Dog Mauling Case study response

I believe that the case of the dog mauling in San Francisco was a tragedy. However the severity of the sentencing especially for the woman was a bit much I believe. I think it was much more because of public pressure and the dumb letter that they sent out that they had such a harsh sentence. I believe that if it wasn't for the letter that pretty much blamed the victim the public would not be so outraged and they might've had a better sentence. The charge for 2nd degree murder was too much. We can also see that what you say on media, no matter how well intentioned, can be turned on against you. That is why a lot of them say no comment so the words can't be twisted and used against you. However it also opens your eyes to how courts work and how sometimes you need to have a strategy to not screw up and get more sentence time.

Von Bulow: Comeback of the Century

It looked that Von Bulow was going to face the rest of his life in prison due to him being declared guilty for murdering his wife.  But Von Bulow believed there wasn't enough evidence and that the trial was not conducted properly.  He hired a new attorney to help him appeal the case.  They won the appeal and he was able to be on trial again.  I never rally knew too much about appeals so it shocked me when Von Bulow was able to basically have a redo of the trial.  The judge then decided that Von Bulow was not guilty.  Von Bulow is the man when it comes to the legal system.  He lost the first battle, but he ended up winning the war against the court.  Von Bulow made history with winning his appeal and then becoming not guilty.

My take on the Bon Vulow Case

When it comes to questioning the US Justice System in the Bon Vulow Case, I firmly believe that, in my opinion, this case was very sticky and had a vast amount of elements that required secondary sources in order for it to be considered a properly well functioned case manufactured by our system.This specific case was very solidified in the beginning as it was evident that there was enough proof to determine the finalization of the conviction. The entire case was solely based on the story behind Sunny Bon Vulow's husband, Klaus Von Buler’s attempt at potential murder in return for inhereting his wife’s million dollars worth of wealth and riches. Sunny’s children used tactics that consisted of using professional medical doctors and lawyers in order to find enough evidence of this conviction and put their stepfather behind bars. When Klaus was found guilty, he found the potentiality of truly showing his innocence, despite all of the crystal clear evidence that was gathered as the case developed. In the end, Klaus used the power of his wealth to interfere with the interaction of how the court case was played. I believe that because Klaus had already had such a great deal of money, he was able to get away from his original conviction and deeply found a way to make his “innocence” confirmed. In addition, might I not forget to add the fact that after Klaus found unreputable methods to prove himself innocent, this case no longer only focused on whether or not Klaus was guilty or not, however it was an argument between whether or not the justice system was accurate or not. In my heart, MORALLY, I refuse to believe that Klaus was not guilty. Sure, we may tend to believe the children’s side of it because, yes, when we think of young children we tend to associate them with innocence, which i'm not going to lie, most likely has some potential contribution to the case, however, I would like to use some prior knowledge from other classes, such as AP Psychology which has allowed for me to learn a bit more on the power of memory and whether or younger individuals are reliable sources. Using the material that we have revised in the class as a primary source to justify my opinion, it has actually been proven that younger individuals/children are less likely to seek dishonesty when it comes to being questioned by higher authorative figures when it comes to affirmative law based situations. I believe that Klaus’ stepchildren did not have any intent of setting him up nor do I think that they have to go through deep and profound matters when it came to pressing charges against their step-father for what, they believe, was attempted murder. There was so much solid and confided evidence that thoroughly dictated Klaus’ conviction in the first place. MOST importantly, I believe that if Klaus were to have been of less wealth, he definitely would have been put behind bars. There would not have been any extra help of high class lawyers and representatives to justify his “innocence” if he did not have the money to hire them in the first place. Now, do I believe that our Justice System failed to function properly? Yes. I certainly do. However, not in the context that you would think it would be under, rather, in the aspect of them agreeing to hold Klaus accountable of not being guilty. In any different context, I actually think they did fine and are not to be given judgement for since, again, the fact that Klaus found his superior way in any way, shape, or form to prove himself the opposite.

Is Chivas USA a Racist Soccer Team?

Chivas USA is a soccer team in the major leagues that is exclusively made of all Mexicans. They want to go back to their roots as the coach says and support their LA based community that are primarily Mexican. A debate has popped up now that the Chivas USA team is a racist team and discriminate towards whites. Many complain and this is similar to when we watched the documentary on White privilege. Just like the team whites thought that scholarships were being unjust and not giving them an advantage unlike the others. However statistically we see a much different image. White scholarship applicants actually have 40% more likelihood to receive a scholarship than the other races. I believe this is the way we also have to treat the issue with this team. Even though they are exclusively all of Mexican descent more than half the soccer community is white. We have to dig deeper before claiming that something is being racist or discriminatory.

Rachel Dolezal

I'm still confused about the incident concerning Rachel Dolezal.  Rachel Dolezal is a white woman who tried to act and look Black by changing her hair and attempting to make her skin darker.  Why does she want to be Black?  Because of racism and stereotypes, there is differences in each race.  But what makes Rachel Dolezal wish to be Black instead of white?  I understand the idea of wanting to be the opposite sex because of the defined physical differences, but why does she want to be black?  What are the true differences between being black and white?

Who are the bad guys?

There has been that controversy that ALL police officers are pigs and/or A-holes. From my own experience, Ive never had a personal issue with any police officers. But that doesn't mean that I believe that police officers are good. Throughout the years, Ive seen many news reports and on social media how police officers abuse the power of people. I believe that not all police officers are bad, but not all of them are good. I assume that some police officers do their job not on their given rules, but rather by their own morals and beliefs. From my family, Ive been told many stories that they have encounter both good and bad police enforcement. Some of them reacted in a fairly way, but others approach people in racist and cruel way. To help society, Police enforcement should receive the proper training to become part of the team. Its not a game to have a job like this. It should be a job that should be taken with full responsibility because we have came to the point where we now believe that the police does not protect us. Its true that some Police officers hide behind their batches. How many cases have been found that Police officers have been disproved to have pornography, or any worst crimes that they have committed that intentionally ended their job careers.

The Circle of Inequality

In the Ferguson documentary we are watching, an interesting point was brought up. In these certain cities in Missouri, they are so low on income that in order to stay up as a community, they make all their revenue giving tickets for no reason. A lot of the times, they also racial profile and mainly end up giving tickets to the minorities. The real question is how do you get out of this corrupt circle? These black people get tickets and while going to pay for their ticket, get another ticket and then get sent to jail for not paying for that ticket??? When is this system going to get fixed because there have been 3 people that have hung themselves because they have no way out in jail. As that's not enough, these cops continue to make their revenue on ticketing some of the same people over and over. It just seems as if there really is no way out of their situation, and this needs to be resolved. Overtime, people are just going to end up moving out and there is going to be a vacant city.