An eye for an eye. The oldest laws crafted by ancient societies had binding punishments. As humanity matured‚ punishments became more lenient. Civilizations began compensating for the plethora of mitigating factors behind human behaviour. Today’s Governments have available to them alternatives to incarceration that better meet the goals of criminal punishment and rehabilitation. Mandatory minimum sentences (MMS) are now considered archaic by most of the world and condemned for their inability to
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marijuana if it legal or not. The legalization of marijuana will allow for the government to have a monitor of how many users there are‚ instead of speculating. There are some cons‚ such as underage users‚ or people driving while high‚ but this happens regardless of the legality‚ therefore‚ marijuana should be made legal. The pros are significant‚ such as the use of a pain medication to help those coping with serious problems or illnesses. There are also no deaths recorded
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When the average person think of the word hoarding‚ they think of a house filled with trash‚ newspapers‚ and canned foods or of a yard filled with junk and/or animals. What the average person does not automatically think of are corporations stockpiling their cash. Corporate cash hoarding is real and it is a common practice of some of the top corporations in the United States. As the focus shifts to corporate hoarding‚ the images shift in the mind of the average person as well. Images such as
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GERALD R. CABARLES NECESSARY EVIL. MOTION: TH would assassinate Dictators SIDE: Government EXPLANATION: Assassination can be defined as the targeted killing of an individual for political reasons in peacetime. It can be undertaken by individual citizens‚ or by the agents of another state‚ but in either case it takes place without any legal process. Why is ther a need in doing such? The setting up of this principle is in the method of necessary evil if it really cause harm than good. Likewise
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congressional budgets are calculated‚ because state universities and local community colleges will be forced‚ by law‚ to grant illegal aliens in-state tuition discounts‚ meaning that U.S. citizens will be forced to pay higher taxes and tuition rates because the DREAM ACT does not provide federal funding to cover the costs.“ These opponents also state that the act is encouraging the illegal immigration and it’s verified as well in the Notre Dame Journal of Law‚ Ethics & Public Policy‚ 26‚ 459-472. Retrieved
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Should marijuana be legalized? This is a question that we face everyday. Marijuana is used in many ways‚ some legal and some illegal‚ but the question is should all ways be legal? In this paper‚ you will read about the pros and cons of marijuana and the effects of it. Some people would look at this situation and say marijuana should be legalized because it helps with eyesight and others would say it ruins the lungs. But where do you stand? Do you feel that it’s healthy or does it ruin lives? In
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April 2013 Public Forum “CON” Analysis Recently‚ we gave our comprehensive analysis of the Pro side of the April Public Forum resolution‚ Resolved: The continuation of current U.S. anti-drug policies in Latin America will do more harm than good. Today‚ we’re discussing the Con side‚ which‚ while slightly trickier‚ if done properly can be argued very persuasively. To recap‚ the pro’s argument is‚ essentially‚ that drugs are such an intractable and complex issue
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Free speech‚ more than any other of America’s values‚ has been the touchstone of American democracy dating back to the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment‚ created in 1791‚ is so important because “without our basic and essential rights established by that first amendment‚ the others amendments would have little to no meaning and hardly any force.” It shows the creativity and innovativeness of American democracy. The Amendment states‚ “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion
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NAFTA is a trilateral free trade agreement among the United States‚ Mexico and Canada; which came into force in January 1994. In 1992‚ and on the eve of the deal‚ John Martin‚ CEO of a USA-based textile company‚ has to come to a really tough decision: move production to Mexico or wait for an imminent bankruptcy. Martin‚ as the vast majority of the US population did not understand how this agreement could beneficiate the country at all. Opponents of NAFTA would argue that the treaty should not be
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The Unit 5 readings and the British National Archives say that industrialization were good for some stuff and terrible for others. For example production began increasing‚ but jobs started to decrease‚ most prominently due to machinery. Industrialization showed many critiques with better than ever ways of running things. Major critiques that I believe has the most reactions to are: no jobs‚ worker conditions‚ and pollution. No jobs‚ this idea began to churn in the minds of lower class individuals
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