Paragraph I. Columbus should not have a Holiday. Columbus was an explorer and a robber. Columbus was very greedy and he was trying to get the gold. People think Columbus was lying. Columbus said the earth was round and they never believe him. Paragraph II. There was Columbus‚ Cortez and Pizarro. They where from Europe they were looking for the gold and they were getting slaves from Asia and Spain. They found a little bit of gold and they were moving from country to country. They were going to
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Young Offenders should not have Harsher Consequences Do you know about the YCJA? If so‚ do you agree with the way it goes about doing things? The Youth Criminal Justice Act passed in 2003 by parliament allows young offenders to be treated differently than adult offenders. The conservatives want to introduce a bill to treat offenders more harshly. I strongly disagree with this. Young offenders should not be given harsher consequences. The YCJA is stable. It has many goals to
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reading focuses on the various types of sentencing theories‚ the types of sentencing options‚ and how they are applied. I found the just deserts and retribution perspectives to be interesting. While these theories are similar in their favoring of proportionality in sentencing‚ they differ in terms of when prison sentences should be imposed and the length of prison sentences (when they are imposed). Retributionists believe that individuals that cause harm should be inflicted with the same level of pain
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Five goals in sentencing; Punishment is one of the goals to sentencing. It is the infliction of pain upon someone and is considered retribution for criminals who commit crimes. Society uses punishment to keep criminals from being repeat offenders and therefore I believe it is a favorable from of sentencing. However‚ with the new three strikes law‚ I do not agree with some of the statutes that are being set forth. Deterrence is the hoping that others while seeing someone being prosecuted of a crime
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Sentencing Determinate and Indeterminate Sentencing: The following paragraphs will define and explain the differences between determinate and indeterminate sentences. This discussion may seem‚ at first blush‚ to be somewhat theoretical. However‚ the issue is a life-altering one for parole as an institution. In a determinate sentencing structure‚ there is no role for a paroling authority in making release decisions. The authority of a parole board to grant discretionary release to a prisoner
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Animal deserve to have rights‚ not necessarily the same as human rights‚ but the right to live freely‚ the right to not be used for the benefit of humans and the right to not be treated poorly. Everyday‚ animals are hurt and abused just to make some of people’s belonging. Many people do not think of what is behind closed doors‚ where their items comes from‚ and how it is made. Since the beginning of time animals have always been used for the benefit of humans. But not everyone realize that what us
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african americans. They are a lot benefits from the u.s. Prison system to people who work there. The u.s. Prison system is unfair‚ and two of the most important aspects to understand about it are Drug sentencing Disparities and The war on drugs. One important aspect of the U.S. prison system is Drug sentencing Disparities. In “Criminal justice fact sheet (NAACP) the author states about 14 million whites and 2.6 million african americans report using an illicit drug 5 times as many whites are using drugs
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Date rape According to Department of Justice‚ in America women are raped in every two minutes. Women who are raped are one out of four. About 84% of women identify their assailant and 57% of women have been date raped. The statistics show that 55% of women were raped while they were drunk or have taken drug. The NCVS known as The National Crime Victimization Survey claims that in the years of 1992 ad 1996 out of the total rape crime reported about 92% of them were committed by known attackers
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Violence in "You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me" "Our tears were the only thing we could control. So not crying felt like we had won something" (Sherman 175). To experience such a traumatic and painful series of events within ones a lifespan leaves the survivor emotionally detach. Sherman Alexie’s memoir‚ "You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me" gives readers a glimpse into Native American life from Sherman personal perspective. In Sherman Alexie memoir through these tragic moments readers can see
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what do the three have in common most of them seem to be flawless and beautiful. We see them every day on the television‚ posters and also magazines. When we see someone who looks naturally flawless many of us girls find our self jealous our dreams are to be naturally flawless as well. When guys see woman like Victoria secret models they get the image of what they want their ideal girlfriend or wife to look like. This causes much stress to women‚ making many of us believe we have to look a certain
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