The Breakfast Club is a film about four different students-Allison‚ Claire‚ Andrew‚ John‚ and Brian - who come from different backgrounds and are serving a Saturday detention. After they get comfortable with one another’s presence‚ they all share their personal stories. Principal Vernon‚ who is powerful and strict‚ gives the students’ directions in order to write an essay describing who they think they are. The movie centers around the social divisions between high school students‚ labels that students
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After the 2001 September 11th attacks‚ the Bush administration needed a secure place to keep its enemies captured in the “war on terror”. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had already established “black sites”‚ or secret detention centres‚ all over the world. However‚ the Bush administration needed a location outside of international law so they could keep detainees indefinitely while interrogating them without legal intervention. They also needed a location that would not become a target for
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Imagine you live in a country with an oppressive government and even worse your enthnic group is being persecuted by that government‚ would you not want to leave even if it means selling all your possessions? This is a scenario faced by thousands of people every year who are classed as asylum seekers. Brindha‚ the 9 year old Tamil asylum seeker who on a crowded boat off the Indonesian coast‚ made a heartbreaking plea to Australian journalists to please save them‚ the prime minister delivered a
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The Breakfast Club was a 1980’s movie that took a look at five high school students. They were all sentenced to a day of Saturday morning detention. All though all five come from different cliques and walks of life they all come together to discuss and work out there lives‚ problems‚ and insecurities. The main characters include Claire‚ Allison‚ Andy‚ Brian‚ and John. They are all stuck in the schools library under the careful watch of the Principle Richard Vernon. All this was accompanied by a little
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Dr. Allison Burke stated‚ “Adolescence is a tumultuous time‚ full or change and transformation... The adultification of youth (or waiver to adult court) is unduly harsh for youth whose brains have not fully formed” (Should Adolescents). Many facts point to the conclusion that juveniles should not be tried as adults. Although some believe children should be punished for what they have done‚ it should not be done in such a harsh and permanent method. Juveniles make bad decisions‚ but they are somewhat
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1.In 1967 in In Re Gault the U.S. Supreme Court stated that “the condition of being boy does not justify a kangaroo court” thus ruling that the constitution applies to proceedings in the juvenile court. The term “kangaroo court” refers to judicial proceedings that have the appearance of fairness but are not because outcomes are predetermined in advance of the trial. Describe how Judge Civarelli denied juveniles their constitutional rights. Judge Civarelli denied juveniles their constitutional
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University and members of the Australian community. My name is Dr. Darcey Cooper‚ Professor of International Human Rights here at Melbourne University. Today‚ I will provide you with valuable facts and knowledge on why the laws regarding mandatory detention of asylum seekers should be modified to give these innocent human beings what they deserve...the opportunity to belong. These asylum seekers have fled their war torn countries in order to escape death. They then spend countless months on a substandard
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CONTENTS Table of Citations iii Standard of Review iv Introduction 1 Statement of Case 1 Statement of Facts 2 Summary of Argument 5 Argument 8 The Motion To Suppress the cocaine found on Mr. Garza was properly denied because Mr. Garza’s detention was for reasonable time‚ and Mr. Clements had probable cause to search Mr Garza where he displayed nervous behavior combined with the odor of burnt marijuana. 8 Conclusion 15 Certificate of Service 15 Certificate of Compliance 16 TABLE OF
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Appeal) (Final Appeal No 24 of 2000 (Civil)) C Li CJ‚ Bokhary and Chan PJJ‚ Nazareth and Sir Anthony Mason NPJJ 21–23 May and 20 July 2001 D Immigration — permanent residence — ordinary residence requirement — being in prison or training or detention centre did not constitute “ordinary residence” within art.24 — Basic Law art.24 Immigration — permanent residence — persons not of Chinese nationality — under art.24(2)(4)‚ period of ordinary residence must be “immediately before” permanent residence
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Terror‚ including codifying into law the indefinite detention of terrorism suspects without trial. Under the new law the US military has the power to carry out domestic anti-terrorism operations on US soil. “The fact that I support this bill as a whole does not mean I agree with everything in it‚” the president said in a statement. “I have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention‚ interrogation and
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