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- 1071: The Death Penalty: The Deterrent
- ... Death Penalty: The Deterrent Outline Thesis: As a deterrent in our justice system the death penalty should continue to be used I. Cruel or unusual punishme A. Existing means. B. Former means, II. The deterrent effect A. Eliminate future criminal behavior III. Rehabilitation verses vengeance. A. Rehabilitation and serving time. B. Vengeance IV. Criminals families. A. Rehabilitation B. Retribution C. Restoration V. Christianity A. The fifth commandment VI. Closing A. Today ... system uses to reduce or eliminate future criminal behavior. Deterrence is similar to the concept of the Old Testament known as "an eye for an eye." As the criminals, family members hope that rehabilitation can effect a scheduled death from taking place, retribution is what the victims family members mostly depend on. Restoration is required by the victims and their family members to feel "whole again." The death penalty should continue ...
- 1072: Daddy By Danielle Steele And A
- ... the fact that the two men lived in different societies. Norman is a small town boy while Oliver is a big time city slicker. The small town ethics and the big city attitudes have their effect on people, and it is apparent on the two characters. They both have pretty descent moral values but one of the major factors that contribute to their personalities is where they live. Norman is more ... These attitudes have helped to shape the lives of these two men. The city has change Oliver’s life forever and the personality that comes with it. The small town atmosphere has also had its effect on Norman. It has made him more liable to be the upstanding citizen because of the small population and his need for a good reputation. The two different atmospheres have molded these two men and ...
- 1073: Marijuana Legalization
- Marijuana Legalization Marijuana is defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as the dried flowers clusters and leaves of the hemp plant smoked for intoxicating effect. Marijuana is only one of the many terms used for the various preparations produced from the Indian Hemp plant. This drug has and an interesting development in the past few years; demanding not just to ... chemicals, which are largely unstudied and appear in uncontrolled strengths. Because marijuana is ingested by smoking, these chemical are introduced directly into the lungs, and are held there as long as possible to increase the effect of the drug, which results in damage to the lungs. last, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol or THC) is present in unknown and varying strengths in marijuana and is essentially prescribed and ...
- 1074: Mexico's Drug Trade
- ... the U.S. government and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) pressures source countries to eliminate their illicit crops by spraying pesticides, slashing illegal plants, or burning peasants' fields. Unfortunately, this method appears to have had little effect on the spread of such crops (GAO 3). Merely examine the U.S. State Department's estimates - which span over a nine-year period from January of 1988 to December of 1996 - regarding the amount ... remain decertified. Colombia might have a valid argument. In 1997, only weeks before the certification deadline, Mexico’s (then) top anti-drug leader was linked to bribery stemming from drug cartels. However, this did not effect the United States’ opinion of Mexican drug policy, as the country was re-certified weeks later (Economist 39). Many political analysts have begun referring to the insurgence of bribery in Mexican government as the “Colombianization ...
- 1075: Crime And Punishment - Sufferi
- ... in as a blunder, because he couldn’t take the heat. It is obvious that Raskolnikov never seems to be in a pit of despair from all the suffering he has to face from the effect of the murder. One might argue that Raskolnikov’s illnesses arise from his guilt and remorse for the crimes, but that doesn’t appear possible. Since the character never cites the murder for his sickness ... the murder when he hasn’t even had a chance to see what events have just occurred? There is not a single instance when Raskolnikov, or the author for that matter, ever cite the dramatic effect of the murders on Raskolnikov’s conscience for his terrible illness. NOTHING in the novel would even imply that he feels remorse about committing the murders, it is just a silly idea that has been ...
- 1076: Medicalizing Drugs
- ... which quickly became intolerable." This is exactly what I felt would happen here in the United States if we were to allow some charlatan like Alan Dershowitz and his proposed solution to be put into effect. This would be sending out a message to the public especially the young people that it is ok to use drugs. Do not worry about how you will support yourself because we will be there ... all. We need to get our judicial system to change their current direction on how to deal with individuals accordingly to the crime that they have committed. We need a no tolerance rule put into effect and no matter who you are you must deal with the consequences of your own actions. This includes cleaning up where criminals are housed (Jails & Prisons) where a criminal can receive whatever they want while ...
- 1077: Catch 22 And Good As Gold - Sa
- ... substantial. While Catch-22 satirizes primarily the military, Good as Gold satirizes the White House and government. These two novels contain many devices such as humor, irony, and caricature in order to achieve the desired effect of satire. As Karl points out Catch-22 had a profound effect on peoples views on war and also a impact on war novel’s of the 1960’s and 1970’s. If these novels are read as anything but satires they will not be appreciated nor ...
- 1078: Race
- ... race, sex, language, or religion”. A broad statement of human rights is contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, passed by the UN General Assembly in 1948, but it does not have a binding effect on member states. Later, the General Assembly passed the Covenant on Civil and political rights, as well as specific conventions on the prevention and punishment of genocide and on the Elimination of all forms of ... faces in seeking redress for a violation of his or her rights. On November 21,1991, the President George Bush signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1991. The 1991 Act had a drastic effect on employment discrimination cases. Several obstacles which victims faced in pursuing employment claims were removed. The Act better recognized the full extent of losses which a victim suffers and allowed for compensation or both the ...
- 1079: Legalization of Drugs
- ... are, in reality, caused directly or indirectly by drug prohibition. Let's assume the war on drugs is given up as the misguided enterprise it is. What will happen? The day after legalization goes into effect, the streets of America will be safer. The American citizens will no longer have to worry for their safety due to the drug dealers in their community. One year after legalization, 1,600 innocent people ... of teenagers who got into serious trouble in New York City were carrying guns, now the rate is 60%-65 Creating incentives to steal and rob to buy drugs is not the only crime-inducing effect of prohibition, perhaps not even the main one. This essay was to let you know the factual problems that prohibition causes, mainly how prohibition effects us the U.S. citizens’. In major cities, at least ...
- 1080: Zinn's A People's History of the United States: The Oppressed
- ... ripe for revolution. The reason that this book might be better titled A Proletarian's History of the United States is that Zinn's main focus on the book besides the actual history is the effect of the history on the common people and the workers, or proletarians as Marx and Engels referred to them. While most history books focus on the dominating Europeans, Zinn focuses on the dominated Native Americans ... writer. To state the facts, however, and then bury them in a mass of other information is to say to the reader: yes, mass murder took place, but it's not that important... it should effect very little what we do in the world” (8). Zinn says that “selection, simplification, [and] emphasis” (8) are necessary to the historian, but he chooses to take a different stance in his writings. “...I prefer ...
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