Robert Pickton Case Study

Identify the areas of law that are relevant to the chosen media report, and explain how they are relevant to the matters outlined in the report.

The facts were not at all clear to the Police Officers or the attorneys who will soon face this case. The players involved where many, but to name just a few: William M. Kunstler, a very popular and well-liked lawyer, he represented James Richardson. The Author of the book was the prosecutor in this case; he was young and unprepared to becoming an assistant district attorney for this case. But I do have to add that the work he did performed was excellent, but again William Kunstler he was a well-seasoned attorney.

In an attempt to appeal to the audience’s emotion, Brown presents information that influences the audience on an emotional level and helps them connect with the article from a personal aspect. Stating what was seen upon finding the women, Brown writes, “Both Patterson and Brown had their throats slit; the other bodies were in too advanced a state of decomposition to determine the cause of death, though the coroner often suspected asphyxia. The victims were mired in poverty and mental illness; and all had hustled Jennings’ south side streets for drugs and sex.” After reading this it creates a graphic image in the readers mind and allows the reader to be able to imagine what it would feel like to walk in the room and picture people with their throats slit. By visualizing what’s going on in this specific part of the article the reader can then imagine themselves or someone they love being in that same position. Another instance that appeals to the readers emotions is when in an interview with witness, Jerry Jackson, Brown

There were several sub issues found during this case, the first being that Mike Pressler, the Duke University Lacrosse team coach was forced to resign when faced with the possibility of several of his players being charged with rape. Sub issue two is that one lacrosse player, Ryan McFayden, sent a private email to his teammates threatening to kill strippers which was later found to be a quote from the film American Psycho. Sub issue three is that the way that District Attorney, Mike Nifong handled the case was the way that socio-economically disadvantaged accused and accused of color are handled often nationally. False evidence is placed in the case, or evidence is omitted, to charge otherwise innocent

Police did not seem to care about the case at all according to Pickton’s informant code name Wood (Woodward, 2012). She claims that 13 women could have been saved if police were to listen to the Eastside women. When a police heard from a sex worker the they have seen Pickton’s face with a missing woman, the police went to RCMP for investigation; however, RCMP thought it was not true (as cited in Keller, 2012). RCMP were interest in the case at the first time; however, their interest floated away (Kines, 2010). It made Pickton to kill 49 women because whenever women’s got missing RCMP ignored all the evidence. One of the women’s DNA was found in Pickton’s farm; however, RCMP ignored the evidence (Kines,

I examined a selection of articles regarding some of the high profile cases of police brutality like

* Media and culture: what we see in the media – powerful effect. Think carefully of the consequences of your action rather than going with the flow of the media

It answers the question as to whether or not there is an issue with police brutality.

On April 29th the day of the verdict, there were reporters both inside and outside the court room. This would add to how wide spread the unrest would occur and how fast it would develop. The verdict had come out that all four police officers were found not guilty on all accounts except for one account on one officer in which it was ruled a mistrial on that account.4 With the large amount of media coverage and the anticipation of a guilty verdict by many of the local citizens, the disturbances and violence spread quickly .

This incident flooded the news channels saying “Billionaire Charles Bolton Kills two people in an accident” covering all headlines. The next week was the court hearing of the case where Charles and his girlfriend, Emma attended the court hearing, the court started like all cases start stating the case to

In today’s society, media is present in our lives 24/7 allowing it to have a major influence on our culture in both positive and negative ways.

It was a time in the city’s history to get the perpetrators of the crime committed and to be recognized as solving the greatest crime of time. Media and public presence played a huge role in pressuring law enforcement to figure out this awful incident. The demand from the public was pushing from all sides of this story to get answers.

The popular culture particularly visual media affects our opions and attitude towards race and racial minorities group. our assumptions about race and racial minorities are both successeded and reflected in the streotypes presented by the visual media. i strongly believe in the George Gebners scientific examintaiton of televison that how we perceive ourselves and how we view those around us are affected by what we see on television. Visual media has such a heavy impact on us that even though they present a grossly distorted picture of the real world. people tend to accept more readily than reality itslef. the popular culture deals with symbolic realm of social life, the image which it creates, represents

The media in American society has a major influential impact on the minds and beliefs of millions of people. Whether through the news, television shows, or film, the media acts as a huge database for knowledge and instruction. It is both an auditory and visual database that can press images and ideas into people's minds. Even if the individual has no prior exposure or knowledge to something, the media can project into people's minds and leave a lasting impression. Though obviously people are aware of what they are listening to or watching, thoughts and assumptions can drift into their minds without even realizing it. These thoughts that drift in are extremely influential. The massive impact

Loads of information was given out and assisted many people. Information like this can also help the law enforcement officers on duty considering they are receiving this and can perform tasks to spread that news and help the community.