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- 2751: Hate Crimes and Punishment
- ... punishment. However, the death penalty cannot be worsened. This senseless concepts should have been more thought out. Also, officials are in favor of this type of punishment because it is said to have a deterrent effect. Meaning that, if criminals know that these laws exist criminals will think twice about committing a crime. But lawmakers failed to see that this is the point of any law. Look at how much crime ...
- 2752: Drinking and Driving
- ... people are injured in alcohol related traffic accidents each year - A twelve-ounce can of beer, a one-ounce glass of 100-proof liquor and a five-ounce glass of wine all have an equal effect on the body. - In 1995, alcohol-related traffic crashes cost the nation more than $46 billion dollars. - Compared to any other health problem, alcohol-related traffic crashes represent one of the most significant preventable costs ...
- 2753: Capital Punishment
- ... finally, there has been no record of change in the rate of homicides in a given city or state following a local execution. Any possibly of deterring a would-be murderer from killing has little effect. Most retentionists (people for capital punishment) argue that none of this statistical evidence proves that capital punishment does not deter potential criminals. There is absolutely no way prove, with any certainty, how many would-be ...
- 2754: The Drug War in America
- ... of the shame and stigmation of being an addict therefor making it easier and more likely for some to seek treatment. According to the Nation Institute on Drug Abuse treatment for drug addicts is cost effect. Methadone treatment reduces the risk of HIV infection, which is very expensive to treat, and has been shown to decrease criminal behavior by as much as 50%. It cost about $4,700 per patient a ...
- 2755: The Death Penalty
- ... Works Cited "UN report Calls for Ban on Executions in the US," Reuters News Agency, 1998-APR-3 http://alicewolf.org/death-penalty.htm http://www.essential.org/dpic/deter.html Isaac Ehrlich, "The Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment A Matter of Life and Death" American Economic Review, June 1975
- 2756: Minimum Drinking Age - 1998
- ... of 80 mg or more. 12 Comments The literature on the negative effects of lowering the drinking age is extremely convincing. Lowering the minimum drinking age to 18 years will not only have a detrimental effect on the health of 18-20 year olds, it will also reduce the de facto drinking age to 16 or even lower. While the current legislation with its many exemptions is confusing this is insufficient ...
- 2757: Gun Control
- ... or at least a much smaller reduction in the crime rate. A 1999 study by the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, based on FBI crime statistics, demonstrates that liberalizing CCW laws may have an adverse effect on a states crime rate. Between 1992 and 1997, the violent crime rate in states which kept strict CCW laws fell by an average of 24.8%. The 29 states that bought the NRA ...
- 2758: Marijuana Should Be Legalized
- ... Violence). Marijuana dealers and users are all criminals. Since millions of people are marijuana users, the United States has a large criminal class. This is bad for the country because it has an enormous corrupting effect on public institutions and laws. Contempt for the law and authority among users brings disrespect for authority (Marshall 90-91). If the war against marijuana is stopped, $10 billion a year in federal enforcement will ...
- 2759: Capital Punishment
- ... life is more severe punishment than any prison term, it must be a deterrent. They feel it will make criminals think twice about committing a crime. Even if the death penalty does not have an effect in deterring crime, it protects society from the threat of the same criminal committing a violation again when they are set free. A notable example is the case of Ali Agca, who attempted to assassinate ...
- 2760: Capital Punishment
- ... the time. The reason they argue these points so fervently is to try to hide the evidence the overwhelmingly supports exactly what they argue against. The death penalty saves lives by deterrence and its incapacitating effect. It is morally and legally just for murderers who have no respect for human life. With only one case that has even possibly been wrong in twenty years, it is safe and fair. With all ...
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