Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: Neglect Towards Making the Crime Fit the Penalty As mentioned in the Canadian Criminal Code of 1985‚ "there are about 40 offences for which a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment (MMS) must be imposed" (Raaflaub‚ 2006). There is a growing dilemma in society today "starkly in the conflict between crime control and rights approaches to punishment" (Witten‚ 2017‚ p. 106). Mandatory minimum prison sentences are punishments that are set through legislation for specific
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Garbage Reduction Garbage Reduction Humans have always had an impact on their surroundings. Garbage is one of our biggest effects on nature. Unlike other animals‚ humans create too much waste for nature to keep up. American’s create almost 210 million tons of waste a year. Almost 42 percent of that garbage is in paper wastes. With the continually rising of the earth’s population‚ the situation is going to get harder and harder to slow‚ or fix. With garbage comes pollution. In our burning of
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testing by the school. In my opinion it should be mandatory for all athletes to be drug tested at least once a month‚ regardless of the size or type of school that they are attending. Even though drug testing may be too expensive for community colleges‚ very good athletes who can make it far with their gift don’t because of the freedom they are given with the drugs that they are using and not being tested for‚ this is why drug testing should be mandatory for all college athletes. Many people may think
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Mandatory Organ Donation In the United States today‚ people lose their lives to many different causes. Though this is tragic‚ there are also a large group of people who could benefit from these deaths; and those people are people in need of an organ transplant. Although a sudden or tragic death can be heart breaking to a family‚ they could feel some relief by using their loved ones’ organs to save the lives of many others. This act of kindness‚ though‚ can only be done with consent of both the victim
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shared their culture with Americans. They have changed the country and have helped shape it‚ and are continuing to do so today. The United States is a land of diversity and sharing‚ and Hispanic culture is a real part of it. Spanish should be a mandatory language class in the U.S. because of the growth of the language. Today‚ knowing Spanish is necessary for American children. According to Babbel Magazine‚ Spanish is now the world’s most spoken language after Chinese. American children feel like
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Unit 6 The role of the Health and Social Care Worker 1 understand working relationships in health and social care 1.1Explain how a working relationship is different to a personal relationship A personal relationship is one where your personal life and extra curricular activities and social life are involved. A work relationship is another way of describing a relationship with your co-worker. You spend time together at work‚ you work well together‚ but you have little or no contact outside of
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and the first time offenders that have minimum mandatory sentences‚ which are outrageous sentences for these offenders. Parenti notes that “a Federal Judge sentenced a man twenty two years for beating and elderly woman to death. A few hours later the same judge sentenced a 25 year old first time drug offender‚ father of two young children‚ to 55 years.” (p.124) The articles that I have chosen to debate the positives and negatives of reducing mandatory sentencing for drug offenders. This aspect is
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undesirable consequences such as academic challenges‚ drug dependency and addiction. Drug testing in high schools is a solution that can prevent the use of drugs among teens and avert horrifying outcomes such as altered brain function and even death. Mandatory drug testing should be enforced in schools to prevent illicit drug use‚ which will help eliminate access to drugs‚ increase academic performance‚ and prevent students from falling into a vicious cycle of life time drug abuse. Schools should mandate
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Submit Form MANDATORY INFORMATION FORM COLLEGE NAME: ____________________________________ DATE: __________________ PERSONAL INFORMATION (All the fields are Mandatory. Incomplete Forms may be Rejected. Please use block letters) _________________________ Last Name: _________________________ Please paste your Passport Size Photograph here First Name: Father/Husband Name: ______________ Date of Birth (DD/MM/YY): _______________________ Gender: Male Female Present
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every nine and a half minutes. HIV testing should be mandatory for everyone in our society. Many people are not aware of HIV or think because they have had limited sexual partners they are not subject to contracting this disease so they do not get tested. Making testing mandatory people can find out whether or not they have this disease‚ also it will be fair to people entering into a relationship with potential HIV positive partners. Mandatory testing could decrease the spread of the disease and
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