Week 6 Discussion 2

Of the elements that must be proved for conviction of an assault or a battery, select the one that is most likely to be difficult to obtain and state why.

One of the elements that might be difficult to prove for a conviction of assault/battery is if no actual blows were sustained but the fear that constitutes a continual attempt or assault that may occur in the future may be hard to prove. It more or less comes down
to who is telling the truth if no witnesses are there or cameras to support or negate charge.

Further another element is a fictitious allegation whereby no proof is abled to be supported is supposed assailant is nowhere in proximity of supposed victim.

Of the crimes against the person that are introduced in the chapter, discuss which you feel is the more repulsive and indicate what the criminal justice can do about limiting its occurrence.

The most repulsive crime again a fetus is feticide (fetal murder. Based on my opinion I believe life begins at conception and that a soul is embedded within once a sperm and egg is fertilized and unioned. Thankfully it is a Class A Felony which allows no latitude of being free of being convicted in prison. Also, the attack of anyone against a pregnant woman is one of the most heinous crimes that I can think of because she and the little one is vulnerable and defenseless.

Speculate how often wrongful imprisonment occurs. Take a position on whose responsibility it is to prevent this from happening – the investigators or the courts.

Approximately 10,000 people in the United States are wrongfully committed to prison and I would say that this is based on circumstantial evidence and tampering. I feel that it is the investigative team to ensure that justice is regulated fairly and no outside influences are allowed in the pursuit of issuing out punishment to the correct perpetrator of crimes. Prior to presenting anything to the courts all i’s should be dotted and all t’s crossed and there should be no if or buts or maybes involved. In my opinion I want everything tight and wrote in concrete that this person did it and should be made to pay for their crimes against the person and humanity…no one should be allowed to not serve justice because it only instigates envy, hate and malice to think that their relative was issued justice but someone who is overly favored and did the same crime was allowed to walk around freely with no justice distributed.

Referenced: http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/ronhuff.htm