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- 2321: Death Penalty
- ... forbids cruel and unusual punishment. People against Capital Punishment believe the death penalty is absurd and is in un-christian practice. Further more, they feel society should not" encourage sentiments of vengenance cater to morbid interest in ritual execution." Criminologists also built a strong case that the threat of death failed to deter murder, anymore effectively than prison. Therefore, to inflict harm to one,it is simply useless. However, the punishment ...
- 2322: Crime In the United States
- ... in 1994. For 5- and 10-year trend increments, the 1995 rate, the lowest since 1985, was 11 percent lower than the 1991 rate and 4 percent lower than 1986. Geographically, the total Crime Index rates ranged from 6,083 in the West to 4,180 in the Northeast. All regions recorded rate declines, 1994 versus 1995. The Crime Index rate was 5,761 per 100,000 inhabitants in the Nations ...
- 2323: Contracts
- ... writing. This is usually untrue. Most oral contracts are enforceable, but written contracts are easier to prove. Some types of contracts must be in writing, for example, contracts for the purchase or sale of any interest in real property, contracts to pay debts of others, and contracts that require more than a year to perform. Contracts for the sale of personal property--that is, movable property--as distinguished from land, at ...
- 2324: Common Sense Control, Not Gun Control
- ... abiding citizens. It's time to start educating each gun owner on how to safely use and keep their weapon. That, along with tougher penalties for those using guns during crimes, will lower the crime rates involving guns and the deaths related to guns. Works Cited Cassidy, J. Warren. "The Case for Firearms." Current Issues and Enduring Questions Boston: Bedford, 1993. Desuka, Nan. "Why Handguns Must Be Outlawed." Current Issues and ...
- 2325: Capital Punishment, Should It Or Should It Not Be Used In Today's Criminal Judging System
- ... death penalty provides a more effective deterrent to police homicides than alternative sanctions. Not for a single year was evidence found that police are safer in jurisdictions that provide for capital punishment" The highest homicide rates were also in Death Penalty states with executions: 9.7 homicides per 100,000 people as compared to 5.1 in states without the Death Penalty . It has also been shown that the Death Penalty ...
- 2326: Capital Punishment: For and Against
- ... which people can participate in each other's lives. If you press the motif to its highest manifestation, it becomes an ethic of non-resistance to evil, unqualified pacifism, and self-sacrifice in which self-interest is totally abandoned. The non-resisting Jesus on the cross who surrenders his life to save others is the epitome of at this level. Love at this point becomes superethical. It is grounded in a ...
- 2327: Capital Punishment: Does the End Justify the Means?
- ... severe alternative. There is no evidence to support the claim that the death penalty is a more effective deterrent of violent crime than say, life imprisonment. In fact, statistical studies that have compared the murder rates of jurisdictions with and without the death penalty have shown that the rate of murder is not related to whether the death penalty is in force: There are as many murders committed in jurisdictions with ...
- 2328: Gun Control
- ... Columbis Dispatch) "The Brady Law which took effect Febuary 28, 1994, requires a background check during the five day waitng period before the sale of a handgun." D. Police are inadequate Jeffery Synder (The Pblic Interest, 1993) "Crime is increasing because citizen resistence & law inforcement is inadequate." Plan Plan Plank 1. The plan will be administed by the Department of Justice and all oher necessary agencies in the U.S. Plan ...
- 2329: Gun Control
- ... study they found that "in Canada there were 443 handgun killings per 100,000 people compared to 4108 in the U.S. over the period of 1977-1983" . They also noted that the "American murder rates for handguns are higher than the total Canadian homicide rate"(249). According to Sproule and Kennett, "Canada's favourable situation regarding murder relative to the United States is to a large measure the result of ...
- 2330: Drug Legalization
- Drug Legalization Strong drug enforcement in the United States is correlated with the reduction in crime , drug use, and drug addiction growth rates. The impact on tougher drug sanctions has been overshadowed by a myth that U.S. drug enforcement has become too lenient. This myth has been promoted by the multi-million dollar pro-drug legalization lobby ...
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