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    corporal punishment

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    pandemic of corporal punishment affecting this school. We will be addressing the following topics: corporal punishment before and after 1994‚ the student uprising of 1976‚ corporal punishment and independent schools‚ arguments for and against corporal punishment and our recommendation. Our aim is to gain your support in our stand against corporal punishment in our school but also in our community. Thank you for allowing us this opportunity and we hope this speech will be enlightening. What is Corporal punishment

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    Capital Punishment: The Ultimate Consequence Capital punishment is exactly what it sounds like-the death penalty- and it is the ultimate judicial consequence for those who commit the most violent of crimes. This punishment is the optimum consequence in the United States Judicial System and one that is not and has never been taken lightly. Criminals pay the price for the crimes they commit‚ so if their crime is so awful that their decided punishment by this country’s judicial system is death‚ then

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    for many years‚ animals have been mistreated by scientists for the “good of science”. Animal testing should not be done because it is cruel and inhumane for animals‚ animals are completely different from humans and therefore make poor test subjects‚ and animal medical testing is a waste of money for the government and taxpayers . For instance‚ animal testing is cruel and inhumane. Everyday many animals are tortured and abused for medical testing. It isn’t fair to the animals to go through this. The

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    To prey upon‚ overpower and sexually assault children and women is an especially heinous crime to me. What is even more distressing is that the punishment for rape‚ child abuse (both physical and sexual)‚ and other sexually based offenses is not in my opinion harsh enough. Lawrence Singleton whose case is well known‚ served only eight years after he picked up a 15 year-old hitchhiker drove her to a wooded area were he raped her and chopped her forearms off with an axe. He left her for dead on the

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    ‘Of Mice and Men exposes the harsh realities of a cruel world’ Throughout the novella of ‘Of Mice and Men’ the audience is made to desire Lennie and George to live their ‘American dream’. This idea however is turned on its head when Steinbeck reveals the harsh realities of life in the 1930’s. Almost all the characters are yearning for someone to talk to and live a happy life with‚ and all of them remain lonely by the end of the book. Steinbeck does this to clearly outline the loneliness that was

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    How Does Priestley Present the Inspector as an Unusual Policeman in Act One? The inspector is presented as unusual by his personality‚ conduct and expressed views. Throughout the act‚ Priestley makes the Inspector say and do things that an audience would not expect of a conventional policeman. A conventional policeman would be polite and professional. We would expect an Inspector to be discrete in his work as to avoid causing problems or drawing undue attention at the case and wrongdoings of the

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    Juvenile offendersThe death penalty for juvenile offenders (criminals aged under 18 years at the time of their crime) has become increasingly rare. Considering the Age of Majority is still not 18 in some countries‚ since 1990 nine countries have executed offenders who were juveniles at the time of their crimes: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ Democratic Republic of the Congo‚ Iran‚ Nigeria‚ Pakistan‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Sudan‚ the United States and Yemen.[68] The PRC‚ Pakistan‚ the United States

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    justification for punishment is to deter deviant behavior. Retribution‚ deterrence‚ rehabilitation and societal protection are the four justifications for punishment currently used in today ’s society. These four forms of punishment are used in today ’s society in an attempt deter criminal activity and to lower crime rates. Research of the four justifications of punishment will reveal which type of punishment deters crime most effectively as well as if the consequences of punishment provide any benefit

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    2009 The first example of justification for punishment that I will be discussing will be deterrence. What deterrence means that it is the attempt to discourage criminality through the use of punishment. (Macionis‚ 2006) one example of deterrence is that you know the outcome of the punishment before you decide to break any sort of law. It is believe that this concept was based on the thought that citizens will not break the law if they think that the pain of the punishment will outweigh the pleasure

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    makeup remover and eyeliner. The use of animal testing is cruel‚ ineffective‚ and a waste of money. Animal testing is undeniably cruel and inhumane. The daily life of an animal being kept for laboratory research is like the life of a prisoner’s. They are caged up and can’t decide any aspect of their life. The only difference between these animals and common prisoners is that prisoners won’t be injected with strange chemicals‚ have unusual liquids dripped into their eyes‚ be deprived of food and water

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