Stump Speech Hello Good Afternoon‚ I would first like to thank all of you for taking your time to listen to my speech. I truly appreciate you doing this because it shows that you care about who you are going to vote for. The founding fathers built this great country on three principles life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. Today these principles are being infringed. Hard-working Americans are being taxed more for working hard at their jobs. In prisons around the United‚ States people
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Introduction The overcrowding of prisons have become drastically overcrowded over the past years. The overcrowding of prisons have created a dangerous environment for the inmates. Being a growing concern‚ we want to look into the underlying problems that overcrowd prisons. Summary For this document analysis I chose took into and evaluate mass incarceration or as we call it- prison overcrowding. The documentary I watched and will be writing about was on “Mass incarceration in the united states”
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Capital Punishment is a complex topic taking someone else’s life to benefit the others they have stolen beginning a cycle that nobody can really end. The costs and effects could be grave to the system and everyone in and around it without some sound advice and reasoning to make sense of why it is done. I chose to look at three viewpoints that define and pick apart the justifications and oppositions of capital punishment. The first view is coming from a duty point of view; the second a consequences
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On June 25‚ 2012‚ the Supreme Court had ruled that juveniles who committed a crime such as murder‚ could not be sentenced to life in prison because it is violating the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. In the supreme court decision‚ I agree that it is harsh and should not be allowed for a minor to serve life in prison‚ even if murder is committed. The decision is agreeable due to the severe punishment on someone young whose life is ruined over the decision they made. The information
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The insanity defense should be allowed for those with a mental illness when they commit a crime since they are not in control of their actions. “If a person really does have mental incapacity‚ and it will be considered that his condition has caused him to commit a capital crime‚ which means the defense could save his life. Put in mind that a capital crime carries a punishment of eventual death. However‚ being found not guilty because of insanity means that a capital punishment is out of the question
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Four years ago on June 25th‚ the Supreme Court ruled that juveniles who committed heinous crimes could not be sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment because it violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on barbaric and unusual punishment. Justice Elena Kagan‚ speaking on the behalf of the majority‚ adds that “Mandatory life without parole for a juvenile precludes consideration of his chronological age and its hallmark features- among them‚ immaturity‚ impetuosity‚ and failure to appreciate risks and consequences
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Black and Pink is a pro LGBT organization whose primary objective is to end the prison industrial complex. In sum‚ this group directs its focus to the damaging effects of mass incarceration on LGBTQ persons‚ presenting a “radical‚…anti capital[ist]‚…feminist‚…[and] anti racist” approach to queer liberation. Black and Pink was founded by Rev. Jason Lydon‚ and began in 2005 as a personal pen pal project in Boston‚ Massachusetts after he experienced the distinctive sexual abuse of an LGBT segregated
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Corrections in America Zachary Gene Mooney Notre Dame College The American correctional system has its flaws like many other programs in America today. A hot topic in today?s society is whether or not the American criminal justice system is effective; often times‚ this leads citizens to believe that the United States can no longer be considered the land of the free because of its various flaws. America has the highest imprisonment rate in the entire world along with a shockingly high rate
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The use of private prisons are worth more than 70 billion dollars. The idea of private prisons came across in the United States in the early 1980’s. Although many people want to ban private prisons the United States should keep private prisons because of money‚ treatment‚ and economy. To begin‚ the use of private prisons save the state money‚ Private prisons allow the state to save money‚ Public prison endorse money from the state‚ on the other hand private institutions do not. “Ira P. Robbins
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Juveniles Deserve their Punishment Juveniles are considered juveniles and should be given juvenile punishment unless it’s for something inhumane‚ such as murder. The United States of America has the highest teen murder rate out of every country. The reason is due to guns being easy to get‚ the amount of violence they see today‚ and the T.V. programs shown. The 2012 Supreme Court decision to abolish mandatory life in prison for juveniles who commit murder was not a just decision‚ because teens should
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