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Don't Talk To Cops
Number of Words: 526 / Number of Pages: 2
... material, etc., but also tends to
prolong the conversation. The longer the conversation, the more chance there is
for a skill investigator to find out what he wants to know.
Many times a police officer will ask you to accompany him to the police
station to answer a few questions. In that case, simply thank him for the
invitation and indicate that you are not disposed to accept it at this time.
Often the authorities simply want to photograph a person for identification
purposes, a procedure which is easily accomplished by placing him in a private
room with a two-way mirror at the station, aski ...
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Proposition 215: Should Marijuana Be Legalized?
Number of Words: 940 / Number of Pages: 4
... of marijuana. (2)
Nothing in this act shall be construed to supersede legislation prohibiting
persons from engaging in conduct that endangers others, nor to condone the
diversion of marijuana for nonmedical purposes. With standing any other
provision of law, no physician in this state shall be punished, or denied any
right or privilege, for having recommended marijuana to a patient for medical
purposes. (d) Section 11357, relating to the possession of marijuana, and
Section 11358, relating to the cultivation of marijuana, shall not apply to a
patient, or to a patient's primary caregiver, who posse ...
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The Need For Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 607 / Number of Pages: 3
... behind punishment retribution? The sentencing objective based on the principle of "an-eye-for-an-eye", which means that what one person has done to another should also be done to that person in return. Is that not justified, especially in cases of premeditated murder of another human begin, another life? Does capital punishment not act as a deterrent? Does it not threaten with an imposition of a penalty for the commission of an act considered wrong by society? What about segregation? Does capital punishment remove criminals from society so that they cannot repeat their offence or commit other offe ...
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The Death Penalty: Why We Should Have Capital Punishment?
Number of Words: 2325 / Number of Pages: 9
... out that every state in the union is different. These differences include the populations, number of cities, and yes, the crime rates. Strongly urbanized states are more likely to have higher crime rates than states that are more rural, such as those that lack capital punishment. The states that have capital punishment have it because of their high crime rate, not the other way around.
In the 1920’s and 30’s, death penalty advocates were known to refer to England as a means of proving capital punishment's deterrent effect. Back then, at least 120 murderers were executed every year in the US and som ...
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Adult Entertainment And The City Of New York
Number of Words: 1590 / Number of Pages: 6
... of the city versus the interests of the Adult Entertainment enterprises are three-fold. First, in the process of zoning property boundaries, the government must avoid a regulating factor that allows a commercial business to have no other competition. A monopoly is an illegal economic entity in our free-market system. If only one adult establishment can be present in a zoning area, it is then a restriction of the competitive market where there can not be a choice for the consumer. This is the weakest of the three arguments and it will just be mentioned but not pursued.
Second, it seems that ...
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Why The Penal Laws Failed
Number of Words: 1573 / Number of Pages: 6
... was implemented into the Irish community on
December 24, 1691 when William and Mary made an Anti Catholic declaration
for the oath of supremacy. The oath banned all Catholics from becoming
members of the parliament or any other position of power. Catholics could
not practice law, run for office, purchase land or own land, vote, enter
any profession, hold arms, guard a child or educated his/her child. The
purpose of setting up such laws was to lessen the overall power of the
catholic people in society. The Irish parliament believed that if there
were no Catholics in a position of power then people wou ...
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Drugs And Legalization
Number of Words: 552 / Number of Pages: 3
... community, the drug dealers are seen
as the center of the community. They become role models for the children,
replacing their parents. Eliminating the drug dealer will force these young
children into the reality that education is the way to make money, not selling
drugs.
N.O.R.M.L (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) is a
fully recognized organization that lobbies for the removal of criminal penalties
for the individual who uses marijuana in private. Since it is the Americans
right to privacy, personal choice, and individual freedom.
Marijuana, in addition to not being a danger ...
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The Young Offender's Act: The Past, Present, And Future
Number of Words: 2243 / Number of Pages: 9
... to be a new youth
justice regime in place."
The Juvenile Delinquent's Act was the predecessor of the Young
Offenders Act. It was adopted in 1908 by the federal government. Its
purpose was to change the old system of trying children as adults and
holding them over for as long as the crown wanted to. They then decided to
treat the children as "misguided" ones, instead of criminals. Although
good intentions were meant in the act, there were extremely few guidelines
and the kids were given a variety of punishments for one offense. There
was little fairness in the end and they ended up being treate ...
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Pass The Weed
Number of Words: 817 / Number of Pages: 3
... explore marijuana's usage for both medicinal and hallucinogenic
properties. The usage of marijuana has existed for thousands of years in many
countries world wide and can be documented as far back as 2700 BC in ancient
Chinese writings. In the earlier cultures, marijuana usage was accepted and its
effects documented. However, the United States government overlooked all of the
information and banned the drug. Recently, however, there has been a resurgence
in the opinion of the drug's positive medicinal purposes.
Studies on the medicinal uses of marijuana have been conducted on many
patients tha ...
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Legalization Of Marijuana
Number of Words: 794 / Number of Pages: 3
... as medical drug which is proven to be less dangerous than cocaine and morphine. Lobbying groups in a San Diego, California , council committee unanimously voted to urge president Bill Clinton and congress to end federal restrictions against the use of marijuana for " legitiment medical use." City council women Christine kehoe said she wanted the city of San Diego "to go on the record we support the medical use marijuana.; marijuana can be a drug of necessity in the treatment of AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and multiple sclerosis. '' Many agencies which are anti marijuana such as Drug Enforcement Agency a ...
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