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    Introduction Today’s court system has many difficult decisions to make everyday. One of the most controversial decisions is whether or not try certain juveniles as adults or not. On one hand‚ being tried as a minor is considered unconstitutional‚ while on the other side it seems necessary in order to protect society. Some of the factors the court considers when convicting a minor is “age‚ physical and mental maturity‚ past attempts and future potential for rehabilitation‚ harm suffered by the victim

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    The electoral systems existing in the UK today are currently under scrutiny with a call for reform for the First Past The Post (FPTP) with the recent AV referendum‚ in which people voted NO against a reform to the current system. However‚ in this political climate where people accuse the FPTP system of bias‚ being wasteful and being disproportional‚ the system for electing Members of the European Parliament‚ the Closed List System (CLS) has also been under question. In this essay I will explore the

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    address the barriers the children face when living in poverty or oppression. Disadvantage schools are already setup to fail because of the segregation and structural inequalities that goes far beyond the school. With a huge problem such as education system‚ it hard to make a difference with one person. Everyone has to be on the same page. It takes community involve and changing the way things are taught to get quality

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    challenge to repair and also lead to massive health hazards. The sanitary system of most homes is eventually connected to the sewer system that the town municipal manages. Quite a number of old homes are established at sites where these sewer systems are established. Why do backflows occur? The reason as to why several backflows happen is because some homes have combined the sanitary systems and the storm water systems. Therefore‚

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    people responsible for protecting you. Whether it’s police department‚ to the United States army‚ it is always good to know people are fighting to protect you. The Criminal Justice System will always be a part of U.S. society‚ however its major flaws can weigh out the good it is trying to bring. The criminal justice system‚is something people rely on and

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    in a society where some people enjoy jeopardizing the public and others commit crimes because they were raised in an environment that made them turn into lawbreakers. In order to protect society from those offenders‚ the court needed to establish a system where criminals are punished so they won’t commit crimes again and also to Make an example out of those criminals. However‚ not everyone can be punished similarly as a result the juvenile justice was established. As Justice Kennedy‚ the senior Associate

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    Yet‚ the criminal justice system dramatically fails to serve all people recognized under the U.S. Constitution equally. Their hidden agenda initiated a dual purpose that proposes modern-day slavery for people of color‚ which created disadvantages that systematically resulted in incarceration

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    to both the two party system of America as well as the third parties in America. Known to our great nation is the two party systems‚ the Democratic and Republicans. This two party system came about due to a two sided constitution which consisted of an opposing or supporting group or to be clearly defined‚ the majority squad and minority squad. There was definitely no in between going on here‚ these were only two parties that one could be a part of. This two party system dominates the United States

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    The Jury System: A History Thomas Jefferson describes the jury as “the only anchor ever yet imagined by man‚ by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.”( Dialogue on the American Jury: We The People in Action‚ 1) The purpose of juries is to ensure that no government is able to convict innocent people‚ or to give unreasonably cruel punishment. Although the juries we see today are very different from the first juries‚ they have always served the same purpose‚ to keep

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    The jury system might be outliving its usefulness to society and the public because of its perceived time consumption and the tax dollars that are funneled into running juries. The jury system was instituted by the British government in 1846. These trials were often biased and were conducted with secrecy that was not open to the public. Later the constitution mandates the right of trial by jury for all civil cases‚ but included that they be “speedy‚ public‚ and fair” (Rottenerg 4) to ensure that

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