Federal and State Sentencing Instructor Class Date Name In 1998 the District of Columbia Sentencing and Criminal Code Revision Commission was charged with developing a comprehensive structured sentencing system for the District. The Commission concluded that the District could benefit from a comprehensive structured sentencing system. Next‚ the Commission embarks the difficult task of creating workable sentencing guidelines for felonies. As Washington‚ DC follows the lead of other jurisdictions
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The rough draft Date: 02.01.2013 Students and Mandatory Volunteering Does mandatory volunteering differ from “slavery”? According to this project‚ a student has to spend his or her particular time to service for community for free in order to graduate from the university. It is fact that in some countries (United States of America‚ Canada) mandatory volunteering is still used‚ and in their experience‚ it works effectively. They say that mandatory volunteering not only develops some skills‚ but
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children need all of the new vaccinations? Should these vaccinations be mandatory? Today’s parents have turned out okay without the new vaccinations‚ so are they really necessary? Research done on both sides creates two sides to this issue. Some favor mandatory vaccinations while others do not support mandatory vaccination of children‚ yet both want what is best for chidren. Several sources provide reasons to support the mandatory vaccination of children. According to Kip Randall‚ a professor at the
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beneficial to the environment if done on a massive scale. The question is whether or not recycling should be made mandatory. There are many benefits to recycling and there are disadvantages as well. Some benefits include reducing waste‚ cost effectiveness‚ and education of the public on the consequences we will run into if we do not recycle. One of the benefits of making recycling mandatory is that it helps lessen the waste to the environment by allowing us to use certain things again. One of the
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Racial Disparity in Sentencing Donna Black CJA423 October 18‚ 2010 Shomari L. Gilford Racial Disparity in Sentencing Racial disparity in sentencing continues to be a long time culmination in the criminal justice system. The disparity in criminal sentencing is seen when individuals who commit similar or the same criminal act results in acquiring different sentences upon conviction (Jones-Brown‚ 2002). The paper will take a look at racial disparity in sentencing today‚ do an examination of
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Minimum Mandatory Sentences Minimum mandatory sentences have been established since the inception of our criminal justice system. However‚ these laws have gained much-needed attention as of late due to the ripple effect it has caused relating to the war on drugs. The war on drugs have been going on since the 1980s‚ but the use of these laws have created bigger problems in poor communities. These laws have hindered the progression of families and communities. Minimum mandatory sentences are not an
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are always tons of people who are upset with the outcome‚ and we are wasting the rights that Americans had to fight wars for. Thus‚ United States Federal Government should make voting mandatory because we will get better results and we won’t waste our precious rights. The first reason why voting should be mandatory is because we’ll be able to get better
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Mandatory Overtime Difference and Dominance Discrimination Discrimination is‚ in general terms‚ treating others differently without a justified reason; however‚ there are two specific types of discrimination as discussed in the book‚ Feminism: Issues and Arguments‚ by Jennifer Mather Saul. These two types of discrimination that Saul writes about are Difference and Dominance Discrimination. Difference discrimination is “discrimination where people are treated differently on grounds of sex‚
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State governments are the ones who determine which vaccinations are mandatory for school attendance. The federal government plays a key role in vaccination as well. The federal government regulates the safety and effectiveness of all vaccines by testing them. A new vaccine must first be tested on animals then it must be filed s a New Drug Application (Balding 103-110). Acquired Immunity A very important type of immunity is acquired immunity. Acquired immunity dates back to the times of the Greeks:
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Is playing a sport really more important than getting a high enough GPA to succeed in life? I believe that students should have to get a mandatory GPA in order to play sports because it’s easier to go to college on scholarships for academics‚ shows the ability to learn new things quickly with higher GPAs‚ and proves the work rate and commitment of the individual. Scholarships are found to be more commonly given out for academics rather than sports. Academic scholarships are promoted from the
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