Hobbes would argue that the insurgents should not have rebelled‚ that they have no right that they deserve whatever punishment the Sovereign wants to give them. Hobbes would have said that if it was not for the rebels‚ the Sovereign would have been able to fight the Islamic State when they first started. After defeating this other Commonwealth‚ the Islamic State‚ the Syrian government could have worked to improve the situation for all its subjects. But now that the Commonwealth is in a State of War
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Parole and Truth in Sentencing paper To understand parole one needs to know what parole is and what it means. Parole is the status and early release of a convicted offender who has been conditionally releases from prison by a paroling authority before his or her sentence is expired. Parole and Probation have similar conditions. While an offender is on parole they have certain rules they need to follow. There is another form of parole which is Federal parole. Federal parole was determined by the
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The four fundamental philosophies surrounding the purpose of sentencing are retribution‚ deterrence‚ Incapacitation‚ and Rehabilitation. Retribution is the belief that those who commit criminal acts should be punished according to the seriousness of the crime and that no other circumstances are considered. It relies on the principle of just deserts‚ which holds that the severity of the punishment must be in proportion of the severity of the crime. Deterrence is the thought that if the punishment
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Amendment guarantees that all citizens‚ including minors‚ have the right to fee expression‚ including the right to speak freely. This implies that‚ if a student feels uncomfortable reciting the Pledge of Allegiance daily‚ he cannot be forced to do so. For example‚ students who are polytheists or atheists may feel uncomfortable stating the words “under God‚” and it infringes on their natural rights to force them to do so. Therefore‚ schools should not consider requiring their students to make a statement
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Alternative 1: Termination of Mandatory sentencing for minor offenses A tradeoff for option one‚ the termination of mandatory sentencing for minor offenses‚ convey a problematic idea. Giving these minor wrongdoers the inappropriate perception by committing a minor misconduct there won’t be any aftermath. As concurred by Evan Bernick and Paul J. Larkin‚ Jr. (2014)‚ “they argue that mandatory minimum sentences reflect a societal judgment that certain offenses demand a specified minimum sanction and
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students and will look at the homework load. Colleges have huge workloads to see if the student is able to handle they may look at homework. Homework isn’t always neccessary‚ but we should have it. Homework is good because it gives children practice on the subject. Kids can be lazy. If they aren’t doing their homework‚ they most likely aren’t looking and reviewing notes‚ either. If all kids had the drive or passion for school and learning as they should‚ then they would pay attention‚ take notes‚ and review
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Do you want the government to tell you what you can have to eat on a daily basis? Do you want to choose your dinner or have someone choose it for you? The government wants to control our diets here in the United States but I do not think that they have the right to tell us what we can eat. This could cause multiple issues‚ cost more money‚ and even takes away our private rights as United States citizens. How would the government be able to tell you what you can or cannot eat? The government would
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Should we have exams? Exams are taken all around the world. They are taken in high schools‚ universities and colleges. Exams are also mandatory. Some students think that taking an exam is not fair or useful. I think that exams should be taken because‚ exams help students with their studies further‚ and they review what the student has learned one last time‚ in case they forgot anything. Also exams and tests show how much students have paid attention in their classes. Firstly Exams help students
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effects of to this day: mandatory minimum sentencing. Mandatory minimum sentencing is a procedure in which a judge must sentence a citizen convicted to a minimum amount of years in prison for a crime regardless of circumstance. Because of this‚ the amount of prisoners in federal prison has skyrocketed from “only about 25‚000” inmates in the 80s to “more than 215‚000” as of 2014 (Miles). As a direct result of minimum sentencing‚ according to the U.S. Sentencing Commission‚ at least 50% of those incarcerated
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are some of the important skills that a musician should have. All of the skills mentioned are crucial to the development of any musician who really wants to become an excellent musician. But the single most important skill that most musicians or guitar players don’t have‚ and don’t know how to practice‚ is Aural Skills or Ear Training. Most of the musicians nowadays have poor aural skills or their ears are still not as good as they could be and should be. So in this study‚ we plan to make an E-Learning
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