Darren A. Benedict Professor M English 101 3 February 2015 Why Marijuana Should Be Legal Marijuana is something that’s not peculiar in today’s generation; music‚ TV shows‚ and movies seem to refer to it nowadays. The debate on whether marijuana should be legal has been going on for a long period of time now. The argument intensifies even more now that four states in the US have legalized marijuana for recreational use. When smoking marijuana tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) the leading stimulant is released
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Fantasy Football Should be Legal Everywhere Football season is coming to an end‚ and now new commercials for the Super Bowl are going to come out. Commercials during football games have been a big thing this year with companies involved in daily fantasy sports including Fanduel‚ and Draft Kings. There has been some major court cases based on daily fantasy sports with these companies. Some people say that fantasy sports should be illegal‚ and others say it should stay legal. Since then it has been
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I Am Sam was an enlighten story of a struggle of a man and his daughter to stay together. In this movie the director showed the viewers a realistic situation between family and state. The director also did an excellent job portraying the illustration of the main character (Sam) and his daughter (Lucy) personal struggle within. This story showed the importance of love and family. The movie I Am Sam introduces conflict between the family and state. The main character (Sam) and
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accurately evaluate how sentencing and punishment attempts to balance the rights of victims‚ offenders and society”. Poor question. This question starts after an offender has been found guilty and is to be sentenced. This is the key part of the Legal Studies syllabus that pertains to the question: 4. Sentencing and punishment • statutory and judicial guidelines • the purposes of punishment: deterrence (specific and general)‚ retribution‚ rehabilitation‚ incapacitation • factors affecting a
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In the Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf there are different ladies with different colors. Every lady and every color is very significant to this book. This text by Shange is full of symbols; each lady can be described differently. I believe each lady can be identified with a more specific description or feeling throughout the different poems that can be related to their color for example: passion for red‚ sadness for blue‚ fun for orange and
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is done then in his eyes‚ ’ justice will be accomplished without offering any encouragement for the disregard of law’. ii) Mercy may not be part of the law if it is followed to the letter of the law. iii) Is Mercy a prerogative of the executive? In this case yes – the Trial Judge and jury have held communications with the Chief Executive for guidance. 3. The nature of law truepenny has adopted here is one of
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Should Prisoners have the right to vote? Do you think that people that are imprisoned because they were incapable to follow the law‚ should have the same rights as law abiding citizens? After doing some thorough research I have come to the conclusion that people who cannot seem to follow the simple laws set in place by the federal governments all over the world‚ then no‚ they should no longer obtain the right to vote in a democratic election poll. Voting rights have always been a controversial issue
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Should the legal driving age be lowered to 16? Outline: * Intro: Details-driving can be complicated -needs concentration
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Kayla Couch Professor Dunn English 101 December 10‚ 2014 Should The Legal Drinking Age Be 18? The minimum legal drinking age in the United States is 21. Many have suggested lowering the drinking age to 18. I do not think the legal drinking age should be lowered because of the following reasons. Lowering the drinking age to 18 would have a negative impact on the lives of the youth of the United States. Making it legal for 18 year-olds to buy alcohol would increase the number of teens who drink. It
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Why abortions should stay legal According to a study‚ 49% of all pregnancies among american women are unintended. That goes to say if abortion is illegal half of the children born‚ will be victims to neglect and undergo the challenges of violence and poverty. Although many people think that abortions are murder they should stay legal. They are beneficial to society‚ in some cases they lower the rates of violence and poverty. The legalization of abortion should not be a legal debate considering that
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