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- 6381: The Effects of Race on Sentencing in Capital Punishment Cases
- ... of the victim, and instead focus on circumstances of the crime. References Gest, T. (1986 Oct. 20). Black-and-White Issue? US News & World Report, 101 (16), 24-25. Gest, T. (1996 July 8). A house without a blueprint. US News & World Report, 121 (2), 41-42. Lacayo, R. (1987, May 4). Clearing a Path to the Chair. Time, 129 (18), 80. Seligman, D. (1994, September 5). Uh oh! More Stats ...
- 6382: Drug Abuse
- ... of other crimes. Drug addicts need money to support their habits, and all users, addicts or casual users, are careless and reckless when under the influence. Drug users commit property crimes, such as robbing a house or a store. Drug users also commit personal crimes, like mugging, armed robbery and even murder. Drug use, itself, can be a crime. It makes innocent citizens scared to walk out of their own homes ...
- 6383: The Need for Capital Punishment
- ... to life in jail. Between 1978 and 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer murdered and raped the dead bodies of 15 young men, cutting of their body parts and storing them in serveralplaces. When the police raided his house the found a human head in the fridge, 3 heads in the freezer, a human heart in the refridgerator freezer compartment, a blue barrel jammed with body parts and bones, 2 skulls in a computer ...
- 6384: The Drinking Age: An 18-Year-Olds Right
- ... government would completely let the states choose their own Minimum Legal Drinking Age and stay completely out of it. Klung's proposal is strong, he has many supporters who back him and his proposal. Three house members in particular are in favor of Klug's plan. Representatives Collin Peterson from Minnesota, Gary Condit from California, and Bill Tauzin from Louisiana are all co-sponsoring the proposal along with Klug. Collin Peterson ...
- 6385: The Young Offender's Act: The Past, Present, and Future
- ... s, the child-saving movement began and there was a constant demand for the Juvenile Delinquent's Act to be reformed. People were complaining of too much unfairness, corrupt judges, and poor sentencing techniques. The House of Commons took it into their own hands and decided to debate over the topic of a new amendment for the Juvenile Delinquent's Act. For almost two decades, the debating was furious but on ...
- 6386: Analysis of Police Corruption
- ... after the 1980 riots and the Mariel boatlift. ``We didn't get the quality of officers we should have,'' says department spokesman Dave Magnusson. (Carter, 1989: pp. 78-79) When it came time to clean house, says former Miami police chief Perry Anderson, civil service board members often chose to protect corrupt cops if there was no hard evidence to convict them in the courts. ``I tried to fire 25 people ...
- 6387: The Death Penalty Is Needed
- ... reject the "eye for an eye" principle of literally doing to criminals what they do to their victims: The penalty for rape cannot be rape, or for arson, the burning down of the arsonist's house. We should , therefore, punish the murderer with death along with all other heinous crimes. If execution is unacceptable, what is the alternative? Incapacitation. Convicted murderers can be sentenced to lengthy prison terms, including life, as ...
- 6388: Gun Control
- ... every year due to drug and gang related incidents involving guns. For example in 1988 on February 26 rookie New York City police officer Edward Byre was sitting alone in his police car guarding the house of a drug trial witness in South Jamaica, Queens where he was shot four times in the head and killed. In conclusion there are valid reasons for why certain people feel that gun control is ...
- 6389: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... 11. p365-347. LEXICON PUBLICATIONS. Philippines, 1979 2. Lorimer, Lawrence; "Marijuana" Encyclopedia Year Book 1993. p214-215. GROLIER INCORPORATED. Canada, 1993 3. Snyder, Solomon. The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs. Series 2. LEGALIZATION: A DEBATE. CHELSEA HOUSE PUBLISHERS. New York, 1988
- 6390: Legalization of Drugs (for)
- ... to be no end to. In 1989 a Republican county executive of Mercer County N.J. estimated that it would cost him as much as 1 billion dollars to build the jail space needed to house all the hard-core drug users in Trenton alone. All of this money could be used on better things. Legalizing drugs would also increase our economy's revenue. During Prohibition alcohol use was still ramped ...
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