Rough Draft Fifty-five years without possibility of parole. That is what Weldon Angelos is facing for selling a total of $350 worth of marijuana‚ and carrying a firearm; even though‚ he has no criminal history and never fired the gun. This is all due to laws called mandatory minimum sentences (MMS); which are sentences that are determined by the weight of the drugs or the presence of a firearm during a felony offense. They are called mandatory because judges are forced to impose these sentences
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Imagine a world without disease. A world where vaccinations were no longer advertised at doctor’s offices because there were no diseases to prevent. This type of world may one day be possible if vaccinations were completely mandatory. Vaccines should be completely mandatory because people who willingly decline vaccines are a danger to public health‚ dangerous diseases are still present‚ and it is possible to wipe out preventable diseases with 100% vaccination. The people who willingly decline
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and parole were abolished completely‚ it would affect the prison system population throughout the United States. The prison population increased each year steadily until 2009‚ with 1‚617‚478 behind bars. (Latessa & Smith‚ 2011) Therefore‚ offenders are put on probation and parole in the United States because it’s an alternative to incarceration for eligible offenders. (Latessa & Smith‚ 2011) Probation and parole reduce the prison population from overcrowding; however‚ if probation and parole‚ if
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The US Enact Mandatory Voting? Many countries around the world have compulsory voting laws including Argentina‚ Australia‚ and Belgium‚ but will this work for the United States? Estimates have shown that in the 2016 election only 58% of eligible citizens voted. Various arguments exist debating the necessity of mandatory voting. Arguments opposing mandatory voting insist that the process would lead to empty votes from both uneducated and disinterested citizens. Furthermore mandatory voting is contrary
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confused when it comes to making life altering decisions‚ such as being vaccinated. While many think of vaccines as harmful and dangerous‚ they are in fact safe and essential for stopping the spread of life threatening diseases‚ and therefore should be mandatory. The first common mistake that those hesitant to vaccines make‚ is to spread them out over a period of time. However‚ as Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN states‚ spreading vaccines out over an extended length of time‚ “only leaves children more exposed
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Voting is the basic right of citizen of any democratic country. In few countries around the globe voting is mandatory. I agree with this view and this essay will discuss two reasons why compulsory voting is mandatory in those countries. Low population density in some democratic countries forces the governments to enforce mandatory voting. In fact‚ it beneficial for voters as well to select their desired leader by casting their valuable votes. In Australia for instance‚ voters casts their votes to
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Cynthia became overcome with anger when she realized that the seemed to do nothing to any of her victims so the witch memorized the other spell. The Sun set‚ and for once the siblings actually fell asleep instead of passing out due to their injuries or the pain that they felt after hours of being tortured. Once again the barbarians entered the dungeon carrying bowls of food and cups filled with water and fed the Jacobson family. Richard who was always very punctual entered the dungeon at two in the
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Argument against mandatory minimum drug sentencing There are many different argument both for and against mandatory minimum drug sentencing. However there are more arguments against mandatory minimum drug sentencing then there are for the support of the mandatory sentencing. One of the biggest arguments against mandatory minimum drug sentencing is that it was originally intended to target the higher level drug dealers but the majority of the cases have only been low level drug dealers. One
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