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- 761: The Rodney King Case
- ... the trial was moved from Los Angeles to Simi Valley (825). Karen Garner reveals the jury, which was selected from the predominantly white town, had a racial makeup of ten whites, one Latino and one Asian (448). In his article, Seth Mydans writes after almost two months of hearing detailed testimony and watching the tape over and over again, the jury handed down a verdict of not guilty. They found the ...
- 762: The Death Penalty
- ... are on "death row" today. Virtually all are poor, a significant number are mentally retarded or otherwise mentally disabled, more than 40 percent are African American, and a disproportionate number are Native American, Latino and Asian. The ACLU believes that, in all circumstances, the death penalty is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment, and that its discriminatory application violates the Fourteenth Amendment. Here are the ACLU's answers to some questions frequently ...
- 763: Drugs: Hurt Players and Sports
- ... fines are outrageous. The chance to play and perform must outweigh the desire to experiment with drugs and suffer the painful consequences of drug abuse. Works Cited Burwell, Bryan. "The NFL Confronts the Burgeoning Drug Crisis." Social Issues Resources Series August 21, 1983, Article #54 Volume 2. Coffey, Wayne. Cocaine Back in Sports News, and Many Ask About Bias' Death. New York Daily News. May 20, 1996. "Cornered Kicker." Sports Illustrated ...
- 764: White Collar Crime vs. Street Crime
- ... arrest them without hesitation. The effects of spending all funding on street crime can be seen and felt in other government programs. As we've discussed, the US education system is in a state of crisis. Schools do not have adequate funding to educate the kids. This is especially a problem in urban areas, where the alternative to school is life on the streets. Social services are also being eliminated, giving ...
- 765: Child Sex Tourism Bill in Australia
- ... into the Crimes Act. ECPAT is a well known institution that has played a leading role in the campaign to stop child sex tourism in Asia; as the name suggests: ECPAT (End Child Prostitution In Asian Tourism). ECPAT consists of several community minded groups who all gel together to shape a well rounded institution with a lot of influence within the nation. The institution as a whole carried out an education ...
- 766: Gun Control
- ... well. Some laws also help to protect homeowners form civil suites made by wounded would-be attackers/intruders (Ward F3). Another example of unwanted (and unneeded) gun violence restriction laws, was the famous AK-47 crisis. Due to governmental handgun bans, the military issue AK-47 became easily accessible, due to the extended barrel, wich allowed the assault weapon to fall under more lenient gun bans. The weapon quickly became a ...
- 767: The Social Plague of Crime and Criminals
- ... order to produce a productive and contributing member of the community. If certain rights and privileges are denied ,in turn are we not preparing those who need help to revert to a life of crime? Crisis management can be used to prevent or minimize the occurrence of prison riots. (Prison Journal, Sept 1995 v75) Supporters of treatment sessions such as the former, can make an excellent case on why there should ...
- 768: The Death Penalty Is Needed
- ... are on "death row" today. Virtually all are poor, a significant number are mentally retarded or otherwise mentally disabled, more than 40 percent are African American, and a inappropriate number are Native American, Latino and Asian. Does the Death Penalty deter crime, especially murder? No, there is no credible evidence that the death penalty deters crime. States that have death penalty laws do not have lower crime rates or murder rates ...
- 769: Cannabis Hemp. . .Marijuana!
- ... matter of a few short years. Land values will rise in depressed rural areas, helping rescue farmers, developers and speculators who might otherwise have to default on loans and further worsen the savings and loan crisis. LAND & SOIL RECLAMATION Land reclamation is the final and perhaps most compelling economical and ecological arguement for hemp cultivation. Until this century, our pioneers and ordinary American farmers used cannabis to clear fields for planting ...
- 770: The Policies of My Way
- ... Canadian journalism insist he is. In secular life Trudeau is no trinitarian; he has chosen his oneness because, from the earliest politics, oneness worked for him so spectacular. Trudeau's personal handling of the constriction crisis was a "my way" all the way. Trudeau, the self-proclaimed socialist prophet of his people, waxed ever so eloquently against the sins of conscription, and yet Trudeau seemingly could not see in War measures ...
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