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- 701: Capital Punishment: Injustice of Society
- ... capital punishment was common, the value of life was less, and societies were more barbaric--capital punishment was probably quite acceptable. However, in today's society, which is becoming ever more increasingly humanitarian, and individual rights and due process of justice are held in high accord, the death penalty is becoming an unrealistic form of punishment. Also, with the ever present possibility of mistaken execution, there will remain the question of ... suitable substitutes that require fewer resources. I ask society, ...why don't we stop the killing? (Grisham 404) Bibliography Bright, Steven B., and Patrick J. Keenan. Judges and the Politics of Death: Deciding Between the Bill of Rights and the Next Election in Capital Cases. Boston University Law Review 75 (1995): 768-69. Cavanagh, Suzanne, and David Teasley. Capital Punishment: A Brief Overview. CRS Report For Congress 95-505GOV (1995): 4. Frame, ...
- 702: Stowaways
- ... standards, and were comparatively heavily crewed. Thus the chances for a stowaway to get on board and go undiscovered for any length of time were fairly small. Also in that age, the concept of "human rights" was not what it is today, and any stowaways that were found often became involuntary members of the crew. There was, therefore, little incentive to become an unpaying passenger on a merchant ship. Today, however ... requiring him to be confined in irons in his own room. Dia Navigation requested that the INS take custody of the detainees, but they refused. Eventually a decision was reached, but Dia wasstuck with a bill for 54 days of detention time, a cost of $127,580. Faced with this, Dia filed suit against the INS, claiming that the policy requiring shipping companies to pay for the detention of stowaways was ... have to bear brunt of keeping, guarding, and transporting stowaways, as this is obviously very costly. There have been, finally, some steps in the right direction. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the bill H.R. 2202, which relieves a lot of the costs to the shipowner plagued with unwanted guests. The bill will basically guarantee the removal of the stowaway for the ship and into INS custody ...
- 703: Crazy Horse
- ... be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in territory described in this article, or without consent of the Indians pass through the same (Matthiessen 7-8). This treaty also stated that the hunting rights on the land between the Black Hills and the Big Horn Mountains shall go on as long as the grass shall grow and the water flow (Guttmacher 73). This treaty also forced many Indians to ... This was not in the Treaty of 1868 (Guttmacher 76). Even though the government was getting the best part of the treaty they were still not satisfied with progress, and in 1871 the Indian Appropriation Bill was passed which stated, hereafter no Indian nation or tribe within the United States shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe or power with whom the U.S. may contract by treaty ... in policy was done on behalf of these petitions (Kadlecek 33). Unwilling to pay for the Black Hills and unable to defeat the Sioux in war, on August 15, 1876 Congress passed the Sioux Appropriation Bill. This bill stated that further provisions would not be given to the Sioux until the hostiles gave up the Black Hills, Powder River country and Bighorn country. They would also have to move to ...
- 704: Privacy And Anonymity And Information Network Technologies
- ... and data retrieval systems and transactions, information has been given commercial value, especially with regards to the issue of who owns and controls this information. The information age has been a period that has allowed rights to privacy to beocme seriously jeopardized by new information technologies. Richard A. Spinello, has defined two distinct phases to the systematic erosion of information privacy. The first he calls the 'data base phase'. The emergence ... consent. If our right to privacy continues to decrease in the wake of technology's continual progress so too will our basic freedoms. Such concerns provide the basic notions behind already legislated laws governing individual rights to privacy, however there are not many specific laws protecting privacy and regultions that offer protection of privacy that can be adequately applied to technological advances. Spinello argues that there has been a general failure on behalf of North American policy makers to fashion sufficient protections for privacy rights in the wake of technology's expanding capablitites. He asserts that privacy has been consistently eclipsed by other values such as economic efficency and crime control as well as technological progress. This becomes the ...
- 705: America's Zoos: Entertainment to Conservation
- ... about the rest of the world's unique creatures? Hundreds of species are endanger of becoming extinct, and conservation is in need. Extinction is a permanent issue. The treatment of all our animals and their rights is important as well. As concern for the world's animals becomes more prominent in the news, our zoos rise up to meet the challenge. Animal's rights and their treatment, regardless of species, have been brought to attention and positive movements made. While the number of endangered species grows, zoos attempt to do their part in conservation. Both in and out of ... Burke, 1990). Under observation, zoos are examined for the humanity with which they treat the animals. Animal welfare has become a concern within our country. This group is not to be confused with the animal rights movement. Without the use of violence, one of the animal welfare movement's goals is to improve the way these institutions, like the city zoos, provide for these animals (Burke, 1990). Honoring the conservation ...
- 706: Persuasive Essay: Capital Punishment
- ... our justice system to decide one's fate? There are many issues that address this question of capital punishment such as religion, the effect on society, restitution being denied, the possible "wrongly accused", and the rights of the convicted. But how often do these concepts creep into the public's mind when it hears of our 'fair, trusty' government taking away someone's breathing rights? The Bible states "Thou shalt not kill," and this being a sin should have to be amended within oneself. However, the Bible also states "Don't judge others' personal convictions." It is the government's ... who sin that they do so and this country, trusting in God as it says it does, should do just that. So if the government stands strongly by this statement that's on the dollar bill, may they line up all the liars, adulterers, Buddhists, thieves, covetous and murderers at the chair. If they shall look into this one sin as so evil may they see all ten commandments so ...
- 707: Should Governments Use Private
- ... the selfish of all individuals of a society ultimately combine to benefit all of society. People in private enterprise countries have stronger sufficiency and individual initiative, and societies have higher productivity. Alberta government is introducing Bill 11, which is based on Canada Health Act. This bill is supposed to privatize the heath care system. It would allow for-profit clinics to do minor surgeries and keep patients for extended overnight stays. It will increase our economy because the government can now ... enterprise will eventually be the best economic system. But in fact, Chinese people, who are known as hard working, has become lazy and lost their productive sense. The Chinese government controls everything, even the human rights. Comparing China to its near-by democratic and free market country (also known as their cross-sea province) Taiwan, which started economic reform just at the same time China did. Taiwan is now producing ...
- 708: Defending a Killer
- ... have given Americans an up close view of how tilted the Judicial System is proving that the rich have an advantage over the poor. They bought the best team which allowed them to walk free. Bill Clinton has also come under the eyes of the people for his alleged affairs. Here again proving people of power and money will walk away, whereas average people could lose everything and can be incarcerated ... for their crimes. This is meant not to imply that the guilty should walk, but that money can change ones judgment. In the video, that was shown during class one scene talked of the ethical rights that his client was entitled to. The client had confessed to his attorney how he had murdered someone in the past, and an innocent person was going to be executed in his place. The lawyer ... rule to exist? The very book that we are required to place our hand on, as we testify in a court of law condemns the killing of another person. Although, attorneys sworn to protect the rights of their clients, in my opinion they are committing an equally heinous crime if they chose to let an innocent person die. It seems that today with the amount of media coverage that has ...
- 709: Capital Punishment: Injustice of Society
- ... capital punishment was common, the value of life was less, and societies were more barbaric--capital punishment was probably quite acceptable. However, in today's society, which is becoming ever more increasingly humanitarian, and individual rights and due process of justice are held in high accord, the death penalty is becoming an unrealistic form of punishment. Also, with the ever present possibility of mistaken execution, there will remain the question of ... suitable substitutes that require fewer resources. I ask society, "...why don't we stop the killing?"(Grisham 404) Bibliography Bright, Steven B., and Patrick J. Keenan. "Judges and the Politics of Death: Deciding Between the Bill of Rights and the Next Election in Capital Cases." Boston University Law Review 75 (1995): 768-69. Cavanagh, Suzanne, and David Teasley. "Capital Punishment: A Brief Overview." CRS Report For Congress 95-505GOV (1995): 4. Frame, ...
- 710: Capital Punishment - Injustice
- ... capital punishment was common, the value of life was less, and societies were more barbaric--capital punishment was probably quite acceptable. However, in todays society, which is becoming ever more increasingly humanitarian, and individual rights and due process of justice are held in high accord, the death penalty is becoming an unrealistic form of punishment. Also, with the ever present possibility of mistaken execution, there will remain the question of ... suitable substitutes that require fewer resources. I ask society, ...why dont we stop the killing?(Grisham 404) Bibliography Bright, Steven B., and Patrick J. Keenan. Judges and the Politics of Death: Deciding Between the Bill of Rights and the Next Election in Capital Cases. Boston University Law Review 75 (1995): 768-69. Cavanagh, Suzanne, and David Teasley. Capital Punishment: A Brief Overview. CRS Report For Congress 95-505GOV (1995): 4. Frame, ...
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