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    Porsha Grayson Criminal Law Defense AB March 6‚ 2012 Dan White “The Twinkie Defense” Nov. 27‚ 1978 LINDSEY‚ ROBERT. "DAN WHITE‚ KILLER OF SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR‚ A SUICIDE." The New York Times. The New York Times‚ 22 Oct. 1985. Web. 06 White was a Conservative supervisor in San Francisco CA‚ convicted of the murders of George Moscone and gay Supervisor Harvey Milk 25 years ago. The jury stated how Dan White was drugged up on Twinkies‚ which made sugar go through his arteries and drove him

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    Hamlet's Insanity

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    Hamlet is a legendary character‚ with many aspects to his personality. The biggest and most important one being his insanity. There were moments in his life that made him this way.. They were crucial to the increase of his hysteria‚ and therefore his identity. In this essay‚ we will discuss these three most pivotal moments to Hamlet’s mindset: his father’s death‚ his mother’s marriage to his uncle‚ and the confirmed murder of his parents. The first moment that changed Hamlet was his father’s death

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    Abolish the Penny essay

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    Abolishing the Penny: The biggest questions now days are‚” Should the penny really be abolished and why is the penny still in route like its ten or five cents?” It’s been our smallest-denomination coin for 150 years. But if people are leaving pennies at the cash register‚ is it time to get rid of them? In this essay I am going to argue why we should keep the penny and why people think the penny should stay in route with the rest of the coins. Also why or why not we should keep the penny and

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    What Is Insanity?

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    Insanity in Society “Most people assume that the majority is right‚ that society is normal and sane‚ and that the misfit‚ dissident‚ loner‚ or nonconformist is abnormal and possibly mentally ill. That’s what they are programmed and conditioned to believe. It is a classic ‘cattle control’ method of getting the herd to keep itself in line” –Unknown Society programs the minds of individuals to accept what it considers normal‚ and to reject the abnormal; to discriminate against those who do not

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    Montresor's Insanity

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    mentality‚ to figure out how the brain works. They have been particularly interested in psyche of madmen. Many writers also share that interest and one of them is Edgar Allan Poe‚ who‚ in his “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ presents a character‚ whose insanity leads to a murder. His name is Montresor. Vowing revenge‚ because of some insult‚ which one of his acquaintances‚ Fortunato‚ ventured upon‚ he tells him‚ that he has bought a cask of what passes to be Amontillado‚ but‚ not being sure‚ whether it

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    Insanity In Macbeth

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    The timeless play‚ Macbeth‚ centers around themes of power‚ guilt‚ insanity‚ magic and revenge. The main character‚ Macbeth‚ although once brave and loyal‚ slowly goes insane in his attempt to achieve power. Macbeth’s character‚ along with his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ go through dramatic changes; they fall into the dark abyss of their own deeds and lead themselves into hell. Each incident on this path of darkness‚ relates to seeing the blood of their victims. To Macbeth and Lady Macbeth‚ seeing blood

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    Hamlets Insanity

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    play goes on‚ his portrayal of a madman becomes believable‚ and the characters around him respond quite vividly. Through his inner thoughts and the obvious reasons for his actions‚ it is clear that he is not really mad and is simply an actor faking insanity in order to complete the duty his father assigned him. Hamlet only owns up to his madness because it buys him time to stay and perform actions if he didn’t then he would not have been allowed to stay for such a long while. His "madness" is keeping

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    Abolish Electoral College

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    tolerate a sport where because of the rules the is a 5% chance that the loser would win‚ not likely. Giving how much more important electing the president of the United States is a rather dangerously high percentage of the time to get it wrong. If we abolish the electoral college and simply let citizens vote for the president directly‚ all of these problems would go away and everyone’s vote would be

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    Abolish Stand Your Ground

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    Abolish Stand Your Ground An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind said by famous peacemaker Mahatma Gandhi. This law has caused people to kill first instead of trying to avoid conflict. If we don’t change the logistics of this law then we won’t know which side of the law that we stand on. The law is supposed to solve problems‚ not create them. Laws should provide as much clarity as possible‚ not expand racism and discrimination. Laws should always bring about the practical results

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    Abolish School Sports

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    For years school districts have been debating if they should abolish school sports. Many schools that have canceled sports have less students falling behind in class.Therefore‚ school sports should be eliminated because it will save money‚ give students more time to study‚ and present the district with higher graduation rates. Saving money is a big reason for disencumbering sports from schools. Any school district that has sports and has many fields of sports‚ pays twenty thousand dollars

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