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Los Angeles Times Voir Dire
1,390 words... e blacks comprise 4. 5 % of the population countywide. The court maintained that the Sixth Amendment right of a fair trial does not limit governments ability to define the community from which jurors are selected. Albert J. Master, a Los Angeles Deputy Public Defender, stated that the decision on trial transfers conflicted with the historic American legal tradition of trying cases in the community where a crime occurred... giving the defendant a trial by peers and the immediate community a d...
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Should Judges Be Elected Or Appointed
1,103 wordsThe question of electing judges or appointing judges has had a long bumpy road in Illinois history. Over the last Twenty years the voters of the state of Illinois have been asked several times to vote on the constitutional proposal changing the judicial selection process. And the debate is not over yet. There are many proposals currently in front of the Illinois General Assembly. If enacted will change the selection methods. Supporters of the current elective system are fighting to keep the publ...
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Capital Punishment Is A Just Action
1,393 wordsA strong case can be made in principle for and against capital punishment. The argument in favor of capital punishment should be based on justice and the nature of a moral community; this is the definition of a just action. People who commit the act of first-degree murder should be brought to justice. Being brought to justice requires that each person respect the life and liberty of others. Respecting the life and liberty of others means that we as United Sates citizens have freedom of thought a...
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Race Religion And Ethnic Origin
1,764 wordsThe International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination identifies discrimination on the grounds of race, colour and ethnic origin as an obstacle to friendly and peaceful relations among people, cooperation between nations, and international peace and security. The Convention has been ratified by a majority of the United Nations' member states. Yet, as the world enters a new century, the problems of racial and ethnic discrimination persist. As evidenced by events on...
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Capital Punishment Of Juveniles
2,365 wordsCapital Punishment of Juveniles The death penalty has been an everyday occurrence in Western civilization for more than two thousand years. Not until two centuries ago, however, its use and abuse was seriously challenged in Italy, France, and England. Since then capital punishment has been a steady topic of debates in Europe as well as in the United States. The Eighth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution prohibits the imposition of "cruel and unusual punishment. " Either the imposition of a parti...
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American Bar Association Thurgood Marshall
818 wordsUpon the Declaration of Independence, a plan of confederation was offered to be prepared for the colonies. This plan, known as The Articles of Confederation, established a league of friendship among the states rather than a national government. The most significant fact about the created government was its weakness, it could not enforce even the limited powers it had. In James Madison's words, in his Federalist Paper # 10 complaints are everywhere heard that our governments are too unstable. The...
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18 Th Amendment Constitution Of The United States
1,915 wordsYou saved the very foundation of our Government. No man can tell where we would have gone, or to what we would have fallen, had not this repeal been brought about. -Letter to the VCL, 1933 This is a story about a small, remarkable group of lawyers who took it upon themselves, as a self- appointed committee, to propel a revolution in a drug policy: the repeal of the 18 th Amendment. In 1927, nine prominent New York lawyers associated themselves under the intentionally-bland name, " Voluntary...
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State Supreme Court Separate But Equal
1,702 wordsThe American judicial system is one of the most sophisticated and complex systems in the world today. It was designed to be accessible to anyone regardless of age, race, gender or religious belief. The American legal system, which provides a peaceful alternative to violence in the pursuit of a more equal and just community, has been a substantial factor in maintaining the stability of American society. (1) History has provided examples of judicial discrimination based on the accused's racial her...
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Marijuana Laws Norml American Cancer Society
1,530 wordsLegalization of Marijuana for Medical Purposes Currently, drugs remain high on the lists of concerns of Americans and are considered one of the major problems facing our country today. We see stories on the news about people being killed on the street everyday over drugs. What about the people who need marijuana to help them perhaps live longer and healthier? I believe that the federal government should legalize marijuana for medical purposes. There are millions of people nationwide who suffer w...
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Individual Identity Bar Association
1,945 wordsSummary of law: Rules By, or for, society Opposite of anarchy Provide benefits (stability, fairness, protection) Common will or elite design Enforced by coercion (punishment) Allocates resources Is a special process Involves certain people to carry it out Weber Law Law is a set of rules Laws are punishable; they can be enforced through coercion Laws are enforced by persons assigned to this job Laws are given consistency and predictability through courts Rational Law What weber s definition is kn...
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