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The Death Penalty
<view this essay>.... to state, but the average price for is around 2.2 million dollars for each person executed.
Fact # 3: A black man who is charged in the killing of a white man is forty times as likely to receive rather than the white killing the black.
These facts thoroughly state my notion on why should be abolished in the U.S.
Another reason for which should not be allowed is because racial issues are a concern involving the decision that is made regarding the execution. The Rev. Norris Williams of Cain Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church said, "Applying without prejudice is an impossible feat in the judicial system. All of us carry a certain amount of preju .....
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Marijuana
<view this essay>.... years ago in ancient china. Many (*) ancient cultures
such as the persians, Greeks, East Indians, Romans, and the Assyrians for
many things. These were what they used it for: the control of muscle
spasms, reduction of pain, and for indegestion. Imagine that if they still
practiced this, instead of taking an Alka Seltzer after you had mom's Chili
or Tacos, you might be sitting in the living room on the LAY-Z Boy, smoking
a joint or however they would take it. The folk medicine of Africa and Asia
have used it as an herbal preparation. A "mythical" and "legendary"
pharmacist and emperor Shen Nung thought using it as a seditive was all
right. In 2,700 B.C. tha .....
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Community-Based Policing: Law Enforcement For The Twentieth Century
<view this essay>.... common wall with the
adjoining building.@ (Author unknown US News) The calls stopped. Though it seems
simple, such a move is at the heart of what we know as Community-based Policing.
The movement toward C.B.P. has gained momentum in recent years. As Police and
community leaders search for more effective ways to enhance the sense of public
safety and the quality of life in their communities. We have accepted C.B.P in
one police department after another,and we are ready now to agree that "C.B.P.
provides hope for the future of Law enforcement." We can trace the seed of C.B.P.
back to Sir Robert Peel, the father of the modern Police system, who said "the
Police i .....
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The Stalking Of Celebrities
<view this essay>.... discuss what celebrity stalking is, why we should have
harsher laws against stalking, and what the difference is between
photojournalism and the paparazzi. I will prove that stalking celebrities
just because there rich or famous is wrong.
The law defines stalking as placing a person in fear of his or her
safety, even without intent to carry out the threat.4 Being famous
increasingly means living in fear.5 There is an estimated 200,00 stalkers
in the United States. Seventeen percent of the stalker's victims are
celebrities.6
“Stalking of celebrities is not done by your average autograph
hound.7 The stalking behavior due to delusional disorders affects .....
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Analysis Of International Law
<view this essay>.... War II. Article 92 of the charter of the United
Nations states:
The International Court of justice shall be the principal judicial organ of the United nations. It shall function in accordance with the annexed Statute, which is based upon the Statute of the Permanent court of International Justice and forms an integral part of the present Charter.
The commands of international law must be those that the states impose upon themselves, as states must give consent to the commands that they will follow. It is a direct expression of raison d'etat, the "interests of the state", and aims to serve the state, as well as protect the state by giving its rights and dut .....
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Hammurabi's Laws
<view this essay>.... They were pretty strict about accusing someone of
spells. The next law is about lying in court. If you were a false witness
in a trial or cannot verify your claims you can be put to death if it were
a capital trial. Honesty was a very important aspect of their culture.
Nowadays lying under oath is a crime and can be dealt with in many ways,
most times it just results in a fine. Law number six is if a man has stolen
goods, he shall be put to death, and if he gave any stolen goods to people,
they shall be put to death too. Today a robber would usually get a fine or
jail time, and same for the person who received the goods, but wouldn't
receive a death sentence i .....
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The Banning Of Guns Is Ineffective
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simply disarms the innocent law-abiding citizens who are most in need of a
form of self-defense.
To fully understand the reasons behind the gun control efforts, we must
look at the history of our country, and the role firearms have played in it.
The second amendment to the Constitution of the United States makes firearm
ownership legal in this country. There were good reasons for this freedom,
reasons which persist today. Firearms in the new world were used initially
for hunting, and occasionally for self-defense. However, when the colonists
felt that the burden of British oppression was too much for them to bear,
they picked up their personal firearms .....
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The Death Penalty
<view this essay>.... as their victim. " Our ancestors... purged their guilt by banishment, not
death. And by so doing they stopped that endless vicious cycle of murder and
revenge." (Euripedes, Orestes 408 B.C.) By 1500 in England only major felonies
carried the death penalty. Reform of the death penalty began in Europe by the
1750's. By the 1850's these reform efforts bore fruit. Michigan first
abolished the death penalty in 1847. Various public opinion polls report that
more than 70% of Americans favor the death penalty for murder. By 1991, some
2,350 persons were under the death sentence in 36 states. The death penalty
should be moral because, " a life for a life. .....
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