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2411: Persuasive Essay on Capital Punishment: ... the death penalty could be a great success because it could teach people that the murderous crime(s) committed by a person is wrong and that the country will no longer tolerate such acts of violence (Bedau). Although many adversaries argue that the death penalty can never fully eliminate criminals, the death penalty creates a safer society and gives future criminals harder consequences to face. Capital punishment also helps avoid over ...

2412: Adult Punishments For Children: ... I don't think someone of that age, has develop the emotions to kill someone in cold blood. Like gaining morals in childhood, people form emotions throughout childhood. This little boy probably just saw the violence on the television and mimicked what he saw. I think that children who commit crimes this severe should not be treated like adults, but there is some sort of problem with the child, so something ...

2413: Gun Control: Simple Solution or Ticket to Trouble: ... I asked earlier, what is gun control? Well, from what I learned it is a way to ensure the safety of our nation and a good start at cutting down the amount of crime and violence in society today. Like I said before, Gun Control: Simple Solution or Ticket to Trouble, I would go with simple solution every time.

2414: The Controversy of Capital Punishment: ... the contrary, murder demonstrates a lack of respect for human life, for this very reason, murder is abhorrent, and a policy of state-authorized killings is immoral. It epitomized the tragic inefficacy and brutality of violence, rather than reason, as the solution to difficult social problems. Capital punishment is cruel and unusual. It is cruel because it is a relic of the earliest days of penology, when slavery, and other corporal ...

2415: Rape: ... by an aquiantance rape because most girls and women think that only sick perverted men rape. They assume that since only psychotics rape, they will see over the signals about a mans potential for such violence. Any woman or girl who has been attacked should report it. Rape is against the law. Rape is rape and any form of forced sex, when nieghbors, co-workers, classmates, and casual friends is a ...

2416: Capital Punishment: ... the Bible which are often quoted out of context corrupt the compassionate attitude of Judaism and Christianity, which clearly focuses on redemption and forgiveness, and urges humane and effective ways of dealing with crime and violence. Those who use the Bible to support the death penalty are by themselves since almost all religious groups in the United States regard executions as immoral. They include, American Baptist Churches USA, American Jewish Congress ...

2417: Mexico's Drug Trade: ... inconsistency of the U.S. drug policy would probably become too conspicuous were Washington to threaten sanctions against a partner in the North American Free Trade Agreement. Also, if Mexico experienced the level of social violence seen in Colombia, for instance, the United States would be directly affected. This development would certainly provoke Washington’s increased involvement in Mexico’s domestic affairs (Boaz 102). The United States needs to formulate a ...

2418: Minimum Drinking Age - 1998: ... Violent crime linked to alcohol rose to 350,700 offences in England and Wales in 1997. The Commissioner for Metropolitan Police, Sir Paul Condon and the Home Office Chief criminologist have linked the increase in violence to greater access to alcohol through the relative affluence of young people, their ability to drink in a club culture and the marketing of extra strong drinks aimed at young people. 11 * In Australia, when ...

2419: Gun Control: ... rate reduction is a very popular one, but also very untrue. More guns = more crime – 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 state’s crime rate. Between 1992 and 1997, the violent crime rate in states which kept strict CCW ...

2420: Medicalizing Drugs: ... it seemed to fully support what I had originally felt would occur if we were to follow Alan Dershowitz's proposal. Rachel states in her article that "But the result was increased drug use, crime, violence, and prostitution, 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 ...

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