In this academic article from the University of Chicago Legal Forum‚ authors Craig B. Futterman‚ Chaclyn Hunt‚ and Jamie Kalven offer a unique perspective to the issue of mass incarceration and highlight how police brutality have motivated more youth to join movements like Black Lives Matter. The article focuses on how injustices black people in the United States relating to criminal justice have influenced “young people who insist on remaining visible‚ on being heard‚ and on placing issues of police
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is imposed by law as mandatory as such is against the principle of our constitution. The sentence is manifestly harsh and excessive.” An additional ground was subsequently added as follows: “The minimum penalty of five years penal servitude provided by Section 301 A of the Criminal Code for a person convicted of committing the offence of larceny with aggravating circumstances under section 305 of the Code‚ while being masked is unconstitutional in so far that the mandatory minimum penalty is disproportionate
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It is not a secret and it is fair to say that the Army is fast to pass down mandatory requirements to their Soldiers regardless whether they can actually comply with those requirements in a timely manner. I never expect to challenge that statement with a First Sergeant during my first training meeting as a new First Sergeant a few years ago. In 2010‚ the total number of training requirements was around 35. At the end of each quarter‚ the First Sergeants from three different companies met with the
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There are many misconceptions about the prevalence of youth violence in our society and it is important to peel back the veneer of hot-tempered discourse that often surrounds the issue.... While it is important to carefully review the circumstances surrounding these horrifying incidents so that we may learn from them‚ we must also be cautious about inappropriately creating a cloud of fear over every student in every classroom across the country. In the case of youth violence‚ it is important to note
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Topic: Voting should not be mandatory Using the internet‚ find at least two articles on your topic. You can pay to print in the library‚ e-mail the articles to yourself‚ or write down the websites and look them up again at home. Every group member must find two articles‚ so that a group of 3 will have 6 total and a group of 4 will have 8 total. Pick articles that are from credible sources (PHS databases such as Gale‚ Ebsco‚ etc.; credible news organizations like The New York Times‚ CNN‚ etc;
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actually had a choice in the matter. “Mandatory attendance laws force many to attend school who have no wish to be there… The solution to this problem is simple: Abolish compulsory- attendance laws and allow only those who are committed to getting an education attend”. This is what Roger Sipher wrote in his article “So that nobody has to go to school if they don’t want to” that was published in the “New York Times” on December 22‚ 1997. The author states that mandatory attendance laws should be abolished
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causes for this overcrowding of prisons which may vary depending on which state is examined. Some of these causes include recidivism‚ which is caused by the lack of treatment and educational betterment programs‚ the “tough on crime” approach‚ the mandatory minimum requirement and the Three Strikes Law. Prisons have been overcrowding for many years and both Connecticut and California know of this issue all too well. This issue in Connecticut reaches “a crisis point about every 10 years.” (“Factors
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Holley‚ Jennings & Wolters states‚ “mandatory bargaining subjects are subjects that may have a direct effect on bargaining unit member’s wages‚ hours‚ or other terms and conditions of employment‚ including the willingness to meet at reasonable times for the purpose of negotiating and the willingness to reduce oral agreements to writing” (2012‚ p. 265). For example‚ when negotiating mandatory subjects of bargaining‚ it includes negotiating wages‚ shift differentials‚ work schedules‚ paid holidays
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drug offenders fill your prisons you don’t even flinch/ All our taxes paying for your wars against the new non-rich/ All research and successful drug policy show that treatment should be increased/ And law enforcement decreased while abolishing mandatory minimum sentences/ In 2001‚ Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian‚ members of the band System of a Down‚ wrote this song in frustration about the mass incarceration of poor American’s‚ for minor drug offenses‚ that was going on then and ‚ unfortunately
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toilets. 6. Sexual Harassment Claim: Courts conclude that sexual harassment does not have to involve physical contact. The individual accused of sexual harassment will be reprimanded. 7. Mandatory Retirement: As firefighters get older‚ they are less able to carry on their work. Tampa’s mandatory retirement age for firefighters is legal and no changes will
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