Ronald Robillard Prof. Jane Curth Personal and Community Health Section 012 06/11/13 Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana less harmful than most other legal tobacco products and has the ability to reduce the pain within ailing people. Marijuana also has the potential to raise the U.S. out of their tough economic struggle as well as lower crime rate and create more jobs for many more people. Marijuana should be legalized for medical use across the country. Marijuana has a negative stigma attached
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contemporary examples‚ students investigate criminal law‚ processes and institutions and the tension between community interests and individual rights and freedoms. Themes and challenges to be incorporated throughout this topic: • the role of discretion in the criminal justice system • issues of compliance and non-compliance in regard to criminal law • the extent to which law reflects moral and ethical standards • the role of law reform in the criminal justice system • the extent to which the
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Individuals 4.1a- Equality One of the most important aspects of our legal system is the concept that everyone is equal before the law. There are certain aspects that result in a lack of equality. The fact that our legal system is adversarial is a major contributor. Because the nature of our legal system is competitive and confrontational‚ it is designed to determine where laws have been broken so punishment can be dealt out. The legal teams employed are also seeking for winning cases‚ gaining
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There are many different sentences for different crimes . Opposite to what many people may think it is judges not the juries who mostly determine sentencing for a criminal . It is pretty typical for the judge to tell the jury not to consider punishment when determining whether a criminal is guilty or not guilty. Easily many times a mistrial is wanted when it can be shown that the jury considered punishment when making the decision off guilt. Despite‚ there are some times when a jury will
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There are five goals of sentencing in the United States Court system‚ retribution‚ incapacitation‚ deterrence‚ rehabilitation and restoration. Each goal represents a quasi-independent sentencing philosophy and they each hold different and individual purposes. Retribution Taking revenge on a perpetrator or criminal through deserved punishment‚ regulated by the government to be sure the “revenge” fits the crime. Incapacitation Keeping an individual locked away and separate from the public in order
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The Integral Role Sentencing Plays In the Criminal Justice Process There are four philosophies that are considered when it comes to the sentencing of a criminal. These philosophies are: Retribution- Retribution is a philosophy that a wrong doer who has freely chosen to violate society’s rules must be punished. Retribution relies on the principal of “just deserts”‚ this holds that the severity of the punishment hold to the severity of the crime. This philosophy is not the same as revenge
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Legal Studies In December 2002 Dominic Li answered his front door to two men (Richard Nimmo and Maua Sua) both armed with guns. Sua and Nimmo were being paid by Yonky Irvin Tan‚ a drug dealer whom Li’s brother in law owed money to. Both Sua and Nimmo poured hydrochloric acid onto Mr Li where he suffered burns to his face‚ became blind and burns to his oesophagus. Mr Li painfully passed away three weeks later due to these injuries sustained as they led to a blockage in his throat that blocked his
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CJ299-02 Unit 3 Assignment When we talk about different types of sentencing the most coming types are indeterminate and determinate. They both serve the same function but have different out comes. They are both build to serve as punishments but to also rehabilitate at the same time. The main difference between these two sentences is the fact that indeterminate sentences offer early release in the form of parole and determinate sentences do not. Indeterminate sentences are defined as a sentence that
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HSC Legal Studies Research Task – Crime Identify the correct legal citation of the case R v Faehndrich [2008] NSWSC 877 (29 August 2008) Outline the Elements of the offence On 11 April 2008‚ John Harry Faehndrich was convicted by a jury of the charge that he‚ on 13 August 2006‚ at Forster in the State of New South Wales‚ did murder Dianne Condon. The deceased died when she was stabbed by the prisoner with a pair of scissors and her vertebral artery was incised. The prisoner stabbed her a minimum
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useful or not‚ this kind of sentencing is certainly helpful to the criminal justice system in a time of budget deficits and overcrowded prisons. (We have
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