The practice of discretion today reflects police by restricting them to not have discretion in all circumstances. Laws and department policy can limit or eliminate discretion. For example‚ if an officer witnesses a felony‚ law requires the officer arrest the suspect. And‚ department policy might require an officer issue citations for all seat belt violations. A good example of police not using acceptable discretion was the Rodney King case that too place in Los
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The United States sends more people to prison than any other country in World. The state of Kentucky has also been having a jail problem. The Kentucky police has been locking up more inmates than they have ever before. The jails are overpopulated and the state is trying to figure out a solution to this jail problem. The video “Prison State”‚ a documentary by PBS Frontline‚ shows the problem Kentucky has with more inmates in jail. The states spends a lot of money to lock up prisoners. The state alone
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2014/10/3 Criminal Law Hanif Mughal (麥 嘉 豪 ) Adjunct Associate Professor ( 兼任教授) Barrister-at-law ( 大律師 ) DLS 2 BRIEF - Lecture 1 (A).General Introduction (B). What is a crime? (C). Principles of Criminal Liability Chapters 1‚ 2 and 4 of the Workbook and some additional information 2 (A) General Introduction 1.General Principles. 2. Law regulates conduct in society. 3. Division of Law into civil and criminal law. 4. Civil Law – disputes between individuals. 3 1 2014/10/3 5. Criminal
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Southern Cheyennes and Kiowas along the Arkansas River. Hancock’s men and Custer set out "to confer with them to ascertain if they want to fight‚ in which case he [Hancock] will indulge them." At the end of the campaign‚ he was promptly placed under arrest and charged with: absence without leave from his command‚ conduct unbecoming of good order and military
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The United States of America promotes itself as the land of the free but‚ is it truly free? People believe what they see or are told without actually giving it thought‚ as the saying goes‚ “See no evil‚ hear no evil.” The people of today have been brainwashed to believe that what the media portrays is fact and that’s all there is to it. We are aware of what life can be like in other countries‚ and compare it to the United States to give ourselves the illusion that we are free. Although it may be
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Name The Power of the Badge: A Controversial Issue Strong‚ courageous‚ heroic‚ all words that we hear and use to describe what comes to mind when we think of “Police Officers”. In elementary school‚ the most common phrase students would be asked was “what do you want to be when you grow up”‚ and the most common response would be “a police officer”; and now sadly‚ most are rethinking this occupational choice. The authority that most cops these days believe they have is over the top; they think
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The Los Angeles riots caused so much more pain than just what the riots cost the city. People were injured‚ killed‚ and scared. In LA alone‚ the riots resulted… “in 53 deaths‚ 10.000 arrests. 2‚300 injuries‚ more than 1‚000 buildings lost to fire‚ [and] thousands of jobs lost” (Matheson and Baade 1). Hate crimes and racism were also running rampant. Grigsby Bates discusses how white and light skinned individuals were pulled out of cars and motorcycles and were beaten. Shortly after the Rodney King
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On November 1‚ 2014‚ Brittany Maynard died from a lethal dose of barbiturates. No this was not an overdose but physician prescribed available under Oregon’s death with dignity act. The Oregon Death with Dignity Act (ODDA) allows physicians in the state of Oregon to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to certain terminally ill patients with the knowledge that this medication will be used to hasten death. Brittany died peacefully “in the arms of her loved ones” said Sean Crowley‚ a spokesperson
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way peacefully.He had supporters around the world behind him and his decision.Peaceful resistance positively impacts society because when someone peacefully resist the law it encourages society to do the same.Take for example Rosa parks peacefully resisting the law and not giving up her seat.By doing that she motivated
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Peaceful resistance to laws is resisting the law‚ but it will still positively impact a free society because rather than having people act violently because they do not agree with some law and believe it is unjust‚ they will calmy protest instead of rioting. Our government in the United States of America is a democratic republic‚ which we are very fortunate to have because the people are given a significant amount of power‚ but some instances are bound to occur where a majority or even a minority
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