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Hammurabi's Laws
Number of Words: 636 / Number of Pages: 3
... 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 in most cases. You can see how str ict they were
on robbery back then, and probably not many robberies occurred. There were
also laws that dealt with stealing ox, sheep, ass, pig, or ship that,
unlike the previous laws, wasn't punishable by death but by a fine. In case
of kidnapping, the kidnapper would be put to death. Nowadays jail time
would probably result from such an action. Another law dealt with breaking
and entering a house. If ...
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The Effects Of Race On Sentencing In Capital Punishment Cases
Number of Words: 894 / Number of Pages: 4
... Steven Goldstein of Florida State University, "There are
so many discretionary stages: whether the prosecutor decides to seek the death
penalty, whether the jury recommends it, whether the judge gives it" (As cited
in Smolowe, 1991, 68). It is in these discretionary stages that racial biases
can infect the system of dealing out death sentences. Smolowe (1991) shows this
infection by giving examples of two cases decided in February of 1991, both in
Columbus. The first example is a white defendant named James Robert Caldwell
who was convicted of stabbing his 10 year old son repeatedly and raping ...
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Drug Legalization
Number of Words: 1225 / Number of Pages: 5
... drug laws. The solution requires commitment to a balanced effort on
drug education , prevention , treatment, and law enforcement. Softening our
drug laws would be a major mistake. Research and data clearly shows the
problem is not drug prohibition , but drug use. When drugs are cheap and
easily accessible , more people will use them. It is a frightening scenario
that envisions more of our citizens, both juveniles and adults, using mind -
altering substances that not only affect their own behavior and health, but also
endanger innocent people.
Experience has already shown a link between ...
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Drinking And Driving Offences
Number of Words: 1195 / Number of Pages: 5
... offence here is the penalty and the defences you can
make. Driving a vehicle while your ability to drive is impaired by alcohol
or drugs is one of the offences. Evidence of your condition can be used to
convict you. This can include evidence of your general conduct, speech,
ability to walk a straight line or pick up objects. The penalty of the
first offences is a fine of $50.00 to $2000.00 and/or imprisonment of up to
six months, and automatic suspension of licence for 3 months. The second
offence penalty is imprisonment for 14 days to 1 year and automatic
suspension of licence for 6 months. The ...
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The Effects Of Organized Crime
Number of Words: 869 / Number of Pages: 4
... governing structure--worked closely with U.S. forces. Today it
dominates much of the business and industry in Sicily's cities.
With the Sicilian immigrations of the late 19th century, the Mafia
began to operate in several large U.S. cities. Two of the strongest mafia
gangs in New York where controlled by Joe "The Boss" Masseria and Salvatore
Maranzano. They were known as the "Mustache Petes".
During the period of Prohibition (1920-33), it monopolized the
trade in bootleg liquor and controlled loan sharking, gambling, and
prostitution. Competing Mafia families established mutually recognized
te ...
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Our Court System Is Inefficient
Number of Words: 849 / Number of Pages: 4
... Provincial Courtrooms were general loose and calm. The people, lawyers, judge, clerk and recorder seem to know each other very well. They joked openly, even while the court was in session, the defence lawyer asked if he could persuade the judge into a lighter sentence after the judge had already made a decision in a very easy and friendly tone of voice, something seemly unprofessional that caused chuckles throughout the courtroom. Where in the Ontario Supreme Court the atmosphere was much more serious, professional, strict and at times high in tension.
Our current bail system, in either moneta ...
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Marijuana: Controversial Smoke
Number of Words: 324 / Number of Pages: 2
... to any painkiller, patients could use marijuana to kill their pain. It gives an appetite to AIDS patients. The cloud of suspicion would disappear, and doctors could get on with investigating marijuana's medical uses without fear of controversy.
If you think about it marijuana is just like all of those cigarettes behind the counter. Legalizing it will create problems, but we can control those problems. We would treat it as a prescription drug, not like cigarettes. Let get the hospitals making money not the drug lords. Legalizing it passed as a proposition, but the Federal government still tre ...
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Something Happened! - The Sexual Harassment Suit Of The Nancy Hart And The Police Of City Of Peabody
Number of Words: 1456 / Number of Pages: 6
... Council
5. Agree not to smoke on the job or off duty while employed by the
city
6. Agree to random drug testing
7. Agree to keep their weight in proportion to their height
A violation of any the above conditions would be grounds for
dismissal from the Police Department without the right of Union protection.
After the six new Police Officers graduated from the Police Academy,
they were assigned to various shifts. They were to be evaluated and inspected
while on a one year probation period. When the end of probation period was
coming close, o ...
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The Drinking Age Should Be Lowered To Eighteen
Number of Words: 631 / Number of Pages: 3
... driving age to eighteen instead of sixteen could also reduce traffic accidents in general. I think that sixteen is too young to be given power over a weapon as deadly as an automobile. However, since the legal driving age is sixteen, perhaps lawmakers should enact training requirements that are stricter for new drivers. For example, they could require more driving time with a certified instructor, or give them a probationary license for the first six months of their licensure.
Even though there have been many cases of irresponsible drinking by those under the age of twenty-one, I believe t ...
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Why The Legal Driving Age Should Be Raised
Number of Words: 839 / Number of Pages: 4
... was only one of the millions of tragic stories that parents sometimes have to face. A 16-year-old just receiving his or her license and thinking that they can do anything. What they don't realize is what danger they are putting themselves, as well as others into.
As a group, teenage drivers have high crash rates per mile driven. What isn't so widely known is that the problem is worst among 16-year-olds, the age when most beginners get licenses.
Crashes involving 16-year-old drivers aren't like those involving older drivers. They even differ from crashes involving drivers only a year or two ...
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