A Broken System: The United States Prison System Abstract The United States prison system is not a suitable place for nonviolent drug offenders. The high rate of recidivism is caused by one thing and one thing only‚ prison sentences. Nonviolent drug offenders will have no choice other than to socialize with other inmates‚ some who have committed irreprehensible crimes‚ thereby greatly increasing their chance of becoming violent. The population of prisons in the United States is on a steady
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Dr. Blasdel English 101 December 11‚ 2013 A Ban on Tobacco Tobacco has been a part of our nation’s history since the very beginning. Using tobacco has never been considered a healthy habit‚ but people today still smoke regardless of the harms done. In New York there have been bans for smoking in public places. This could be a start of a new trend to ban smoking everywhere in the US. However tobacco should not be banned because of individual rights‚ it’s effect on the economy‚ and the increased
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Pro: To start out I am not a good debater but I just had this idea and want to see both sides of the argument. Euthanasia should be legalized in the United States. Euthanasia would help the US and its citizens in many ways. As defined by Merriam-Webster Euthanasia- the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy: 1. People who live in great pain and suffering would have a way to get out of
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In our history of the United State guns have been a way of life. A gun can save a life or a country from a criminal act or terrorism. What rights we have to guns‚ how important guns are to our safety‚ how many people own and sell guns in United States is something we should all be concerned with. Guns and gun safety is something we all need. The rights and laws to gun are outlined in federal and state codes. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "A well regulated Militia
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Economics Term Paper Should our immigration laws be changed? Throughout history‚ there has been a constant increase in non-US citizens moving into the United States. This long process of becoming a citizen of the United States is called immigration. However‚ the US tends to accept more immigrants than other countries. There are different pros and cons to having an increase in immigration‚ which tend to be based on how these immigrants are affecting the US economy. Before one becomes a citizen
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Poverty in the United States is an unacceptable scourge on our society. Poverty is born out of situation and mindset rather than sheer laziness. To figure out the causes and solutions of poverty‚ we must understand what poverty is. Poverty occurs when a person’s basic needs for food‚ clothing‚ and shelter are not met. Poverty is measured by the government in what they call a poverty “threshold”. This poverty “threshold” is based on family size and income falling below the poverty line established
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Ashley Upchurch Professor Garner ENG1101 23 November 2012 Smoking Ban World Wide In the early years smoking in the United States was a very common occurrence. Adults were smoking anywhere they pleased. It was normal to see a couple puffing on a cigarette in the local grocery store‚ on the bus to work‚ or even in their office cubical. Back then there were no studies shown that smoking cased health problems or death. The people did not see cigarettes as a harmful thing. It was not until the
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majority of laws at least in America do serve a purpose and should be obeyed. Of course we’ve all done our share of illegal U-turns and other minor offenses but the major felonies are felonies for a very good reason and it’s not ok to break those laws. We’ve changed laws that were wrong such as not allowing black people the same freedoms that the rest of us have and I think there’s probably a few laws still on the books in many states that shouldn’t be there. I tried to Google strange laws still in
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The traditional definition of family‚ especially in the United States‚ has made it rather difficult to recognize the legitimacy of families because of the complications of U.S. family law. For example‚ the U.S. uses marriage and biology to define the family. Under this concept‚ same sex couples with their children would not be considered a “family” nor would individuals who adopted children. Although problems still exists within the law‚ the federal courts have stepped up over the past several years
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Business Challenge #6: To develop the best scratch resistant coating in the world for ophthalmic lenses [Titan] Background The ophthalmic lenses (spectacle lenses) consist of some base material (substrate) like CR 39‚ Polycarbonate‚ Trivex and a surface treatment is given to them to increase their hardness. Currently‚ there are 2 processes of applying this coating‚ i.e. Dip coating and Spin coating. The current scratch resistant (Hard) coating on plastic and polycarbonate lenses available in the
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