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The ABA And The Government
Number of Words: 638 / Number of Pages: 3
... policymakers about the ABA's views on issues and to influence the outcome of federal policy decisions on these issues. This involves testimony, circulation of position papers and meetings with members of Congress and their staffs. The GAO also maintains an active grassroots lobbying effort and distributes periodic "alerts" to ABA entities and state and local bar groups advising them of legislative developments which call for concerted action.
In 1986, the GAO expanded its efforts beyond the federal arena by establishing a State Legislative Clearinghouse to track important state legislative developme ...
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The Death Penalty
Number of Words: 223 / Number of Pages: 1
... there is an individual in society who has no remorese
ruthlessly taking another life, what should be his or her punishment?
Letting them go free is obviously out of the question, and what of our
rapidly fill filling prison facilities and the cost? What about the
victims and their families? What about the ten commandments and thoushalt
not kill Should the judicial system have the right to sentence someone to
death, or should we letr god be the one to play "god"?
People who ruthlessly kill. Wouldn't they be less likely to kell if they
knew that if they too a life , theirs would be taken also? If t ...
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Marijuana: The Untold Story
Number of Words: 764 / Number of Pages: 3
... to grow marijuana in a 14-minute propaganda piece entitled Hemp for Victory. The campaign was born because their main hemp suppliers The Philippine and East India were taken over by Japan. The military had many uses for hemp such as; parachutes, uniforms, and tents. The fabric canvas’s name was derived from cannabis, the main fiber that is used to manufacture canvas. The fibers from the bark of marijuana plants are used to make a great variety of textile products, including coarse fabrics, ropes, sailcloth, and packing clothe. The oil in hemp seed contains LA, and LNA amino acid which, rarely are f ...
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Should Drugs Be Made Legal? (Against)
Number of Words: 689 / Number of Pages: 3
... in the U.S because there would be an increase
of drug abuse and a rapid increase of diseases such as AIDS.
Many believe that legalizing drugs would lessen crime. They point out
that the legalization of drugs would deter future criminal acts. They also
emphasize and contrast Prohibition. When the public realized that
Prohibition could not be enforced the law was repealed. From this, one
may infer the same of legalizing drugs. Legalizing alcohol didn't increase
alcoholism, so why would drugs increase drug abuse?
However, drugs should not be legalized because there would be an
increase i ...
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Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished
Number of Words: 1077 / Number of Pages: 4
... cruelty which is inflicted on the executed in
those countries. Other methods of execution, like the electric chair and
hanging, are also quite cruel to the convicted. That is one of the reasons
the death penalty should be abolished.
Does the death penalty really deter criminals?
There is very little valid evidence to suggest that capital
punishment deters criminals. The most recent study of research findings on
the relationship between the death penalty and homicide rates, conducted
for the United Nations Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, in 1988,
has concluded that:"this research has fa ...
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Senseless Lawsuits
Number of Words: 546 / Number of Pages: 2
... amount of money that was awarded to the families when they stated it wasn’t about the money. If it wasn’t about the money then why did they bother with the suit in the first place if he was found not guilty of their murders? To me it seems that it was about the money and not who killed their children, if that was the case they would work with OJ to find out who the real killers are.
Recently a lawsuit was filed against a college for a computer course that was too hard. Twelve students failed the course and decided to sue the college because the corse was not as easy as perceived by the school. If I we ...
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Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 2101 / Number of Pages: 8
... reigns of King Canute (1016-1035) and William the Conqueror (1066-1087) was the death penalty not used, although the results of interrogation and torture were often fatal (Kronenwetter 12). Later, Britain reinstated the death penalty and brought it to its American colonies.
Although the death was widely accepted throughout the early United States, not everyone approved of it. In the late-eighteen century, opposition to the death penalty gathered enough strength to lead to important restrictions on the use of the death penalty in several northern states, while in the United States, Michigan, Wisconsi ...
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Marijuana
Number of Words: 1685 / Number of Pages: 7
... first introduced to Europe in the 1850’s, but its use there was very rare until the last few years. has a fairly long history of use in Mexico and Latin America. It was first introduced into the United States around 1910 by Mexican laborers.
During the Vietnam War many drugs were easily available to the soldiers in the war. Many of these men turned to to subside the misery of war. When they returned home, they continued the habit. Thus, in the 1960’s, became a symbol of rebellion for the so-called counterculture (Eve 24). In the 1960’s, ’s use among students and other young people began to in ...
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Laws Of War
Number of Words: 3430 / Number of Pages: 13
... commit any of the
foregoing crimes are responsible for all acts performed by any persons in
execution of such plan.1
The above excerpt comes form the Charter of the Tribunal Article 6 section C,
which makes it quite clear that in general the "laws of war" are there to
protect innocent civilians before and during war.
It seems to be a fair idea to have such rules governing armed conflict in order
to protect the civilians in the general location of such a conflict. But, when
the conflict is over, and if war crimes have been committed, how then are
criminals of war brought to justice? The International ...
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Drug Prohibition
Number of Words: 808 / Number of Pages: 3
... because a
particular block or corner can rake in thousands of extra dollars a day. Should
drugs be legalized, the price would collapse, and so would the drug-related
motivations to commit crime. A pack of cocaine becomes no more dangerous to
carry than a pack of cigarettes. The streets would be safer to walk, as
criminal drug dealers are pushed from the market.
Legalization would also deflate prison overcrowding. Out of 31,346
sentenced prisoners in federal institutions, drug law violators were the largest
single category, 9487. By legalizing drugs, there would be no more drug
offenders to lock ...
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