List and explain the rights prisoners have while incarcerated. After doing some research I discovered the following information: Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Every inmate has the right to be free under the Eighth Amendment from inhumane treatment or anything that could be considered "cruel and unusual" punishment. Unfortunately‚ the Eighth Amendment did not clearly define what "cruel and unusual" punishment includes‚ meaning much of the definition has derived from case law. Generally speaking
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Property Rights of Women in Nineteenth-Century England The property rights of women during most of the nineteenth century were dependent upon their marital status. Once women married‚ their property rights were governed by English common law‚ which required that the property women took into a marriage‚ or acquired subsequently‚ be legally absorbed by their husbands. Furthermore‚ married women could not make wills or dispose of any property without their husbands’ consent. Marital separation
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Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman laid her arguments for the rights of education for women in the 18th Century‚ portraying the world of women in her time and how they were treated by the world. Since the time of Mary Wollstonecraft to the present day‚ women are still struggling in many parts of the world for the right for education. Wollstonecraft argued that education can reform the life of women‚ shape her home and world. Education has changed the life of women from being dependent to independent
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assume the group of blacks are associated with a drug gang or bank robbers and at the same time conclude a small crowd of whites had just left a friend’s party. During this time‚ the police would stop and talk to the blacks‚ asking them questions about their recent whereabouts and if they had drugs on them. At the exact same moment‚ it would be the whites who are secretly selling marijuana and robbing others of their hard earned money. Whites are thought through our culture to be always better than
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In A Vindication of the Rights of Women‚ Mary Wollstonecraft challenges the perceptions of femininity forced on to women and condemns the notion that a “virtuous” female is a woman who contains flippant qualities and accepts that her purpose on Earth is to cater herself to the whims of husband (76‚ 84). While a woman who lives in a society in which the persona she is expected to assimilate to is advantageous only to the men who govern her‚ it would be unfair and unkind to blame her for living up
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And in “Fever Pitch” written by Nick Hornby‚ we get another look at what hooliganism means to some people. But why do people become hooligans? When asked why hooliganism many people talk about the family they never had and the brotherhood. But when does this brotherhood turn into newspaper articles about disasters? In the text “Among the Thugs” we get a look into what motivates the hooligans to cause such violence. England was in a very fragile state in the 1970s‚ there were big differences between
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and women have equal rights? Koffi Annan once said‚ “Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty‚ promoting sustainable development and building good governance.” Men and women should have equal rights because we are both needed to ensure survival of the human race‚ there is no science that proves one gender is more superior to the other‚ and there are no laws that state men and women should not be equal. Men and women should
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I have the right to vote now but many women still do not. Many women are still denied the vote regardless of their efforts during the war‚ we are still unequal to men. Child only women over thirty who either own a house or is the wife of a householder or a university graduate have been given the right to vote under the Representation of the People’s Act 1918. Women had been left out of The Reform Acts of 1832‚ 1867 and 1884‚ even when women in other countries were receiving the right to vote‚ Britain
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procedures designed for adults offer limited help. Studies show that younger juveniles misunderstand Miranda warnings and developmental psychologists question whether minors are ever competent to make knowing‚ intelligent and voluntary waivers of their rights. Because of their incompetence‚ investigators use interrogative tactics to their advantage. Such tactics include misrepresenting facts‚ presenting false evidence‚ lying‚ deceit and psychological tactics and strategies to heighten adolescents stress
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What Citizenship Means to Me “You are a citizen‚ and citizenship carries responsibilities”‚ a simple yet striking statement from Paul Coltier. Citizenship depicts the rights of a person to belong in a certain country‚ thus this call for a responsible living. But as young citizens in this country‚ how far do we know the meaning of the said term? As one of the youths of 21st century‚ I am entitled to assert my citizenship and considered as a lawful Filipino. In addition‚ the said term is said to
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