A Pelican Bay State Prison inmate‚ Jesse Perez‚ was recently awarded $25‚000 in damages in reference to a case filed against correctional officers that were accused of acting in violation of the prisoner’s First Amendment rights. Perez was identified by officers at another prison as a member of the Mexican Mafia. After he was identified in 2005‚ Perez was transferred to Pelican Bay’s Security Housing Unit. The lawsuit was filed against the officers who claimed they identified him as a member of the
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Right to refuse treatment 2 In SELL v. UNITED STATES‚ the question was whether the constitution allows forcibly medicating a mentally ill defendant so that he/she can be competent for trial for serious crimes that are non-violent. The constitution does allow this but under certain circumstances. Sell was found to be mentally incompetent to stand trial after examination by a magistrate the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners. Sell decided to challenge the decision made by the
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The Korematsu v. United States (1944) case was an unjustifiable case towards individuals with a particular race‚ but even though at the moment it seemed like the appropriate action to take for the protection of the people in our country‚ the action towards this race was completely inappropriate and unconstitutional. During the War of World War II‚ the president of the United States‚ Franklin Roosevelt put a float the Executive Order 9066 that targeted individuals from the Pacific Coast of Japanese
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prison this is where you will serve most of your sentence.. | |What issues affect state versus federal |When released you usually get probation. As in a state prison you can be released on | |prisoners? |parole if you sever less than your sentence. Federal prison is also prosecuted by the | | |federal government rather than the state. They need different levels of security. | |What is the difference between jail
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United States v. Lopez Citations: United States v. Lopez‚ 514 U.S. 549‚ 115 S. Ct. 1624‚ 131 L. Ed. 2d 626 (1995). Facts: Alfonso Lopez‚ Jr.‚ a 12th grade high school student‚ was convicted for purposely carrying a handgun along with bullets onto a school zone for resale under the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990. Issue: Did Congress really have the power to pass this act? Decision: The Court of Appeals took action and reversed the conviction on the basis that the commerce power
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United States v. Lee (1982) This case involved a conflict between the beliefs of the Old Order Amish and government regulations on employment and Social Security. The Amish regard the care of the sick and elderly to be one of their religious obligations; as a consequence‚ they believe that paying Social Security taxes (designed to care for the sick and elderly) would entail acknowledging that the government had that task rather than they. Thus‚ paying Social Security taxes would mean denying an
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The Fifty State Avengers Initiative (FSAI) has the potential to become the greatest asset to safety and security only with the caveat that moral‚ ethical‚ and fair standards are held. Safety of American citizens is of the utmost importance. The FSAI is the fortunate corollary of the SHRA. Registration of super-humans is not enough to protect‚ mobilization and utilization of super-heroes is necessary. The FSAI will assume responsibility‚ provide for the general public’s well-being‚ in case of natural
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– A 50-year-old male was referred to the emergency eye clinic at East Surrey Hospital in Canada Avenue for a history of three-day deteriorating bilateral eye pain‚ redness and quick reduction of visual acuity in the past 24 hours. The patient had no past medical or ocular history. The patient visual acuities (VA) were a light perception (LP) in the right eye (RE) and a hand movement (HM) in the left eye (LE). – The patient was a contact lens wearer and got the daily disposable soft (silicone hydrogel)
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As women increasingly enter the labor market in the US‚ equity and anti-discrimination issues between genders are addressed great importance‚ especially the earning gap. The earning difference between women and men is narrowing down‚ however‚ the ratio of the wage gained by women to that by men still triggers discussion about the cause of this gap. The ratio in 1955 was 64 percent‚ and by 2007 the gap had closed to the degree where the ratio was 78 percent. While traditional social explanation ascribed
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Analysis of Current State Currently‚ XYZ General Hospital experiences a large turnover of nurses. In addition to GNs turnover‚ the experienced nurses are also leaving the bedside for advanced practice roles. Therefore‚ there is an increased pressure for GNs to take care the complex patients before they are well trained for the assignments. So the goal is to implement NRP to recruit and retain GNs by providing an intensive and structured training. Moreover‚ the vision of the hospital is to improve the
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