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18 Th Amendment Reform Movements
1,842 wordsThe Prohibition did not achieve its goals. Instead, it added to the problems it was intended to solve. (Thorton, 15) On January 16, 1920, a popular American pastime was suddenly seized from the public, and labeled a crime. The 18 th Amendment, known as the Voltstead Act, was put into effect and attempted to efficiently remove the importing, exporting, transporting, selling, and manufacturing of any liquor with an alcohol content exceeding 0. 5 %. The law was passed in order to reduce crimes such...
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The Matrix Movie Review
1,049 wordsVideo Production Feb. 4, 2001 The conspicuous film, The Matrix, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss and Hugo Weaving and directed by Andy Wachowski was a successful film with unforgettable action. The genre of The Matrix is science fiction/ action. It contains constant kung-fu fighting and always leaves you at the edge of your seat. It is also science fiction since it takes place in the year 2306, where humans no longer control the world, instead machines do. The Matrix f...
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Arrest Search Warrants And Probable Cause
1,681 words1. The United States Supreme Court has held that normally, a police seizure of either evidence of a crime in a constitutionally protected area or a possible criminal defendant must be based on probable cause (e. g. , Illinois v. Gates (1983) ). Furthermore, the Court has repeatedly stated that a government search or seizure on private premises without a warrant is presumptively unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment unless it falls within one of the "carefully delineated" (Welsh v. Wisconsin, (...
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Meyer Lansky Lucky Luciano
1,867 wordsCharles "Lucky" Luciano, without doubt the most important Italian-American gangster this country ever produced, left a far greater impact on the underworld than even the illustrious Al Capone. In 1931, Luciano created what can be called the American Mafia by wiping out the last important exponents of the Sicilian-style Mafia in this country. Together with Meyer Lansky, Luciano was also a founder of the Mafia's "parent" organization, the national crime syndicate, a network of multi-ethnic crimina...
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Stephen King Government Agency
1,057 wordsBy Stephen King Character Firestarter Fire-Starter By Stephen King Character Review: Protagonist- Charlie McGee is a girl with pyro kinesis (a power in which someone can light fires with a glance). She is 8 years old. She is short, has blond hair, and brown eyes. She doesnt like her power very much because she cant control it. When she was about 5 years old, she was in the kitchen with her parents when they were trying to help her control her power. They gave her a test on a piece of toast, she ...
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