Your Safety or Theirs?
Writing Assignment One
Your Safety Or Theirs?
Kaplan College
CJ102
Mr. Duncan
October 1, 2012
There is a lot of issues today concerning public-order and individual-rights. Many issues there is an obvious fine line between the two, but others really tend to make you think. Outweighing a criminal offender 's rights with the needs of the public may seem cruel, but it is what keeps our streets more safe in the end for future generations. Whether it is a harsh crime such as life sentencing for drug lords or something small and petty as drunk-driving checkpoints, someone needs to make a decision whether or not it is for the better of the public or the individual. One issue is the mandatory life prison sentence without the possibility of parole for "drug lords." Drug lords are individuals who control a sizable network of people involved in the illegal drug trade. They are responsible for the deaths of many innocent people, the high drug increase all over countries around the world, and the corruption of many governments. Individuals such as these people have the capability of destroying families and lives just for their own profitable gain. Which no one these days would be a fan of. My opinion about drug lords is to lock them up. Plain and simple. They have no care in the world for the public other than the need for their money and desire for that innocent corruption. Sending monsters like that to prison would definitely reflect the positive side of public-order. If there were more people who were motivated enough to pursue these cartels, society would not be so scared to go out and do the things we used to do. More gangs are involved in drugs now, more drugs can be seen on the streets, and a definite threat has increased in the back of the public 's mind. No one wants their child playing with dope or guns. Until the cartels are behind bars, there will always be that uneasiness. Another issue, habitual offenders, seem to be more of a nuisance
Your Safety Or Theirs?
Kaplan College
CJ102
Mr. Duncan
October 1, 2012
There is a lot of issues today concerning public-order and individual-rights. Many issues there is an obvious fine line between the two, but others really tend to make you think. Outweighing a criminal offender 's rights with the needs of the public may seem cruel, but it is what keeps our streets more safe in the end for future generations. Whether it is a harsh crime such as life sentencing for drug lords or something small and petty as drunk-driving checkpoints, someone needs to make a decision whether or not it is for the better of the public or the individual. One issue is the mandatory life prison sentence without the possibility of parole for "drug lords." Drug lords are individuals who control a sizable network of people involved in the illegal drug trade. They are responsible for the deaths of many innocent people, the high drug increase all over countries around the world, and the corruption of many governments. Individuals such as these people have the capability of destroying families and lives just for their own profitable gain. Which no one these days would be a fan of. My opinion about drug lords is to lock them up. Plain and simple. They have no care in the world for the public other than the need for their money and desire for that innocent corruption. Sending monsters like that to prison would definitely reflect the positive side of public-order. If there were more people who were motivated enough to pursue these cartels, society would not be so scared to go out and do the things we used to do. More gangs are involved in drugs now, more drugs can be seen on the streets, and a definite threat has increased in the back of the public 's mind. No one wants their child playing with dope or guns. Until the cartels are behind bars, there will always be that uneasiness. Another issue, habitual offenders, seem to be more of a nuisance
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