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Mandatory Sentencing Essays and Term Papers
PrisonAs someone who writes and organizes around issues of imprisonment and detention my work is often met with a certain type of resignation. Though many politically-conscious individuals are quick to lament our nation's chart-topping incarceration rates, they're justifiably overwhelmed by the ...
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The New Federalist PartyPart I
As the sole member of , it is with great honors
that I now present to you the very first New Federalist platform.
PREAMBLE
The growing dissension between the two major political parties today has
drawn them away from the public's views. It has been determined that the
citizens of the ...
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California's Proposition 184: Three Strikes And You're OutLast year in California voters approved a controversial ballot
initiative. Proposition 184, also known as the three strikes and you're out
law, was passed on November 9, 1994. Under this new legislation repeat
offenders, upon committing their third felony offense, will be sentenced to ...
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Sentencing MinorsIntroduction
This paper will be exploring how minors, under the age of eighteen, are sentenced to life in jail for crimes in the United States that are committed when they were adolescent, and in some cases, children. There are many variables that affect how a juvenile is being sentenced, such ...
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Gun Control: OverviewThe issue of gun control has been debated for a long time, probably ever
since they were invented. The gun is a small, rather easy to obtain, weapon that
is lethal if used in the right (or wrong) way. This makes the gun an extremely
dangerous factor in our lives. If used improperly, a gun could be ...
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The Drug War In Americahas many elements to it that ranges from education of the public not to use drug such, a teaching grade school children to “just say no” and the D. A.R.E. program, to intervention and treatment for drug users. Protecting United States borders from incoming drugs and trying to keep other ...
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The Drinking Age: An 18-Year-Olds RightEver since the end of prohibition in 1933 the United States
government has placed the issue of MLDA (minimum legal drinking age)
sensitively in the hands of the states, letting each decide for itself what
the minimum age should be. At that time all agreed that the minimum legal
drinking age ...
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Prison OvercrowdingMany prisons throughout the United States have been experiencing the problem of overcrowdedness. This is not a new issue though, in April of 1978 New York State was already feeling the affect of crowded prisons. In an attempt to alleviate the problem the state tried to buy Richers Island from ...
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Vengeful EquityE-mail: blockisland98@yahoo.com
This paper will address the issues surrounding the criminal incarceration of women in American society through the discussion of the views of Meda Chesney-Lind in her 1997 paper ": Sentencing Women to Prison." It will present critical reasons of incarceration ...
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Capital Punishment And IssuesCapital Punishment, legal infliction of the death penalty; in modern law, corporal punishment in its most severe form. Lynching, in contrast to capital punishment, is the unauthorized, illegal use of death as a punishment. The usual alternative to the death penalty is long-term or life ...
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The Need For Extreme Criminal Justice Reform In CaliforniaORIENTATION
FACTORS:
I. Basic Introduction and description - Introduce basic sides of Criminal
Law and Elaborate
II. General History and Development
- Discuss the history and modifications of Reform Laws in California
III. Main Problems and Concern Stimulants
- Point out real life statistics ...
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The Death Penalty: Why We Should Have Capital Punishment??
Putting to death people judged to have committed certain extremely heinous crimes is a practice of ancient standing, but in the United States in the latter half of the twentieth century, it has become a very controversial issue. Changing views on this difficult issue led the Supreme Court to ...
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Crime - A Game You Can’t WinThe American public is alarmed about crime, and with good reason. Our crime rate is unacceptably high, and many Americans feel like prisoners in their own homes, afraid to venture out for fear of becoming another statistic. For more than 20 years, state and federal crime control policies have ...
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Capital PunishmentThe use of has been a permanent fixture in society since the earliest civilizations and continues to be used as a form of punishment in countries today. It has been used for various crimes ranging from the desertion of soldiers during wartime to the more heinous crimes of serial killers. ...
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Capital Punishment: AgainstThe use of capital punishment has been a permanent fixture in society since
the earliest civilizations and continues to be used as a form of punishment in
countries today. It has been used for various crimes ranging from the desertion
of soldiers during wartime to the more heinous crimes of ...
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Trying Juveniles As AdultsAbstract
Thinking about trying juveniles as adults, what comes to mind MURDER, FELON,
RAPER, BURGLARER, ARSON and UNDER 18 Years old.
In this paper I will anticipate a discussion on Trying Juveniles as Adults. In this Paper I will state whether or whether not juveniles should or shouldn't ...
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Capital Punishment: Is It RequiredLooking out for the state of the public's satisfaction in the scheme of
capital sentencing does not constitute serving justice. Today's system of
capital punishment is fraught with inequalities and injustices. The commonly
offered arguments for the death penalty are filled with holes. "It was ...
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Computer Crime: Prevention and Innovation
Since the introduction of computers to our society, and in the early 80’s the Internet, the world has never been the same. Suddenly our physical world got smaller and the electronic world set its foundations for an endless electronic reality. As we approach the ...
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Capital Punishment .E-mail: goalie_steve@hotmail.com
s an issue that has been argued over from the dinner table in the average American home the the oval office in the White House for countless amounts of years. The opposing sides each state their claim on why we should, or shouldn't allow the death penalty to be ...
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Capital PunishmentThe United States is one of the few countries left in the world to practice the savage and immoral punishment of death. Retentionists argue that the consequence of death prevents persons from committing the heinous crime of murder. It is proven that the death penalty does not deter persons from ...
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