Three Strikes and You’re Out By Natalie Belyea May 7‚ 2013 Prepared for Mr. Ian Barrimond The state of California in 1994 passed the “Three Strikes and Your Out” law. This law sentences a third offence felony offender to a mandatory 25-years to life sentence. Although crime rate have dropped in California there are those opponents to the law who feel in certain cases that the sentencing is too harsh.
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Padilla Period 6 9.28.11 Revolution‚ Reaction‚ Reform‚ and the Great Sugar Strike of 1946 ! The plantation workers in 1946 triumphed over the barriers created by racism‚ limited education‚ unequal access to the legal system‚ and almost feudal social control. Their legacy is clearly visible in the reform they fought for‚ for higher wages‚ better working conditions‚ and equality(“1946 The Great Hawaii Sugar Strike” ). The reform in Hawaiiʼs plantation system‚ which is seen in Hawaiiʼs workforce
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Among the disgruntled employees was the soft-spoken César Chávez‚ who believed that his people’s plight could be resolved through the mechanism of non-violent protests. Chief among these mechanisms were his firm belief in fasting and non-violent strikes. These beliefs were the combined result of his childhood experiences‚ significant encounters with influential persons‚ educational pursuits and his religious persuasions. The use of these non-violent mechanisms consequently brought national awareness
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ignore the feeling that abstaining from indulging and satisfying the craving with a Lucky Strike Cigarette instead would cause feeling healthier and more dapper than right now. This is an example of a clever and very successful advertisement. It appeals not only to emotions‚ but also to intellect‚ while providing a foundation on which to base these claims. This paper will examine how an ad for Lucky Strike Cigarettes from 1952 used ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to cause desire‚ and therefore purchases
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Three strikes raises important questions about how sentencing laws need to achieve public safety. How are such laws made? Who do they target? And why did Michael Reynolds and Mark Klaas start out as allies and end up as bitter political rivals. Over the last two decades (1980-2000)‚ the US prison population has increased 450%. California has led the nation in prison growth since the early 1980s‚ and it incarcerated a higher percentage of its population than any nation on earth by 1994. The same
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Definition: a trade union is an organisation formed by employees/workers in a particular trade or craft who have come together to to achieve common goals such as protecting the integrity of its trade‚ achieving higher pay‚ increasing the number of employees an employer hires‚ and better working conditions. functions · to obtain and maintain just and proper wages and working conditions and generally to do all such things as may be necessary to protect and advance the interests of its members
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France‚ in the 1860’s. It is written by the French writer Emile Zola‚ who offers what he thinks is the best solution to the problems in the industrial revolution through Germinal. The plot of the book is centered on a strike that occurs in the mining community of Montsou. The strike takes place because of the constant deteriorating conditions of the miners. Etienne‚ a newcomer to Montsou‚ is leading the work stoppage‚ protesting for the better working conditions. Different workers in Montsou have
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example for the many wage cuts. Because of this‚ it resulted in the class war called the Great railroad strike. Strikers began to destroy equipment and riot in the streets of Pittsburgh. To restore balance the militia were called but it did the opposite. Over 100 people died before the strike ended. We see the lack of central control between the strikers led to violence and deaths. The great railroad strike was America’s first major national labor conflict. It show the resentment
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Consider whether the current law in Australia in relation to pickets is too harsh. Introduction The power dynamic within employment relationships has a direct bearing‚ and often can be decisive in the outcomes of industrial disputes. Indeed‚ the ability of employees to effectively negotiate agreeable working conditions is dependent upon their actual or perceived ability to withdraw their labour. A powerful form of industrial protest available to employees and trade unions is the picket line. This
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NOTES * October Manifesto‚ Duma‚ Promise of reform * Railway strike‚ General strike e.g. st p’s‚ soviet and Trotsky * Army and Police: useful to supress revolution‚ stays loyal * Promising concessions but fundamental laws. Witte is an economic reformer‚ not keen on political return. Stolypin he instigates reforms‚ harsh measures against people who try to overrun the government. He recognised gradual political change needs to happen. Reform in this instance is‚ not democracy but adapting
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