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    Juveniles shouldn’t get sentenced to life without parole for committing a crime at a young age. A punishment is necessary but‚ sentenced to life without parole at a young age is devastating. Why should they even continue to live? They are young and deserve a second chance to rehabilitate. All we do is just throw these kids in prison and forget about the. What these kids need is treatment especially‚ those raised in violet environments. Sometimes they grow up unaware of what’s good or bad. It may

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    Why Televisions Should Be Unplugged I believe all the televisions in America should be unplugged‚ and we should become a nomadic‚ goat-herding race- well‚ maybe not the part about the goat herding. Anyway‚ television programming is corrupting our youths’ minds; they are being stupefied and are becoming virtual vegetables as they are molded by the programs they view to be lazy‚ selfish‚ and to forsake all their moral and ethical values. The so called "entertainment value" to the shows is what’s

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    Why Marijuana Should Not Be Legalized What is so mesmerizing about smoking marijuana? I want to know what constructive outcome you get out of smoking it. Is it curiosity‚ to fit in‚ or just for the satisfaction of becoming high? For whatever principle marijuana is a harmful drug so with that saying it should not be legalized. Many people assume that marijuana was made illegal through some kind of process involving scientific‚ medical‚ and government hearings; that it was to protect the citizens

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    Citywide Curfew Yes the citywide curfew should be changed for various reasons. I think that there shouldn’t be a curfew on weekends. There would be less crime and there would be fewer teens in juvenile. Logically there shouldn’t be a curfew on weekends because if there wasn’t the police wouldn’t be so worried about teenagers under 17. The curfew van wouldn’t be picking people up at all. The parents should be able to raise their children or child how they please‚ and of they allow their child to

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    Mollie Farragher Mrs. Nunes Online English 12 16 January 2015 Why Marijuana should be legalized Multiple studies have found that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and tobacco yet somehow is still considered a schedule 1 drug along with other more extreme drugs such as heroin. Marijuana is the leaves and shredded flowers of hemp plant called Cannabis sativa which is usually a green or gray mixture. Marijuana can be not only smoked in the form a joint‚ blunt‚ bowl‚ bong‚ etc but can also be eaten

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    Rights of the Accused

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    Rights of the Accused February 4‚ 2013 POL 110 Abstract There are Ten Amendments that make up the bill of Rights‚ but Amendments Four‚ Five‚ Six‚ Seven‚ and Eight address criminal justice and rights of the accused. With the fourth amendment designed to prevent unreasonable or general searches and seizures without warrant or probable cause. As some people may say those accused of a crime should not have any rights‚ but that have just been accused not proven guilty. So‚ until proven

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    Communication Between Teenagers and Adults From the beginning of time teenagers and adults have always had conflicts with each other. These conflicts occur most of the time because of the lack of communication between the teenager and the adult. The generation gap between the teenager and the adult can play a role in the problems they have communicating. The superior adult has the instinct that whatever the inferior teenager does can lead to bad things‚ and lectures the teenager about it. Most of the

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    Why Should People Travel

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    Why should people travel? This is the story of a woman‚ who travelled the world to find that the best place is home. However‚ the journeys took her across continents over oceans. This story began when a little girl was sitting on her porch watching the pedestrians fleeting by. When suddenly a huge noise jolted her out of her day dreaming‚ and all she saw was a metal bird flying overheard. The noise made her shudder and she ran into the house screaming for her Dad. Running into his arms‚ with no

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    Sappreha Darby English 100 January 8‚ 2013 Why Guns Should Not Be Banned “A well-regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arm‚ shall not be infringed.” The United States constitution states it itself. It protects the rights of people to keep and bear arms. To ban guns will be violating the constitution. If a citizen in a state feels unsafe in their environment they have a right to own a gun for safety reasoning. If a state

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    Why Do Guns Cause Crime?

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    In the United State guns and crimes seem to go hand in hand with one another. Gun control and crimes are one of many topics an argument debated in the US. There have been several shooting events in school campuses‚ communities and horrify terrorism shootings that affect the whole of the US. For instance‚ on April in San Bernardino‚ California a gunman entered North Park elementary school opened fire and fatally shot two individuals. The gunman shot and killed his estranged wife‚ who was a teacher

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