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    Criminal Justice System CJA/204 Crime is an omission or act which violates laws that results to punishment of an individual. The specific omissions or acts that constitute a crime are determined by the governmental bodies from the area you live. At any given time you will most likely be subject to three sets of laws. Defined is the first set federal statute. Outlined by the state government where you live is the second set. The third set is laws enacted by local government. If conflict ever arises

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    refused to abide by the Whites and wanted to abide by both Whites and Blacks. In his famous letter at Birmingham Jail‚ he addresses the topic of acting now and acting with the full support of everyone. In this way he is similar to Malcolm X who also wanted the Africans to stand up against the oppressors. One of the main issues talked about in the letter is why not wait some more time to see what the Whites will do. Martin Luther King Jr. had a great response to this‚ something many people still use today

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    Grammar Assignment Martin Luther King’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Three paragraphs from pages 168-169 The topic sentence in the first paragraph‚ "Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application"‚ states a clear topic. It shows that the following paragraph will discuss the fact that while a law can appear to be just on its face‚ in its application‚ it really serves no justice at all. In the second paragraph the writer states that he does not advocate evading or defying

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    U.S. Correctional System Our correctional systems have quite a few ways to punish offenders. Some are made to do community service and work to make up for the offense that he or she committed. You also have those who are fined for the offense and must pay the cost by the date requested or there will be other penalties such as‚ the offender having to serve jail time. There are individuals who report crime that takes place inside the neighborhood to law enforcement. Without such

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    What Society Expects of its Criminal Justice System University of Phoenix Criminal Justice Foundations CJA/303 June 11‚ 2006 What Society Expects of its Criminal Justice System This paper discusses what society expects of the police‚ courts‚ corrections‚ and how they are realized and unfulfilled. In addition‚ the employees of the system‚ their goals‚ expectations‚ and temptations and the differences in their goals from society ’s goals. Last‚ is to discuss the individuals that are charged

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    Isaac Newton should not be thrown in jail because he made true discoveries. But instead he should be free so he can share his discoveries with the world. He discovered the 3 laws of motion‚gravity‚and the color spectrum.When he experimented with light he didn’t put his face in a book he experimented to be able to prove his theory. Here are some of the discoveries that has made.Three of his discoveries that I will be discussing will be the color spectrum‚gravity‚and the three laws of motion.He

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    the criminal justice system in the United States today because of its perspective of “an eye for an eye”. Retribution is a theory that states that people should be punished for that crime that they have committed equally to what they have done (396). It is not like the other two goals of punishment‚ which is deterrence and rehabilitation that does not make much of an impact on criminals we see today. Deterrence has many problems that arise with it and is not very affective‚ such as a criminal would

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    Martin Luther King jr. wrote this letter from the Birmingham jail on April 16‚ 1963. The purpose of this text is Martin Luther King jr contradicting the clergymen and explaining the suffering of the Negro lives. His point was to show that black lives are no different than white lives and how both communities are interrelated. As opposed to the clergymen who wanted negotiations instead of direct actions‚ MLK tried to show the need for direct actions to reach negotiations. For example he had said‚

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    Tommy Bellone 7th hr 5/17/13 Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King wrote the letter on the 16th of April in 1963. He was responding to his fellow clergymen after they called him unwise and untimely. King was arrested for his civil disobedience in the protests and marches that he led. Martin Luther King’s audience in the letter were the clergymen who are men of religion. Therefore King alludes to religious figures in order to appeal to the clergymen. He speaks in a respectful tone

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    Luther King Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” I think‚ has the same point of view. America has done the unthinkable and achieved the impossible in the past.  However‚ times have not been as good as they were in the past‚ but in Obama’s speech strongly believe that Americans are ready to get up and brush themselves off. Everyone will do anything to help fix the nation and return to be the most powerful nation in the world. In addition‚ “Letter from Birmingham Jail” written by Martin Luther King’s Jr

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