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Brutally Murdered British Soldiers
999 words
The Boston Massacre is considered by many
historians to be the first battle of the
Revolutionary War. The fatal incident happened on
March 5 of 1770. The massacre resulted in the
death of five colonists. British troops in the
Massachusetts Bay Colony were there to stop
demonstrations against the Townshend Acts and keep
order, but instead they provoked outrage. The
British soldiers and citizens brawled in streets
and fought in bars. The citizens viewed the
British soldiers as potential oppressors...
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U S Citizens Convicted Felons
1,129 words
... uncles that come with the use of guns is often
forgotten or not shown. What many do not often
realize is that gun manufacturers will pay movie
production companies to use their brand of gun in
a scene, so they may get a wider audience of gun
users. According Mark DeAntionio, the director of
Inpatient Adolescent Services, The biggest problem
I see in America is to have adolescents who have
access to firearms. Its a lethal mixture (De
Antonio n. pg. ). It is very evident that teens
and gun vio...
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Death Penalty Capital Punishment
977 words
During the past quarter century Abortion, Capital
Punishment, and Euthanasia have been very
controversial subjects in the United States. These
methods are ineffective as well as cruel and
immoral. They are power over life and death, and
they touch some the deepest feelings in human
beings. Thomas Jefferson states in The Declaration
of Independence states all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the P...
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Juveniles In The Adult System
843 words
If a twelve-year-old child murdered a person, what
should be his / her punishment? If a
thirty-year-old adult murdered a person, what
should be his / her punishment? Should there be a
difference in punishment? Should one be more
strict then the other? Should one be more lenient
then the other? These are all questions that most
people have thought about. With all the youth
crime talk in the media, these questions have been
asked many times, and we always get the same
outcome; DEBATE. One side of ...
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Gun Control The Real Issues
1,641 words
Misuse or theft prohibited by law. This was the
warning printed on a milk-carrying container at
the local grocery store where I work. The use of
the word prohibited intrigued me, so when I got
home I looked it up in Readers Digests Great
Encyclopedic Dictionary. I found two definitions:
1. To forbid, especially by authority or law;
interdict. and 2. To prevent or hinder... (1077)
Now, which definition was being used in the
warning? Was is possible to forbid misuse or theft
by passing a law? Cert...
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Death Row Inmates Inmates On Death Row
932 words
Death by execution has existed as a punishment
since the dawn of time. Yet although this has
existed seemingly forever, the question of its
morality has also existed for that same amount of
time. Killers kill innocent people, there is no
question about that, but does that give us the
right to kill these killers? I do not think so.
Racism is often the driving force behind crime.
Yet in a justice system that preaches equality, it
too is led by racism. There is "a pattern of
evidence indicating rac...
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Sexually Abused Capital Punishment
744 words
The Debate over the merits of capital punishment
has endured for years, and continues to be an
extremely indecisive and complicated issue.
Adversaries of capital punishment point to the
Marshalls and the Millgard's, while proponents
point to the Dahmers and Games. Society must be
kept safe from the monstrous barbaric acts of
these individuals and other killers, by taking
away their lives to function and perform in our
society. At the same time, we must insure that
innocent people such as Marshal...
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Supreme Court Ruled Supreme Court Cases
761 words
The Constitution Protects the Civil Rights of
Americans The Constitution does protect the civil
rights of Americans. Even though some laws are
passed that violate the civil rights of people in
the United States, the Supreme Court corrects
these errors. The cases reviewed here ask if it is
okay to compose and mandate prayer in schools,
whether the death penalty is Constitutional, and
how much privacy is given to the American people.
In the following Supreme Court cases, the reader
will find that ...
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Good Versus Evil Scarlet Letter
488 words
The Scarlet Letter: Review Adultery, betrayal,
promiscuity, subterfuge, and intrigue, all of
which would make an excellent coming attraction on
the Hollywood scene and probably a pretty good
book. Add Puritan ideals and writing styles,
making it long, drawn out, tedious, wearisome,
sleep inducing, insipidly asinine, and the end
result is The Scarlet Letter. Despite all these
things it is considered a classic and was a
statement of the era. The Scarlet Letter is a
wonderful and not so traditional...
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Supreme Court Justices United States Supreme Court
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Gideon v. Wainwright What most people dont know is
that in the past those arrested for a crime did
not really have the right to an attorney unless
they had money. This became a right because
Clarence Gideon, a prison inmate who did not have
the money for a lawyer, took a pencil in his hand
and wrote his own petition to the United States
Supreme Court. Clarence Gideon, without a lawyer,
took his case to the highest court in the country
and won important rights for all of us. In 1961,
Clarence Gid...
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President Bill Clinton Writ Of Habeas Corpus
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A Habeus Corpus History Repeated A Confederate
Soldier, on leave from war, was captured,
imprisoned and denied any right to a trial. Though
summoned by the Chief of Justice of the United
States of America, John Merryman, by right of
Habeas Corpus was denied a trial (Britannia Sec.
1). In 1679 the incorporation of Habeas Corpus was
granted to all citizens, authorizing judges to
review a court case for all imprisoned
perpetrators. At the outbreak of the Civil War
President Abraham Lincoln repealed...
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Millions Of Dollars Police Corruption
727 words
History of Police Corruption in the United States
The challenges facing the Chicago Police
Department today are not new, nor are they unique
to this city. The problem reaches back as far as
the establishment of the first organized police
forces in the United States. Corruption has taken
many forms and has continued to plague the police
departments of nearly every major city. Police
corruption may change form over time, but its
roots are firmly planted in American history. In
The Development of t...
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Agatha Christie Maltese Falcon
1,417 words
History of the Detective Novel Perhaps the first
crime writer was Cicero. He was born Marcus
Tullius Cicero in Arpinum, a small town on the
outskirts of Rome on January 3, 106 BC. As a young
man in Rome his skill as an orator had already
begun to grow. He began to plead cases in the
public forum in his 20 s, becoming well known in a
very short period of time. By the time he was in
his mid- 30 s he was the most recognised pleader
at the Roman bar. A magistrate as well as a public
speaker, at 42 h...
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Public School System Modern Day
648 words
How America Is Under Puritan Influence The
Puritans were a group of people who settled in New
England in 1620. They went to America to be free
to practice religion without being persecuted. The
Puritan beliefs were similar to the Catholics. The
difference was that the Puritans tried harder to
enforce the Ten Commandments. Modern day America
is influenced by the moral, ethical, and religious
convictions of the Puritans. The Puritans had a
democratic Church order. Which meant, when people
wanted t...
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Today Society Rape Victims
1,277 words
It was a stormy, pitch black night. A strange man
breaks into a woman? s apartment by sliding open
an unlocked window. He threatens the woman? s life
as she kicks and screams with terror. He rapes
her, and then leaves. After work a husband comes
home and insists that his wife performs oral sex.
When she denies him of his request; he tightly
grabs her shoulder and pushes her to her knees. He
then unzips his pants and forces her to perform
oral sex. A couple is out on a date, when the man
pulls of...
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Supreme Court Justice Death Penalty
280 words
Innocent men have been executed in the United
States. According to a report published by the
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty,
or the NCADP, 23 innocent men have been executed
in the U. S. this century. About 4. 5 people are
wrongly convicted of capital crimes each year.
Willie Darden was executed in Florida for a crime
that he couldnt have committed. The key witnesses
in his case were not allowed to testify. The
person who did testify against Darden admitted
that, in her opinion,...
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Marijuana For Medical Medical Use Of Marijuana
1,122 words
In the late 1970 s, Susan Nelson watched her
husband, Don, vomit constantly. Don was undergoing
chemotherapy to treat his testicular cancer. The
body rejects the drugs used in chemotherapy by
means of vomiting. The constant vomiting caused
Don further tissue damage than he already had. In
1989, Susan discovered she had lymphoma. Susan
also went under chemotherapy, but during her whole
treatment she only vomited once. Why do you think
this is? She took matters into her own hands: she
fired up a j...
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Criminal Justice System Voir Dire
913 words
The Role of the Prosecutor All serious criminal
cases require the participation of three
individuals: the judge, counsel for the
prosecution, and counsel for the accused. If any
one of these are absent from the procedure, Athe
criminal justice system is incomplete@ (Congress).
The prosecutor stands at a critical stage in the
criminal justice system as well as playing a
critical role before, during and after the trial.
They serve many functions throughout the criminal
process. Some of which are i...
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Canadian Charter Hate Propaganda
1,460 words
Mr. Keegstra was a high school teacher in the
small Alberta town of Eckville, where he also
acted as mayor for a short duration. Mr. Keegstra
had toiled in obscurity as a social studies
teacher until is dismissal in 1982 after
allegations that his teachings were highly
anti-semitic, referring to Jews as subversive,
sadistic, money loving, etc. As well, Keegstra
denied the holocaust and reinforced his views by
giving grades to those who agreed with his
teachings. If they failed to agree, their ma...
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Black Panther Party Black Panthers
875 words
Bobby Black Panthers Bobby Seale Bobby Seale was
one of the co-founders of the Black Panther Party.
He was born on October 22, 1939 in Dallas Texas.
By the time Bobby was ten his family moved to
Oakland, California where he would have a rough
childhood. Seale s family was very poor so this
only added to his dire childhood. Bobby eventually
dropped out of high school and at 18 he was
indicted into the Air Force. He was immediately
sent to Amarillo, Texas to receive training as an
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