The dilemma affiliated with community notification laws is the delicate balancing of the public’s right to information with the successful reintegration of offenders to the community (Zevitz & Farkas 1). One aspect of sex offender’s notification tends to get overlooked; and that has ties with the 8th amendment‚ in regards to the constitutional right to abstain from cruel and unusual punishment. This poses serious ethical issues with notification laws‚ and the retaliation some sex offenders receive
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the superiority of a particular ethnic group or religion. Discrimination against African Americans for example. In 1838‚ the Southern States passed various laws of racial segregation‚ focused against the black sectors. By the turn of the century those laws were called the Jim Crow laws‚ both north and south. Between the 1880s and the 1960s the laws expanded. Jim Crow‚ within the context of this unit‚ refers to the official discrimination against or segregation of African Americans. Jim Crow legislation
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Pros and Cons of the Death Penalty Pros 1. The Death Penalty allows families that have been suffering some closure. 2. Helps lessen the problem of overpopulated prisons. 3. Provides a deterrent for inmates already on Death Row. 4. Justice is better served. 5. Prisoner parole or escapes allows for another chance to kill. 6. Give a chance to prosecutors in bargaining in the plea bargain process. In the state of California there are too many liberals that make rules
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Movement was a protest against the blatantly prejudiced laws of the country. Amongst these laws were the infamous Jim Crow laws‚ these laws institutionalized various economic‚ social‚ and educational disadvantages for African American through enforcing segregation in the South. The tension created by these laws snowballed with the aid of people like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. and ultimately‚ resulted in the eradication of the Jim Crow laws. However‚ discrimination and wealth disparity remained
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Gun Control The topic of stricter gun control laws has been a monumental discussion for multiple decades now. Gun control laws are policies that control the manufacturing‚ selling‚ handling‚ and use of firearms. Guns are rarely used in the act of self-defense and are mostly end up being used for dangerous situations that end up hurting people. In 2014‚ 2‚549 children (age 0 to 19 years) died by gunshot and an additional 13‚576 were injured‚ according to injury.research.chop.edu. Also‚ guns are too
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3/5 of them won’t target an armed victim. That means three out of five crimes could have been stopped if only the victim had a gun. Altering the gun laws we have now would make it so that more lives would be lost and would also be unconstitutional. That is why we must not alter the gun laws we have now. The first and foremost reason gun laws shouldn’t be altered is because if they were‚ then the
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Pros and/or Cons of Stand Your Ground Law The infamous George Zimmerman case has stirred the controversy around Stand Your Ground laws and brought these laws to the public light‚ becoming the subject of vigorous nationwide debates whether these laws should be repealed or not. Like many controversial legislative‚ Stand Your Ground laws have their critics and proponents‚ and both sides tend to make valid points in defense of their position. The goal of this paper is to show cons and pros of Stand
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Are law enforcement cameras an invasion of privacy? The police are an organization dedicated to enforce and protect the law. The force is sworn under oath and the members sworn in must respect and live by it. Personnel accepted to do this job are carefully chosen through many different tests to prove their good ethics. In order to perform that job the personnel must have good ethical values in accordance to their society and laws. The police forces are public servants which obligates them to behave
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The Pros and Cons Edit 0 6… Pros : - More foreign goods. In Canada‚ with economic globalization‚ we are able to eat fresh fruits and vegetables in winter. Make lives easier for us. - With the trade happening around the world‚ there is more diversity. While we are in Canada‚ we can go out and eat Chinese‚ Thai‚ Greek foods‚ and watch US’s movie. - Helping developing countries. Transnational corporations setup in developing countries offering jobs for the people in developing countries‚ help
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Samaritan and helping others in need. “Good Samaritan laws generally provide basic legal protection for those who assist a person who is injured or in danger. In essence‚ these laws protect the “Good Samaritan” from liability if unintended consequences result from their assistance” (Morris). The majority of people want to help others‚ however in this day and age we must first look at the situation from a legal standpoint and know what the law is in the state a person resides in‚ when contemplating
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