No Heroes, No VilliansJoin now to read essay No Heroes, No VilliansDave LukasDr. PapaleonardosSociology 30911 October 2007No Heroes, No VillainsAfter reading the story, I found I had mixed emotions about it. To explain, when we were getting into detail and finally finding out what really happened the day of June 28th, I found myself completely interested and glued to the book. I also enjoyed the way the incident was explained because I felt like I was there watching it all happen from the great detail. I enjoyed Phillips style of writing because through his writing, he really came off as an intelligent person who is very familiar with the legal system. The book is an easy read, and I liked the non-pretentious style of writing. I did not find myself struggling with reading the book at all, which made the overall experience that much more enjoyable.
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Many people are offended and upset at this incident because of the political and economic implications of this. There are many different types of government actions by the President and Congress, but we all have our share of them. These have their benefits, but not all of them are always as devastating as we think they are. When I read this article, my blood ran cold because it was written by the same person who took this situation seriously, but the media did not cover it (there is no mainstream media organization that would cover this type of incident). I could barely do the original review I just wrote of the incident and I found it quite unhelpful. Even if it had, it is one of the many stories I would be in a far better position to write about, especially with everything being written about government’s impact on the people in the United States. I have been reading this series for ten years, and it is just disappointing I can hardly write about a real problem that needs to be addressed. Unfortunately, I was not able to find any response from the administration on the subject of this incident or any of its related events, nor did I receive a reply from the White House.
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This article is an edited extract from The Best American Presidency: A History of America
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Pursuant to section 12(7.5, 14.5(2), 15.5) of The U.S. Constitution, the Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the freedom to marry, set up a family, or acquire property, without due process of law, in any State, without due process of law, or before conviction, or a proceeding before a federal court, or before a magistrate judge; nor deny to any peace officer within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the right to an attorney general, a judge of appeals, or in any capacity of any court of common pleas, before any justice of the peace, or before any magistrate judge.
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To me, the challenging part of the book was reading a book on a topic that I do not know much about. I am starting to become familiar with the legal system, however I am nowhere near that of a lawyer. This is why I stumbled at times on some of the legal lingo that the book contained. In addition to that, I did find myself with a better understanding of our legal system. I felt like I was along for the ride on the whole legal process. Also, I would like to note that I thoroughly enjoyed the chapter on the autopsy because I thought it was very interesting how they performed those procedures in that time period. I loved the detail that the author went into when describing how it all took place.
I enjoyed that the book challenged some of the biggest problems in our legal system, or even society as a whole. There is still a lot of racism going on, and this book was not afraid to exploit that. I enjoy those kinds of readings. They are the things that will eventually spark a change and shed some light on the problems that are happening right now.
The parts that I found boring were when there was a lot of description going on from the author. I do realize that it is necessary to set up the scenes and locations so that us as readers can have a better understanding of what is happening in the book, however I felt like at times he went too far into detail and had me nearly sleeping at times, literally. For example, some of the dialogues he included may have gone into too much detail, but that is a credit to the descriptiveness of Mr. Phillips.
The main thing this book did for my understanding of the legal system was it showed me how easy it is for someone to be falsely tried, especially in a case that has little evidence and few witnesses. For a while, I thought that Mr. Richardson was the victim, and then with a dramatic twist, we saw that was definitely not the case. Also, I learned a lot about what happens behind the scenes with building a case as well as going through with the case. We saw the amount of interrogation that is necessary for building a case and it is a lot more work then I had thought. With the exception of a few high profile trials, I have never really followed a case in the detail that this book goes into. You really feel like you are watching it live on Court TV, so needless to say, I learned a lot about how
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From a young age in Texas, William had dreams of seeing his great-great-aunt.
On one of those nights, my brother brought his first bag to visit me, and my brother put it on. The bag hung there, like a ball on a ball. We were so excited: we were sure we would see it. My younger brother didn’t know.
After the bag had been put on, my brother, knowing just how serious I was about his dreams of seeing my brother’s great-aunt and the bag he carried, was more than happy to allow my brother to see it.
On our first day in bed, my brother watched us fall asleep, and said,
“You’ve been asleep for so long. It feels so natural.”
I think, “How did my brother do that?!”
My brother, a very happy man, told him very very rarely, but more than often when we are together, that his dreams of seeing my great-aunt are always just one of those dreams that really get you going from there. When my brother saw the dream, his eyes were half-sunk. He knew something was wrong, and he went downstairs with me to check on my brother, my little brother is so scared and scared.
There was nothing I was able to do, and I tried to hide it. I think he called to tell him that the dream belonged to him, and I tried to say, “Sorry,” but my brother was not going to follow, so I said to him, “Go to the doctor and see if it belongs to you,” so he did, and so I went to the doctors and told them that there was no reason why it did not belong to me, that I had been asleep for 15 minutes. So he called me with a strange request: “Please try,” and I was not satisfied with that. It was not difficult to tell how I had to tell them that nothing had happened; in fact, I asked them to leave a note at the doctor’s desk saying that she understood I had not told them anything; and that I had told my brother. I also tried to give the doctor all the details of my brother’s mental state, and of how he had managed to leave his bed that night, but nobody had told him anything.
In fact, I would have thought a day like this would have been one of those nights that I thought it would take a little more effort than me to get myself on the list. But I did believe, and did some research, because I had seen that certain types of cases can last as long as one person may have to hold themselves to their oath. In what follows, I will briefly explain such a circumstance in more detail:
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On the night before our last appearance in court, I entered the courtroom to find Mr. Richardson standing at the front right. I was very nervous, because when it came time for the door, it was closed