Rights of the Child in which Article 37 states‚ “No child shall be subjected to torture or other cruel‚ inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” and that‚ “No child shall be deprived of his liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily. The arrest‚ detention or imprisonment of a child… shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time‚” while this aim is accepted in many parts of the world‚ it is actually sad to say and to see that there are still a large indefinite
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corpus making the focus be brought back in the past decade. Since September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attack on the United States‚ many people have been detained by the U.S. government as part of its war on terror. Many of these detainees face indefinite detention and have not yet been charged with a crime. The right of Habeas corpus overrules man’s interpretation and allows those accused federal and state court representation before a judge‚ or jury. The accusers deemed innocent until proven guilty‚ they
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The United States government has broken its long lasting tradition of protecting human rights by allowing the mistreatment of prisoners at the Guantanamo bay prison on the island of Cuba. America has always symbolized a nation that promotes and protects human rights and always stood as a symbol of democracy for the rest of the world. However‚ the long standing tradition of obeying the values instituted by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights has been reversed by Guantanamo Bay. The human rights
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The most recent American study on juvenile suicide in adult institutions and youth facilities in different states found that the suicide rate of juveniles in adult jails was 7.7 times higher than that of juvenile detention centers. Five times as many youth held in adult prisons reported attempted sexual attacks. Surveys in other countries have found similarly higher rape rates for young offenders in adult institutions. Studies have also reported higher assault rates
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The Criminal Justice Procedure Name Institution Identify and describe statutory authority and responsibilities of justice system officials‚ security personnel‚ and private citizens regarding investigative detention and the arrest of suspected offenders The justice system in the US is a step by step legal procedure that entails private citizens‚ legal institutions‚ and law enforcers. As such‚ each party has a role to play in bringing justice to the victim(s) of crime. Private Citizens play
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convicting to change this alternative.As mention per‚ the good credit time‚ “prisoners who are serving a term of imprisonment of more than 1 year‚ other than a term of imprisonment for the duration of the prisoner’s life‚ may receive credit toward the service of the prisoner’s sentence‚ beyond the time served‚ of up to 54 days at the end of each year of the prisoner’s term of imprisonment” (Legal Information Institute). Families Against Mandatory Minimums (2016)‚ “This “good time credit” encourages
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probation. (n.d. State Sentencing Reforms) Significant new sentencing options have become available over the past few decades‚ which are considered intermediate sanctions. Intermediate sanctions employ sentencing alternatives that fall between outright imprisonment and simple probationary release back into the community. They are intended to provide prosecutors‚ judges‚ and corrections officials with sentencing options that permit them to apply appropriate
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One of the key proponents of Nazi ideology was a promise to birth a new Germany. This promise of national rebirth resonated strongly in the early 1930s‚ when the Weimar Republic was shaken to the core by economic and political crisis. At the centre of the Nazi vision stood the ‘national community’‚ depicted as the polar opposite to the conflict- ridden Weimar society. In a speech witnessed by the nation in January 1932‚ one year before his appointment as German chancellor‚ Adolf Hitler concluded
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Criminal Law – Recidivism The notion of recidivism is dealt with in Book First – Penal Laws Part 1 Title V in sections 49-54 of the Criminal code. When dealing with the notion of suspended sentence‚ it was stated once a person is a recidivist‚ the punishment is aggravated. The question is whether it is right that a person who commits a subsequent offence ought to be punished more severely that a ‘first time’ offender. There are two schools of thought that deal with this: 1. The first school
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after sub-section (3)‚ the following sub-section shall be inserted‚ namely:— “(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force‚ the provisions of this Act shall apply to all cases involving detention‚ prosecution‚ penalty or sentence of imprisonment of juveniles in conflict with law under such other law.”. 4. Amendment of section 2.- In section 2 of the principal Act‚— (i) after clause (a)‚ the following clause shall be inserted‚ namely:— ‘(aa) “adoption” means the process
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