Celebrity Justice Lindsay Lohan‚ Nicole Ritchie‚ Paris Hilton‚ Tiger Woods‚ Nicholas Cage - the list of celebrities who have been arrested or charged with a crime is a long one. Drug possession‚ lying to investigators‚ driving while intoxicated‚ shoplifting - the list of offenses is also a long one. When arrested‚ are celebrities held to the same standards of justice as the rest of us‚ or do they receive special treatment in the legal system? If convicted how‚ do their sentences compare to those
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moving more juveniles to adult jurisdiction‚ the District should find out whether get-tough policies like juvenile transfers actually make our streets safer. Will young people released from adult jails behave better than teens detained in the juvenile justice system? Will all crimes committed by young people fall in number and seriousness? Does it save the city money to transfer more teens? Several studies suggest the answer to all these questions is no. A November 2007 report from the Center for Disease
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Justice is colorblind. All people are subject to the impartiality of the law; however‚ the backward attitude of Southern society can allow racism to take precedence to the law. In her novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee portrays how racism prevails in Southern society as white people view blacks as being inferior to them. She depicts how a white-dominated society views Tom Robinson as instantly being guilty of the crime of raping a white woman. She focuses on how racism prevents society from
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forgery‚ fraud‚ vandalism as well as many others. In 2009‚ there were 32‚638‚900 youths in the United States and 1‚906‚600 of them were arrested for a type of crime. (Puzzanchera & Adams‚ 2012). There are many options that the Department of Juvenile Justice System can lead towards such as punishment or treatment‚ but the rehabilitation depends on the juvenile at hand. Most research suggests there is a reduced recidivism amongst juveniles who receive treatment. Treatment options are the ideal way to deal
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Evelyn Duron 1/29/2013 L202 Justice Served? In Sherman Alexie’s poem‚ “Capital Punishment”‚ a part that was very interesting‚ yet confusing was when the narrator was being sympathetic. The narrator was very considerate of the prisoners. In the poem‚ Alexie makes the narrator be a cook at a jail that had the death row. Perhaps Alexie made the narrator be a cook instead of someone else like a guard or a warden because the cook would not represent the law; the cook just works for the jail. Readers of the poem
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call home. The Allied forces tried a multitude of Nazi War criminals in the Nuremberg Trials hoping that the imprisonment or killing of these flawed‚ yet guilty German officials would bring justice to those who survived the Holocaust. But was justice truly ever achieved? What specifically defines justice? Justice is a complicated and nearly impossible thing to achieve. For example‚ Polish Holocaust survivor‚ Samuel Rajzman testified at the Nuremberg trials. He told the court about his traumatic experiences
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Master-Servant Relationships in ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Dr Faustus’ Prospero‚ in ‘The Tempest’‚ resides on the island with his daughter Miranda and two mythical creatures; his favourite being Ariel who performs magic for him and is a trustworthy servant- this would cause controversy with the audience as magic was a concept both feared and believed in at the time this play was performed. The other is Caliban‚ son of Sycorax- the witch who used to ‘own’ the island; he is more suited to the role of
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Natural justice In English law‚ natural justice is technical terminology for the rule against bias (nemo iudex in causa sua) and the right to a fair hearing (audi alteram partem). While the term natural justice is often retained as a general concept‚ it has largely been replaced and extended by the general "duty to act fairly". The basis for the rule against bias is the need to maintain public confidence in the legal system. Bias can take the form of actual bias‚ imputed bias or apparent bias.
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their own hands not thinking twice about the consequences. Crime is not a joke‚ especially when it involves innocent civilians who can end up hurt‚ with no protection of their own. This is why criminal justice is so important‚ it is their for the people. It is their to protect and get justice. It is there for knowledge and for people who dont necessarily feel the need to know about the law and how important it is to understand its meaning. In the first few chapters‚ I learned that there
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In the crucible it is clear that different characters have different understandings of the concept of truth and justice. In the following essay I am going to critically analyse the views held by these characters. Even though John is a man of integrity who holds himself to high moral standard there are times when he lapses occasionally‚ this is evident when we discover his affair with Abigail. despite the fact that he had terminated his liaison with her there is still a part in him that cares about
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