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    Clinton increased funding for prions to be built‚ more money given to law enforcement. The number of people arrested spiked. By ninety-ninety‚ there was over one million‚ one hundred thousand‚ one hundred‚ seventy-nine thousand‚ two hundred prisoners. Federal law’s set a trend that was overdone; he was wrong for his ninety-ninety-four criminal bill. Many of our prisoners begin incarcerated for many small misdemeanor crimes that had longer sentences‚ mandatory minimums to spend a long time in jail

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    the Information Age‚ infrastructure and technology has been created to allow the rapid sharing of information between parties‚ but it has not always been so. While the exchanging of information has always been consistent‚ the methods by which this task has been carried out is constantly changing relative to the time period in which the demand occurs and situation causing the demand. Over this paper‚ we will examine the ways networking has changed the past‚ present and future for 3 topics: war‚ commerce

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    of racial discrimination in modern society. Recently we have been seeing this problem in the criminal justice system. In America‚ we are celebrating our 40th year of the return of the death penalty after it was ruled out by the supreme court in 1981‚ resulting as a form of “cruel and unusual punishment.” However‚ the first use of lethal injection followed in 1982‚ after much debate by the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of the new “death shot.” The state then put to death Charles Brooks‚

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    the least severe type of criminal punishment? A fine. A prison sentence. A hearing. Retribution. Question 4. Moral acceptability is: The key element to all criminal laws. Unimportant. An influence on mala prohibita criminal laws. An influence on mala in se criminal laws. Question 5. What was one of the first known criminal codes? Roman law. The Code of Hammurabi. The common law system. The civil law system. Question 6. Which

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    Discuss the impact the Stephen Lawrence inquiry has had on the Criminal Justice System? This essay will screen through the changes made in major areas of Criminal Justice System after the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report published and attempts to address changes that have already implemented‚ the supposed and actual outcomes‚ and effectiveness of these changes in tackling institutional racism mainly based on qualitative academic debates. The murder of Stephen Lawrence‚ a black British teenager

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    of a struggle due to close proximity to the Mexico border. As of 2009‚ El Paso had 539 reported gangs and 5‚665 documented gang members‚ (Borunda‚ 21Oct2011). The gangs in El Paso are not only largely populated but law enforcement has noticed the Mexican drug cartel has strengthened its ties with the U.S. gangs. According to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment‚ the gang-cartel link is most highly seen in El Paso between the Barrio Azteca gang and the Juarez drug cartel‚ but similar alliances

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    “Their way is not our way!” INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND INDIGENOUS OVER-REPRESENTATION IN AUSTRALIA’S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND - The Lucky Country? Hidden from the eyes of the world‚ two thirds of Aboriginal people in remote communities in Australia live in circumstances comparable to those 700 years ago in Europe. Health and mortality statistics in remote Aboriginal communities are some of the worst in the world. Despite decades of government

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    Frank Herton CJ411: Drugs and Alcohol in the Criminal Justice System Unit 2 Assignment May 1‚ 2012 Drug and alcohol abuse has been around as long as humans have been around. People have always had the desire to use substances to make them feel relaxed or stimulated. So because drugs and alcohol have always been existent‚ they have always been a part of our American culture through politics‚ media and advertising‚ and other American concepts. The time period of 1950-2000 was exceptionally active

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    1. Considering both Blades’ current practices and future plans‚ how can it benefit from forecasting the baht-dollar exchange rate? 2. Which forecasting technique (i.e.‚ technical‚ fundamental‚ or market-based) would be easiest to use in forecasting the future value of the baht? Why? 3. Blades is considering using either current spot rates or available forward rates to forecast the future value of the baht. Available forward rates currently exhibit a large discount. Do you think the spot

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    Encounter is performed by a team of Police officers with proposes to eliminate notorious terrorist or criminals. Although it has come to knowledge of court and public at large there are vast criticism on style of eliminating individual or group of individuals without actually having complete authority from the honourable court to perform such duty. Technique cowardly performed by police officers to eliminate human being. Most of the times‚ the head of operation would take such individual or group

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