... eight bands 2. “Lifer’s Banquet” a) 33 convicts and 49 invited guests b) catered prime rib D. Vocational training 1. Charles Logan quote a) treatment not effective in rehabilitation E. Hilleary Van quote 1. unsensible to provide luxuries to criminals that many citizens can’t afford III. EARLY RELEASE A. Overcrowding B. Repeat appeals 1. death-row cases take up to 20 years to finish 2. since 1976, 50 death-row inmates have been released C. Juvenile punishment 1. Craig Price, a four-time killer a) released after four years b) criminal record sealed c) father of victims’ quote More should be done to reform the ...
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... that the demographic surge of the next ten years will bring with it young criminals who make the Bloods and the Crips look tame." (10) They are what Professor DiIulio and others call urban "super predators"; young people, often from broken homes or so-called dysfunctional families, who commit murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping, and other violent acts. These emotionally damaged young people, often are the products of sexual or physical abuse. They live in an aimless and violent present; have no sense of the past and no hope for the future; they commit unspeakably brutal crimes against other people, often to gratify whatever urges or desires drive them at ...
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... its causes more deeply so that we can take collective action. We must understand the sociology of rape in order to effectively work towards the elimination of it. Despite the necessity for rape prevention, it must focus on eliminating the conditions in society which make women easy targets for rape. Victim control teaches women to avoid rape, but doesn't reduce the threat of rape. Furthermore, rape cannot always be avoided, no matter what precautions the woman takes. It also puts part of the responsibility and blame for rape on the victim. Rapist control confuses prosecutions with prevention. There is little evidence that punishment serves as a deterrent. B ...
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... example, would find marijuana easily available. If the madical advantages that are claimed for marijuana are real,many more patients would benifit. Another good thing is that the doctors could get on with investigating marijuanas medical uses with out fear of controversy. The last reason is the Fedral government would benifit two ways, First the fedral revenues would increase, because marijuana ciggaretes would be taxed at the point of sale. The companies that make the ciggaretes would also pay income taxes. Secondly there would be a reduse in the amount spent on law enforcement efforts to apprehend and procecute users and sellers of marijuana. III. There are ...
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... law, death. Nearly 3 of 4 Americans support the death sentence as a form of punishment. The sacredness of life has been taught for centuries. One can find its teachings throughout the bible and other post modern documentaries. "Those who base their opposition to the death penalty on moral grounds argue that life is sacred and killing is always wrong, whether it is done by an individual or by the state" (Honeyman 3). It is safe to say that most of us would agree that our lives are precious, and even sacred. Most of us also agree that killing is wrong. Miller says, "To punish a murderer by incarcerating him as one does a pickpocket cannot but cheapen human lif ...
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... They are sometimes committed under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or in panic moments, when the culprit is discovered while he steals, as I mentioned already. Some murderers have very serious psychiatric problems or are mental patients. In none of these cases is it possible that the fear to be sentenced to death could act as an effective deterrent. There is another heavy limit. One who plans a crime rationally can choose to go on, although he knows the risk he's running, thinking that he won't be discovered. Most of the criminologists assert that the best way to discourage murderers isn't increasing the severity of punishment, but increasing ...
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... social reformers, they defended life imprisonment as a more rational alternative. By the 1850s these reform efforts began to bear fruit. Venezuela (1853) and Portugal (1867) were the first nations to abolish the death penalty altogether. In the United States Michigan was first state to abolish it for murder in 1847. Today, it is virtually abolished in all of Western Europe and most of Latin America. In America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East (except Israel) most countries still retain the death penalty for various crimes and impose it with varying frequency. Shooting and hanging are the two most common methods of execution followed by beheading and ...
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... against the gun manufacturers. That is downright ludicrous. How are the gun manufacturers to control what is done with their products? The companies make the guns for law-abiding citizens and cannot control whom the products are sold to. Suing a firearms corporation is like filing a lawsuit against the Toyota and Jack Daniels Corporations when someone becomes intoxicated and kills another in a drunk driving accident. Why not sue McDonalds when somebody eats too many Big Macs and becomes extremely overweight? Still some extremists call for an outright ban on all firearms. Not only is it extreme, it is also a step in the wrong direction. Criminals would still fin ...
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... don't even seem to care. However, the facts are undeniable. The studies have been carried out and all the results point to one conclusion: Television violence causes children to be violent and the effects can be life-long. The information can't be ignored. Violent television viewing does affect children. The effects have been seen in a number of cases. In New York, a 16-year-old boy broke into a cellar. When the police caught him and asked him why he was wearing gloves he replied that he had learned to do so to not leave fingerprints and that he discovered this on television. In Alabama, a nine-year-old boy received a bad report card from his teacher. He suggest ...
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... of some wrong, such as adultery or abandonment, done by the defendant to the plaintiff. In the past, almost every state divorce law required the plaintiff to prove one of a number of recognized grounds for divorce, included adultery and desertion, even when both spouses wanted the divorce. The divorce system also required that the plaintiff be without fault, and therefore a variety of fault-based defenses were recognized. By the mid-20th century most state legislatures had recognized one or more no-fault grounds for divorce, usually consisting of a substantial period during which the spouses had lived separate and apart. However, even these few no ...
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