that “they may exacerbate unwarranted and unjust disparities that are already far too common in our criminal justice system and in our society”. The Sentencing Commission did not do a study however‚ ProPublica issued an article called Machine Bias in May 2016. They compare the risk assessment of individual arrested with the same crime but of different races. ProPublica compared two burglary cases. Brisha Borden an 18 year-old black female to that of Vernon Prater a 41 year-old white male;
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this unfortunate truth‚ a clause was written into Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 that sets the standard of proof for such cases to be “preponderance of evidence”‚ rather than “beyond a reasonable doubt”. If “preponderance of evidence” is not a high enough standard for our judicial system‚ then it should not be an acceptable standard for cases of criminal nature within our schools; Furthermore‚ it leaves open countless possibilities for defamation of innocent parties and internal system
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there is to know about judicial review. So when it comes to the case of Marbury V. Madison I knew the basics of the case but I did not know the reasons and all the facts. When I picked this case it was out of confusion behind the events that gave the Supreme Court its powers. Through examining the legal‚ environmental and personal perspective of the case we can get to the bottom of why they ruled way they did. The Marbury v. Madison case was the first of its kind because it was questioning who had
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Loving v. Virginia Loving v. Virginia was a landmark civil rights decision of the USSC (United States Supreme Court)‚ which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage. The case was brought by Mildred Loving‚ a colored woman‚ and Richard Loving‚ a white man‚ were sentenced to a year in prison in Virginia for marrying each other. Their marriage violated the state’s anti-miscegenation statue‚ the Racial Integrity Act of 1924‚ which prohibited marriage between people classified as “white”
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Long said. Christopher and Cameron Ervin have been charged with ‘two counts of felony aggravated assault and two felony counts of first degree arson‚’ according to Long. Since Georgia state law says that 17 year olds are considered adults in criminal cases‚ Cameron will be tried as an adult rather than just Christopher. Both Christopher and Cameron are expected to appear in court sometime next week. Opinion I think the reason this story is so incredibly important is because of how horrible it
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MODULE 1 THEORIES OF LEARNING: ACT – R (Adaptive Control of Thought - Rational) by John Anderson I. Objectives At the end of the module‚ the students are expected to: a. define ACT – R; b. apply the ACT – R Theory in learning; and c. appreciate the importance of ACT – R in learning II. Introduction of the Topic ACT-R (Adaptive Control of Thought--Rational) is a cognitive architecture mainly developed by John Robert Anderson at Carnegie Mellon University‚ which is also a theory
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ICE The book I chose to read is Frozen Earth: Explaining the Ice Age by R. V. Fodor‚ the associate Professor of Geology at North Carolina State University. It presents the recent discoveries and history of the ice age in an easy-understanding and accessible way. He first begins with a little background of ice ages. He then talks about glaciers and how they form and act. Then he talks about the different theories of how this happened. He concludes with speaking of the future and the climate
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CASE DOCTRINES AND ADDITIONAL NOTES CRIMINAL LAW II (Culled from Florenz Regalado’s Conspectus and Ortega’s Notes) Article 114. TREASON ➢ “The details of the testimony on the acts testified by witnesses need not be identical” (People vs. Abad) ➢ “The two-witness rule is not required to prove adherence to the enemy” (People vs. Alitagtag) ➢ “Treason absorbs crimes committed in the furtherance thereof” (People vs. Villanueva) ➢ “Righteous Action‚ as when the collaborator also
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allowing Turner to continue to work as a shaker table inspector. When analyzing this case‚ Turner’s medical problems appeared to be limited to her job as a shaker table inspector. She was a qualified individual for the job and received several accommodations under the ADA‚ but her medical problems did not limit any major life sustaining activities. She had difficulty with very few activities. As stated in the case‚ “the activities in which she can participate in are limited and do not require any
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Case Study: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services‚ Inc. Joshua Weisman Webster University HRMG 5700 QD F2 In the case of Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services‚ Inc.‚ Joseph Oncale was the victim of repeated harassment‚ sexual‚ physical and mental‚ from at least three members of the work crew‚ of which two had a supervisory position over him. When Oncale brought his complaints to the supervisors‚ they took no noticeable actions against the harassers and‚ after he had experienced
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