wanted Kent’s trial to happen in adult court. His reasons included Kent’s criminal history and the serious nature of the current charges. Kent’s lawyer‚ of course‚ wanted the case to stay in juvenile court. Had the judge allowed a hearing‚ Kent’s lawyer would have argued that his client was mentally ill. He would have said this fact should be considered before determining which trial court to use. Yet the judge made the decision without holding a hearing. The adult court tried Kent and found him guilty
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The Articles of Confederation held many problem that the people of the U.S. were angry about. With no Bill of Rights in the Articles of Confederation many people were angry that their rights were not protected by anything. Since the states had different currencies this also mde people in the U.S very angry because they could be rich in one state and in the other poor. As well as this making it so that the states couldn’t trade. Lastly the government couldn’t tax the people making the United States
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Juvenile Crime In “Adult Crimes‚ Adult Time‚” published in the Washington Post on March 29‚ 1998‚ Linda J. Collier argues about the juvenile laws and her principal argument shows that children should serve the same time as adults when they commit adult crimes. Collier provides some statistics and examples (Jonesboro shooting‚ Daily City shooting‚ and her experience with a particular girl) that support her position regarding the information of the article. The diversity of laws among states made the situation
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When the United States won the revolutionary war‚ it became clear that they would need a new government. They met at the 2nd Continental Congress to create this government and called it the Articles of Confederation‚ which was ratified on March 1‚ 1781. There is a reason how the Articles were effective‚ why they failed‚ and why they were beneficial. The Articles of Confederation failed to solve many of the nations’ problems‚ but it did have many good ideas. For example‚ the Northwest
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By taking an approach to this using rule based ethical framework we can see all the wrongs within steroid use in professional sports. Some people spend their whole life working towards becoming a professional athlete. They put in countless hours working towards their goal of becoming the best athlete they can naturally and when somebody goes against the rules and uses a drug that enhances performance it is very unfair‚ but performance enhancing drugs are banned which is the most important thing to
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publication is designed to give psychologists and other health care providers important information to help guide their Work with older adults. Clinicians need to know more about this age group because the number and proportion of older adults in the population are Increasing and more psychologists will be called upon to deliver psychological services to them. Older adults are defined as persons 65 years of age and older. The population of older Americans is itself getting older. The “Oldest old” group
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Why use Botox? Are you upset over those inevitable wrinkles on your face? Well‚ no one wants to be stuck with wrinkles. However‚ there is a way to get rid of the signs of aging on your face. Botox treatment‚ typically known as a tool for smoothing out wrinkles‚ paralyzes the muscles into which it is injected. The moment the needle goes in and chemical starts acting upon the skin‚ Botox treatment relaxes the muscles and brings down frown lines‚ squint and smile lines‚ nasal crunch lines and horizontal
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marriage was dissolved in 2003. At the time of his death‚ Crichton was married to Sherri Alexander‚ who was six months pregnant with their son. He had many careers such as a physician‚ teacher‚ film director and screenwriter before becoming an author. Two of Crichton’s books written were A Case of Need (1968) and Jurassic Park (1990). Crichton wrote A Case of Need while on a plane and won the Edgar Allan Poe award for it. Many of Crichton’s books became movies. Crichton’s theme was techno-thrillers
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charged as an adult in the legal court system. The traditional rule is that anyone who is under 18 is a juvenile and will be tried in the juvenile court system. However‚ in certain circumstances‚ almost every state now allows for youths below the age of 18 to be tried as an adults. Some states give juvenile court judges to power to have juvenile’s case tried in adult criminal court. Some states give power to prosecutors the power to decide whether or not a juvenile will be tried as an adult. In some
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weak and reactionary Articles of Confederation failed to adequately address the rights of colonies; each state had diverse needs that were not being represented in the government. The Articles were drafted in fear that a tyrannical government would emerge after the Revolution‚ but they were too powerless to enforce taxation. These issues were rectified by the Constitution’s strong centralized government. The Articles failed to adequately address state representation; small states wanted equal representation
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