highly controversial topic that has depicted the way one may or may not think a menace to society should be punished. One might reason that a harsher and more effective punishment would be sentencing someone to life in prison without the possibility of parole‚ while another could make the argument that sentencing that person to death is more suitable. Perspectives on the topic take hold on the legal considerations‚ religious views‚ social issues‚ and deterrence and retribution in relation to the death
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who are on the streets due to drug addiction debt and/or personal problems. Anybody can be homeless due to any situation‚ yet some people prefer to look down on homelessness as if the people have contracted some disease‚ Its now said that people in prison have more definitive rights than homeless people‚ Police are now trying to advocate people sleeping in the streets sleeping‚ drinking etc ‚ without talking or trying to talk to them some now prefer to dismiss them as " tramps" or as if there inferior
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issue amongst people. I chose to research the pros and cons of laws already in place. Firearms are grouped into three different categories: Handguns‚ Rifles‚ and Shotguns. Under federal law it is illegal to be given‚ obtain‚ or move any firearm or ammunition for people who have been “convicted of or under indictment for a felony punishable by more than one year in prison‚ someone convicted of a misdemeanor punishable by more than two years in prison‚ a fugitive from justice‚ an unlawful user of any
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womb. It is either done by having an induced abortion or caused by a spontaneous abortion which is also known as a miscarriage. There are people who are pro-life meaning that these people believe that the government has an obligation to preserve all human life‚ regardless of intent‚ viability‚ or quality of life concerns. While the people who are pro-choice believe that individuals have unlimited autonomy with respect to their own reproductive systems as long as they do not breach the autonomy of others
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Each state has the right to determine its own disenfranchisement laws. However‚ not if they conflict with the constitutional voting rights. Felon disenfranchisement is the stripping of voting rights from those individuals who have been convicted of a felony. These rights can be taken in multiple ways‚ however there are five prominent categories: permanent loss of voting rights (twelve states)‚ right restored after parole and probation (nineteen states)‚ restored after parole (four states)‚ restored
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Task Four Outline the power of the courts in sentencing offenders by using one example of a summary offence and indictable offence. There are two main courts - Magistrates and Crown Court. Magistrates have less power than Crown. magistrates can sentence up to six months in custody. Crown Courts can sentence longer up to life in prison. An indictable offence is one tried by a jury in the Crown court. When a magistrates court feels that the offence is so serious they cannot sentence accordingly i/e
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drinking fountains‚ the dingy restrooms and the back of the busses"(3)? Integration among Central high was a start to improving this racist society. Central was the best high school in the area and originally‚ only white people were admitted there. A pro to African Americans going there would be them being allowed to get the best education they could. It would mean equal education between whites and blacks. The Little Rock Nine was a very smart group‚ and Melba explained that‚ "each of us planned to
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David‚ I truly enjoyed reading your primary task posting regarding the pros and cons of mandatory GMO labeling this week. Furthermore‚ similar to you‚ I thought it was highly important to provide a clear definition of a GM or GMO product at the beginning of my primary task. In addition‚ you cited an exceedingly interesting fact‚ one I had not found during my research‚ that in almost all study cases the GM crops produced 6 to 11 percent less yields for studied soybean crops (Exposed: the great
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According to Talbot‚ there are currently around 16‚000 desalination plants in the world (2014). Although a con to this method involves needing a lot of energy‚ the benefit in having these desalination plants is that it gives saline or salt water a better purpose rather than it being an undrinkable source. Also‚ it helps countries that do not have a lot of access
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Now the concept itself is like a mathematical equation: economic increase plus a safer neighborhood equals a positive reputation. Still‚ there are those who believe the idea of gentrification produces a negative outcome for the community. Despite the cons to gentrification one should strongly take into consideration the positive effect it leaves in a community. The question now is‚ why are there residents against the idea‚ if gentrifying
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