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Death Penalty
Number of Words: 607 / Number of Pages: 3
... who are against it feel that the death
penalty is not a deterrent and that it is barbariaertic of the past. It has no
place in a civilized society today. One of the biggest arguments against capital
punishment is people feel that it violates the eighth amendment which forbids
cruel and unusual punishment. People against Capital Punishment believe the
death penalty is absurd and is in un-christian practice. Further more, they feel
society should not" encourage sentiments of vengenance cater to morbid interest
in ritual execution." Criminologists also built a strong case that the threat of
death fai ...
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Date Rape
Number of Words: 886 / Number of Pages: 4
... friends can gather, listen to loud music, and get loaded. Typically, a man
will coerce a woman back to his apartment or dorm. This is dangerous for both
parties. The man may think that the woman is leading him on, that if she agrees
to go with him that it is an invitation to have sex. If the female seems to be
enjoying kissing or fooling around with the guy, he may think she is teasing him
if she decides to stop. The man may feel angry or rejected if this happens, and
may want sexual gratification anyway. The result can be rape.
If only the woman is drunk, the man may see this as an op ...
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Cocaine
Number of Words: 460 / Number of Pages: 2
... athletic performance, heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature. Many people have suffered from seizures, strokes, heart attacks, and death. If is taken through the veins, unsterile needles can cause infections and diseases. These diseases can include Hepatitis B, blood poisoning, and of course, AIDS. use is extremely dangerous to a pregnant mothers because it causes miscarriage, premature birth, low birth weight (2 lbs.), stroke/death, malformation, syphilis, and disturbed behavior.
The penalty for use or possession is usually a prison sentence. Depending on the judge and t ...
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The Caning Punishment Issue
Number of Words: 377 / Number of Pages: 2
... for the victim. As a victim this might not set it right but it
would help them feel a little better. This would also make a very big
impression on me. If I knew I could get a very bad lashing for doing
something wrong, I would not do it. With the growing crime rate some
different actions have to be taken. What we are doing now is not working
very well. Corporeal punishment seems like a good place to start. It is
a deterrent step which we could take without expanding the use of the death
penalty.
Corporeal punishment instituted to a limited degree, not to the
level they have in Si ...
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The Mafia
Number of Words: 1785 / Number of Pages: 7
... especially in the United
States” (True Crime).
Immigration to the United States, from Italy, began around 1870. “
Of the approximately 5.3 million that have followed, approximately 25
percent came from Sicily” (Italian 4). The mass immigration took place
for many reasons. Many wanted to move because of poverty and rampant
inflation. Others wanted to move because of social and economic
immobility. Another reason for immigration to the United States was
because Mussolini thought that the Mafia was a threat to his facist regime.
He began an Anti-Mafia campaign. It’s leader was Cesare Mori, who w ...
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The Issue Of Gun Control
Number of Words: 542 / Number of Pages: 2
... law-abiding citizens while in no way preventing criminal use of
handguns. It is also argued that by making it difficult for guns to be
bought and registered for the American public there is a threat to the
personal safety of American families everywhere. However controlling the
sale and distribution of firearms is necessary because of the homicide rate
involving guns. In 1988 there were 9000 handgun related murders in America.
Metropolitan centers and some suburban communities of America are setting
new records for homicides by handguns. Larger Metropolitan centers have ten
times the murder r ...
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History Of The American Drug War
Number of Words: 1418 / Number of Pages: 6
... to obtain a license if they were going to handle opiates or
cocaine. The law contains a provision that nothing in the law would
prohibit doctors from prescribing these drugs in the legitimate
practice of medicine. The people who wrote the Harrison Act and
Marijuana Tax Act in 1937, agreed that a prohibition on what people
could put into their bodies was an unconstitutional infringement on
personal liberties.
Marijuana was outlawed in 1937. The reason for it being
outl ...
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Drink Up - Drunk Driving Should Be Legalized
Number of Words: 360 / Number of Pages: 2
... are legally required to use some form of transportation other than
them operating a motor vehicle. This requires them to hang around where
they are and get a ride with someone else or wait or some public
transportation. With the legalization of driving while drunk the non-
drinking population would not need to be bothered by drunk people that do
not have rides. Finally, this would help stimulate the economy which may
be in dire trouble. For example, with the removal of restrictions on
alcohol, many more alcoholic beverages would be sold because a new group of
possible customers would b ...
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Censorship: Freedom Or Suppression ?
Number of Words: 803 / Number of Pages: 3
... No one really owns it
because it is really thousands of computer networked together. The main backbone
of the Internet was originally made up of government funded universities and
other government institutions. However that is no longer the case. Now the
majority of the Internet is run and operated by independent services and
everyday citizens. The Internet is a modern day symbol of the freedom of speech
we have in our society. The government has no right to tell us what we can and
can not do in our homes. No one is forcing anyone to go to any specific area of
the Internet for anything. These are all ...
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Asian Organized Crime
Number of Words: 1096 / Number of Pages: 4
... Some of the reasons for the banning of women include that there is a strong belief that woman are weak in that they were not born to fight. To a Yakuza member, the most substantial trait is courage, in that these members must be willing to die for their boss, and women, it is believed, do not possess this trait. Additionally, another reason that women are excluded from these groups is that there is a strong code of silence. There is a notion that many Japanese women are not able to withhold information that they learn and that if such information leaked out, it may spell the demise of the part ...
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