Criminal Sentencing April.30/2013 * Sentencing: a convicted person is one of the most complex parts of the legal system. * A judge must weigh several factors when deciding how to sentence an offender. * In Canada‚ a judge has numerous sentencing options‚ which range from releasing the accused to imprisonment * The sentencing process is controversial to many Canadians‚ as most convicted offenders do reintegrate back into society at some point. * There is constant debate over how
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sentence must coincide with the statutory guidelines e.g that set out in the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW)‚ and the judicial guidelines that set precedent for all judges and magistrates in the state. Within this legislation are the purposes for which a sentence may be imposed‚ types of penalties‚ minimum/maximum sentences and mandatory sentences. The purposes of sentencing are set out in the Crimes (Sentencing Procedures) Act 1999 (NSW) and fundamentally include deterrence‚ retribution
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Relationships with an animal is important to a lot of people for several reasons. An Animal can be the best friend of a person. Kids can learn a lot by having an animal as a pet . Old people need pets to stave off the feelings of loneliness in their homes. Some people keep pets as a hobby or for doing sports. Animals are good for people of all ages. While kids are young they are able to learn‚ especially if they have an animal. They can learn and understand that animals have feelings‚ and how
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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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At first there seems to be no distinction between law and morality. There are passages in ancient Greek writers‚ for example‚ which seem to suggest that the good person is the one who will do what is lawful. It is the lawgivers‚ in these early societies‚ who determine what is right and wrong. But it is not long before thoughtful people recognize the difference between what is actually legal‚ or legally right according to the political authorities and what should be legal. What should be legal
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INTERTWINE? Before going ahead to give my opinion on what Bidemi asserted Bisi about what laws and morals are‚ what are laws and morals? L.B Curzon explained laws as generally regarded as a body of rules and regulations to order human behavior and relationships which are enforced by an authorized system and which are accepted by the political society which it affects. Morals on the other hand as defined in the Encarta dictionary are principles on the standard of human conducts. Morals or morality is
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6.) Alternative sentencing (Instead of sending juveniles to industrial schools). Example‚ probation which would include the completion of a community service order‚ or drug program. Many juvenile offenders can be effectively rehabilitated through community- based supervision and intervention. There is need for alternatives to detention; research on traditional confinement in large training schools or correctional facilities has found relatively high recidivism rates (Austin‚ Johnson and Weitzer
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clergy of the Catholic Church begins to attack the Copernican view. An argument ensues between the Catholic Church and Galileo which eventually leads to him being arrested and sentenced to house arrest for heresy. This sentencing of Galileo was a vast overreaction. I definitely disagree with this sentence. Galileo was sentenced to house arrest for his entire life. His crime did not deserve this harsh punishment. Galileo was only guilty of disagreeing with the Catholic Church. He didn’t do anything
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How does Miller present the relationship between Abigail and Proctor? In The Crucible‚ we follow the adulterous and turbulent relationship between Abigail Williams and John Proctor‚ and watch it change and develop throughout the play‚ from Abigail trying to reinstate the affair in Act 1‚ to John Proctor confessing and therefore destroying it at the end of the play. John Proctor is an honest‚ plain-speaking local farmer. He is an impressive presence in the room‚ being described as ‘a man in his
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Robert Munoz Jr CJAD 350 25 January 2015 Professor Carden Rapid Changes in Sentencing Structures Judges in the United States used indeterminate sentencing for nearly 45 years. This type of sentencing has a set limit of incarceration that a convict may serve for the crime committed. If the judge gives an offender two to five years imprisonment‚ then that offender will serve a minimum of two years but will serve no more than five years. This system was put into place to make the offender
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