Regarding the improvement of the United States voter‚ turn-out‚ we must start with the most important thing‚ registering more people to vote. Personally‚ I am not registered to vote. I recently moved from North Carolina and would find it very convenient if I could register online. We live in technology age‚ where we download an app simply to order pizza‚ we can order furniture from a website‚ and even apply for jobs online. Why can I not submit a voter registration application online? I understand
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people who are convicted criminals. Also the people who collect DNA and analyze them can make mistakes witch lead to a wrongful outcome in the court. And finally‚ it may be chance that innocent people may be suspected as criminal if any hair or bodily fluids found at criminal. There might be valid reasons for an innocent person’s DNA to be at a crime scene. 3- According to the bush’s administration‚ the national DNA database should includes‚ beside the criminals and convicted people of course
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publisher of educational materials known as Rethinking Schools. A perfect example of Michelle Alexander’s statement is Sonya Jennings who is an African American mother‚ as well as a convicted drug felon. She was sentenced to eight years probation after being arrested for possession of drugs‚ and since she is now labeled as a felon‚ illegal discrimination such as‚ denial of the right to vote‚ denial of public assistance‚ and employment discrimination have now become legal (Alexander). The Jim Crow system
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For example‚ they cannot vote when being a felon‚ they cannot find minimum wage jobs‚ and they cannot get into proper housing. “Collateral consequences” policies are legal rules restricting the rights and privileges of people with criminal convictions” (Ewald 5). These policies have widely increased
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States correctional system that I have chose to discuss is the problem caused by overcrowded prisons. This is an important topic because overcrowded facilities are a huge problem in America and are very detrimental to society. Prisoners who have been convicted of murder‚ but have shown good behavior while in prison‚ are being released with not even serving half of their sentence. The parole board is releasing these prisoners because space is needed for other prisoners coming in. What if‚ that prisoner
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Taking back the streets of New Orleans Man gunned down in the streets of New Orleans is the typical news headline in New Orleans. Crime has increased so drastically that citizens have moved to different parishes just to feel safe. The crime rate has increase and New Orleans has been labeled the “Murder Capital of the World”. There are undoubtedly many factors contributing to crime but the focus should be those connected to the root of the problem. The systems in New Orleans have failed our
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We as a country‚ should have a structured re-entry process that empowers felons to slowly re-enter society working their way through simple job assignments where their ability to regain trust and credibility is documented through each step of the way. To this end‚ the government must utilize and apply their strengths and abilities in job assignments that would elevate in responsibility and complexity until these felons are ready to integrate into society. The best way to do this would be to provide
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Race seemingly plays a role in the criminal justice system. Statistics can express this disparity‚ and it seems like societies answer to this new-age segregation is by ignoring the issue. Several Laws have been passed that legalized racial segregation‚ all through the criminal justice system. These tactics have been utilized since the establishment of this country‚ putting laws into place that keep certain individuals under immense pressure and under control‚ in this case‚ African Americans. For
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sense that they both confine criminals. At the same‚ time there many differences in which make each system unique. State governments primarily operate both. Adults convicted of felony crimes may be imprisoned in one of the approximately 1‚800 state‚ federal‚ local‚ or private prisons in America. State prisons confine felons with more than a year to serve with an array of offenses. Federal prisons confine federal offenders. State prison systems have been in use since the early 1800’s.
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The civil discussion acquires after it’s discovered that a convicted murderer‚ whom was released from prison‚ has killed again‚ or when an innocent person escapes the death chamber. The process is revealed in clear‚ great detail as the experts present their reasons for or against capital punishment. Questions like
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