Life as a Parole Officer Peggy Marshall Week 9 Individual Work For my interview‚ I interviewed Tiffany Sanders‚ from the Johnston County Adult Probation Parole office located in Smithfield NC. Before my interview I came up with ten questions to ask Mrs. Sanders during our interview. After my interview with Mrs. Sanders‚ I have come to the conclusion that I would love to be a probation or parole officer. One question I asked Mrs. Sanders was “what are the job functions of
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Innocent or Not? Mahatma Gandhi once said‚ “A man who was completely innocent‚ offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others‚ including his enemies‚ and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.” In 1996‚ Richard Alexander was held in connection to four sexual assaults in South Bend‚ Indiana. Richard was sentenced to 70 years in prison‚ but was released after only serving three years. According to innocentproject.org‚ “Richard was charged with two counts of robbery‚ two counts
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BROTHERS KEEPER Am I my brother’s keeper? “Innocent until proven guilty‚” and very often outside perspectives can drive a wedge between convicted murderers and their family. On many occasions family members are frowned upon because of the wrong doings of another family member. Whether it is a close relative or a distant relative that you are considered close to‚ their actions can very well leave a negative impact on your life. Despite what so called close friends will tell you‚ depending on
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Funny laws In our great state of Ohio we have our own set of quirky laws. Some of these you may know but others you may not. In this state you are prohibited from engaging in a duel‚ no matter the circumstances. Well‚ there goes my weekend plans. You also may not get a fish drunk or hunt whales on a Sunday. No civil arrests may be made on Sunday or the fourth of July. Ohio may have some funny state laws but what about the city laws? Here are some that might make you chuckle. In Canton‚ Ohio If you
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I have been asked to research and report to the Idaho Association of Counties in the matter of private misdemeanor probation and to provide a recommendation for or against it. In doing research for this I reviewed the State of Georgia who currently provides private probation services to clients with misdemeanor charges. I also looked at the controversy that is happening right now in Idaho with the current probation services. Georgia advisory council records show that a high percentage of probation
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The Case of CeCe McDonald: Murder—or Self-Defense Against a Hate Crime? She pled guilty to manslaughter‚ but activists believe this trans woman was "on trial for surviving a hate crime." By Nicole Pasulka | Tue May. 22‚ 2012 3:00 AM PDT Update: On June 4‚ CeCe McDonald was sentenced to 41 months in prison. This is the minimum sentence for second degree manslaughter in Minnesota. CeCe will receive credit for the 275 days she’s already spent in custody. Along with a reduction in time served
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as treason‚ felonies and misdemeanors and some minor crimes are called petty offenses or public torts. Because felonies are deemed the most serious class of offense throughout the United States and punishable by incarceration of more than a year in prison and some cases‚ life in prison without parole and even capital punishment (Montaldo‚ 2018). Felonies are separated into two different classes. Class A is usually used to classify the most serious felonies such as first-degree murder‚ rape‚ involuntary
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Diana Zorchenko February 18‚ 2014 Should Ex-Felon’s be allowed to Vote? POLS 301 Spring 2014 Brief Summary An estimated 5.85 million people (as of 2010) with a felony conviction are barred from voting in elections which is a condition known as disenfranchisement. Each state has its own laws on disenfranchisement. While Vermont and Maine allow felons to vote while in prison‚ nine other states permanently restrict certain felons from voting. Proponents of felon re-enfranchisement
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The Law and Jury System in Murder on the Orient Express The law and jury system probably is not something that you would consider important while reading Murder on the Orient Express. You probably wouldn’t even think about it‚ unless you’re thinking about the punishment that the murderer would endure. However at the end of the novel when you find out how much it impacted the novel you would be amazed. The book took place on the Orient Express‚ on the Istanbul-Calais coach where a man was killed
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My Green Light My green light is an ambiguous entity‚ consisting of multiple forms‚ each day varying from the next. This ever-changing pattern in my life is possibly a result of a void left behind from my childhood‚ as my parents had never encouraged or raised any desire to strive for a goal in me. As such I now have an inability to create a permanent goal for myself. My green light‚ in short‚ lacks conviction - it is deprived of the motivation required to maintain my interest‚ and eventually
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