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    The Trial and Death of Socrates, depicts the different stages of Socrates’s life, from his prosecution until his execution. During the narratives, Socrates gives us, as readers, insight towards his beliefs and philosophy, which are viewed as reasons for his imprisonment. Phaedo’s recollection of Socrates’s last few hours alive, reveals Socrates’s most important belief, that the soul is an entity which is immortal and is valuable during and after life. All perceived lusts, greed, and fear are caused

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    As the lead prosecutor in Dr. Shipman’s murder trial some things should’ve taken place sooner but didn’t. One leading factor of evidence was that all of the victims died in the afternoon and they all were injected with morphine. So there was a link in the timing and having the same doctor and the same drugs in their system at the time of death. If the authorities would have taken a look at some of the prescriptions that he wrote to detect if there was any similarities with each victim could’ve potentially

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    during the war with the Nuremburg trials, they were also expected to pay reparations to the allied powers and Berlin became completely controlled by the allied powers causing a huge conflict in the centre of Germany. Japan was occupied by allied powers in 1945, the remains of their war machine was destroyed and war crime trials were held, however, unlike the far harsher consequences given to Germany, the majority of these consequences and particularly the Tokyo war trials were put to a halt

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    attempted to go and see a trial at the Oakland County Circuit Court. An attorney friend advised us to go to the Macomb Circuit Court that Thursday, but due to a scheduling conflict we chose to go the Oakland County Court. We were also advised to go around 1:00 p.m. because the court would commence again after lunch. We arrived to the court at 12:45 and after passing through security we quickly went to the fifth floor courtrooms to find a trial. Upon reaching the fifth

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    The Nuremberg Trials article says that, the defendants, Nazi Party officials, high ranking military officers along with German industrialists, lawyers and doctors, were indicated on charges such as crimes against peace and crimes against humanity (“Nuremberg Trials” US history). The Nuremberg trials are now trials regarded as a milestone toward the establishment of a permanent international court, and an important

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    II when all the camps were liberated, trials were held against the Nazi’s who took part in this genocide. These trials were called the Nuremburg trials. The trials took place between October 20, 1945 and October 1, 1946 . Although Many Nazis felt they were taking orders their punishments through the Nuremburg trials were justified due to the massive loss of life in the concentration as well as the social consequences on families. Throughout the Nuremburg trials there were 8 judges. Only 24 Nazis were

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    the trials were conducted aimlessly and disorderly, without consideration of the persecuted. Throughout countless records, evidence was slim and weak. This was just the beginning of what is known as the Salem Witch Trials. Due to an unorganized legal system, The Salem Witch Trials exposed Puritan society as unprepared, unlawful, and unethical. In the late 1600s, the Massachusetts government was unstable, leading to both legal and moral issues that embodied the ill-advised Salem Witch Trials. Early

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    Clinical trials regulations aim to create an environment that is favorable for conducting clinical trials, with the highest standards of patient safety. Guidance documents have been issued by the regulatory departments to assist in the interpretation of policies and regulations and to ensure a uniform application of the legislations on clinical trials. Although regulatory departments in Canada, U.S., and Europe, follow the same principles to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the research participants

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    The Ethics Of Drug Trials

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    Drug trials are at the heart of many of today’s medical breakthroughs and advancements, thanks in no small part to the individuals that take the risk and participate in them. The standard of care that as we as a society have come to know is possible not only because of scientific breakthroughs, but also because of rigorous and thorough testing to find if a drug or treatment is not only safe but effective as well. Human drug trials can accomplish this in ways simple lab testing cannot and lead to

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    ‘…it is often argued that trials involving genocide or crimes against humanity are less about judging the person than about establishing the truth of the events.’ ‘In nearly all the criminal prosecutions concerned with crimes against humanity committed during or after World War II, some observers have doubted the ability of the criminal law to deal with the events precisely in view of their enormous moral, historical, or political significance.’ Show Trial v. The Need for Justice to be Done

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