Charles Dent. His full name is Charles Wieder Dent‚ and he is a member of the Republican Party. Dent’s decisions affect our family a lot‚ because we live in the 15th district of Pennsylvania. Charles Dent was born on May 24‚ 1960 in Allentown‚ Pennsylvania. The son of Marjorie L. (Wieder) and Walter R. Dent‚ Charles Dent showed to be a very bright student from a young age. In 1978‚ he graduated from William Allen High School in Allentown. Four years later‚ Dent graduated from Penn State University
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By: Casilda Adames E-mail: cassieluvbug@aol.com Core Studies 3 Casilda Adames Take-Home Exam November 16‚ 1999 The ruling ideology dealing with welfare is a negative view among the majority of Americans. It states that welfare recipients are lazy people who have lots of children and collect checks for a long period of time. This statement is believed mostly among higher-class people because they feel that if they can work hard for their money‚ welfare recipients can do the same‚ and not live
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Every victim looks forward to fair trial‚ conviction and sentencing. Money‚ time that the lawyer has with the client and other motivating factors determine whether the accused will receive fair or unfair sentence. However‚ this has not always been true for many suspects in the court of law within US. According to Death Penalty Washighton Center‚ (2003) victims race‚ the defendant or both elements play a fundamental role in deciding whether death penalties or death sentences are imposed on victims
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46-year-old restaurant worker‚ who got hooked on painkillers after an eye injury in the year 2000. Horner sold $1800 dollars’ worth of his painkillers to a new "friend" who turned out to be a police informant. He received twenty five years in the state penitentiary. Jack did not have any prior criminal record but still received the minimum prison sentence of twenty five years behind bars. He will not get out of prison until he is 72 years old. He left behind three young daughters which he will never
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States’ Rights v. Nationalism The debate over states’ rights versus nationalism relates to the current political actors‚ issues‚ and conflicts; as can be seen through examination of William Jefferson Clinton‚ the issue of federal funding for public schools‚ and the conflict between the states and the Constitution over the "Full faith and credit" clause and whether it pertains to same-sex marriages. William Jefferson Clinton was recently in Norfolk‚ Virginia to promote what he believes will occur
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Criminal Sentencing By Christina Long CRJ301: Juvenile Justice Instructor: Agustin Pena March 5‚ 2013 After a criminal is found guilty of committing an illegal offense‚ the next step for the individual is to be sentenced to some form of punishment according to the law. Sentencing is a punishment that determines how much jail time the convicted will receive or what punishment they will endure. Sentencing can range from jail time‚ to community service‚ to paying fines. There
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Aims of sentencing. Retribution. · Based on idea of punishment‚ because offender deserves punishment for his/her acts. · Does not seek to reduce crime or alter the offender’s future behaviour. · Concerned only with the offence that was committed and making sure that the punishment inflicted is in proportion to that offence. · Contains element of revenge (eye for an eye) and is used to justify long prison sentences. · Tariff sentences Idea that each offence should have a set tariff with
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Sentencing is very important and usually the last stage of the criminal process. The purpose of sentencing is to punish the criminals while at the same time stopping crime from continuing. The five philosophical reasons for sentencing are retribution‚ deterrence‚ incapacitation‚ rehabilitation and restoration. Retribution is the philosophy that those who commit criminal acts should be punished based on the severity of the crime and that no other factors need be considered. Deterrence is the strategy
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Jacobson v. United States Supreme Court of the United States 1992. 503 U.S. 540‚ 112 S.Ct. 1535. FACTS= On September 24‚ 1987‚ Keith Jacobson was indicted on charges of violating a provision of the Child Protection Act of 1984‚ which criminalizes the knowing receipt through mail of a "visual depiction [that] involves the use of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct." On Feb 1984 Jacobson ordered two magazines in the mail of young boys. The magazines entitled Bare Boys
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Variation in Sentencing with Armed Robbery Antwanette Billingsley St. Leo University 10/13/2011 There are many questions surrounding the sentencing process in the State of Georgia surrounding several crimes. Why is there a variation in the process depending on where the crime was committed‚ who committed it‚ who the victim was‚ how many cases are on back log? Why do we allow these factors to play a part in the decision making process? Serious violent crimes are subject to
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