Current Environmental Issues Tamisha Johnson Soc 120 Instructor Kerr June 19‚ 2010 Current Environmental Issues With the world’s population steadily increasing‚ our environmental issues are steadily changing. With this increase we are experiencing a loss of natural resources. Our forests are being torn down to meet the needs of growing cities. The reason for this is more demands for paper‚ wood‚ or even new land. With the help from everyone hopefully we can increase the demand to plant new
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Bail Court not to Functions as Trial Court A Court cannot conduct a mini trial at the time of considering a bail application.141 At the stage of granting of bail‚ the Court can only go into the question of the prima facie case established for granting bail. It cannot go into the question of credibility and reliability of the witnesses put up by the prosecution. The question of credibility and reliability of prosecution witnesses can only be tested during the trial.142 The Court is not expected to
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The juvenile justice system was created for a simple but specific reason‚ and that was to have a separate system for juveniles. Juveniles were treated as adults before the first juvenile court was established in the 1800’s. According to the book the juvenile system was created to focus on “rehabilitation of youthful offenders” (Lawrence & Hemmens‚ 2008). I think there are two systems for a reason‚ but they are different in a lot of ways. One the big difference is age‚ most juvenile are under the
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story about false allegation during child custody and divorce. One spouse points the finger at the other and receives a restraining order from the court. The wife or husband recognizes that doing this will‚ almost by default‚ give them custody of the children and exclusive use of the family home. The accused parent then must defend themselves in court and prove these allegations false. While false accusations are a legal mess‚ it is also terrible to have someone that you once shared a life make
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know what to do in a medical emergency because they have seen it done on television. The same goes for Americans’ knowledge about Court hearings and the judicial system. Many things are done on television by actors playing lawyers or judges that are done just for the purpose of entertainment. “Reality-based” Court shows such as Judge Judy‚ People’s Court and Divorce Court dominate television ratings every day. Because the judicial system is not well understood by most people or learned in school or
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Political Issues with the Current Immigration SOC/315 December 12‚ 2011 Political Issues with the Current Immigration “In the wake of the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1965. This new law abolished the national origins quota system and barred racial considerations from expressly entering into decisions about immigrant visas; it also imposed for the first time a ceiling (120‚000) on migration from the Western Hemisphere.” (Johnson‚ 2006). Historical Framework for
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the twins passed away‚ from 2008 to 2009. From what I could gather throughout the time I was in the courtroom‚ Kylie Mathews’s state of mind was an important issue to be discussed. Applying the process of ISAAC to solving legal problems (M. Backstrom‚ “LWS009 Lectorial 2” 2013) in this context‚ a lot of attention was placed on the issue of Kylie Mathew’s psychological state and the operation of “magical thinking” on
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Criminal Court Cases What makes this country so great? Most people disagree on the answer to that question. Some say it’s the freedom of speech that we have. Others will say that it’s our ability to vote and elect who we want to lead us. This is all well and good‚ but what really sets our country apart from many others is our right to a speedy and public trial of our peers. Some governments in other parts of the world reserve the right to take any citizen right off of the street and place him
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Prudence should have testified in court. Prudence was a young girl who was befriended by Kit‚ a new township from Barbados. Kit showed Prudence a lovely lady in the woods named Hanna Tupper‚ who many mistook for a witch. Kit showed her that she was not a witch‚ just a kind old lady. But then‚ the villagers burned down her home‚ and accused Kit of being a witch and she was taken to court. Prudence should have testified in court for three reasons: to stand up to her cruel mom‚ honor humble Hannah‚
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in the federal court system. Federal courts consist of three levels of courts. District courts are the federal courts of original jurisdiction‚ the U.S. Court of Appeals is the intermediary appellate court‚ and the U.S. Supreme Court is the highest federal court. There are 94 district courts and 13 U.S. Courts of Appeals. Those dissatisfied with the outcome of a case heard from the district courts can take it to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Cases are brought to the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision
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