Three Strikes and You’re Out The “Three Strikes and You’re Out” law is a law that was passed by California Voters in 1994. What this law basically means is that people who have been convicted of three or more serious felonies or violent crimes may end up being sentenced a longer amount of time in prison or even facing life in prison. Violent offenses include murder‚ robbery of a residence in which a deadly or dangerous weapon is used‚ rape and other sex offenses. Serious offenses include the same
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Mock Collective Bargaining Exercise Michael De Jesus‚ Dave Zygiel‚ Jackie Moreland‚ Sarah Pinheiro‚ and Anne Rogers Eastern Nazarene College Industrial Relations BAM 58 August 7th‚ 2013 United Metal Products Workers Union Good evening ladies and gentlemen‚ my name is Michael De Jesus. I am the President of the United Metal Products Workers Union. On my side is the Vice President of the United Metal Products Workers Union Sarah Pinheiro. We are here today to represent the D. G. Barnhouse
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Three Strikes Law Jackie Andre Criminal Justice 140 Fact‚ 3 Strikes Law clogs the courts docket. Fact‚ the law destroys the flexibility of the courts and the judges. Fact‚ not all felonies are considered violent. Fact‚ the 3 Strikes Law impose life sentences on offenders whose crimes don ’t warrant such harsh punishment . The United States criminal court systems are notably overcrowded due to the pressing backlogs of the increasing crime rate of our country. On March 4th 1994‚the 3 Strike
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Collective security is both supported and criticized as an approach to prevent the outbreak of war. It has existed for many centuries but began to be practiced more prominently after World War I. The purpose of this paper is to define collective security to produce a detailed understanding of what it essentially represents‚ its theory‚ how it succeeded‚ and the prospects for collective security being used against modern challenges‚ such as terrorism and civil war. Collective security is a defense
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PRODUCTIVITY BARGAINING Collective bargaining refers to the process of bilateral negotiations between representatives of management and labour representatives no such issues as wages‚ wage grades‚ working conditions and other welfare amenities. At the end of negotiations both the parties sign an agreement which has a stipulated duration. In conventional bargaining whether at enterprise-level or industry level‚ the lead is normally taken by the union‚ which demands higher wages‚ fringe benefits
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Plea bargaining in the United States is a controversial issue because the practice of plea bargaining is necessary as long as the United States has high crime rates and insufficient facilities and personnel to try all cases; plea bargaining allows the flexibility necessary if the system is to respond with any degree of concern for the circumstances of individual cases‚ however‚ it may also entice defendants to plead guilty to crimes they did not commit rather than risk their constitutional right
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construction work‚ although it may also be present in the film industry and other heavily regulated workforce areas. It is rarely used in service industries where specific types employee labor are not required. Productivity bargaining is a more specific type of collective bargaining that occurs when managers begin to draw up specific ways that the employer/employee relationship will be changed. The goal of management in this case is to increase the productivity of the workers without having to hire more
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Media and collective memory Introduction The essay is about the relation between collective memory and media. The focus of the essay is on the mechanism that is followed by media to shape collective memory. In addition to how media used to have powerful control on collective memory and how is their control is contested after the introduction of alternative media and social media. The domination of collective memory is harder with democratization
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Plea Bargaining Paper Linda Robinson CJA/224 09/29/2014 Many successful criminal prosecutions in the Unites States end not with Jury trials‚ but with plea bargains. Plea bargains are agreements between defendants and prosecutors where defendants agree to plead guilty to some or all of the charges against them in exchange for concessions from the prosecutors. These agreements allow prosecutors to focus their time and resources on other cases and reduce the number of trials that judges need
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Charleen Moore English 105‚ PCC Monday and Wednesday March 26‚ 2008 ARE THREE- STRIKES LAWS FAIR AND EFFECTIVE ? INTRODUCTION The 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. Nation-wide attention was focused on so-called three-strike laws in 1994 when California voters approved an initiative mandating prison terms
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