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    Tolerance Is Important

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    Culture is based on tradition‚ and no one wants to break tradition. Therefore‚ there are so many differences between people. That is why the most important trait that everyone in the world should have is tolerance. Tolerance is necessary for everyone to coexist peacefully and happily. Without tolerance there would be endless wars and crises throughout the world. In the world there are over five thousand spoke languages and two thousand more languages that are dead. Each region speaks a language‚ and

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    Voltaire and the Church Known for his wit and sarcasm‚ Voltaire was never afraid of letting his real views be seen. He commonly found ways to insult his rivals‚ or groups he detested‚ in not so secret ways. In his book Candide‚ Voltaire takes no exception to this precedent. Through his writing in Candide‚ Voltaire shows clear disdain for the institution of religion and the representatives of it. Through characters and plot events‚ Voltaire displays how‚ in his view‚ religion is driven by intolerance

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    Plea Bargaining

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    Plea bargaining in the United States is a controversial issue because the practice of plea bargaining is necessary as long as the United States has high crime rates and insufficient facilities and personnel to try all cases; plea bargaining allows the flexibility necessary if the system is to respond with any degree of concern for the circumstances of individual cases‚ however‚ it may also entice defendants to plead guilty to crimes they did not commit rather than risk their constitutional right

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    Plea Bargaining

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    Plea Bargaining Paper Linda Robinson CJA/224 09/29/2014 Many successful criminal prosecutions in the Unites States end not with Jury trials‚ but with plea bargains. Plea bargains are agreements between defendants and prosecutors where defendants agree to plead guilty to some or all of the charges against them in exchange for concessions from the prosecutors. These agreements allow prosecutors to focus their time and resources on other cases and reduce the number of trials that judges need

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    Plea Bargain

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    Defense of Plea Bargaining article‚ “a plea bargain is a contract with the state. The defense agrees to plead guilty to a lesser crime and receive a lesser sentence‚ rather than go to trial on a more severe charge where he faces the possibility of a harsher sentence.” We are also told in The New York Times Article; Federal Law on Sentencing is Unjust‚ Judge Rules that “about 97 percent of federal criminal convictions nationwide were the result of plea bargains.” In a Frontline Program- The Plea we watched

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    Plea Bargaining

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    Plea Bargaining Alicia Aaron CJA/224 May 26‚ 2013 Donald Gregory Plea Bargaining Most cases are resolved through plea bargains. This is resulting from negotiations between the prosecutor and defense attorney. Plea bargains can be made at any stage of the criminal justice process. Plea bargains can be either a charge bargains or sentence bargains. There are advantages and disadvantages with plea bargains. With plea bargains‚ it can reflect the due process and crime control of the criminal

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    Voltaire; Candide Analysis

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    written by Francois-Marie Voltaire explores the use of satire as a medium to comment and confront dominant philosophy of his context‚ Liebniz philosophy of optimism. Voltaire embeds a premise of protest against surrendering to apathy and animalistic desires instead of using logic and rationale to become accountable for ones own actions. This is epitomised by the final words; “we must cultivate our garden” inferring one must partake in the making of one’s own destiny. Voltaire uses the repetition of

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    The Plea Bargain

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    Plea bargaining is a process of negotiation that usually involves the defendant‚ the prosecutor‚ and the defense counsel and is founded on the mutual interests of all involved. Plea bargaining circumvents the trial process and dramatically reduces the time required for the resolution a criminal case. Bargained pleas are very common. Some surveys have found that 90% of all criminal cases prepared for trial are eventually resolved through a negotiated plea. In a study of 37

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    Voltaire Biography Essay

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    Biography Profile: Voltaire François-Marie Arouet‚ better known by the name of Voltaire‚ was a French Enlightenment writer who believed that everyone had the freedom of speech‚ religion‚ and expression. Voltaire’s accomplishments were include writings‚ especially Oedipus‚ a very famous play he wrote. He also fought for everything he believed in‚ no matter how many times he was arrested‚ and exiled. Voltaire had two older siblings‚ and his mother died when he was seven. His father wanted him to

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    Plea Bargain

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    Takiyah Nicholson April 24‚ 2013 Plea Bargaining United States‚ Petitioner VS Gary Mazzanato (93-1340)‚ 513 U.S. 196 (1995) Brief: Respondent was arrested and charged with possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute‚ in violation of 84 Stat. 1260. On October 17‚ 1991‚ respondent and his attorney asked to meet with the prosecutor to discuss the possibility of cooperating with the Government. At the beginning of the meeting‚ the prosecutor informed respondent that

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