California ’s Proposition 184: Three Strikes and You ’re Out Last year in California voters approved a controversial ballot initiative. Proposition 184‚ also known as the three strikes and you ’re out law‚ was passed on November 9‚ 1994. Under this new legislation repeat offenders‚ upon committing their third felony offense‚ will be sentenced to a mandatory twenty-five years to life in prison(California 667). The initiative passed by a landslide‚ with 76% of the voters in favor of it. The
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June 20‚ 2011 Case Study #3 Case Problem: Hamilton County Judges Three major court systems in Hamilton County were reviewed in depth‚ and case information from the Common Pleas‚ Domestic Relations‚ and Municipal Courts were reviewed. This study compiles information from 38 Judges who had a total of 182‚908 cases presented to them over a three year period. This study shows the number of cases that were disposed‚ appealed‚ and reversed. This study is to aid in determining which judges have a
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Gannon said‚ “that marriage is a civil right older than the constitution itself.” In saying that Gannon believes that the argument over same-sex marriage is a cheap and flimsy argument they should just give them the right to marry whoever they want. Beth Rosenthal quoted from writer Rich Mkhondo saying‚ “many people pick which biblical passages to obey and which to ignore.” In that saying a lot of so called Christians can’t see that if you allowed serial killers to go and marry somebody that’s sinning
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Petersen 1 Anna Petersen Professor Villa CH 203 November 6‚ 2014 Nevada‚ the “Battle Born” state‚ became a member of the Union in the midst of the Civil War. Its unique timing of becoming a state‚ along with an unsuccessful first draft‚ helped form the Nevada Constitution. Bills and amendments continue to shape Nevada into the state it is today. In the 1840’s‚ President James Polk sought war with Mexico in order to gain the territory all the way to the Pacific (Norton 363). Following the capture of the Mexican capital
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be expressed through pictures: The development of phonetic script. This was the transfer of sounds and the speaking voice rather than a simple picture that depicts meaning through vision. This innovation came with the creation of the Semitic aleph-beth‚ later to evolve into our modern-day alphabet‚ which created a new detachment between human culture and the rest of nature. Abram believes that the major turning point in our connection with nature lies in the Greek’s lasting contributions to the written
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Des Moines Independent School District case John and Mary Beth Tinker and their friend Chris Eckhardt wore black armbands to school to protest the war in Vietnam. The school officials told them to take them off. When they refused they were suspended. Their parents sued the school for a violation of their First
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Is Facebook Making Kids Mean? Rude comments have always been part of the middle school world. But it’s getting out of hand. Interactions on Facebook are the complete opposite of talking face-to-face. Facebook makes kids meaner. One reason Facebook is making kids meaner is because online communication can bring out hostile behavior. In the text‚ the author says‚ “Devon‚ 13‚ says that not long ago‚ a friend lashed out at her in a Facebook post.” Kids and adults say things online that are much different
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Mauro Gonzalez 02-20-2013 HUM/186 Beth Walters Summary I will briefly describe the pros and cons about social medias which are Blogger‚ Facebook‚ twitter‚ Google plus and YouTube. Each one has its own purpose and you can use them for many different purposes but just like everything else they have their positive and negative features. Let me begin by saying blogger is my favorite social network aside from Facebook. In Blogger you can share your expertise pretty much with the whole world and
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kind‚ Martha‚ was found dead in Cincinnati zoo. But existence of technology never loses hope‚ some group of scientist has planned to extract DNA from the museum and regenerate the life of this species of bird. Ben Novak‚ a former DNA technician and Beth Shapiro‚ scientist from University of California has planned to create a genome and compare it with the closest living relative of passenger bird. Technologies never stop to encounter to its best. In 2007‚ Robert wood‚ founder of Havard’s micro robotics
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Louisa May Alcott‚ or more commonly known as the author of the classic novel‚ Little Women‚ was born on November 29th‚ 1832 at Germantown‚ Pennsylvania. She was the second of four daughters born to Bronson and Abigail “Abba” Alcott. She had an older sister named Anna‚ and two younger sisters: Elizabeth and May. Through her writing and her novels‚ she managed to create a name for herself and achieve financial security for her family. She was truly a successful American author. Though the Alcott
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