2) Candidate number: 117318 Tutor: David Burry Date: 16th October, 2013 Words: 459 On April 15th, 2013, during the Boston Marathon, there were two bombs exploding near the finish line on Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts in the US. This became unforgettable event in American people’s mind. The consequences of this bombing caused three deceased persons and one police officer died from gunshot wounds including over 170 people injured. This essay will analyse three reports…
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Seth Gutzmer Terrorism Boston Marathon Bombing: 3 deaths, 264 injured. Oklahoma City Bombing: 168 deaths, over 680 injured. Sandy Hook Shooting 26 deaths. 9/11 Attack; 2,999 deaths, 1140 bystanders now diagnosed with cancer, because of the polluted and debris filled air. All of these events were sought out and executed by terrorists, trying to inflict terror into the people of the United States by killing innocent people. The FBI says that there “is no single, universally accepted, definition of…
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misinformation regarding two suspects of the Boston Marathon bombing, and a story on the misreporting of facts concerning a 2012 policy of Northern Territory government. The first of these stories was discussed in episode 13 of Media Watch, aired on April 29th 2013, in which the program addressed the mistake made by media outlets of reporting misinformation regarding two suspects of the Boston Marathon bombing (April 15th). In the days that followed the bombing, the names of falsely accused suspects…
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most fitting example of someone who deserves the death penalty is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon bombers. Tsarnaev is currently awaiting his fate of either being sentenced to death, or being sentenced to life without parole. Dzhokhar, along with his brother Tamerlan, killed three people and injured more than 260 other people in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings (“Boston Marathon Bombings”). If there were ever any case in which the death penalty was necessary, it would be this one. With…
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chest out of respect and pride, but there were also times when I attached the flag and our anthem to a moment of support. I stood up on the day when children impacted by Columbine were at a Colorado Rockies game, I stood up after the Oklahoma City bombing when we were the next team arriving to the city to play the 89ers, and I stood up after 9/11, when I was with the Phillies and we uncertainly returned to playing baseball. It felt right, it felt helpful, it felt therapeutic, it felt like America could…
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controversial, causing an outrage through America. CVS and Walgreen’s banned Rolling Stone from their stands, others have boycotted Rolling Stone since this release. This notorious cover contained an image of a young man who helped make the Boston Marathon Bombings happen. Under its cover picture Rolling Stone writes: “How a popular, promising student was failed by his family, fell into Radical Islam, and became a monster.” Some argue that having him and his story on the cover of such a prestigious…
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of road that connects Illinois 4 and South Main Street over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks for upgrades needed to accommodate high speed trains traveling between Chicago and St. Louis. The relocated crossway will also improve traffic flow. IV. Cause- Consumers don’t want to be held up in traffic. V. Prevention- Government is relocating the construction of the Railroad Crossing to prevent the traffic and any other issues. I. Date- Wednesday April 2, 2013 II. Source- Newspaper…
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Classical School framework for Understanding Criminal Justice System Name: Institution: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a United States citizen who faced trials in Massachusetts due to the April twenty thirteen Boston Marathon bombing. The tragedy facilitated demise of three people and two hundred and sixty four others injured. (Why Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Trial Is About Our Humanity, Not His Guilt, 2016). The charges that Tsarnaev faced included conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction leading to death…
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realize is this is all meant to keep us safe. * Body * 4th Ammendment * The fourth amendment which guards unreasonable searches and seizures, along with requiring any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause. * It is in the constitution and was put into place to protect the American citizens from unlawful actions by the law. * Since this information has leaked about what the NSA has been doing with peoples phone calls and emails its has caused…
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In May of 2008, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake rattled the mountainous region of China’s Sichuan province. The result: over 90,000 people reported as dead or missing (Rafferty & Fletcher, n.d). However, without the technological innovations of the time, could the death toll have been even higher? Social media, having just blossomed into existence, played a crucial role in providing aid for the millions of people affected by this disaster, but was this an isolated instance? No. Whether it be relaying…
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