Sometimes mandatory minimum sentences are the consequences of good intentions‚ but good intentions do not always make beneficial policy in society. One of the famous senior associate justice of the supreme court of the United have said the truth of federal mandatory sentencing‚ in which I used this quotation to relate to the topic that I’m about to discuss. “The Federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines‚ I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom
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There are not many absolute truths in the world. Almost every point can be argued and justified. But if there is one truth universally recognized‚ one truth upon which societies the world over have been based on‚ it is that murder is wrong. The willful termination of a life is immoral. If we as a society accept that to be true‚ how then can we condone the death penalty? How is government sanctioned murder a moral option? The legal system is not fool proof‚ nothing man-made is. How then can we claim
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1. Describe the two theories regarding how inmate culture becomes a part of prison life. a. Culture is indigenous to prisons; it was believed that it was developed as inmates’ loss connection to their previous environment and freedom. b. Culture is imported‚ in other words inmates brought in some types of characteristics into the prison that would then help create a subculture. 2. List the methods correctional agencies use to control prison gangs. a. Transferring gang members to maximum-security
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The death penalty is an extremely controversial topic in America‚ and people usually shy away from it‚ but speaking about controversial topics can help us come close to actually find solutions. This exercise was conducted in my survey of law class in which‚ we had gone over several homicide cases in which the criminal received the death penalty. In the end of the lesson‚ our teacher asked a simple question “raise your hand if you believe in the death penalty”. I was appalled to see that more than
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Throughout the centuries‚ both the system and the concept of prison have undergone many radical changes that eventually led to the formation of the prison as we know it now. In the 16th and 17th centuries‚ prison tended to be a place where criminals were kept in it while awaiting their punishment. It was a place‚ where criminals were held‚ rather than a means of punishment. In fact‚ criminals‚ at that time‚ were publically punished‚ rather than imprisoned‚ in the most torturous ways such as whipping
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How does distinguishing Genocide from Mass Killing help in the prevention and punishment of the crime? The term genocide is derived from “the Greek word genos (tribe‚ race) and the Latin cide (as in tyrannicide‚ homicide‚ fratricide).” Raphael Lemkin saw genocide as a process rather than a specific act or event stating that “Genocide has two phases: one‚ destruction of the national pattern of the oppressed group; the other‚ the imposition of the national pattern of the oppressor. This imposition
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The Stolen Jewel Imagine stuffing a carbuncle down a striped goose and a few days later someone else takes the same goose with the same stripe on the back! Both a stole the goose and the jewel. Will the other person go to jail? Or will you get arrested and go to jail? Will the detective set them free? Yes! Sherlock Holmes sets both free! But for stealing a jewel and a goose? In my opinion‚ Sherlock Holmes positively made the wrong decision by letting Ryder and Catharine free. That means‚ Sherlock
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Inmates in Jail Prison is a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial. Today‚ persons look at prison in different way‚ the Time Magazine article‚ “Criminals Should Be Cured Not Caged”‚ claims in 1968. However‚ people and management are still experiencing disturbing tactics‚ which used in the most American public. In the U.S.‚ there were more people recorded reports of police misconduct and fatalities linked to misconduct‚ according
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Mahfuzul Islam Period 4 Western Political Theory Mr. Polazzo Injustice in our Society and in Ourselves What is justice is a question that has plagued philosophers since the time of Plato when he wrote The Republic to present day. In the book‚ Plato uses the dialectic‚ between Socrates and
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The United States have the highest number of incarcerations in the world. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics The United States has 2.3 million people incarcerated and China’s estimated prison population totals to 1.6 million. Instead of The United States incarcerating so many people they should focus on providing rehabilitation to prevent re-offenders. Rehabilitation is the re-integration into society of a convicted person and the main objective of modern penal policy‚ to counter criminal
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