Possible Research Topics...

The following are four possible topics for my research paper:

1. Abortion Rights: An abortion is a medical or surgical procedure that ends a pregnancy, Throughout history, differences over moral and religious values have made abortion a highly controversial issue. The procedure has been legal in the United States since 1973, but it remains controversial with divergent views on such questions as when human life begins, the rights a woman has over her own body, and government interference in the private lives of individuals.

2. Capital Punishment: Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the killing of a person by judicial process as punishment for an offense. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences.

3. Gay Rights: Civil rights for gay people, particularly the right to be treated without discrimination legally and socially.

4. Global Warming: An increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting especially for pollution.

Easter Influences the Jury in Fitch's Favor, but Rohr Still Wins

In class last Tuesday we watched the film Runaway Jury. After a broker is shot and killed at work, his widow hired attorney Wendell Rohr to sue the gun company that provided the murder weapon. The gun company that sold the weapon to the murderer, frightened that a successful suit could lead to the destruction of their business, hired jury consultant Rankin Fitch to guarantee them a favorable jury. What Fitch has not predicted, however, is that juror Nicholas Easter and girlfriend, Marlee, are manipulating the jury from the inside and offering a guaranteed win to the highest bidder.

Fitch has made it very clear that he has never lost a case. Since movies usually favor the underdog, I think that Rohr is going to win the case. However, I don't think that Rhor will "buy" the jury. I think that he is going to win the case fair and square. Fitch seems like he would do anything and everything to win a case. I think that he will "buy" the jury for the asking price, but Rohr is still going to come out on top.