Many offenders in the prison system are diverted to different alternative outcomes in the sentencing process. The different alternatives are a newer approach than what it used to be before World War 2. The sentencing process is the post-conviction stage of the criminal justice process‚ in which the defendant is brought before the court for the imposition of a penalty. If a defendant is convicted in a criminal prosecution‚ the event that follows the verdict is called sentencing. A sentence is the
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STATUTORY INTERPRETATION TOPICS: Preliminaries Rules and approaches Aids to interpretation Impact of EU and HRA PRELIMINARIES Statutory interpretation is the way by which the parts of a statute are interpreted in order to understand what Parliament might have intended by passing that particular statute. Statutes are not user friendly. They are written in technical form and not too easy to understand (ambiguity). The words used in statues may have different meanings which indicate
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interprets whether laws or acts are constitutional. Simply put‚ they interpret whether a law is constitutional or not based on what they think the constitution means. Because the constitution doesn’t explicitly or definitively state anything‚ this interpretation can lead to many differing point of view. Some supreme court members opt for a strict approach to this document‚ whereby the words of the founders are meant to be taken literally and at face value‚ and anything that isn’t explicitly expressed
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------------------------------------------------- Language interpretation Language interpretation is the facilitating of oral or sign-language communication‚ either simultaneously or consecutively‚ between users of different languages. The process is described by both the words interpreting and interpretation. Translation studies deal with the systematic study of the theory‚ the description and the application of language interpretation and translation. In professional parlance‚ interpreting denotes
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Prison Offenders with AIDS Kaplan College Abstract Offenders living behind the walls of prison with AIDS is like the big pink elephant in prison‚ it is colossal but conspicuously avoided. In other words the disease’s presence is apparent‚ but a great deal of ignorance is still pervasive. Offenders living with HIV are still unfairly treated‚ which they try keep their status concealed‚ and justifiably so due to the treatment of the guards or other inmates. Over 27‚000 people entered NYC prisons
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The Gift of Interpretation If anyone speaks in a tongue‚ let there be two or at the most three‚ each in turn‚ and let one interpret. But if there is no interpreter‚ let him keep silent in church‚ and let him speak to himself and to God. 1 C or 14:-28 There have been some misconceptions about this verse. Some think that Paul is saying if there was no one there who God ever uses to operate in interpretation of tongues‚ then that person should not give the message in tongues. Please consider
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REASONING AND INTERPRETATION – Practice questions 1. Understanding the ecological mechanism that causes extinction is fundamental to conservation as not all organisms are threatened by the same factors. A total of 1012 threatened bird species in 95 families were studied to see how they were threatened by different factors: · habitat loss · persecution by humans and introduced predators · other factors (introduced competitors‚ hybridization and disease) and unknown risk factors. Scientists investigated
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be labeled habitual offenders. Drug possession‚ robbery‚ rape‚ kidnapping‚ and murder are just a few of the crimes that can warrant a misdemeanor or felony charge. The judicial system has proclaimed zero tolerance for these types of criminals; therefore‚ enhancement statutes were placed in effect. “Examples of such statutes would be the Habitual Felons Act‚ RICO‚ the Career Criminal Act‚ mandatory minimum sentences for trafficking in narcotics‚ perpetuating crimes in a violent manner‚ three-strikes
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Think some teenagers are getting out of hand these days‚ or heading down the wrong path? There are many different types of alternative punishment; the amount of juvenile crime would dramatically drop if any of these were more greatly enforced. The most effective way to help these teenagers and to get them started down the correct path is enforcing alternative punishment upon them. This form of punishment is sometimes also known as juvenile justice‚ restorative justice‚ and community justice (Karp
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governments‚ it was said‚ allowed quicker and more flexible reactions to international developments and avoided assumptions of approval of recognized regime^.^ Australia’s attitude to a new regime in an existing state‚ particularly one installed by violent or unconstitutional means‚ would be ascertained by ’the nature of our policies towards and relations with the new regime.’4 These policies and relations would be indicated by factors such as public statements‚ the establishment or conduct of diplomatic
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