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    Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is the military wing of the Colombian Communist Party that was formed in 1964 after Castro’s Cuban revolution. FARC’s ideological goal is to overthrow the democratic government of Colombia and replace it with a Communist regime. The group supports Marxist-Leninist theory of redistribution of wealth by seizing it from the wealthy and giving it to the poor. Also‚ FARC opposes U.S. influence in Colombia

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    Rehabilitation in Prison

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    Rehabilitation in Prison By Christopher Hall CJA 23 November 11‚ 2011 Instructor: William Dudley Prison rehabilitation

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    Bill Clinton Failures

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    domestic and foreign failures and successes. Following a scandal‚ he was on trial for impeachment‚ pushed forth by partisan agendas. Because of this‚ historians will more than likely categorize him as a good president due to the successes in his terms. 1. Clinton domestic success came with an improved economy‚ while his failures came with when he renege on a pledge signed by him towards the gay community and a fail in healthcare. 2. With NAFTA and the Dayton Accords‚ the US had an influence in

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    The Brady Bill Introduction The legislative process in the United States Congress shows us an interesting drama in which a bill becomes a law through compromises made by diverse and sometimes conflicting interests in this country. There have been many controversial bills passed by Congress‚ but among all‚ I have taken a particular interest in the passage of the Brady bill. When the Brady debate was in full swing in Congress about three years ago‚ I was still back in my country‚ Japan‚ where the

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    Essay On Prison Reform

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    when the gates of the prison open‚ the path ahead should lead to a better life.” Reforms have been used throughout history to implement new regulations and make changes in order to improve the lives of those impacted. Before the Prison Reform Movement‚ the United States Prison system was overflowing. Anyone‚ who was jailed for any offense‚ big or small‚ was placed in the same prison. This means that a small child committing a minor offense could have been placed in the same prison‚ or even cell‚ as a

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    behavior of user sessions across both the front-end web server and the back-end database. By monitoring both web and subsequent database requests‚ we are able to ferret out attacks that an independent IDS would not be able to identify. Furthermore‚ we quantify the limitations of any multitier IDS in terms of training sessions and functionality coverage. We implemented DoubleGuard using an Apache web server with MySQL and lightweight virtualization. We then collected and processed real-world traffic over

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    Bill of Rights

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    The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed to assuage the fears of Anti-Federalists who had opposed Constitutional ratification‚ these amendments guarantee a number of personal freedoms‚ limit the government’s power in judicial and other proceedings‚ and reserve some powers to the states and the public. While originally the amendments applied only to the federal government‚ most of their provisions have since been applied to

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    Prison Environment CJS/230 April 29‚ 2014 The prison environment could be define as a place to help persons convicted of crimes change their way of lifestyle‚ if it is a problem and serve out their sentence. The prison discussed in my readings is an environment where anyone from the cook to the janitor could influence someone to make a change in their thinking and their actions. What was once ran like a country under dictatorship‚ has now become a place where inmates are treated

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    Prison Rehabilitation

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    criminal justice system has a multitude of options when dealing with those who are convicted of offenses. Prison is not for everyone. Some get convicted; serve their time‚ and when released back out to society‚ they stay out. Unfortunately‚ many convicted felons become repeated offenders. Is Prison beneficial‚ and an effective form of Rehabilitation‚ or just the proper way for punishment?

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    The 5th Amendment under the constitution protects offenders against the double jeopardy‚ it prohibits and offender from being tried for the same offense twice. “the Fifth Amendment’s protection against double jeopardy protects the accused from being prosecuted more than once for the same crime.” (Wright‚ 2013‚ Section 13.1) For example‚ if there were an acquittal in a case determined by a judge an offender was being charged for murder‚ and new evidence has been found the offender can’t tried for

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