Running head: SHOULD PRISONERS BE 1 Should Prisoners Be Treated as Human Beings? SOC 120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility June 10‚ 2012 SHOULD PRISONERS BE 2 Should Prisoners Be Treated as Human Beings? Some people believe that once a person commits a crime or breaks the law‚ they no longer get to exercise their human rights. In fact‚ they believe that prisoners do not deserve
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stirred up a large portion of talk about whether they should be granted amnesty or not. Amnesty is a pardon of all crimes a person has committed‚ and considering what child soldiers have done; they should not receive that option. While people for amnesty may have excuses for all the problems they have caused‚ it does not deny that these children have caused many troubles all over the world the world. To exemplify‚ child soldiers should not be given amnesty because they kill‚ maim‚ and do other horrific
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Illegal immigrants should be given amnesty. The United States has been known and labeled as a “melting pot” which consists of many races and cultures coming together to form the perfect nation. Some of these people have entered the United States illegally and have torn the country into an ongoing debate as to do what with their statuses. Some prefer deporting the illegal immigrants and some agree on giving them amnesty by having them pay fines and requiring some objectives. Being an immigrant who
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committing crimes such as raping‚ beating and maiming. These places are debating over the issue on whether or not child soldiers should be forgiven for what they have been forced to do. Child soldiers should be given amnesty because‚ they have no control over their life‚ they were under a bad influence‚ and they were forced to fight. Child soldiers should receive amnesty because‚ at a young age these adolescents had no control
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dispute over should child soldiers be given amnesty. In the first body paragraph‚ child soldiers should be given amnesty because they are forced to fight and handle guns. So they can fight other
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Child soldiers are victims‚ not perpetrators‚ so they should be granted amnesty. Though to some it may look like these kids are choosing this life‚ in reality‚ most aren’t. They either have to join those forces or die‚ which is terrifying for any child to imagine. Not only that‚ but they were drugged to kill‚ making them forget how bad it was that they were doing. And to some of them‚ that army was the only family that they have‚ providing better living conditions than those out on the streets. Which
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been whether these child soldier should be granted amnesty or be prosecuted. On one hand‚ it is argued that child soldier should be prosecuted for their “crimes”. On the other hand‚ it’s argued that child soldiers should be granted amnesty. Child soldiers should be granted amnesty because they were forced to kill due to coercion‚ they were drugged and brainwashed‚ and had no access to a proper education. One reason why child soldiers should be granted amnesty is because the children were forced
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Should Child Soldiers be given Amnesty? Imagine this‚ a war medic is trying to save as many people as they can. They are not trying to make one side win rather than the other‚ all the medic wants is to keep people from dieing. They go from person to person healing them‚ then all of a sudden‚ a child runs out. The medic urges the child to get back to safety‚ he runs away leaving only two things 1. a curious medic 2. a grenade that will explode in 3...2...1. The medic now needs a medic. What should
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Should child soldiers be given Amnesty? Child soldiers were young innocent adolescents who were abducted‚ as well as being trained to be dangerous children with dangerous killer instincts. But just because these child combatants have these killer instincts‚ that doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be given amnesty‚ because they do. Child soldiers have come from a very emotional background. They’ve been through so much‚ it’s unbelievable how much they’ve been through. Child soldiers used to be innocent
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