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    Vandalism in Street Art

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    Art has been involved in the human society since day one. The first appearance of art that was discovered were the cave paintings in France which date back to 32‚000 years ago.These paintings were created on walls‚ meaning they were meant to be seen by everyone. Street art is very similar‚ because it is art work that is displayed on a public level‚ similar to the cave paintings thousands of years ago. Street Art is a new movement in today’s art society that is taking the world by storm. In street

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    Shoplifting In Illinois

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    the court can make you find employment and work to pay off the item or items‚ you stole. On the other hand‚ if you take something worth like $300 or less is considered a Class A misdemeanor in Illinois as long as the property is not taken directly from the person of another. The typical penalty for a Class A misdemeanor conviction in the state of Illinois is a sentence of imprisonment for less than one year and a fine of no more than $2‚500 for each offense. The theft of property valued at more than

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    Failure to Report Rev. Stat. § 13-3620(O)‚ (P) A person who violates this section requiring the reporting of child abuse or neglect is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor‚ except if the failure to report involves a reportable offense‚ in which case the person is guilty of a Class 6 felony. A ’reportable offense’ means any of the following: • Any offense listed in chapters 14 and 35.1 of this title or § 13-3506.01

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    What is the difference between a misdemeanor and a felony? The difference is that misdemeanors are less serious crimes and felonies are serious crimes. 8. What is the difference between an arrest and a booking? The difference between an arrest and booking is that an arrest is the seizing and detaining of a person

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    loitering‚ panhandling‚ graffiti‚ and urinating and sleeping in public. A significant number of arrests and prosecutions are devoted to these crimes against the quality of life‚ but for the most part‚ they receive limited attention because they are misdemeanors‚ are swiftly disposed of in summary trials before local judges‚ and disproportionately target young people‚ minorities‚ and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. In the 1980s‚ scholars began to argue that seemingly unimportant offenses

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    Illegal Immigration Speech

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    Immigration has been an issue in Texas and across the nation for many years. Illegal immigrants have been flooding into the United States by the thousands every year and it seems like nothing has slowed them down. What can we do as a state? What can we do as a nation? Do we need to have stricter laws that will place these illegal immigrant in prison? Do we need to install a fence above and below the ground? No one seems to be coming up with the correct solutions. If we were to go out and do a survey

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    County Courts Case Study

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    also vary in their responsibilities. Municipal Courts: Incorporated cities have municipal courts. A municipal court has exclusive jurisdiction to try any violations of city ordinances. They handle minor violations of the law‚ such as class C misdemeanors for which punishment is a fine of $500 or less and isn’t punishable by a jail sentence. Most cases in Municipal courts involve traffic and parking violations. Justice of the Peace: The Texas Constitution requires that county commissioners establish

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    to make sure you have everything there needs to be to increase your chances of the application being accepted. Other cases where you would need an immigration lawyer for sure would be if you broke the law either seriously or with a misdemeanor arrest. Even a misdemeanor can get you sent back to your country and an immigration lawyer knows the system better than a criminal attorney and might be able to prevent this from

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    case that he has violated his presidential oath. Article II of the Constitution states that a president who has committed the act of treason‚ bribery‚ high crimes or misdemeanors shall be removed from office (“Article II‚ Section 4”‚ par. 1). Since the fourteenth century‚ the English Parliament has used “high crimes and misdemeanors” as one of the general grounds to impeach officials of the Crown (Klein and Elliott‚ iii). The offenses that officials were charged with varied. However‚ the thing they

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    Juvenile diversion programs have been created to divert youth from their early encounters with the juvenile court system (Russell & Wood‚ 1998). Juvenile diversion programs are available to those who are charged with a minor crime‚ misdemeanor‚ or a petty offense. Diversion means the case is diverted away from the criminal or juvenile justice system because of the way the charge is handled. Instead of going before a judge‚ you have a chance to avoid trial and a record if you complete

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