INTRODUCTION The Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) of 2010 (Public Law 111-220) was an act by Congress‚ and became law on August 3‚ 2010 ( ). The FSA intent is to reduce the gap between the amount of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to initiate federal criminal penalties from a 100:1 weight ratio to an 18:1 weight ratio. The FSA also eliminates the five-year mandatory minimum sentence for the possession of crack cocaine (Reid 2012). The FSA replaced the controversial Anti-Drug Abuse
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rights (Walker); increasing deterrence through a swifter criminal justice system‚ with harsh punishments‚ and with an increased likelihood of detection‚ arrest‚ prosecution and punishment (Walker); closing loopholes that allow criminals to escape punishment or “escape” with limited punishment that is not suited to the crime (Walker); and finally‚ strong techniques that lock up offenders (the “lock ‘em up” approach) at various stages in the criminal justice process and ensure that the stay locked up (Walker)
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Do you ever wonder what factors that could affect your grade point average (GPA)? Imagine yourself being a full time college student‚ working twenty hours a week and commuting at least three days a week for an hour long. We can see how this can greatly affect your GPA. Not only would it be work related and commuting‚ but there are many other factors that can come into play. In this paper we will look what factors affects your GPA. Before I jump into the factors and the actual research‚ let me explain
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perspective to the audience about a topic that has been a rising problem the past decade. Specific Purpose: To provide a new perspective to people on the beneficial side of increasing legal immigration Thesis: Although there are many arguments in favor of closing the borders‚ the opposing argument for increasing legal immigration has a many benefits as well INTRODUCTION: Of course border control and immigration are something you have all heard mentioned whether its by people you know‚ on the news
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Course: Legal & Ethical Environment Professor: Dr. Libertella Chapter 16 Business Ethics Perspective P419 1. Stewart was not an insider of ImClone and she received the tip from her stockbroker. Does she have an ethical obligation to ask where the tip came from or why the broker was recommending selling the stock? Does the fact that Stewart was an officer and director of a publicly traded corporation require her to use higher ethical standards when buying and selling stock of other companies
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What constitutes “legal”and “illegal” immigrants? Immigration has been one of the major changes in the 21st century for population growth and multi cultural changes throughout the history of United States. United States Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions says “Four major principles underlie U.S. policy on legal permanent immigration: the reunification of families‚ the admission of immigrants with needed skills‚ the protection of refugees‚ and the diversity of admissions by country of
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individuals: iii) Courts – Federal Court Stated cases‚ legislations‚ report and international law (if included in media article) Disability Discrimination Act 1992 Relevant legal studies course themes and challenges Relationship between justice‚ law and society Relationship between rights and responsibilities Effectiveness of legal mechanisms for achieving justice for individuals and society 1. Article Summary Tables: Haraksin v Murrays Australia Fraser-Kirk v McInnes Title Kristy
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great objects to preserve order and to do justice: and the two do not always coincide. Plato expressed that equity is a necessary element supplementary to the imperfect generalization of legal rules.[2] Seven Hundred years old clarion call of Magna Carta –“To no one will we sell‚ to no one will we refuse or delay the right to justice” very pertinently embodies the principle of legal aid. However‚ it was only when the colonial hangover of the Indian legal system was pointed by the committee for
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LEGAL METHOD PROJECT Sagrika Wadhwa Roll no- 122 LLB 3yr section B Amity Law School ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all those who provided me the possibility to complete this report. A special gratitude I give to my teacher Ms. Sumiti in stimulating suggestions and encouragement helped me to coordinate my project. Furthermore I would also like to acknowledge with much appreciation the crucial role of the staff of AMITY‚ who gave
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Outline how advice and representation can be funded ‘Access to Justice means everyone should have access to advice and assistance from lawyers.’ (Classroom material p.1) Legal advice is important to civil cases but even more in criminal cases where liberty of a person is at stake because they would have committed a crime and they might go to prison for it therefore in criminal cases it’s vital for a person to receive legal funding. Poor and less educated people are denied access to justice as
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