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    Court Issues Paul Thomson CJA/394 March 4 2013 Jeffrey Hooker Court Issues As we all know that the world of the criminal is always changing and the Law enforcement community needs to change with it. The biggest one would be the courts. There are many things that face the courts today. There are many issues facing the courts and the court administrator’s one problem is the use of plea bargaining in our court system. More than 90 percent of felony cases in the United States in any given year

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    Supreme Court Justice Sonia Maria Sotomayor 1954 – Justice Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court on May 26‚ 2009. A vacancy became open upon the retirement of Justice Souter. If her nomination and approval by the Senate is approved‚ she would become the 111th Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Her confirmation hearing by the Senate did not go without controversy. Justice Sotomayor gave a speech at the University of California‚ Berkeley

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    The majority perception of probation and parole is that it`s too lenient options in the US criminal justice system. Statistically‚ prison population is decreasing while probation and parole is constantly rising. Many may have concern as to why this is occurring. Some question the rehabilitation in probation and parole because so many offenders are being released to communities without much supervision. The Bureau of Justice Statistics informs that in 2009 probation numbers increased from 1‚118‚000

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    CHAPTER 1 THE COURT STRUCTURE - The present court structure has been in effect since June 1994 following the Constitution (Amendment) Act 1994. - The judicial powers are exercised by the Subordinate Courts and the superior courts organised in a hierarchy where the Subordinate Courts are at the lower level and the superior courts at the higher level. THE SUBORDINATE COURTS (The Subordinate Courts Act 1948) THE PENGHULU’S COURT - The Penghulu’s Court is presided over by a Penghulu who has

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    Christianity point of view. b) Law of the land. DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. INTRODUCTION. DEFINITION. Drug. 1) A drug is any chemical you take that affects the way your body works. Example: alcohol‚ caffeine‚ aspirin‚ nicotine etc. 2) A drug is a substance which may have medicinal‚ intoxicating performance when taken by a human body. Drug abuse. 1) It is the use of illegal drugs‚ the misuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for at least a year with negative consequences. 2)

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    Drug addiction is one of the most concerned issues all around the world. Either consuming or trading drug in some countries are strictly prohibited. For instance‚ ‘January 2009‚ Yong Vui Kong‚ a Malaysian was sentenced to death in Singapore for trafficking heroin’. However‚ the restrictions or even the punishments seem to have failed remediating this issue. Drug trafficking among teenagers has been increasing rapidly and immediate ‘remedies’ are indispensable to prevent further societal consequences

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    According to Webster’s New World™ Medical Dictionary‚ 3rd Edition‚ Addiction is a chronic relapsing condition characterized by compulsive drug-seeking and abuse and by long-lasting chemical changes in the brain. Addiction is the same irrespective of whether the drug is alcohol‚ amphetamines‚ cocaine‚ heroin‚ marijuana‚ or nicotine. Every addictive substance induces pleasant states or relieves distress. Continue use of addictive substances induces adaptive changes in the brain that lead to tolerance

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    Layla Farah The End of Drug Use It’s a wonder why out of all the topics I picked “The End of Drug Use” well I chose “The End of Drug Use” because drug use is becoming a big thing now days. Mostly drugs are the cause of many deaths like disease of the heart‚ Malignant Neoplasm‚ poisoning and overdose. Drugs are something that most people do because of depression‚ and stress or even when life is too hard to handle. Drugs have become a normal thing for many people these

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    In 1971 Nixon Declares the “war on drugs” this entailed placing marijuana under a schedule one drug‚ dramatically increasing the size of and presence of federal drug agencies‚ and made strict prison penalties if caught with a schedule one drug. As the war on drugs became more and more prominent in society there emerged a growing racial disparity in drug related arrests and prison populations. Which brings the question of was the war on drugs focused on targeting low income African American neighborhoods

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    In 2004 Obama said: "The war on drugs has been an utter failure. We need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws… we need to rethink how we operate the drug wars." according to the website http://www.commondreams.org. When the war on drugs was declared everyone thought it would be a could idea. Not knowing that in 1971 when President Richard Nixon declared the war on drug‚ his plan would only result in trillions of dollars wasted on an endless battle that couldn’t be won. President Nixon

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