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    does the American government control its population? The way it still is – divide and conquer. It pits one group against the other and lets them fight. Native-Americans against whites. Blacks against whites. Red states against blue states. Pro-choice against pro-life. Women against men. Liberals against conservatives. Straight against gay. The fighting is endorsed and encouraged by the power elite because it distracts their unjust or illegal methods of control‚ that if carefully examined and brought

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    The deterrence theory is based on a rational choice theory. This theory finds the pros and cons of a given situation to determine the desired outcome. William Stuntz (2011)‚ author of The Collapse of American Criminal Justice‚ asserted that “...The more likely murderers‚ rapists‚ and car thieves are to face punishment for their crimes‚ the fewer murders‚ rapes and stolen cars there will be.” (p. 51). Furthermore‚ if people were to commit a crime the more that given crime is punished in the eyes

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    Corporal punishment can be defined as physical punishment that is meted out to someone because they have done something wrong. More often than not corporal punishment involves the use of canes to beat someone. Corporal punishment is normally meted out to children in schools by teachers and at homes by parents or guardians. The advantages of corporal punishment It helps to serve as a deterrent. When children see that someone has been whipped for misbehaving‚ they try not to do similar things

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    Pros And Cons Of Obamacare

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    The Necessity of ObamaCare in the United States The United States is heavily watched around the world in terms of politics or any other action as it is one of the leading countries of the world. Recently‚ the United States caught the eye of the world in its recent debate of the health care reform. Most commonly referred to as “ObamaCare” the official name is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or for short‚ the Affordable Care Act (ACA). President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010

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    The Pros And Cons Of Cults

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    A cult leader‚ who preached madness to the everyday people‚ was arrested because of his association with criminals and the people’s belief that he was going to do something violent. His name was Jesus Christ (Epstein 4). A cult is a religious group that is viewed as sinister or evil. According to Professor Peterson of Islamic studies and a member of The University of Utah’s Council for Religious Scholarship‚ says that "People join cults because they want meaning and purpose and don’t believe in the

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    Many people experience stereotyping daily and have either done the action of discrimination on a certain group of people or the person has been a member of a group that has been negatively stereotyped. I have experienced many negative and positive stereotypes toward my association as part of the group‚ complying myself to have behaviors based on the discriminations. I perceive myself as schematic towards athleticism because I am a softball player and have played for fifteen years‚ making it a very

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    Parole and Truth in Sentencing paper To understand parole one needs to know what parole is and what it means. Parole is the status and early release of a convicted offender who has been conditionally releases from prison by a paroling authority before his or her sentence is expired. Parole and Probation have similar conditions. While an offender is on parole they have certain rules they need to follow. There is another form of parole which is Federal parole. Federal parole was determined by the

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    Pros and Cons on Money

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    All the No points 1. Money can be donated to a good cause. 2. some evil clearly nothing to do with money 3. Money is not the root of all evil. The lack of money is the root of all evil. 4. More 5. Money represents positive value 6. Money is the end product of what you did 7. Originally‚ Money was the solution to the problems(/inefficiencies in transactions) arising out of barter exchange system. 8. Money can’t be dispensed with 9. There’s no such thing as the root of evil!

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    Pros and Cons of Capital Punishment The “death penalty” is currently utilized in thirteen states throughout the United States. There are currently 3‚242 people sitting on “death row” and 43 of those are currently incarcerated here in Nevada. The death penalty is nothing new. Everyone has either read about or watched movies of people having their heads chopped off during medieval times‚ hangings during western times and one of the most severe executions throughout the ages is that of the crucifixions

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    ISIS Pros And Cons

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    as seen that even most women have been suicide bombers posing as a “widowed” mother and child. Obama has repeatedly been assuring governors that the so-called prisoners are not threating however many have joined military groups upon getting out of prison. The terror groups ISIS works in groups. They have worked in groups by the “Islamic state group breaking out of Syria and drove the Iraqi military and proclaimed a worldwide caliphate or a whole country ruled by Islamic Law. They have “brainwashed”

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