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Human Rights Watch Police Misconduct
1,560 words
... evenly stopped twice to beat Louima, who was
handcuffed. One of the officers who provided
information was transferred out of the 70 th
Precinct and reportedly provided with security in
case of retaliation by fellow officers. After the
incident, the commanding and executive officers of
the 70 th Precinct were reassigned, and another
fourteen officers reportedly were placed on
modified assignment or suspended. On August 18,
1997, U. S. Attorney Zachary W. Carter announced
that the Justice Depa...
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Made Sexual Advances Gacy Had Told Police
1,774 words
... y showed no sexual interest in her that hurt
Carole, but also what pained her even more was
when she began to find magazines with naked men
and boys in her house. She knew that Gacy was
reading them and he acted nonchalantly about his
new choice of reading material. In fact, Gacy had
told Carole that he preferred boys to women.
Naturally, Carole was distressed and she soon
filed for divorce. The couples divorce became
final on March 2, 1976. Although Gacy was having
marital problems, he refu...
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United States V Alcoholic Beverage
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of itself does not constitute reckless behavior.
However, Woody, retrieving out of his photographic
memory, cites the courts opinion and facts in Gill
v. State. Similarly to your situation, the
defendant was intoxicated, speeding, and weaving
in and out lane when, without even attempting to
stop, she hit a stationary vehicle. Coincidently,
the arresting officer also found several beer
containers in the backseat of her car.
Consequently, the court found her guilty of
aggravated assault. The court...
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Search And Seizure Probable Cause
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... that are in plain view. This exception
generally applies only to a fleeing felon. If the
police are pursuing a suspect for a misdemeanor or
a non-jail able offense, or other minor
infraction, hot pursuit will ordinarily not apply.
The sixth warrantless search is Search Incident to
Arrest. When a person is placed under arrest, the
police may search the person and the immediate
surroundings for weapons that might be used to
harm the officer. If the person is taken to jail,
the police may searc...
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Million Dollars A Year People To Live
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In major cities around the world, both time and
money are being wasted in the fight against
prostitution. Not only are politicians constantly
devising new methods of eliminating the
prostitutes, but also the mayors of these cities
are continuously squandering precious amounts of
money in trying to rid the streets of prostitutes.
What the politicians do not realize however is
that no matter how hard they try, they will never
fully eradicate prostitution. Sex is essential to
the human being; if on...
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Back Into Society Marital Status
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Deterrence is a view that is used in hope that it
will discourage other from committing illegal
acts. The idea is that rehabilitation is intended
to restore offenders to a constructive role in
society. Many prison throughout the United States
have been experiencing the problem of over
crowdedness. Developments such as probation,
parole and indeterminate sentencing are provided
to help in deterrence. The programs must aim to
change those who want to change. This kind of
program would provide skil...
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Tennessee V Scopes Trial Fact Or Fiction
876 words
In 1925 the court case of Tennessee v. Scopes
received national attention, and gained legendary
status. This case was the direct result over the
nationwide debate on weather Charles Darwin's
Theory of Evolution, or the bibles account of
Genesis, should be taught in public schools, and
also effected what was being taught in the public
school system. In the years leading up to 1960,
and the release of the Hollywood film Inherit the
Wind the facts of the scopes trial became very
distorted from the ...
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Legalizing Drugs Illegal Drugs
540 words
The debate over drugs continues to disturb the
American public. Many Americans take at face value
the assumptions that drugs cause addiction, which
leads to crime, and that addiction is an illness.
Yet abundant evidence exits to support the view
that legalizing illegal drugs can help solve the
drug problem in America. Hi, my name is Evan Dana.
Today I am going to discuss why legalizing illegal
drugs can help this appalling problem that we face
today in U. S. society. Lets begin by accepting a
fa...
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House Of Commons Members Of Parliament
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Civil War King V. Parliament. What were the causes
which led to the conflict between Charles 1
038; Parliament? Charles I believed very strongly
that a King was Gods appointed ruler, thus when
Parliament started to try and enforce their ideas
about how the country should be run, Charles
refused to listen and Parliament responded by
refusing to give him money, which was vital in
running the Kingdom. To counter this, Charles
ordered wealthy land owners to loan him money, if
this order was refus...
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Law Enforcement Authorities Enforcement Authorities Questions
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Dont Talk to Cops By Guy McBernson GOOD MORNING!
My name is investigator Holmes. Do you mind
answering a few simple questions? If you open your
door one day and are greeted with those words,
STOP AND THINK! Whether it is the local police or
the FBI at your door, you have certain legal
rights of which you ought to be aware before you
proceed any further. In the first place, when law
enforcement authorities come to see you, there are
no simple questions. Unless they are investigating
a traffic acc...
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Mom And Dad Creative Writing
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My Creative Writing Creative Writing My boredom
lingered on despair as I sit at home alone
wondering what my friends are doing at school. I
wouldn t be in this situation if I would have
stayed out of trouble. My antics got me suspended
from school, and enough trouble with the law that
they had me on house arrest. I could not talk to
my friends and I couldn t go anywhere either. My
thoughts start to stray towards Lisa. Lisa is a
petite blonde that amazes me with her
intelligence. I find myself th...
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Victims Of Domestic Violence Quality Of Life
1,672 words
Violence, in basic terms, as defined by Lauer
(1998) refers to the use of force to kill, injure,
or abuse others (pg. 205). It can range from a
schoolyard scuffle to a drug deal murder. Either
act is violent in nature. Domestic violence
refers, more specifically, to violence between
people involved in an intimate relationship. This
relationship can be a husband and wife, boyfriend
and girlfriend, or children and their parents. It
can take many forms, such as verbal abuse threats,
name calling, i...
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First Three Stories Point Of View
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Dubliners (1914) by James Joyce Introduction Joyce
said that in Dubliners his intention was to write
a chapter in the moral history of my country and I
chose Dublin for the scene because the city seemed
to me the centre of paralysis. The 15 stories
which make up the collection are studies on the
decay and banality of lower middle-class urban
life and the paralysis to which Joyce refers is
both intellectual and moral. The characters who
appear in the stories lead un eventual and
frustrated lives,...
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J Edgar Hoover Crime Fighting
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J. Edgar Hoover was a young 25 -year-old when he
became the acting director of the Federal Bureau
of Investigations. His first federal job was as a
clerk in the files division, and he quickly became
one of the most respected and feared men in the
free world. Even presidents knew better than to
cross him. A consummate politician, Hoover was one
of the first to ride the media train to power. He
used the media as a tool and he knew that what
people read and what they see and hear directly
affect wh...
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Juvenile Justice System Male And Female
1,893 words
Who is the typical female delinquent? What causes
her to get into trouble? What happens to her if
she is caught? These are questions that few
members of the general public could answer
quickly. By contrast, almost every citizen can
talk about delinquency, by which they generally
mean male delinquency, and can even generate some
fairly specific complaints about, for example, the
failure of the juvenile justice system to deal
with such problems as the alarming increase in the
rate of serious juven...
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Supreme Court Cases U S Supreme Court
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The first amendment of the US Constitution states
that? congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press? ? . Ever since the
beginning of the Supreme Court, cases have come up
time and time again that challenge this amendment,
or require the justices to interpret this
amendment. Looking back at all the cases heard, it
is obvious that the US Supreme Court have changed
their interpretat...
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Human Rights Religious Organizations
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How The Sino-American Relationship Improved In 70
SHow The Sino-American Relationship Improved In 70
S I. Introduction The American President Nixon's
historic trip to China in February 1972 marked the
beginning of a new era in Sino-American relations.
For the first time since 1949, the two countries
established high-level official contacts and
transformed their relationship from confrontation
to collaboration. Over the following twenty years,
however, U. S. -China relations have experienced
repe...
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Law Enforcement Officers Due To The Fact
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Com 101 - 03 Professor Police Brutality Ryan
Liddell Com 101 - 03 Professor Reagan 2 August
2000? Police Brutality is a fact of American life.
In Major cities across the country, officers are
abusing their authority in the most flagrant ways?
(? Must End? ). Law enforcement officers carry
guns, are given special privileges and great
responsibility. Public safety officers are trusted
and expected to respect society as a whole. Taking
all of this into consideration, do cops actually
break the law?...
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Law Enforcement Officials York City Police
1,713 words
Racism and police brutality goes hand in hand, and
causes a major concern in todays society, in the
United States. On March 3, 1991 in California,
Rodney King an African American, was pulled over
after a high-speed chase, and after stopping was
beaten by four white police officers (Worsnop
635). Tracy Brock also an African American was
arrested in Manhattan in November of 1986. An
officer smashed his head through a plate glass
window, when Brock refused to go into the officer?
s lunchroom (Polic...
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U S Attorney United States Of America
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Watergate Scandal THE WATERGATE SCANDAL Watergate
is a hotel in Washington D. C. where the
Democratic National Committee held their campaign
headquarters. The current president at the time
was Richard M. Nixon, who was involved in the
scandal himself and which lead to the cause of his
resignation. The Watergate scandal should not have
happened, but it did and it caused the American
people to judge less of their government system.
The scandal began on June 17, 1972, with the
arrest of five men wh...
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