LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN Starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler The film‚ Law-abiding Citizen‚ is a prime example of the problems in the justice system in our society. The movie is about a loving husband and father who witnessed the torture and murder of his wife and daughter after two vicious criminals broke into his home. He takes the law into his own hands and systematically avenges his family’s death by taking down the criminals and the people involved in setting one of the killers free‚ one
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freedmen should be allowed to vote. The issue was how to receive the four million former slaves as citizens. If they were to be fully counted as citizens‚ some sort of representation for apportionment of seats in Congress had to be determined. Before the war‚ the population of slaves had been counted as three-fifths of a corresponding number of free whites. By having four million freedmen counted as full citizens‚ the South would gain additional seats in Congress. If blacks were denied the vote and the
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It’s Not What You Know When one man loses everything‚ he is capable of anything. Determined to seek revenge for the loss of his family and for the lack of support from the justice system‚ Clyde Shelton will not let anyone stand in his way. Law Abiding Citizen is a good thriller film because it is full of suspense‚ has a strong plot throughout with no “plot holes”‚ and contains a strong set of complex characters. Clyde Alexander Shelton had his whole world ripped apart one dark night when two burglars
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right to vote. Americans today have developed a mindset that their vote does not make a difference‚ and that voicing out their opinions is a waste of time. This is not the case‚ however‚ as the rights that Americans are neglecting are the same rights that our ancestors have fought for during the enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment. The laws that affect the average individuals‚ the influences of various platformed parties‚ and the importance of voting in society exemplifies why Americans should value
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Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 American thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray from a screenplay written by Kurt Wimmer and stars Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. The film takes place in Philadelphia and tells the story of a man driven to commit multiple murders while targeting not only his family ’s killer but also a corrupt criminal justice system. Law Abiding Citizen was released theatrically in North America on October 16‚ 2009.[3] The film was nominated for a Saturn Award as the Best Action/Adventure/Thriller
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The movie‚ Law Abiding Citizen‚ begins with a man and his daughter at a table working on individual products. A woman‚ presumably his wife‚ is in the kitchen preparing dinner when there is a knock at the door. The man answers the door and is immediately assaulted with a baseball bat. He is then tied up and stabbed with a knife. Bound on the floor‚ he watches one of the two assailants beat and rape his wife. His daughter who is watching from the other room is carried off by one of the assailants.
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Revoking convicted felon’s rights to vote has been an issue at hand in politics since the beginning of our nation. Edward Fesser published an article in the magazine titled City Journal called “Should Felons Vote?” In the article he is arguing against the views of Democrats and their motives for restoring convicted felons voting rights. He says their motives are to expand their chances in winning an election. Edward Fesser’s argument is weak because he fails to provide substantial evidence supporting
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Should More People Vote? Voting in a local‚ state‚ or national election is an exciting opportunity provided by democratic nations to their citizens. But some of us don’t value that option when we fail to exercise our right to vote. So‚ if voting is so exciting‚ why aren’t more Americans exercising their right and voting? A better question‚ why are people who are able to and/or registered to vote‚ don’t? Some may say the reason is "their votes don’t count‚ too busy‚ lines to long‚ the registration
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Employee Benefits Required by Law The legally required employee benefits constitute nearly a quarter of the benefits package that employers provide. These benefits include employer contributions to Social Security‚ unemployment insurance‚ and workers’ compensation insurance. Altogether such benefits represent about twenty-one and half percent of payroll costs. Social Security Social Security is the federally administered insurance system. Under current federal laws‚ both employer and
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“All laws are rules but all rules are not laws” The fact that all laws are rules but all rules are not laws can be wholly feasible. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ a “law” is outlined as an enforceable body of official rules and regulations‚ established by people in authority who use them to govern the affairs of people in a society whereas a “rule” is a special category of law written by state agencies to support‚ clarify‚ or implement specific laws enacted by the legislature called
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