the US Census Bureau that 1 in 7 people in the US are in poverty. In 2009‚ 43.6 million people — 14.6 percent of the population — were living in poverty in the U.S.‚ up from 13.2 percent of the population in 2008. (Pascale‚ 2010) The United States currently has the highest number of people in poverty it has ever had since
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Torture in the United States English 1020 4/19/2012 Torture in the United States Torture has existed all over the world for millennia but what is torture in America today? The C.I.A. and the F.B.I. have recently used torture against terrorists who were suspected to have vital information concerning American safety. Since torture is illegal in the United States‚ most of this torture took place at Guantanamo Bay in the southeastern corner of Cuba. Detainees at the detention camp were not entitled
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one think that corporations are persons entitled to Constitutional protection? Previously slaves were not considered persons in 1857 with the Dred Scott v. Sanford (Shultz‚ 2013). Also in 1971‚ Roe v. Wade‚ the Supreme Court did not define the fetus as a person (Shultz‚ 2013) . However‚ in 1886 in County of Santa Clara v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company‚ the Supreme Court accepted that corporations were persons for purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment (Shultz‚ 2013). On one side‚ corporations have
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Luther King Jr.’s ¨Letter From a Birmingham Jail¨ is all about letting people know how the minorities of that time felt and putting the reader in their shoes. He wrote about how some of the laws in that time were hypocritical or only applied to one group of people. He explains how these laws aren’t fair and promote discrimination. Dr. King then goes on to explain the differences between just and unjust laws in several different ways. The first thing that Dr. King writes is what he thinks just and unjust
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The United States and Kenya are two separate countries‚ on two very separate continents‚ yet they are not that different from one another. In Kenya‚ the people celebrate different holidays‚ have different cultures‚ sustain a different lifestyle; and yet the things we do each and everyday remain the same. We all attend school with the same intentions‚ we all get a job for the same reasons‚ and we both have a government put in place for the same purposes. Although we are thousands of miles apart from
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From the mid-1980s drug offenses increased primarily due to the pressure put on by the war on drugs (Neubauer & Fradella‚ 2014). This has contributed to overcrowding of prisons across America. In order to ease the overcrowding in prisons‚ rehabilitation through court sentenced drug treatment programs is a practical and economical alternative. Assigning offenders to applicable drug treatment programs would decrease overcrowding caused by drug offenses‚ lower recidivism rates‚ and provide savings for
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I think that some disorders‚ as well as‚ life situation can play a role in people’s actions. Some examples of this could be a sleep disorder‚ schizophrenia‚ or other symptoms of mental disorders. I also think those individuals that have experienced a traumatic event can develop a distorted perception of what is right and wrong. I feel anyone “normal” or otherwise is capable of committing a crime. Someone that has been raised in an environment of crime and experiences violence as a way to communicate
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Nation Murray 1/5/11 Period 1 Letter from Birmingham Jail Assignment 1. Identify a list of biblical allusions King uses in this essay. Explain how these allusions to biblical figures and events appeal to both ethos and pathos. “Just as the prophets of the eighth century B.C. left their villages and carried their thus saith the Lord far beyond the boundaries of their home towns‚ and just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to the far corners
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Political Parties Essay A country that has political parties will have one of three party systems; One-party‚ Two-party‚ and Multipary. The U.S. has a Two-party system with an interesting history dating back to 1793. Our Two-party system evolved from two mere coalitions; the Federalists‚ that believed in National Supremacy and favored the Constitution‚ and the Anti-Federalists‚ who favored stronger state government and opposed the Constitution. The Anti-Federalist party became the modern Democratic
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indictable offences. Drug use within prisons became prevalent and the presence of prisoners who had contracted HIV caused an environment of increased anxiety and fear. Deaths in custody increased during the 1980s with 4 deaths in 4 months occurring in Mountjoy in 1986. The system was still considered to be in crisis. The Government planned an entirely new prison at Wheatfield to combat these problems. Due to financial considerations the opening of this prison was delayed. Policy makers seemed to
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