Juveniles who commit first or second degree murder should not receive a mandatory sentence of life without parole. The majority of supreme court justices believes that it should not be mandatory to sentence juveniles to life without parole because violates the eighth amendment. The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that excessive bail shall not be required‚ nor excessive fines imposed‚ nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. What’s the point of the United States Constitution
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History of Corrections Michael Perdun Professor Mendez CJ232 July 24‚ 2010 The historical development of corrections since the colonial period is very interesting to look into. After the colonial period there were other significant events that led up to how the history of corrections is so important such as the arrival of the penitentiary‚ the reformatory movement‚ the rise of the progressives‚ the rise of the medical model‚ community
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my life rehabilitating criminal’s. Parole officers evaluate offenders to determine the best course of rehabilitation. They also provide offenders with resources such as job training assistance in getting a home if necessary. Becoming a parole officer will allow me to do so. In order to pursue a career as a parole officer there are some steps that I will have to take. I must first get the education that is required to work in this field. In order to become a parole officer‚ I must have a least a bachelor’s
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Their ideas about the cause of crime were more centered around the social‚ economic‚ and psychological pressures on people. The progressives brought up programs that were discussed in 1870 at the Cincinnati meeting. These programs included probation‚ parole‚ and other indeterminate sentences that are still used in corrections today. As we can see
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Some people are for it some oppose it because death penalty has cons and pros. The cons of death penalty are that it is not fair that murderers or criminals are often given parole after only a few years in jail‚ those convicted should be jailed for life with no option for parole. Cold-hearted criminals are put in parole after only serving several years‚ and they still think that being against killing is okay. In addition‚ criminals live an easy life in prison‚ and they probably don’t think twice
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one instance in which a young female offender’s case was handled more harshly than a similar case regarding a young male. During my first observation‚ the judge interrupted the prosecuting attorney’s list of suggested parole conditions for a 14-year-old girl who had breached her parole to remark “Look how beautiful this child is! Don’t you see she’s vulnerable? Her curfew should not be that late [10 pm]‚ and I’ll remind you that you would be justified in preventing contact with [friend 1] and [friend
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offenders so that they are placed in prison for being bad or placed in a hospital for bing mad. Parole also plays a vital role in whether the offender should be released once finished with their sentence and what type of risk do they impose on society. (Mad or bad‚ 2001) I really
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Many of these prisoners are a threat to no one and it would be beneficial to remove them from the prison system‚ and into the parole system (D’Elia‚ 2010). Prison Cost Prisons are expensive to keep open‚ and most of the money to keep them open comes from the taxpayers. A study in 2012 showed that prisons cost American taxpayers approximately 5.4 billion dollars each year (Henrichson & Delaney‚ 2012). These cost include various expenses that include maintaining the prisons‚ employees salaries
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the death -penalty debate is almost irrelevant. They might send a strong message to politicians and judges that they want murderers kept in prison for life. This message is long overdue. The death penalty is much more expensive than life without parole because the Constitution requires a long and complex judicial process for capital cases. This process is needed in order to ensure that innocent men and woman are not executed for crimes they did not
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Regarding the improvement of the United States voter‚ turn-out‚ we must start with the most important thing‚ registering more people to vote. Personally‚ I am not registered to vote. I recently moved from North Carolina and would find it very convenient if I could register online. We live in technology age‚ where we download an app simply to order pizza‚ we can order furniture from a website‚ and even apply for jobs online. Why can I not submit a voter registration application online? I understand
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