Dear‚ CLimbing Community I would Like to explain we did I take the risk of cutting the rope that connected between me and Joe during our mount climbing activity. I think cutting the rope was a good idea so I can move more freely and have a better chance of surviving. The main reason I cut the rope was that there was a bigger chance of both of us dying than surviving. He broke his leg which made it harder for both of us to climb down the mountain. The about 19‚000 ft I had an idea of tieing the
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This November 2017‚ Arkansas had a death row prisoner who was set for lethal injection halted by the Arkansas Supreme Court. The general conversation around the water coolers and local meeting places is why is this still going on and why has he not been put to death yet. Some Arkansans seem to be angry by the lack of injustice‚ while others seem to believe it is not the justice system place to kill another human being and therefore the prisoner should be given life in prison. Some believe the
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Considering I was a state legislature‚ I would be very passionate about the drunk driving laws within our state. You see I see now real difference in murder‚ lets say aiming a weapon at someone an shooting them and fatally killing them vs. drinking a fifth of whiskey purposely choosing to get behind the wheel of a car and killing an innocent person. Where the difference comes into play in my opinion many people have drove a motor vehicle while drinking and never shot anyone‚ therefore less likely
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Jails and Prisons Grace Melendez CJA 490 December 24‚ 2012 Kevin Perry Jails and Prisons In the world of Criminal Justice‚ jails as well as prisons play an extremely important role in society. These facilities serve the purpose of housing individuals who have committed a crime. This paper will focus on the various types of prisons‚ the comparison of jails and prisons in the United States correctional system‚ the advantages and disadvantages of probation and parole‚ the role of community-based
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When it comes to intermediate sanctions there are positive to it and there are negatives. One positive thing that comes from intermediate sanctions is that it lowers the costs that we have to pay for people in prison. If these people are not going to prison and are going under house arrest they are having to pay for their food and most other things themselves instead of having it provided for them. Another positive is that being on these types of programs these people will learn that if they want
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Capital Punishment: Just or Unjust? Also known as the death penalty‚ capital punishment is the harshest sentence used by our government to punish criminals. As such‚ it is the most controversial punishment in force in the United States today. Ernest Van Den Haag examines the incidental issue of relative suffering in his writing‚ “The Ultimate Punishment: A Defense.” Van Den Haag seems to argue that 1.) we commonly do not know how much the victim suffered‚ 2.) the victim did not deserve the suffering
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A World Apart A World Apart Prison systems in the world comparing The United State prison systems to Australia. The United States has two different types of institutions private and government. The private institutions are paid from the state governments and commonly a lower cost to the state. Private institutions can choose who comes in as far as inmates or employee. The state ran institutions are a little more expensive‚ they have to except inmates no matter what and are able to hire the
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Research Paper America’s prisons have a major importance in modern society. They are a huge contributing factor to the safety of our country and allow for proper and humane punishment for those who commit crimes. While America’s streets continue to be plagued by crime and dangerous people‚ prisons help significantly in decreasing the crime rate and removing those people from society in order to create a safer place for people to live. Although there are many pros that come with prisons‚ a handful
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Jails and Prisons Pedro A Prieto CJA/204 04/27/2015 Steve Kurrle Jails and Prisons Imprisonment has been around since the middle ages. Centuries ago‚ other forms of punishment were more favorable over imprisonment. In this day and age‚ prisons and jails serve a vital role in the criminal justice system and also provide a more humane way of punishing criminals (Mutchnick‚ 2009). Types of Prisons There are three different types of prisons; maximum-security‚ medium-security‚ and minimum-security
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Furthermore‚ one could say that private prisons are more effective because they have lower recidivism rates. However‚ this is not true. As stated by Peter Kerwin‚ “private prisons are likely to serve as many as two to three more month behind bars than those assigned to public prisons and are equally likely to commit more crimes after release‚ despite industry claims to lower recidivism rates through high-quality and innovative rehabilitation programs” (2015) this quote shows that more offenders
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