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    How does our correctional system punish offenders? It will depend upon what type of sentence(s) the offender was/is given‚ if the offender is to be incarcerated‚ than that offender will have to serve time in a jail facility or in prison. The difference between jail and prison is that the prison will have a much longer term to serve out. Whereas the jail it is for small sentencing‚ like for one year. The offenders that are sent to the Federal system or the State prison may be held there at different

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    San Andreas Fault

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    drifting boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. It splits California in two from Cape Mendocino to the Mexican border. San Diego‚ Los Angeles and Big Sur are on the Pacific Plate. San Francisco‚ Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada are on the North American Plate. There was an earthquake along the San Andreas Fault in 1906 called the San Francisco earthquake‚ and one in 1857 called the Fort Tejon earthquake. There are many studies going on to help prepare for earthquakes

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    Legalizing Prostitution

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    of HIV with any licensed prostitute in any licensed brothel in Nevada. With all of these restrictions‚ prostitution can be managed and controlled. Gender violence would be reduced because prostitutes would be in a safe environment and off the streets. Brothels have security guards at all times to protect them and their customers. Counties in Nevada that provide legalized brothels have less crime compared to other counties in Nevada where prostitution is illegal. Also‚ government money could be

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    English 1A Prostitution has been called the world’s oldest profession‚ so it’s safe to say it’s not going away anytime soon. As of right now‚ Nevada is the only state which has legalized prostitution. In the rest of the United States‚ however‚ the social problems experienced under the current laws prohibiting prostitution include transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)‚ excessive amounts spent on prosecuting offenders‚ and the risks involved for women working alone on the streets

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    When Was Yosemite Created

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    God commanded. Yosemite National Park is located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range that has many granite rocks (Stock et al.‚ 2011). Granite is known as an igneous rock (King‚ n.d.)‚ and according to National Park Service (2016)‚ these granitic rocks have been forming for more than 100 million years. This granite has formed by overlying rocks and erosion; and with the help of magma‚ a small percentage of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada are also covered

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    Statute Of Limitations

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    Statute of Limitations (SoL) on debt is the maximum amount of legal time that creditors have to take you to court in order to recover debts owed by you. Once the statute of limitations period is over‚ the creditors cannot take you through the court system to recover their debts. Statute of limitations does not cover all forms of debt‚ for example SoL does not cover federal student loans‚ most type of fines such as speeding/parking tickets‚ past due child support or income taxes. Note: This information

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    Pros and Cons of Capital Punishment The “death penalty” is currently utilized in thirteen states throughout the United States. There are currently 3‚242 people sitting on “death row” and 43 of those are currently incarcerated here in Nevada. The death penalty is nothing new. Everyone has either read about or watched movies of people having their heads chopped off during medieval times‚ hangings during western times and one of the most severe executions throughout the ages is that of the crucifixions

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    Yucca Mountain

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    spent towards this project‚ Nevada doesn’t want it. Many taxpayers are probably ranting and raving over what their tax dollars have been going towards in the past nineteen to twenty years‚ a project that is not only thought of‚ but a project that has been built. Why not just use it if it’s already built? You are probably asking that same question. I say we just use the facility after spending money and building it. It’s built‚ but we can’t use it? That’s nonsense. Nevada feels that it is unsafe for

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    that time so 2005 I moved to Las vegas‚ Nevada with my family. In 2007 my ex-husband cheated on me things started fallen apart. I was depressed but kept working and stayed positive trying to take care two young men as a single parent . So then check my mail and reads that i have a house read on section 8 in new Orleans‚ Louisiana this letter came October 2007 from Miss yoke. This was the rudest employee; she told me to have one person out here in las vegas‚ Nevada to send my file to I did all she requested

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    Retardation. In addition to the above mentioned‚ the essay will identify areas of curriculum‚ necessary for students with severe disabilities and will explain why. Addressed also will be the following; using the authors’ local school district‚ Las Vegas Nevada‚ an investigation into the policies‚ procedures‚ and programs for the education‚ of students with Mental Retardation‚ Autism‚ and or Severe Multiple Disabilities. Lastly‚ an explanation of how these policies‚ programs‚ and procedures‚ either address

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