Wuornos was born as Aileen Carol Pittman in Rochester‚ Michigan. She had one older brother named Keith‚ who was born in February 1955. Her mother‚ Diane Pratt‚ was 15 years old when she married Leo Dale Pittman on June 3‚ 1954. Less than two years into marriage and two months before Wuornos was born‚ Pratt filed for divorce. Pittman was a child molester who spent most of his life in and out of prison. Wuornos never met her father‚ as he was imprisoned for the rape and attempted murder of an eight-year-old
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During America’s most consequential wars‚ the United States government has restricted civil liberties of the American people despite the nation’s strong rooted foundation for preserving every citizen’s rights. When danger is an ever present factor for the nation due to war or conflict restrictions are often placed on some of the most basic freedoms and liberties. Perfect balancing of these restrictions is vital to the countries wellbeing. One of the most well-known examples of this type of restraint
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BALAOING‚ Patrize Aerielle A. BSTM 2-1D Lee Kuan Yew‚ GCMG‚ CH (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew‚ 16 September 1923)‚ is a Singaporean politician. He was the first Prime Minister of Singapore‚ governing for three decades. He is also widely recognised as the founding father of modern Singapore. Hồ Chí Minh (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969)‚ born Nguyễn Sinh Côn‚ or Nguyễn Sinh Cung‚ also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành and Nguyễn Ái Quốc‚ was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955)
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Task One How would you define Criminology? There are many ways in which Criminology can be described. Criminology is a social science and it looks at society’s reaction to the laws which have been broken and tries to find out what has led a person to commit a crime by looking at the criminal’s behaviour and the criminal as a person. The definition of Criminology depends on the individual society‚ that the people involved come from‚ wither it be the criminal‚ the victim or the people trying to
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Thoreau’s "Civil Disobedience" Major Themes Civil Government and Higher Law. In Civil Disobedience‚ Thoreau’s basic premise is that a higher law than civil law demands the obedience of the individual. Human law and government are subordinate. In cases where the two are at odds with one another‚ the individual must follow his conscience and‚ if necessary‚ disregard human law. Thoreau prepared his lecture and essay on resistance to civil government in response to a specific eventthe Mexican War
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Defending your constitutional rights‚ is what this country is about. Deeming an item of the United States Constitution unconstitutional may seem to many as an impossible task‚ however in this land of the free and home of the brave‚ we aim to make sure that whatever Constitutional stone the framers left unturned has been or will be adhered to and interpreted accordingly. Although a law may read the same on paper‚ the interpretation of that law may have different meanings (broad or narrow) depending
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their development and thus minimize their threat to white hegemony" (C.C. 72) Another shocking incident of police brutality occurred in Reynoldsburg‚ Ohio. A group of offices named themselves “S.N.A.T.” squad. This acronym stood for “Special Nigger Arrest Team” and they made it a point to harass African Americans whenever. On May 11‚ 2009‚ a deputy in Palmdale‚ Calif. shot a 15-year-old boy who was playing "cops and
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Arizona v Johnson (2009) 129 S.Ct. 781 Date of Judgment: January 26‚ 2009 INTRODUCTION In 2002‚ Lemon Montrea Johnson was the passenger in the backseat of a car stopped for a traffic violation. Johnson was charged with; inter alia‚ possession of drugs and possession of a weapon by a felon. These items were discovered during a protective pat-down search of Johnson. Johnson was convicted by the trial court. Johnson argued that his conviction should be overturned because the trial court was
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By gathering the community together to support him and urging them to get arrested‚ he turned himself into a civil rights leader that the British government was unable to control. Essentially‚ their hands were tied. The government was unable to arrest Gandhi without causing more disobedience from the public and if they let him continue with his work‚ they would be allowing these illegal actions to take place on a national scale. The power that this gave Gandhi not only made him more powerful‚ but
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Thompson-Starr (B) Police Officer‚ excessive force‚ qualified immunity. Part One For many years police officers have enjoyed the power of authority over the general public with the motto “to protect and serve”. If this is the case‚ then let this become the yardstick that will measure the conduct that police most earnestly proclaim. Police officers are held as the safeguard of the community. They are designed to protect the people from the criminal elements and serve as role models for those
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