sentences to those who have been convicted or misdemeanors instead of felonies. The Three Strike Law was first introduced in 1974‚ in the state of Texas. The state of Texas Three Strike Law‚ mandated for a criminal to automatically have to serve life in prison. Since then‚ there have been about 27 other states who have adopted the Three Strike Law. California was the third state to start implicating the law in 1994. Out of all the states who have adopted the law‚ California is the strictest state
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prison They tend to want to ether commit another crime or end up suicide themselves. The prison life changes you and trying to adjust back into society is hard to do. When you get into a daily routine for years long it’s hard to change and adjust to changes in your life. When old man Brooke Hadlin was put up for parole after being in prison for more 40 years he had trouble to adjusting back to normal life. He had become so reliant on the schedule of being told when to eat and sleep. He was overwhelmed
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for the rest of your life for a mistake you made as a kid? These days‚ juveniles are being punished with the same standards as adults are punished‚ and when that happens‚ they don’t have chance to live their lives properly. The mandatory sentence for 1st degree murder is 25 years to life‚ and 2nd degree murder‚ 15 years to life. That’s already enough time to change the juvenile’s life forever. I agree with the majority of the Supreme Court Justice who believe that mandatory life sentences are unconstitutional
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the action is wrong and should take the consequences for the wrong they committed just like any other person should. It wouldn’t be fair if say a 30 year old man gets arrested for rape and takes it on upon himself to stab his victim to death and gets life in prison‚ but then a 15 year old kid who knows what he is doing as well gets arrested for the same crime and gets away with it. It wouldn’t be fair because‚ not only did that 15 year old get away with murder because of his age‚ but that family has
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is sent to prison for murder that he did not commit. There is a lot of innocent people in are prison system. For example‚ George A. Souliotes is convicted of setting a 1997 fire that killed a woman and her two children. George is currently serving life in prison because evidence showed that the substance on his shoes were the same as the substance that started the fire. Years later when a scientist reevaluated the substance on George’s shoe it was a chemical‚ but it was not the substance found at
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Persuasive Essay Imagine being fifteen‚ living in a cage for the rest of your life and dying in the hands of your cellmates. This has been is the case for more than two thousand American teenagers who are sentenced to die in prison‚ many of which did not even commit the crime. One person in particular was a boy named Ray; he agreed to go with his friend to rob a bank‚ but did not know his friend had intentions of killing someone. Ray did not even have a weapon‚ but his soul swooned slowly as he
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the cause of his actions was because he was trying to imitate a wrestling show. The question lies‚ does he deserve to face his entire life in prison? Or does he‚ because he is just a child‚ have the pleasure of settling down for a smaller punishment? This is a very controversial topic that in which many people still can confidently say that the kid doesn’t deserve life in prison. A boy who is just the age to distinguish right from wrong kills another kid out of the sheer fact to pretend he was a wrestler
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their sentence is substantially diminished. Consequences of DR verdict. Anything from a fine to life. Should generally be shorted than life. Mental Health (criminal law ) review board. Doesn’t mean they have to have it on the time of the trial. Just when the crime was commited. DPP v Leigh Crowe 2009- applicant shouldn’t be treated as a person fully responsible. Should be something short of a life sentence. Was reduced to 20 years. Important Cases- important outcomes. DPP v O’Dwyer 2007- depersonalization
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lost the draw‚ he pulled out his consent‚ and the other two men killed him anyway‚ eating him. Five days later‚ the remaining two men were rescued and ensuing actions incurred their murder charges. This seems to be a simple case over the battle of life and death‚ and it truly is. The two men‚ Dudley and Stephens‚ made a conscious decision to commit not only the crime of murder‚ but the atrocity of cannibalism. Crime is crime and law is law- when breaks a law and commits a crime‚ a punishment must
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Case study Halina Paerhati Despite the public’s belief that Robert Latimer’s mandatory minimum 10 years sentence to be “cruel and unusual punishment”‚ I personally am satisfied with this sentence. In spite of the fact that the love Robert Latimer had for his disabled daughter is what inspired him to put her out of her misery‚ the judge and jury offered him the constitutional exemption” found him guilty of second degree murder as opposed to first degree. That was enough mercy for this man. It
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