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- 301: Mitchell v. Wisconsin: Why Mitchell v. Wisconsin Sucked
- Mitchell v. Wisconsin: Why Mitchell v. Wisconsin Sucked On June 11, 1993, the United State Supreme Court upheld Wisconsin's penalty enhancement law, which imposes harsher sentences on criminals who "intentionally select the person against whom the crime...is committed..because of the race, religion, color, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry of that person." Chief Justice Rehnquist deliverd the opinion of the unanimous Court. This paper argues against the decision, and will attempt to prove the unconstitutionality of such penalty enhancement laws. On the evening of October 7, 1989, Mitchell and a group of young black men attacked and severely beat a lone white boy. The group had just finished watching the film "Mississippi Burning ... remained in a coma for four days. Mitchell was convicted of aggravated battery, which carries a two year maximum sentence. The Wisconsin jury, however, found that because Mitchell selected his victim based on race, the penalty enhancement law allowed Mitchell to be sentenced to up to seven years. The jury sentenced Mitchell to four years, twice the maximum for the crime he committed without the penalty enhancement law. The U. ...
- 302: The Autobiographical Elements in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... was ever close to died at an early age. Another of his major battles, actually the only one he really lost, was his struggle with alcoholism. Of all these topics, Poe's favorites were the death of a beautiful woman, a feeling which he knew all too well, and the general topic of death. During Poe's life, he experienced extreme social isolation. These feelings of separation began when his father died or disappeared around the time of the birth of Poe's sister, Rosalie. The family then moved and he was separated from his older brother, who was left with relatives in Baltimore. During those toddler years, Poe found his mother in the last stages of tuberculosis. Upon her death, he was then separated from his younger sister, Rosalie. Another major low point in his life was the death of his foster mother, Mrs. Frances Allan, and his foster father disowning him, all at ...
- 303: Dickinson's "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" and "I heard A Fly Buzz When I Died"
- Dickinson's "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" and "I heard A Fly Buzz When I Died" Two of Emily Dickinson's poems, "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" and "I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died," are both about one of life's few certainties: death. However, that is where the similarities end. Although both poems were created less than a year apart by the same poet, their ideas about what lies after death differ. In one, there appears to ...
- 304: Fahrenheit 451: Insignificance of Life and Death
- Fahrenheit 451: Insignificance of Life and Death Imagine this world, as crazy as it is now, living for nothing. Dying for nothing. Not having a clue as to what tomorrow will bring, and shrugging a shoulder at your best friend who died ... giving. More self-centered as the world is now, and living now knowing that what will happen the next split second, for your life could disappear right before your eyes and no one would care. Death as an unimportance. Life meaningless and pointless. Who could possibly want such a thing? In Ray Bradburys Fahrenheit 451, the insignificance of life and death of certain characters indicate the loss of hope and love in their corrupt world these people lived in. People in this confused society were never happy, and some desired death. Others just didnt ...
- 305: Artificial Life or Death
- Artificial Life or Death Euthanasia has been a hotly debated about topic for the past couple of decades, but has recently been thrust into the limelight by many controversial court and hospital decisions. Euthanasia is defined as the "mercy killing" of a person who is brain dead, terminally ill or otherwise at death's door. This usually, but not necessarily, affects people who are are separated from death only by machines. Whether you personally believe "mercy killing" is a viable solution in a hopeless situation or not the proponents for both sides provide arguments that can be quite convincing. Supporters of euthanasia ...
- 306: Escape Towards Death
- ... the cliched statement says, "Nobody's perfect." Everyone's life has some difficulties, with which one may arrive at a variety of resolutions. For instance, if one has lost a love to something other than death, he may simply discuss it with his friends; if someone is troubled by family memories, that person may receive counselling or other forms of psychological therapy; and if one is dissatisfied with his life, then ... travails, but they offer strange solutions-a variety of deaths. All descendants of a man, Solomon, with a famous legend of flying away from his wife and twenty-one children, these characters do not meet death wit h anger or fright, but with acceptance and peace. The characters seemed more et peace in their times of death than in some points of their lives. The novel Song of Solomon shows how the burdens of three characters, Hagar, Pilate, and Milkman, were resolved by their deaths. Hagar, the first main character to ...
- 307: Escape Towards Death
- ... the cliched statement says, "Nobody's perfect." Everyone's life has some difficulties, with which one may arrive at a variety of resolutions. For instance, if one has lost a love to something other than death, he may simply discuss it with his friends; if someone is troubled by family memories, that person may receive counselling or other forms of psychological therapy; and if one is dissatisfied with his life, then ... travails, but they offer strange solutions-a variety of deaths. All descendants of a man, Solomon, with a famous legend of flying away from his wife and twenty-one children, these characters do not meet death wit h anger or fright, but with acceptance and peace. The characters seemed more et peace in their times of death than in some points of their lives. The novel Song of Solomon shows how the burdens of three characters, Hagar, Pilate, and Milkman, were resolved by their deaths. Hagar, the first main character to ...
- 308: St. Augustin
- From the analysis of St. Augustine Confessions and Beowulf, it is clear that the two authors, St. Augustine and the poet respectively, differ on their views of death, which helps to paint a better picture of the world that each writer lived in. In Augustine s writings, death plays a major role in life; it serves as the stepping stone to a greater existence in heaven. In Augustine s world, Christianity and God both play an important role in how death is viewed. In the poets writings we see a different perspective, one in which the time you spend on earth is of great importance; very little thought is given to life after death. Although ...
- 309: To Build A Fire: Significance of Words "Dying" and "Death"
- To Build A Fire: Significance of Words "Dying" and "Death" The significance of the words "dying and death" in Jack London's 1910 novel, "To Build a Fire" continuously expresses the man's dwindling warmth and bad luck in his journey along the Yukon trail to meet "the boys" at camp. London associates dying with the man's diminishing ability to stay warm in the frigid Alaskan climate. The main characters predicament slowly worsens one level at a time finally resulting in death. The narrator informs the reader "the man" lacks personal experience travelling in the Yukon terrain. The old-timer warned the man about the harsh realities of the Klondike. The confident main character thinks of ...
- 310: Tupac Shakur: Stealing From A Dead Star
- Tupac Shakur: Stealing From A Dead Star Death Row Records stole millions by not paying rapper Tupac Shakur his salary and they charged him for things he didnt buy. Did Death Row Records really still millions from rapper Tupac Shakur? There has been many findings on bills that came to Tupac that were not his. Bills on cars and rental fees. Not only was there bills but there were debts to Death Row Records. Last he made millions in sales and never received the money. Tupac Shakur was charged with many bills that were not his. To start off with these bills; he was charge $23, ...
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