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Methods Of Execution
Number of Words: 2067 / Number of Pages: 8
... to him, one to his leg and the other to his head. The
first jolt, between five-hundred and two-thousand volts depending on the size of
the prisoner, is given for 30 seconds. Smoke will begin to come out of the
prisoner's leg and head and these areas may catch fire if the victim has been
sweating profusely. A doctor will examine him and if he still shows life signs,
more jolts of two-thousand volts are administered to finish the job (Matthews).
A main reason for electrocution's original use was the thought that death was
immediate. Unfortunately this is not the case. Doctors today believe that the ...
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Gun Control
Number of Words: 447 / Number of Pages: 2
... has relied on
weapons that create harm and criminals. Therefore, these weapons should be
outlawed.
However, law abiding citizens have the right to protect themselves
against danger. Due to the ownership of guns, burglaries have reduced
considerably. A gun is a tool, guns don't kill people. People kill people.
The matter depends on who is using the gun, and what situation it is
involved in. Purchasing a handgun legally is a complex procedure. The
consumer must go through a two month waiting period. These procedure
guarantee the innocence and reliability of a gun owner.
The second ame ...
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Cause And Effect Of Speeding
Number of Words: 472 / Number of Pages: 2
... your way after paying the fine. If the
judge is kind, and offers a traffic school option, the unpleasantness continues.
Usually the traffic school is no where near to the courthouse, which causes you
to search to find the it. The great experience of paying is close at hand after
locating the school. You must endure the nine hour course after paying for the
privilege of attending. This is a class most people would have never taken if
given the chance. The unpleasantness associated with a speeding ticket is almost
finished when you have completed the course.
A reoccurring reminder of a previous mistak ...
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The Rodney King Case
Number of Words: 1656 / Number of Pages: 7
... on videotape the night of March 3, 1991, and the three days of rioting and violence that followed the trial shows how much differently people think when it comes to justice. In her article Karen Garner states that Rodney King and two friends were stopped and detained by the California Highway Patrol for allegedly speeding and evading law officers. Within minutes backup was there to assist the other officers with the suspects. Mr. King friends were “quickly subdued and handcuffed,” but “their encounter with Rodney King, however, caused a controversy with far- reaching legal and social consequences” ...
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The U.S. Penal System
Number of Words: 938 / Number of Pages: 4
... personality" (Szumski 21). This kind of program
would provide skills and habits and "replace the sense of
hopelessness" that many inmates have (Szumski 21).
Moreover, another technique used to rehabilitate criminals is
counseling. There is two types of counseling in general, individual
and group counseling. Individual counseling is much more costly than
group counseling. The aim of group counseling is to develop positive
peer pressure that will influence its members. One idea in many
sociology ...
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Quick Look At Gun Control
Number of Words: 451 / Number of Pages: 2
... for accidents or violent acts involving fire arms to occur.
It is a proven fact that handguns have been the murder weapon of
choice. Guns are involved in half of all homicide cases. People
believe that society has relied on weapons that create harm and
criminals. Therefore, these weapons should be outlawed.
However, law abiding citizens have the right to protect
themselves against danger. Due to the ownership of guns, burglaries
have reduced considerably. A gun is a tool, guns don't kill people.
People ...
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Drugs: A Major Problem In Canadian Society
Number of Words: 694 / Number of Pages: 3
... given to patients to aid in overcoming these addictions. These drugs
occupy opiate receptors in the brain to block all effects of the damaging drugs,
however the Naloxone is not an addictive drug, as the others are. The downfall
to the medical drugs being used to help addiction are that there effects are
very short-term and cannot cure the patient, but does assist in attaining the
goal of substituting a more controllable, less lethal drug as opposed to the
original narcotic .
The key to preventing substance abuse in Canada is to educate the public,
preferably at a young age, never to experime ...
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The Insanity Defense
Number of Words: 818 / Number of Pages: 3
... and should be abolished entirely. The major difficulty with a theory such as mental illness is that it is just that, a theory. To scientists theories are a way of life, but applied to the concept of law theories become somewhat dangerous. By applying a loose theory such as mental illness to law we are in essence throwing the monkey wrench into the wheels of justice.
According to the laws of insanity, a person is basically insane if he or she is unable to distinguish between right and wrong as a result of some mental disability. Criticism of the M'Naghten Rule has come from both legal and me ...
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Community-Based Policing: Law Enforcement For The Twentieth Century
Number of Words: 1961 / Number of Pages: 8
... hope for the future of Law enforcement." We can trace the seed of C.B.P.
back to Sir Robert Peel, the father of the modern Police system, who said "the
Police is the public and the public are the Police"(Braiden). For different
reasons, the Police lost sight of that principle defining their relationship
with the public. Modern historians have said that the reform era in government,
which started in the 1900's to combat corruption, along with the move toward the
professional image of police work, resulted in the separation of Police and
Community (Kelling, Moore, pg-5)
Reform style Policing em ...
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Cocaine
Number of Words: 290 / Number of Pages: 2
... the coca plant (Erythroxylum coca), a tropical shrub commonly found
wild in Peru and Bolivia and cultivated in many other countries. For centuries
South American Indians have chewed the coca leaves for pleasure and to help them
withstand strenuous working conditions, hunger, and thirst. The cocaine in the
leaves produces local anesthesia of the mouth and stomach.
Cocaine is a dangerous, habit-forming drug. It is classified as an
alkaloid compound. (Other well-known alkaloids are morphine, strychnine, and
nicotine.) Cocaine stimulates the cortex of the brain, producing intense
euphoria and the d ...
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