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Juvenile Justice System Committed By Juveniles
807 wordsOn March 7, 2000, Californians voted in favor of Proposition 21 - The Juvenile Justice Initiative... The number of crimes committed by juveniles has risen dramatically, and it will continue to rise unless some action is taken. Thus, juvenile offenders should be punished more severely to deter other teenagers from committing crimes and for the safety of all citizens. I am in favor of the requirement that juvenile offenders, age 14 or older, be tried as adults for serious crimes, such as murder or...
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Three Strikes And Youre Out
1,472 wordsIn 1994 California voters approved a ballot initiative known as Three Strikes and Youre Out. The law states that people who are convicted of three felonies may end up facing life in prison (Mullins). The Three Strikes law increases the prison sentences of persons convicted of felonies who have been previously convicted of a violent or serious felony, and limits the ability of these offenders to receive a punishment other than a prison sentence. Violent offenses include murder, robbery with a dea...
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White Collar Crime Air And Water
1,020 wordsCrime refers to many types of misconduct forbidden by law. Crimes include such things as murder, stealing a car, resisting arrest, possessing or selling illegal drugs, appearing nude on a public street, drunken driving, and bank robbery. The list of acts considered crimes is constantly changing. For example, at one time, people were charged with witchcraft, but this is no longer illegal. Today, it is becoming a serious crime to pollute the air and water. In colonial days, pollution received litt...
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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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Declare War Terrorist Groups
1,041 words... owing. Soldiers and citizens are being killed in the war. Unfortunately, the target governments are not treating terrorism like the war it is. If we take the United States as an example, the limited war powers granted to the president by Congress are not powerful enough and are not used in a systematic way to defeat the enemy. If we are to win the war against terrorism, we must realise that it is war. Until we see it as military aggression, we will be unsuccessful in ending terrorism in this...
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Three Strikes Law Cruel And Unusual Punishment
1,157 words... -strike law, a defendant faces 25 years (minimum) to life in prison after conviction of three felonies that qualify as strikes. The first two strikes must be serious or violent felonies. The controversial portion of the law, however, centers on the third strike, which can be any felony as petty as theft. Any felony or offense that is charged and sentenced as a felony would qualify as a third strike. Legislation is starting to change because many are complaining about the unjust sentencing fo...
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352 wordsCONVICTION OF EBBERS Felonies are generally described as offenses that are punishable by more than one years imprisonment. One sometimes sees these felonies referred to as capital crimes or infamous crimes. These terms have little or no legal significance today. All other crimes which carry less severe penalties, are misdemeanors. Violations are punished less severely than crimes. The distinction between felonies and misdemeanors on the one hand, and violations, on the other, is really the diffe...
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Financial Losses Criminal Law
1,072 wordsThe present research is devoted to the discussion of felony and misdemeanor as the two main categories of the criminal law at present time. The discussion will be based on real case examples, and will be aimed at defining which crimes should be considered a felony, and which should be considered a misdemeanor. Criminal Law American criminal law presents various classifications of criminal delinquencies. The most widely spread legislative classification is the division of crimes into the two big ...
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Three Strikes Law Criminal Justice System
2,974 wordsMy Court Session I had the opportunity to attend a court session recently. The court session was held at the criminal juvenile court. After this court session, I was able to contemplate with more knowledge not only on this particular court case, but on the juvenile criminal system at large. After the session, I was able to talk to the defense attorney, who helped me a lot in formulating my ideas and shaping my views on the juvenile criminal justice system. I will first talk about the session its...
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White Collar Crime Writing This Paper
2,113 wordsCrime refers to many types of misconduct forbidden by law. Crimes include such things as murder, stealing a car, resisting arrest, possessing or selling illegal drugs, appearing nude on a public street, drunken driving, and bank robbery. The list of acts considered crimes is constantly changing. For example, at one time, people were charged with witchcraft, but this is no longer illegal. Today, it is becoming a serious crime to pollute the air and water. In colonial days, pollution received litt...
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White Collar Crime Crime And Violence
1,975 wordsCrime refers to many types of misconduct forbidden by law. Crimes include such things as murder, stealing a car, resisting arrest, possessing or selling illegal drugs, drunken driving, and bank robbery. The list of acts considered crimes is constantly changing. For example, at one time, people were charged with witchcraft, but this is no longer illegal. Today, it is becoming a serious crime to pollute the air and water. In colonial days, pollution received little attention because it caused few ...
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Gun Control Laws Gun Control Advocates
1,070 wordsGun Control One of the biggest issues in the United States today seems to be gun control. The government is constantly proposing legislation for more and more gun control. Slowly they are chipping away at our constitutional right to keep and bear arms. You must ask yourself: For what reason does the government want to restrict law abiding citizens from owning guns? Certainly government is not so naive to think criminals will adhere to gun control laws. There just may be an underlying motive for ...
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Three Strikes Law Twenty Five Years
2,366 wordsCruel and Unusual Punishment is a fundamental right given to us by the United States (U. S. ) Constitution. The 8 th amendment states, ? Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted. ? Last year in California voters approved a controversial ballot initiative. Proposition 184, also known as the three strikes and youre out law, was passed on November 9, 1994. Under this new legislation repeat offenders, upon committing their third fe...
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