committee it was reported to King Charles II. ... Before Adam's term in office was terminated he was successful in appointing 39 new federalist judges. ... Unfortunately for Adams, his secretary had forgotten to send these commissions out before his term was over. ...

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Long before John had any real voice in the path of his future career, both John and his mother decided that he was to become a lawyer. ... Under the direction of Major Henry Lee, John was given the rank of lieutenant and soon after rose in ranks to captain. ... After the Revolution, Marshall returned to his law studies and opened a private practice defending individuals against pre-war British creditors. ... Before Marshall took the bench, the Supreme Court was considered insufficient and incapable. ... After hearing both sides, Marshall denied Maryland's case and awarded favor toward...

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In 1974, Tennessee statutes allowed police to use all necessary means to effect an arrest where a suspect fled or forcibly resisted after being notified of the intent to arrest. ... Garner This landmark case changed the statute in Tennessee that states, " if after notice of the intention to arrest the defendant, he either flee or forcibly resist, the officer may use all the necessary means to effect the arrest."" ... Hymon was convinced that the perpetrator would get away because the officer was too far back to get to the fence before the perpetrator could be on the other side, so he sho...

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According to Article 67 of the 1992 constitution, such address should be done at the beginning of each session of parliament and before dissolution of parliament. ... Almost all public expenditure needs the authorization of the President before they are disbursed. ... One evidence to this point is that after the explanation of any power of the president, it ends with " in accordance with the provisions of this constitution ". ... Article 72 provides that the council of state shall be consulted before the President exercises his power of pardon. ... Moreover, the appointment of ministers and de...

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Americans' experience with the quartering of troops in their homes began shortly after the French and Indian War ended in 1763. ... After the Constitution was written by the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787 and submitted to the States for ratification, many voices arose saying the Constitution did not sufficiently protect the basic natural rights of the citizens. ... That was the state of things after July 4, 1776. ... The Eleventh Amendment was put into the after the ruling in the 1793 Supreme Court case Chisholm v. ... This ensures that the President will be paired with...

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Every morning before the hard working citizens of the United States of America get into their over priced vehicles, filled with over priced gasoline, to go to their jobs all day in order to support themselves and their families, they usually turn on the television or open up their morning newspaper in order to find out the happenings of their community, country, and the world. ... And the government approved all of these news stories before they could even be run on television or in newspapers. ... Funny how most politicians promise the citizens more jobs when they are running for office and...

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The case was tried before Walter Burgwyn Jones, who wrote the Alabama Pleading and Practice Law, as well as The Confederate Creed. ... Lewis writes that after the verdict and before the Supreme Court decided in the Sullivan case, Southern officials had brought nearly $300 million in libel action against the press. ... Brennan wrote eight different drafts before finalizing it. ... He could not prove that the New York Times had any knowledge that the material was false or libelous before publication. ...

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In the confusion of leaving office, President John Adams failed to have delivered four commissions which he had made before having to surrender his power to Thomas Jefferson. ... Before the 1803 decision, the court had never really been a factor in our government, so much that the 1802 session was terminated by President Jefferson. ... After the Marbury v. ... After Marshall's death in 1835, Roger B. ... After the war had ended, the court again found itself busy with a large caseload due to the many commercial and private disputes raised by the war. ...

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When Napoleon heard that the United States population was growing rapidly, he knew it was only a matter of time before the Americans would start spilling over into the French territory, and there was little that he could do to stop them. ... After the treaty was signed, President Jefferson declared that it was the "noblest work of our whole lives From this day the United States take their place among the powers of the first rank. ... Soon after the purchase was signed, the House called for a vote to deny the request for the purchase, but it failed by two votes, 59 "57. ... President Oba...

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Before the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison, the Jeffersonian Republicans were known as strict constructionists. ... On the other hand, the Federalists were known as broad constructionists before the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison. ... The Jeffersonian Republicans were a weak political party before Jefferson and Madison's presidencies. ... The characterization of broad constructionist Federalists and strict constructionist Republicans was very accurate before the nineteenth century. ... Before the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson had planned the westward expedition of Meri...

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Madison's increased devotion to the art of politics is nourished by an increased respect, that just six months later after the Convention and prepare essays for The Federalist in contradiction to his basic conventions about the true course the Convention should have taken. ... Madison argued for an executive chosen by the national legislature and on May 29 this had been adopted with a provision that after his seven-year term was concluded, the chief magistrate should not be eligible for relocation. ... After much debate, the whole issue was given over to a committee on Postponed ...

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One of her first big projects that came from this was a parade that she organized in Washington the day before President Wilson's Inauguration. ... Soon after the Washington parade, the National Woman's Party was created in 1916. ... Alice Paul, after repeating offenses, wished to receive the seven-month jail time that she got. ... After a 22-day hunger strike. ... After her death in 1977, the Alice Paul Institute was founded. ...

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The plaintiffs won in October 2013 after District Judge Timothy Black ruled that, "when a state effectively terminates the marriage of a same-sex couple married in another jurisdiction, it intrudes into the realm of private marital, family, and intimate relations specifically protected by the Supreme Court" (Oyez). ... After judgment was passed at the state level regarding the six lawsuits, it made it to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. ... Baker vs Nelson originated in Minnesota after the state ruled that its law defining marriage to people of the opposite sex was con...

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