Access to onsite field drug tests can be a valuable tool for U.S law enforcement officers in identifying possible illegal drug substances when conducting traffic stops and investigating suspicious activity. The use of the field drug tests can assist in determining drugs and can provide probable cause arrest for drugs offenses and other crimes. However‚ in The York Times article by Ryan Gabrielson and Topher Sanders; How a $2 Roadside Drug Test Sends Innocent People to Jail‚ and other related articles
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since that fatal accident occurred. A bitter trial ended with a two and a half year prison sentence for my relative in Camden‚ SC. Once‚ we could simply walk across the street to see each other‚ but now‚ I welcome phone calls that first tell me a convicted felon is dialing
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Between the 1960s into the 1980s‚ a significant increase in the number of violent crimes occurred. During the 1960s the violent crime rate had risen by 126 percent and in the 1970s the rate had increased 64 percent. President Nixon attributed this to the usage of drugs and in 1971 addressed congress with the intent to provide the money to help eliminate drug abuse. With the monetary aid‚ the government created strict policies to crack down on drug abusers‚ policies still in effect today. The
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Title: Control Guns‚ Control Deaths General Purpose: To persuade. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that we need stricter enforcement of current gun laws‚ as well as new‚ stricter‚ gun control laws. Central Idea: Gun Control is a hotly debated issue within the United States‚ and today I want you to know that the number of deaths due to firearms is an alarming problem‚ which can be brought under control if we strictly enforce existing gun laws as well as introduce new laws since more deaths
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apartment. She has sworn off booze and men‚ and has signed up as a volunteer to convince prisoners that reentry works. “If you see someone who has walked that line‚” she says‚ “it helps you realize things can change” (Sharrock‚ 2008). As convicted felons‚ people are targeted as failures‚ and are not given opportunities during post-prison rehabilitation. Americana has giving up on trying to
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There are two groups that are well-known for their opinion on the death penalty‚ The Vulnerable Groups and the Human Rights Perspective groups (“Capital Punishment”). Death penalty advocates argue that there is a powerful moral aspect to putting convicted killers to death. John O ’Sullivan‚ an editor for the conservative magazine National Review‚ contends that "the death penalty is sometimes the only punishment that seems equal to the horror of a particular crime—a cold-blooded poisoning‚ say‚ or
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Introduction Institutional racism has shaped inequality with the help of cultural factors. People have become colorblind because of the success of some African-Americans. Oprah is the richest African-American in America but she ranks at number 221 of Forbes 2014 400 richest Americans with three billion dollars. (Forbes‚ 2014‚ 1) We also have an African-American in the highest office in the world‚ The White House. For some reason this has led to the belief that African- Americans are no longer struggling
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Brief History of the NRA The National Rifle Association in its simplest form is the largest gun club in the world. The organization was founded in 1871 by former Union Army officers to encourage sport shooting in order to have a fine tuned militia in case of emergency. The Union officers believed that a well regulated militia was integral for the security of a free state. It is an organization that opposes gun control‚ it believes in the individual defense of the uses of firearms‚ and it is
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States‚ misdemeanors are typically crimes with a maximum punishment of 12 months of incarceration typically in a local jail as contrasted with felons‚ who are typically incarcerated in a prison. Jurisdictions such as Massachusetts are a notable exception where the maximum punishment of some misdemeanors is up to 2.5 years. People who are convicted of misdemeanors are often punished with probation‚ community service‚ short jail term‚ or part-time imprisonment; served on the weekends.”(Phillips)
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Bankruptcy Fraud What is Bankruptcy? Bankruptcy is a way for individuals or businesses to satisfy debts. There are four types of bankruptcy. There is Chapter 7 which is a complete liquidation for individuals. Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidates assets that are not exempt and uses the proceeds to pay creditors. In this bankruptcy creditors may be paid in full or a percentage based on the assets that were available. There is Chapter 11 which is for a business. Chapter 11 allows a business to reorganize
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