Discriminatory Sentencing What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system‚ which is full of inequality‚ discrimination and other things‚ which conflict with our fundamental rights.( B. R. Ambedkar). Society itself is very discriminative about race‚ ethnicity and sentencing those minority groups with drug charges against them and the dominant group getting lenient sentencing on the same charges there is also in general sentencing that is unjustified
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Abstract My papers purpose is to inform the reader of the ever increasing number of U.S children with incarcerated parents. According to Department of Justice data African American children are nine time more likely than white children to have incarcerated parents‚ A number double that of what was reported in 1991 Most children of incarcerated parents live in poverty before‚ during and after their paren’t incarceration( Johnston 1995).The social consequences of not meeting the need of these
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of imprisonment for persons convicted of a felony on three or more separate offenses. The term is used similar the three strikes and you’re out rule in baseball. This could also be described‚ as such statutes are most often known‚ officially as mandatory sentencing laws. The underlying philosophy of these laws is that any person who commits more than two felonies can justifiably be considered incorrigible and chronically criminal‚ and that permanent imprisonment is then mandated for the safety
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people liberty‚ freedom‚ and fairness--the essential emotions and traits that describe who we are as Americans. This provides the strength of who we are as a nation and more. If it were to switch to mandatory voting‚ it would cause an eruption of problems‚ starting from switching all formats to mandatory voting on every single issue that the government releases‚ which would cause tax dollars to be spent on that area‚ not on other areas that need more help and more funds. Not only that‚ there is no
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the decision that the Judge made‚ the Judge’s ruling still stands. Along with this‚ Judges have full discretion over a defendant’s sentence except for those cases where there are established mandatory minimums. Some cases that have mandatory minimums are drug cases‚ rape cases and gun cases. Other than mandatory minimum cases‚ Judges exercise the right to impose sentencing based on the defendant’s prior criminal history‚ the likelihood of the defendant to benefit from diversionary programs and the
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English 2 9 September 2013 Mass Incarceration Mass incarceration is one of very many huge problems we have here in America. But when you really look into the core of the situation‚ whose fault is it really. Right away you think it is the criminals fault for getting arrested in the first place right? More people should be well behaved and not end up in prison? But what a lot of people fail to notice are the ones that actual do the actual sentencing. In Paul Butlers book‚ Lets Get Free he writes
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Reagan administration was better able to pursue more aggressive federal antidrug legislation. An example of this would be the Antidrug Act of 1986‚ which established a 100-to-1 ratio difference in the mandatory minimum sentencing of crack cocaine to powdered cocaine possession. To receive a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence a person would have to possess 5‚000 grams (11 pounds) of powdered cocaine‚ but only 50 grams (1.8 ounces) of crack cocaine were required to receive the same sentence. A racial difference
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Mandatory Overtime Difference and Dominance Discrimination Discrimination is‚ in general terms‚ treating others differently without a justified reason; however‚ there are two specific types of discrimination as discussed in the book‚ Feminism: Issues and Arguments‚ by Jennifer Mather Saul. These two types of discrimination that Saul writes about are Difference and Dominance Discrimination. Difference discrimination is “discrimination where people are treated differently on grounds of sex‚
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but there are situations which call for a legalized form of discrimination because of a myriad of reasons. Some of those reasons could be for a job where age could be an issue after time. Those could be police officers or airline pilots with a mandatory
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Running Head: THE IMPACT OF SENTENCING GUIDELINES The Impact of Sentencing Guidelines on the Criminal Justice System Talisha L Alexander Survey of Public Safety Issues‚ Theory‚ and Concepts Abstract Our criminal-justice system has an obligation to impose just sentences. The United States Sentencing Commission is the result of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984‚ part of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984‚ which sought to change the federal criminal sentencing policy and
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