The explain the new lifestyle of the released felons as “the diminished state.” In this condition‚ Crutchfield and Weeks argue that‚ “…most returning former prisoners… less likely than others of their age‚ race‚ and gender to be involved in a stable relationship or to have been employed in a high-quality
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Hurst v. Florida 577 US _ (2016) 2. The petitioner‚ Timothy Hurst‚ was convicted of first degree murder and the jury recommended the death penalty to the judge in Florida‚ who then sentenced Hurst to death. Hurst appealed to the Florida Supreme Court and was granted resentencing. The Florida Supreme Court rejected Hurst’s argument and reaffirmed his sentence. The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari. 3. Hurst had bound‚ gagged‚ and then stabbed his coworker over 60 times during
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Trebor Adams The New Jim Crow In the book “The new Jim Crow” author Michelle Alexander goes in great about a race-related social‚ political‚ and legal phenomena‚ which is mass incarceration. Mass incarceration is the new form of Jim Crow laws because of its effects are not only similar but in its new form more effective. Mass Incarceration causes racial segregation‚ racial discrimination‚ and hinders the advancement of a people through “a tightly networked system of laws‚ policies‚ customs
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answered. I want the answers NOW! I am completely against the death penalty. What is the death penalty? The death penalty is the pre-meditated and planned taking of a human life by a government in response to a crime committed by that legally convicted person. The first time that capital punishment (death penalty) was utilized was as far back as the Ancient Laws of China‚ the death penalty had been established as a punishment for crimes. This “punishment” could date back to the 18th century BC
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Old Jim Crow VS New Jim Crow The Jim Crow laws were racial laws mostly against blacks; they promoted racial discrimination. Laws like colored sat in the back of vehicles‚ colored had a different water fountain‚ and colored people could not vote‚ or live in certain areas. The Jim Crow laws were more than laws‚ they were a way of life for some whites. It was a way of life that saw blacks as inferior beings. Even after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 were passed‚ did it really help rid our nation of prejudice
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The current gun control laws should be strictly enforced to avoid creating new laws. News laws make it harder on law abiding citizens to purchase firearms‚ ammunition‚ and magazines/clips. Some feel it would decrease gun violence by creating new laws. This is unfair to thousands of people who are gun advocates‚ including myself. Hundreds of thousands of people own a gun‚ if not more than one gun. In order to become a gun owner‚ there are legal steps to be followed in order to earn a permit.
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The Jim Crow laws may have been abolished but that does not mean that the injustice for minorities is abolished. Minorities are facing a significant amount of injustice based on their skin color. More African American’s and Latinos are being arrested and discriminated more because of these harsher penalties. For example‚ the war on drugs‚ was actually not a way to get drugs off the streets and to better the communities. The campaign convinced many Americans to go along with it and see that it was
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An Argument Against Gun Control Hundreds of law-abiding citizens were able to take up arms against lawless mobs to defend themselves‚ their family‚ their homes‚ and their businesses. They did the job police simply could not do. Lives were saved. Robberies were prevented. Homes and businesses were defended and left intact all thanks to our constitutional in the Second Amendment‚ the right to keep and bear arms. The creators of the Constitution realized the importance of guns in American Society
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safety‚ health and well-being of all future generations. Unfortunately‚ the only ways to stop it are to decrease the sales or demand of the drugs or tighten up border and highway laws. There are also plans in the U.S to make rehab mandatory for those convicted of drug-related crimes. Fred Reed from the Washington Times says‚ "Judges know rehab‚ counseling and therapy generally don ’t work. But neither does prison. Both prisons and rehab are part of a poorly functioning system that can ’t change either
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Argumentative The Right to Own a Gun Are you willing to sit back and become a victim of violent crime or allow the government to tamper with your civil liberties? In recent years‚ anti-gun politicians have attempted to control guns in the name of crime prevention this is an assault on the Second Amendment rights of US citizens . The Second Amendment states‚ " A well regulated Militia being necessary to the Security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arms‚ shall not be
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