I. INTRODUCTION: As if living up to its moniker "murder capital of the north‚" shooting incidents in Abra in the first quarter of 2011 have almost tripled compared to those recorded in the same period in 2010‚ an election year. Based on records from the Abra Provincial Police Office (Abra-PPO)‚ there were 14 shooting incidents from January to March in 2010 as against 36 cases recorded from January to March 27 this year. Statistically‚ this means that at least one shooting incident takes place
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Cited: "First Degree Murder Definition." Findlaw. Thomson Reuters. Web. 19 Apr. 2012. McCartney‚ Linda‚ and Paul McCartney. "Live and Let Die." Rec. Oct. 1972. Live and Let Die. Paul McCartney & Wings. George Martin‚ 1973. Vinyl recording. "Murder -- Definition and Degrees." Office of the United States Attorneys. Web. 19 Apr. 2012. . "Popular Mechanics." Machines of Death. Web. 19 Apr. 2012 "Second Degree Murder Definition." Findlaw. Thomson Reuters. Web. 19 Apr. 2012
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of homicide committed‚ such as first degree‚ or premeditated murder‚ second degree murder‚ manslaughter‚ and negligent. In order to determine which type occurred‚ the elements of the incident are examined. These are intent‚ whether criminal or negligible‚ the act‚ and the causation. Each of these elements will determine the consequences a person might be facing. Intent falls under the guise of specific‚ such as the planned murder of another‚ while general can be a very broad and more abstract
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Defining Key Ratios: http://www.equitymaster.com/detail.asp?date=01/05/2010&story=3&title=Investing-Back-to-basics-XXI * Net interest margin (NIM) * Operating profit margin (OPM) * Cost to income ratio * Other income to total income ratio Net interest margin (NIM): Just as we calculate and measure performances of non-financial companies on the basis of their operating performance (EBITDA margins)‚ the performance of banks is largely dependent on the NIM for the year. The difference
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pregnant‚ we falter in defining whether or not the organism growing inside of her is considered “life” or not. It is not necessary to kill an innocent life; there are many other solutions to resolve this problem short of abortion. The second reason deals with religious values. In almost all religions‚ a woman is not permitted to have an abortion. If the women goes forth with an abortion‚ she will be disgraced by her religion. It is said that abortion is murder of the unborn child. In
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suffering from mental illness or simply evil? The question of whether murderers are suffering from psychiatric illness or are just simply evil is a debate that runs rife throughout not only the psychological community‚ but society as a whole. Murders are rare events in Australia; nevertheless they do occur. The media coverage of such events can be extensive and often dramatized‚ without addressing the potential underlying processes such as mental health and/or intoxicating influences that may
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Starkweather homicide David Jacobs 6th Period Contemporary History • Charles Raymond Starkweather (November 24‚ 1938 – June 25‚ • • • • • 1959) Starkweather was born in Lincoln‚ Nebraska He was the third of seven children born to Guy and Helen Starkweather. Starkweather had attended Saratoga Elementary School‚ Everett Junior High School and Lincoln High School in Lincoln. In contrast to his family life‚ Starkweather remembered nothing positive of his time at school.[5] Starkweather was born
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the Legal Information Institute‚ a Crime of Passion is classified as “A crime committed while in the throes of passion‚ with no opportunity to reflect on what is happening and what the person is about to do.”(source) What Mary Maloney did was not murder but only a crime of passion. The expected result was not to kill her husband but only to keep him and not lose him to the other woman. This is the natural instinct of a woman who was under the impression that she was in a happy marriage that was soon
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pg.1 Florida’s stand your ground law‚ is it allowing criminals to get away with murder? I will be completely honest. Florida’s stand your ground law fails because it prevents convictions for violent assaults and murders. It is being used as a loophole and promotes vigilantism. I had no idea this law existed until the sad; and very controversial death of unarmed 17 year old Trayvon Martin. With all the media surrounding this tragic story it’s very hard not to read an article or listen
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sexual orientation are all classified as hate crimes. Targets of these crimes include‚ individuals‚ businesses‚ or even society as a whole.(fbi.gov) “Hate crime legislation at the federal or state level takes on four specific forms: (1) statutes defining hate crimes as substantive offenses‚ (2) sentence enhancement‚ (3) statistics collection‚ and (4) civil remedies.” (” www.ncjrs.gov”) As part of a larger initiative to combat violent crime‚ The Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement act was put in to
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