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- 5871: Capital Punishment
- ... row. Supporters of capital punishment say that society has the right to kill in defense of its members, just as an individual has the right to kill in self defense for his or her own personal safety. This analogy is somewhat doubtful, however, as long as the effectiveness of the death penalty as a deterrent to violent crimes has yet to be proven. In the United States, the main objection to ...
- 5872: History of Punishment and The Code of Hammurabi
- ... legal procedure and the statement of penalties for unjust accusations, false testimony, and injustice done by the judges; the laws about property rights, loans, deposits, debts, domestic property, and family rights. A section speaking of personal injury states that penalties were imposed for injuries received during an unsuccessful operation by a doctor and damages caused by neglect in other trades. Rates were fixed in the code for a variety of services ...
- 5873: Gun Control
- ... while in no way preventing criminal use of handguns. It is also argued that by making it difficult for guns to be bought and registered for the American public there is a threat to the personal safety of American families everywhere. However controlling the sale and distribution of firearms is necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns. In 1988 there were 9000 handgun-related murders in America. Metropolitan centers and ...
- 5874: Rape
- ... the police telephone a friend, parent, or other trusted adult to go to the hospital with you. The victim should then write down everything that happened, everything about the rapist such as his characterists and personal distinctions. Doing this will be helpfull for the police to go and capture the rapist so that he cannot keep doing this kind of terrible act to any more potential victims or strike the same ...
- 5875: The Drinking Age Should Be Lowered to Eighteen
- ... be enjoyed mature young adults. Keeping the drinking age at twenty-one is also unfair to responsible eighteen to twenty-year-olds. Why should they be punished for those who are irresponsible? From my own personal experience, I have found that it is very frustrating to be a nineteen-year-old college student. I consider myself to be a mature nineteen-year-old, and I feel that I could drink responsibly ...
- 5876: The Drug War in America
- ... worth about $50,000, would get you the same sentence. Whites more often use powder cocaine. A small amount of marijuana or five grams of crack is just as likely to be for ones own personal use and even thought drugs are a bad choice a person should not go to jail for just doing drugs. (Gov. Johnson) The black prison population has increased from 16.3% in 1970 to 58 ...
- 5877: Child Abuse
- ... or seeing parents, injuries that appear after the child has not been seen for several days, unseasonable clothes that may hide injuries to arms or legs. Some signs of neglect are: obvious malnourishment, lack of personal cleanliness, torn or dirty clothes, obvious fatigue and listlessness, a child unattended for long periods of time, need for glasses, dental care, or other medical attention, stealing or begging for food, frequent absence from school ...
- 5878: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... plants. This is where none of the seeds will grow ever. Also, if the government would regulate it just as alcohol where by it is illegal to produce it for a profit but not for personal consumption. The government could put a limit on how much a household could grow. This is already in place in Alaska where it is legal to grow ten plants at a time and it is ...
- 5879: How To Reduce Crime In Your Neighborhood
- ... Such programs have been started all over the country. Maybe one already exists in your community. These organizations don't require frequent meetings (once a month or so). They don't ask anyone to take personal risks to prevent crime. They leave the responsibility for catching criminals where it belongs - with the police. This is NOT a "vigilante" group: These groups gather citizens together to learn crime prevention from local authorities ...
- 5880: Mother Teresa
- ... to teach. She started by teaching the alphabet. Soon, the number of students was almost forty. With Sister Teresas help, the students learned not only about language and numbers, but also they learned about personal hygiene and cleanliness. Through her students, Sister Teresa met many families of Calcutta and also learned about the poor amount of medical care. Many of these families had no income because the man of the ...
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