When looking at the term ex-post facto one must understand that it is the use of the law that makes the law retroactive from the time that a law is passed from a governmental body (Brody and Acker‚ 2010). This meaning that the if an action has been committed by a person and was not a criminal offense at the time‚ but later after a law was passed making the same action a criminal offense with the law punishing any person that had committed the crime before the law was passed. When the writers of the
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Diana Zorchenko February 18‚ 2014 Should Ex-Felon’s be allowed to Vote? POLS 301 Spring 2014 Brief Summary An estimated 5.85 million people (as of 2010) with a felony conviction are barred from voting in elections which is a condition known as disenfranchisement. Each state has its own laws on disenfranchisement. While Vermont and Maine allow felons to vote while in prison‚ nine other states permanently restrict certain felons from voting. Proponents of felon re-enfranchisement
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football or basketball in the United States. This is a big number of people participating. It is a great way to stay active. I am going to compare the two sports to each other. Obviously they are different but there are some similarities. I will talk about being active‚ being on a team‚ and how they are played. Being active is in both of these sports. They require a lot of energy. Basketball is a smaller playing area meaning the court is obviously smaller than a football field but in basketball you are
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and basketball‚ he/she would find many similarities and differences. Football and basketball are similar in having uniforms but differ in the number of players and the equipment that is required to be worn. In high school‚ the most enjoyable part of one’s Friday night will somehow include football and basketball games. Football and basketball are almost always recognized as the most important sports to a school. Contrary to what spectators may think‚ these two sports take effort by the players. Also
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when I was preparing to try out for the high school basketball team upon entering my freshman year. I was never able to make it past tryouts in my previous years due to the fact that I was overweight‚ out of shape‚ unhealthy‚ and terrible at basketball. So I decided that the summer before I began high school and started tryouts that I was going to get in the best possible shape I could that summer and concentrate only on improving my basketball skills and fundamentals. I was still extremely untalented
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My goal is to become a professional soccer player and once I retire become a sports commentator. A professional soccer player is an athlete who is paid to play for a soccer team at the professional level. Although being a professional soccer player for a job seems like little work‚ it actually involves a lot of high intensity work. Most teams have mandatory trainings up to 6 times a week‚ which include very hard workouts most people could not keep up with. Other duties include constantly watching
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The use of deus ex machina at the end of Sophocles’ ‘Philoctetes’ serves as a final anchor point to tie together the events which unfolded prior. Heracle’s intervention allows us to reflect on the nature of events in the play and the themes of the play. Finally it gives us insight into divine influence and the role of fate. Throughout the play‚ the characters have conflicting objectives‚ ideals‚ etc. Neoptolemus struggles with an internal conflict between doing what he thinks is right‚ and what
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Outline Topic: Basketball Central Idea: inform the history‚ rules and development of basketball Thesis Statement: The game of Basketball is very exhilarating and will keep your adrenaline plumbing. Communication and Strategic thinking is the key to teamwork. Hence you will need the help of your teammates to deliver a good pass to you to be able to score the ball into the basket. I. Introduction “To be successful you have to be selfish‚ or else you never achieve. And once you get to your
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mcafee.cc/Classes/.../ Sony Apple.pd... the standard for portable audio players‚ knocking Sony from its top position. Is it possible for Sony .... MP3 player is still in the growth phase of its product life cycle . ... Sony’s Walkman CD player . Source: ... The Sound And The Fury At Sony And Philips - Businessweek www.businessweek.com/.../the-sound-an... 14 Jun 1992 ... But the company‚ which co- developed CD players with Sony ‚ hasn’t fared well with those products. Sony Ejects from Optical
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How to be a Healthy Baseball Player "Baseball is ninety percent mental‚ and the other half is physical"‚ this is how Yogi Berra(former New York Yankees catcher) sums up the game of baseball. One way you could interpret this quote‚ is that the intelligent and competitive players are the ones who keep their bodies healthy and injury free. The only players that make it to professional baseball are the ones who do not suffer serious injuries; which are easily prevented when taught how to avoid
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