marijuana laws. In the year 2010 alone‚ cops made a marijuana arrest every 37 seconds (ACLU). To add to those eye opening numbers‚ 52% of all drug arrests in 2010 were for marijuana (ACLU). By looking at these statistics‚ it is evident that the government spends an abundant amount of time and resources trying to crack down on marijuana users. Our tax dollars are going towards arresting men and women for smoking marijuana‚ when there are many dangerous and important matters that the law enforcement
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Because the jury issues but a mere advisory opinion and not binding upon the court‚ Florida’s sentencing scheme must be unconstitutional. Florida’s statute requires that a court imposing the death sentence must make a written‚ detailed finding. This detailed account—not the jury’s verdict—that furnishes the basis for the Supreme Court of Florida’s review. Respondent’s rely on Hildwin (1989 case that permits the judge to find aggravating circumstances that authorize the death sentence) because it
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confines of their hometown‚ a haven where they can safely be themselves and do what they want to do. However‚ college is nowhere near as secure as teens are tricked to believe and many naive teenagers fall prey to menacing older students. Despite the laws prohibiting sexual harassment at United States
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Pennies may have been practical several years ago; however‚ now they are inconvenient and obsolete. As an American citizen who pays with U.S. currency almost every day and almost every day‚ inconvenienced by the use of pennies. Pennies make even less sense provided the fact that the United States Government has made such a large amount of pennies that the materials used to make pennies are worth more than a penny itself. Other countries have already done this and it is working out well for them‚
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As soon as the Civil War would end his promise would hopefully be put into law. African Americans could finally be able to own land. Majority of them had no way of buying land‚ so this plan Sherman came up with was better than nothing‚ “Northern philanthropists helped some freedmen buy land. But for most ex-slaves the purchase
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times marriage was a covenant based relationship; laws governed the choice of partners in Hebrew culture whereas in Greek and Northern Europe a bride was either purchased or captured. In the 15th and 16th century‚ Church and other religious authorities were heads of the institute of marriage. Today marriage is the product of centuries of change in custom and law. The concept of marriage varies with culture‚ however‚ government and religious laws dictate it. (How the definition of marriage has changed
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LOTF Argumentative Essay “Because power corrupts‚ society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases” (BrainyQuote). James Adams’ quote states that power is the root of evil in society. As soon as we are born into this world‚ society already starting to corrupt our innocence. In The Lord of The Flies‚ William Golding‚ uses Jack and Ralph to display that man is born into the world innocent‚ but as time passes‚ is corrupted by evil and power
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Have you looked back on history and wondered what a certain era was like? Have you ever questioned if you yourself have ancestors from a certain group of people. Puritans were around many years ago. We have learned many things from them‚ including the type of people they are‚ the religion they practice‚ and their views on education. Puritans have always been very religious. Sex and clothing were two huge aspects of their life that showed there conservative lifestyle. For clothing‚ they went about
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more than 150‚000 individuals each year. This however‚ is not the only sever health effects that humans struggle to treat as a direct result of smog‚ and other degradation to the quality of air we breath due to air pollution from power plants. The law‚ if passed‚ would be responsible for increasing the quality of life for many people from 3‚600 premature deaths‚ 1‚700 heart attacks‚ 90‚000 asthma attacks‚ 300‚000 missed workdays and schooldays by 2030. In addition to this‚ the medical costs of each
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Ophelia came to America the only way that she could: illegally. The risks and the sinfulness of it stayed fresh in her mind‚ but the hardships she faced while living in Mexico were much more prominent. America was good to Ophelia; it gave her a job‚ it gave her a sense of security‚ and‚ above all else‚ it gave her Ramon. Ramon was a legal citizen of the United States‚ and according to the U.S. immigration policy‚ Ophelia was now a legal citizen as well as a result of their marriage (“How the United
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