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- 1511: California's Proposition 184: Three Strikes and You're Out
- ... sentenced to a mandatory twenty-five years to life in prison(California 667). The initiative passed by a landslide, with 76% of the voters in favor of it. The State Senate soon after voted the bill into law, with only seven members voting against it. The three strikes initiative stemmed from the killing of Polly Klass by Richard Allen Davis, a convicted felon. The killing outraged the entire state but what ... so most politicians backed the initiative. Although many civil liberties groups opposed such mandatory sentencing measures there was little they could in the face of tremendous voter approval. Many voters did not realize that this bill could put potentially incarcerate people for ludicrous amounts after the commission of a minor offense. Even more voters did not realize the cost of implementing such a bill. Now that this new legislation has been in effect for a year and the tremendous negative effects it have become obvious we must repeal it. One of the issues that must be considered when ...
- 1512: Creative Story: One Strange Trip
- ... rock, because that was wrong. As I sat there leaning against it, I pondered how I could get a refreshing can of pop. I got up and looked around to find a coin or a bill that someone might have left or lost. After five or six hours I gave up, no one had dropped anything that I could find. By this time it was now nightfall, so I slept leaning ... this for several hours and I decided to attempt to use leaves to buy a pop. I looked around for a leaf that had texture and size that was comparable to that of a dollar bill. I set out on a long trek to locate a leaf that fit my profile. As I was gathering leaves I found a change machine so I built another cart and took it to the ... It accepted by leaf. The read out said not enough credit use exact change; credit 25 cents; add 25 cents now. "What" I yelled. How is that only a quarter, it accepted it as a bill. To say the least I was mad. I pressed the coin release. It didn't work, now I was really mad. I took off running to find the tree where I got the first ...
- 1513: Anger & Renewal In Indian Country
- Anger & Renewal In Indian Country Now I believe the rising anger and determination by native peoples towards land claims and equal rights has created a situation which must be addressed immediately. Man has come a long way in time, as he has learned to master the powers of fire, and to hunt and fish for food. All ... to when no boundaries were imposed upon them. 4.-The Mi'kmaq and Malaseet of Nova Scotia are involved in a dispute with the provincial government, which are trying to restrict ancient hunting and fishing rights and that has recently been confirmed by the Supreme court of Canada. 5.-The Innu of Labrador invade a NATO airbase in protest against low level flights by jet fighters that threaten the animal population on which they depend on as a source of food."(1.) Many of these struggles have shaken Canadians. In fact thousands of Canadians, especially those in the environmental and human rights groups, churches and some unions, "have struggled with the natives to moderate the power of industrial revolutions as it smashes into the Hinterland."(2.) The natives of Canada have for certain, a land claim ...
- 1514: Medea By Euripides
- ... literature that may entail more than one theme throughout the story. The tragedy, Medea, by Euripides is very good example of this. Throughout this story, the themes of betrayal and love, revenge, and women s rights arise. Euripides brings these points up to help the reader to realize that women are powerful also. Betrayal is a very important theme throughout this story. Her husband Jason betrays Medea, when he abandons her ... to her will make her feel better. She leaves Jason with no one. By killing her sons, there is no one left to carry on his name. Euripides brings up the theme of women s rights and the role of women is society. Euripides shows that not only men are powerful, but women are too. Medea is portrayed as a powerful, feared woman in Corinth. Creon is afraid of Medea; that ... teaches us many important moral lessons. As in many tragedies, these themes are exaggerated to get his point across clearly. All of these themes make up this Epic tale of Betrayal, deception, and women s rights.
- 1515: Cults 2
- ... exists it appears that little can be done to stop the leaders of these cults before tragedy happens. Works Cited Behar, Richard. The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power. Time 6 May 1991: 50-55 Bill of Rights Page. Cornell Law School. Apr 1994 http://www.law.cornell.edu/ constitution/constitution.billofrights.html Groenveld, Jan. Ex-Cult Page. 21 Aug. 1997 Langone, Michael. The American Family Foundation Site. 7 Oct. 1997. Maaga, Mary ...
- 1516: The French Revolution
- ... a hardworking life. This Estate was the minority of the people in France, having approximately 1 to 2 per cent of the population. The Second Estate in French life was the nobility. They enjoyed extensive rights and privileges. They made up less than 2 percent of the population. They, like the First Estate, paid hardly any taxes. Economically, the nobility was characterized by great land wealth. Nobles were generally the richest ... estates met together. He ordered the other two estates to join the Third Estate in the National Assembly. Although now the three estates met together, there were divisions among them. Some wanted to protect their rights, while others wanted to establish a limited, constitutional monarchy. This sparked some change in the French people. Immediately after the National Assembly secretly began working on a constitution, the peasants and workers expected relief from ... Louis to summon the National Assembly on August 4th. They people discussed possible reforms. On this day, the National Assembly ended serfdom. Towards the end of August, the National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man. It stated that democratic principles would be the basis for French government. The job of turning these ideas into a constitution still remained. While the constitution was in the process of being ...
- 1517: Gandhi
- ... the world was talking about these tests. That was non-violent resistance. Marches all over the world and other non-violent actions. Also Martin Luther King didn't use violence in his fight for the rights of the black people in America. An example which all of us see and experience from time to time, is the strike. Gandhi made the strike as a way of fighting popular and it is ... was then that many of those countries saw their chance for independence. Gandhi showed them the way. And that was one of the main causes for the independence of many of those countries. Fights for rights happened and still happen all over the world again and again because there are always people who push others down. I think Gandhi played a big part in the fight for humanity and the rights of minorities. I think Gandhi was and is still a very significant person. He changed people's minds and opened lots of peoples minds. Still today when people see the movie that was made ...
- 1518: Pornography: Sex or Subordination?
- ... pornography available to adults. The courts assess that to ban or censor the material would be infringing on the public's First Amendment Right (Carol 28). Maureen O'Brien quotes critics of a congressionally terminated bill, the pornography Victim's Compensation Act, as saying That if it had passed, it would have had severely chilling effects on the First Amendment, allowing victims of sexual crimes to file suit against producers and ... then it should become evident that continuous viewing/use of pornographic films depicting violent sex and aggression could lead vulnerable persons into performing or participating in sexual violence against their partners or against a stranger. Bill Marshall, psychology professor at Queen's University and director of a sexual behavior clinic in Kingston, interviewed one-hundred and twenty men, between the years 1980 and 1985, who had molested children or raped women ... the pornography (Kaminer 115). The statement made by Adams and the view that pornography does not contribute to the act of sex crimes is heavily outweighed, however, by the various studies connecting violence and pornography. Bill Marshall's observations on his patients and the examples of individual crimes originating from pornography, show this acclimation to be invalidated. Some also say that attacks on pornography merely reflect the majority of feminist' ...
- 1519: Life In The 1900s
- ... servent. Women didn't have the right to vote like the men. In 1876 Dr Emily Stowe formed Toronto Women's Literary Club(TWLC). The purpose of this club was to inform women of their rights and to help secure women's rights. This group persuaded U of T to admit women in 1866. Also improved wages and working conditions. Womens Christian Temperence Union(WCTU) their goal was to combat problems created by alcohol in the society. A great social speaker Nellie Mclung received her start in WCTU to lead in the fight for equal freedom and for womens rights. Conclusion After discovering information about the 1900's I have come to the conclusion that in the 1900's was both good and bad. It was good because of the rising industries thus raising ...
- 1520: Should Surrogate Motherhood be Permitted?
- ... Virginia, who have taken opposing viewpoints California is the state that is the most sympathetic to the genetic parents. Under California law surrogacy agreements are enforceable and the genetic parents are given all legal parental rights to the child. In Virginia, all legal parental rights to the child are given to the surrogate mother. Who is the legal mother? In the case of Johnson v. Calvert, in Virginia, the surrogate mother was found to be the legal mother of the ... expenses during the pregnancy and delivery plus a fee for the surrogates's services. The fee can vary between $10,000 and $100,000 per pregnancy. The surrogate mother also agrees to terminate her parental rights to the infant and turn it over to the contracting couple after birth. A vast majority of the surrogacy arrangements proceed without difficulty, occasionally problems arise concerning custody of the child. Since the concept ...
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