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Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 468 / Number of Pages: 2
... for the most part, are inescapable. But what if, the man that hunted you down, kidnapped you, and killed your friend, was the one of the few whom successfully escaped from jail? Once life has already been taken; your life should not also have to be lived in fear. Serial killers such as the Hillside Strangler prove that they need .
Killing the monsters that have already killed others gives the legal system spare money to spend on more important things. I find no logical reason why the government should spend money to feed, cloth, house, and entertain the murderers, when they could use the extra doll ...
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Misconduct In Police Departments
Number of Words: 1668 / Number of Pages: 7
... dealers with $300,000 in the back seat
of their car and know that if they arrest them the court's going
to turn them out anyway, it may seem better form of justice to
hit them in the pocketbook and take their money--especially if
the policeman has a big mortgage. (110)
An officer with a family might be involved in this conduct, therefore
threatening his or her salary. "With salaries so low, bribes have become
an essential income supplement, especially to those officers with
families." (122) "They're poorly paid, yet charged for their own
equipment." (122) "They w ...
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Applied Litigation Research
Number of Words: 3204 / Number of Pages: 12
... and arguments for trial. Nonetheless, quantitative designs have been strongly criticized (Saks, 1976), in large part because they tend to fall short when used as the principle methodology to anticipate the essentially dynamic character of a trial.
The tactical environment of an ongoing trial is fluid. Quantitative methodologies appear to lack the requisite flexibility to grasp the changed meaning of issues as they emerge in the courtroom. In short, once a trial begins, pretrial quantitative research may be overtaken by unanticipated events. The utility of strategic themes, the integration of developi ...
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The Death Of A Criminal
Number of Words: 1252 / Number of Pages: 5
... murder was unconstitutional. They also argue that the death penalty costs too much to carry out (Academic American Encyclopedia "Capital Punishment").
Yet, in 1976, the Supreme Court in Gregg V. Georgia declared the death penalty for murder is constitutional (AAE "Capital Punishment"). The death penalty is also fair and serves it justice -- surveyed police chiefs and sheriffs choose the death penalty as a primary method to combat violent crime (Montgomery 2-25-95). It cost less in the long run as well.
How does the economy benefit from the death penalty? First of all, the American economy has enough ...
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Phencyclidine: The Dawn Of A New Age
Number of Words: 3325 / Number of Pages: 13
... In pure
form, it is a white powder which readily dissolves in water. The cyclohexamines
are known for their the potent neurological effects, with PCP being the most
potent. Almost every variation has been administered to, or abused by, humans at
some time (Nintey Fifth Congress, 1978). All these compounds have similar
pharmacological effects, which vary considerably according to the amount
administered. Small doses produce a `drunken' state, in which subjects report a
numbness in the extremities, while some species (like dogs and cats) become
quite excited (Halberstadt, 1995). Intermediate doses ha ...
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A Civil Action Position Paper
Number of Words: 1322 / Number of Pages: 5
... they might have been contaminated by industrial wastes. The
two main defendants were the W.R. Grace corporation, a chemical and
manufacturing giant that built stainless steel equipment at a plant in
Woburn, and Beatrice Foods, another mega-corporation, which operated a
tannery there. Toxic chemicals from these operations, many thought, had
leaked in and contaminated the wells. The most serious of these chemicals
was a carcinogen called trichloroethylene, a solvent used to dissolve
grease and oil, which explained the leukemia.
In civil suits, the plaintiff wants justice to be served because
they c ...
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Weed
Number of Words: 819 / Number of Pages: 3
... for fiber and as a source of medicine for several thousand years,
but until 500~ AD its use as a mind-altering drug was almost solely confined in
India. The drug and its uses reached the Middle and Near East during the next
several centuries, and then moved across North Africa, appeared in Latin America
and the Caribbean, and finally entered the United States in the early decades of
this century. Marijuana can even be used as "Biomass" fuel, where the pulp
(hurd) of the hemp plant can be burned as is or processed into charcoal,
methanol, methane, or gasoline. This process is called destructive distill ...
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Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 2103 / Number of Pages: 8
... the 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, Wis ...
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Outlaws In The Frontier
Number of Words: 544 / Number of Pages: 2
... roughly from 1800 until 1900. There had been lawlessness during the colonial era. Frontiers have always attracted misfits, failures, and renegades who hope to profit by being beyond the reach of government. In the years just before the Revolutionary War, gangs of horse thieves in the back country of South Carolina were broken up by organized bands of farmers called Regulators.
As frontier settlement expanded rapidly after the Revolution, more opportunities for criminals opened. Two common types of bandits were highwaymen and river pirates.
Highwaymen accosted people who traveled on foot or horseback, ...
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How Decriminalisation Could Solve The Drugs Problem
Number of Words: 1546 / Number of Pages: 6
... are happily tolerated by society. The nutmeg in your kitchen cupboard can have narcotic effects if smoked (and, used in this way, it can also give you cancer), yet few people have cause to think of this when they sprinkle it into their cakes and biscuits. Chocolate contains an addictive chemical called PEA, which stimulates our brains in the same way that Ecstasy does. Overdosing on chocolate can contribute to heart disease, the single biggest killer in this country today, but far from fearing the addictive properties of the humble Dairy Milk, we laugh and joke about them on Christmas cards and coffee ...
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