Within the U.S. criminal justice system there is a valuable resource that helps the Judge determine an effective sentence that would account for such factors as restitution‚ rehabilitation‚ and incarceration. This tool is a PSIR or Pre-sentencing Investigation Report. Pre-sentencing reports originated from the passing of the Sentencing Reform Act‚ which was part of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984. This legislation required all capital murder cases to have a Pre-sentencing reports performed
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MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY CRIMINAL LAW II 8TH JULY 2012 GROUP MEMBERS ADM 1. ANTHONY GACHERU DLAW/111/03297 2. DANIEL MUIRURI DLAW/111/02254 Disscuss Crimes that carry the death sentences Under Kenyan law‚ offences of murder‚ treason and robbery with violence‚ including attempted robbery with violence‚ carry a mandatory death sentence3. In this paper‚ the National Commission seeks to demonstrate the urgent need for the abolition of the death penalty from Kenya’s statutes. This is
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The last sentence “The WInchester House stands as a haunting monument to a broken heart” of the article “Whispers From The Grave” by Scholastic Scope‚ can mean many things. A possible meaning for this sentence is that the Winchester House is very popular and many people go to visit it because of its past with ghost haunting it and how Sarah Winchester was very sad and depressed while living in that house from her daughter and husband dieing. “But Sarah’s happiness was short-lived. Just 42 days after
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storm in the first place. They are only in the storm because the older brother wanted Doodle to be able to run when he went to school. However‚ it’s not as kind as it sounds; the brother wasn’t trying to teach him to run because Doodle wanted to. No‚ the brother was teaching him because he was embarrassed to have a disabled little brother. His pride was the main motivation behind teaching him to run. We see that clearly when they say what words can mend “a cracked pride” at the end of the story. However
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come. It is important that a young man have real friends. b) In exclamatory sentences beginning with ‘How…’‚ ‘What…’: How strange that she be here! Suppositional mood a) In sentences beginning with: It is necessary that… It is important that a young man should have real friends. (syn. It’s likely + may/might + infinitive It was probable that I might get an excellent mark.) b) In exclamatory sentences‚ beginning with: How wonderful…! How strange…! What a shame…! How wonderful
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You probably would have never thought to compare “Everything Will Be Okay” and “Raymond’s Run.” Why? Because they are 2 totally different stories‚ but actually‚ these two stories are very similar when it comes to theme.. In Raymond’s Run by Toni Cade Bambara‚ the narrator (Squeaky) is very protective over her brother‚ Raymond. However‚ her being protective sometimes leads her to losing friends rather than gaining friends. She isolates herself from other people‚ and if she becomes really close with
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Summer runs- Two days. Two days was how long the break between training for track‚ and training for cross country started. As a team our goal was to have the top 12 guys run 500 miles each‚ which at the time seemed to be an unreasonable goal. However Coach Hampton was confident that this was a reachable goal and encouraged not only the top 12 guys‚ but the the JV guys as well‚ to join in and train with the top 12.This was the summer of 2016‚ I had just had track state and
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Run. Run they tell me‚ run to the hills. Past the river‚ and on north till my stubby black legs do not run no more. I always say my prayers‚ before I sleep‚ and in those prayers I ask to be free‚ one day. I think‚ Dear Lord‚ let me reach the paradise they call North‚ where even a black boy like me can have the freedom I deserve‚ and work so hard for. And when I say them prayers‚ I think to what Big Ma has told me since I could crawl‚ she say‚ Davey‚ if we reach that finish line that reads freedom
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She was paroled after completing 20 years of her sentence. In my opinion‚ I don’t think that Gertrude should have gotten parole after 20 years because she committed murder. The fact that Gertrude physically harm Sylvia‚ which caused her death should be punished and she should have served her full sentence of life in prison. She physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionally abuse Sylvia daily for no reason at all she deserved to complete her entire sentence. Also‚ the fact that she persuaded the other children
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as the testing and this is the recommended procedure for testing turbidity. That leads me to believe that we had an error in the way we tested for the turbidity. I accepted the prediction I had made as true. Herbert Run did have a better water quality than Commons stream. Herbert Run is connected to a larger water source‚ which is one of the possible reasons it has a better water quality. With water restoration and policies being put into place to reduce water pollution‚ the stream being connected
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