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Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 668 / Number of Pages: 3
... such as with a voluntary murder, the ideas are somewhat similar.
They believe the murderer doesn’t deserve the death penalty. Chances are
if a person is insane enough to kill another human being in the first
place, they aren’t going to care what happens to them. They realize that
their execution, in most cases, is going to be short and painless. This isn’
t a just punishment for someone who has inflicted severe pain upon another
life. Our court system, after initiating a life sentence without parole,
should not offer these killers the comforts they have in jail. They should
be treated more or less ...
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Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 1118 / Number of Pages: 5
... used to execute wrong-doers as there were crimes. Some of
the techniques used included beheading, stoning, drowning, hanging, crucifying,
and burying people alive. Also used were many nontraditional forms of
execution. One type of execution utilized elephants to crush the criminal's
head on a stone block.
As times changed, so did the death penalty. Laws aimed at abolishing
the death penalty began to evolve at the turn of the century. Even with the
changes made, the effectiveness of capital punishment stayed right on track.
The crimes punishable by death became more specific, while some were era ...
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Juvenile Delinquency
Number of Words: 982 / Number of Pages: 4
... be against the law in
another community. In some communities, the police ignore many children
who are accused of minor delinquencies or refer them directly to their
parents. But in other communities, the police may refer such children to a
juvenile court, where they may officially be declared delinquents. Crime
statistics, though they are often incomplete and may be misleading, do give
an indication of the extent of the delinquency problem.
The FBI reports that during the early 1980's, about two-fifths of
all arrests in the United States for burglary and arson were of persons
under the age ...
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Marijuana: Persuasive Essay
Number of Words: 547 / Number of Pages: 2
... the federal law or appeal it in court.
There is another drug that is illegal to use in any way but for medical
reasons. That drug is morphine, it is used in hospitals to relieve the sever
pain of any patient. The reason I know this is that recently my mother was in
the hospital for a brain aneurysm and when she got headaches she was given
morphine. This is just like what is going on in California, people diagnosed
with AIDS and other illnesses should be able to use strong medicines including
marijuana to ease the suffering that they are experiencing.
Especially in Californ ...
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Steroids
Number of Words: 539 / Number of Pages: 2
... testosterone cypinate and methandrostone costs only about one
hundred dollars. Steroids are also very hard to trace because of their
water base composition. They can pass through the body within two days. All
these benefits of steroids help an athletes become more competitive and
increase their chance of being a winner. Of course everybody wants better
biceps and triceps but when using steroids to achieve this goal there is a
large price to pay.
However, steroids should remain illegal because they physically
deteriorate the whole body system. When injected one risks the chances of
developing hema ...
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The Drinking Age: 21 For Everyone?
Number of Words: 646 / Number of Pages: 3
... that law is rarely punished severely. For example, in
Belmont County in Ohio, the police conducted raids of 5-10 different
establishments in 1993 that had liquor licenses and reportedly to sell alcoholic
beverages to minors. It was proven that each business in question had indeed
been guilty of the charges. What would one suspect happen to the business?
Wouldn't one expect for them to lose their liquor license? On the contrary,
these businesses were given probation without so much as a fine.
Also, even if the person under 21 cannot go buy the alcohol himself
because he is refused by a mercha ...
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Legalization Of Marjuana
Number of Words: 1194 / Number of Pages: 5
... this fool you. Marijuana comes from the flowers or "buds" of the
hemp plant. These buds are what contains the THC and gives the user the high
effect (Pluff 1). Other nations such as Europe have registered varieties of
hemp seeds that contain less than .03 percent of THC including the buds (Pluff
1).
Now that you know what hemp is, lets look at its uses. Hemp fiber can
be turned in to rope, canvas, and paper, and this is only a few of the uses.
The rope that is made with hemp is said to be resistant to both fresh water and
salt water. It is also considered better than most conventional rope by it ...
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George Washington And Thomas Jefferson Grew It, Why Can’t We?
Number of Words: 1258 / Number of Pages: 5
... alone could earn $100-$500 per acre growing hemp. Many Americans seem to be uninformed of the actual facts about the cannabis sativa plant and why it is such a useful crop. Therefore, the purpose of this essay is to present you, as the consumer and American citizen, with some strong arguments as to why the growing of hemp in America should be legal once again.
Hemp is grown in large fields much resembling green wheat fields. All parts of the plant are used: the seed, the stalk, and the leaves. It requires little fertilizer and resists pests on its own. Consequently, it costs less, requires less effo ...
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Marijuana
Number of Words: 1855 / Number of Pages: 7
... 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. that same "mythical" emperor said it helped female
weakness, gout, rheumatism, malaria, beri-beri (?), contipation, and
absentmindedness.
In 1979 (A.D.) Carlton E. Turner visited China and found marijuana was
not in use in formal medical places. J. D. P. Graham of the Welsh National
School of Medicine wrote, "One not need take to seriously the anecdotal use
of it's use for many purposes in China or by the Hindus in the pre-
Christian ...
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Auditor Liability
Number of Words: 2093 / Number of Pages: 8
... The main components of their argument are as follows: Limiting
recovery of loss has a detrimental effect on those which are harmed by
alleged negligence. The cost of liability is reasonable when compared to
total revenues, and in light of a CPA's public responsibility. Indemnity
insurance spreads risk in the aggregate therefore removing the element of
risk at the firm level. The threat of litigation provides public
accountants with a deterrent against negligent work. Finally, the results
of lawsuits cause the profession itself to implement new standards.
(Bolinger p.54)
The AICPA and its supporter ...
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