He express's thoughts on the right to have "choice" and how the "state" should act with the law. ... This concept even happens during and after Alex's treatment. ... The way the police treated criminals never seemed to change throughout the book. ... I think this is where we the readers see Burgess come alive in the book. ... All in all this was a great book that can be used as an eye opener to how the law reacts to criminals. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The accused looks to try and get another chance in life and to make the court believe that he/she can change. ... This shows how Canada's system is unfair to the victims and how justice isn't always a guarantee to be served. ... From the movie "12 Angry Men" one quote that stood out and made me think of all courtroom was "you wanted to pull the switch even before he had walked into the courtroom." ... What I thought about the mock trial held in class was a good case, it shows how a crime was committed and yet there wasn't the intent of doing the crime in other words a gu...

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Most juveniles make many mistakes growing up and don't think about their choices rationally. ... Most juvenile's brains aren't even fully developed at that age. ... The way an individual thinks completely changes when maturing and the experience of adulthood. ... Even small amounts of negative peer pressure during these years when the brain is still developing can lead at-risk teenagers to delinquent behaviors.... But an awareness of these factors can help judges, law enforcement and parents in the way we discipline our youth in general. ...

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One of Reiman's main arguments is that we are too civilized as a society to be executing people, even if the death penalty is a just punishment for murder. The argument that Reiman makes about the death penalty being a just punishment for murder is enough evidence in itself that he believes in it, but to think that we are too sophisticated to follow the practice is absurd. ... They made the calculated decision to harm someone so why should we care how terrible execution is to a murderer. ... " Although Pojman's Civilville is only a concoction of his literary work it is a great e...

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Even one out of three women in prison are in there because of drug related crimes. ... Many people back then thought it would be ok to just add the word women in every rule. ... I want them to know even though they are low risk they still have to prove to me that they have changed. ... This way the victim can let the offender know how much hurt they have caused them. ... For example a police officer stops a person whom the officer think is under the influence. ...

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We must start fresh. ... Whites would not want to put money into a police department, which they thought was unfair. ... I think my proposal would have a positive impact on society. ... You can not change that. ... We know how to rehabilitate people but we don't have the political will to do so. ...

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But is this really how the verse was meant to be interpreted? ... Most Americans gladly support the death penalty without even thinking of opposing it. ... That alone makes anyone think twice about using the death penalty. ... Capital punishment is hurting our economy at a time that we need all the help we can get. ... No matter how horrible or horrendous the person is, it is not his/her fault that others would do the same thing. ...

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(Potash and Walker, 1987) In Australia in the nineteenth century as many as 80 persons were hanged per year for crimes such as burglary, sheep stealing, forgery, sexual assaults and even, as well as for murder and manslaughter. ... "We universally and consistently oppose the death penalty, in all circumstances. ... £ SBS NEWS REVIEWS 2003These comments mark a significant change in Australia's attitude to the capital punishment. ... They thought that without the death penalty, the message will be sent to the criminal that they can kill anyone out of the fatal compensation. ... In a...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These people do not think about the consequences of their actions. ... Most criminals would think twice before committing murder if they knew their own lives was at stake. ... These illegal actions usually stem from drunkenness or a short term loss of logic thinking which can be attributed to anger. ... With all this opportunity for the case to be turned over or the sentence to be changed it is almost impossible for an innocent person to be executed. ... Abel Martinez: How is the death penalty a punishment that fits the crime? ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Amazingly, our criminal justice system is not even achieving this goal. ... We hear about shipwrecks, but we do not hear about the ships the lighthouse guides safely on their way. ... It is a common trait of man that we think about the consequences before we act. If not consciously, we still think about them subconsciously. ... Of course, it is impossible to make that a reality, but our government can make justice much more swift, severe, and certain than it already is if we simply increase the use of capital punishment and change the laws so that it is faster and has a shorter appeals process...

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