This function of law it seems would be the most important to the conflict view of crime. ... Punishments of crimes are designed to prevent crimes from occurring. ... These functions together attempt to keep crimes from happening. Without laws murder, robbery, and other behaviors such as these would be much more common because of the lack of punishment for them. These two functions are the most important to the consensus viewpoint of crime. ...

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Criminals commit crimes knowing the possibilities of getting caught and having major punishments. Once the criminal knows the severity of their crime and they choose to continue on with it or commit it many times the criminal deserves the most severe punishment to fit the crime. ... Lawbreakers deserve to be punished: The punishment of a criminal should depend of the severity of the crime. ... We no longer look at the punishment of crime for justice; we look at the punishment in regards to how it will benefit society as a whole. ... While in a retributivist justification we consider the punis...

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States recognize that children who commit crimes are different from adults: as a class, they are less blameworthy, and they have a greater capacity for change. ... Pursuant to the above constitutional provision, the State has responsibility to provide the youth with care, support and understanding especially during times when he/she experiences confusions and the complexities of life, and is plunged to commit acts of delinquency and, to the extreme crime. ... They do not even know the pros and cons of their acts which resulted to a crime. ... Because juvenile court is traditionally committe...

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In today's society, people who commit a crime, and are convicted of the crime, are often times released of harsher punishments due to many factors such as the crime case not having enough evidence, or the suspect has a good lawyer. ... Hammurabi's Code had very few, if any, loop holes when one had committed a crime. ... Hammurabi had clear punishments and often times, payments for broken law. ... This gave sons of the Sumerian civilization great disincentive to obey their parents for fear of strict punishments. ... Due to the harsh laws and punishments for breaking the laws of Hammur...

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Hammurabi based his code on principles like, the strong should not injure the weak, and that punishment should fit the crime. ... Currently, punishments are issued through the state's law enforcement system, comparable to the way punishment was determined and enforced in ancient Babylon. ... Included in these crimes were bigamy, incest, kidnapping, adultery and theft. ... His uses of the punishment fitting the crime can still be seen today. ... Even though we don't chop off hands, or remove eyes anymore, the basis is still the same-the punishment usually fits the crime....

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The complaints were originally filed to pursue reparations for crimes committed against the deaths of Spanish citizens in Chile and Argentina under Pinochet's rule, but was broadened to include all the crimes of the regime. ... In the 1984 International Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment tightened the machinery of enforcement for violators. ... The issue at hand was not whether there was a prohibition but whether provisions of immunity by the head of state might override this doctrine and punishments set by the Torture convention. ....

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They are still a bit violent in some cases but are very much like today's punishment for crimes. Today we consider many of the crimes from Hammurabi's Code of Law to be morally unacceptable, but so are the punishments. So we take a different approach to these crimes. ... However today we do not agree with the violent eye for an eye and unusual crime and punishment principle as much as they did in ancient history. We have a more refined and sensible approach to crime and punishment. ...

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Hammurabi's code was written circa 1772 BCE, and it has approximately 282 codes which range from laws regarding property, agriculture, marriage, women's rights, and punishments for each individual crime. ... In later codes it is specified that if it was a slave's eye then the punishment was to pay a fine. ... Modern civilizations no longer have such harsh punishments but justice is more equal. The possible reason why the punishments were so harsh was to deter the population from doing them. On the other hand, maybe the amount of crimes was overwhelming that King Hammurabi neede...

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Hammurabis punishments are far more severe than those of today. ... It states,"If anyone ensnare another, putting a ban upon them, but he cannot prove it, then he that ensnared him shall be put to death," compared with today's punishment of the same crime this seems a little extreme. Death is punishment for most every crime imaginable in Hammurabi's time, but I suppose if people are scared to death, they are less likely to do something wrong. ... These Code of Laws never gave any person whom committed a crime a second chance, which also refers to not being able to prove the c...

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The establishment of this international court was to provide justice and to protect people from war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes of genocide. ... A trial was set after the arrest of Omar Al Bashir, who committed five counts of international crime such as murder, extermination, pillaging, forcible transfer, torture, rape, and war crimes against civilians. ... Justice is needed and people like Omar Al Bashir need to suffer proper punishments for such crimes he committed. Without these laws being enforced criminals would be encouraged to commit more crimes. ... His punishment b...

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The punishment is usually ordered by a member of the unit on someone who is out of step or not able to meet the corps' standards. ... Double jeopardy is the act of causing a person to be put on trial two times for the same crime. ... The military does not usually punish someone for a crime if they received punishment by a state court. ... It is the behavior of military officers and soldiers that separates its laws and punishments from the way civilians are treated. ...

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You can be punished when found guilty, in a number of ways, but who knows if they"re "fair "punishments, its all a matter of opinion. Is life in jail, say 25 years, going to be enough punishment for the parents charged with brutally murdering their daughter Farah Khan? ... Because although the legal system is not always right, it needs that lofty ideal of justice something to strive for, something to hope gets accomplished, the hope for every victim of a crime in any nature. ... I truly believe however, that justice as an ideal of a form of punishment does not always come in the conventional w...

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You can be punished when found guilty, in a number of ways, but who knows if they"re "fair "punishments, its all a matter of opinion. Is life in jail, say 25 years, going to be enough punishment for the parents charged with brutally murdering their daughter Farah Khan? ... Because although the legal system is not always right, it needs that lofty ideal of justice something to strive for, something to hope gets accomplished, the hope for every victim of a crime in any nature. ... I truly believe however, that justice as an ideal of a form of punishment does not always come in the conventional w...

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The state justice is defined as having the duty to prosecute most crimes (Zher 75). ... The state justice prosecutes crimes because of the power role for authority. ... Crime is seen as an obligation because it is to repair and restore society. ... The people involved in the legal profession are more responsible for the crime that occurs and need to find a medium in order to prevent crime to continue. 3. ... This idea explains that blame is the cause of punishment inflicted upon both innocent and guilty offenders. ...

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Capital punishment therefore becomes a consistent cycle of death and homicide that generally, people are obliviously okay with. ... Yes, he should pay for his crimes, but it is hard not to feel sorry for him all the same. ... Capote describes it in all its grim detail, forcing the reader to look at the callousness of these deaths as he puts a human face on capital punishment. By portraying Smith so sympathetically, Capote adds ammunition to his case against capital punishment. ... Jones's examination of Smith and the medical journal article exonerate Perry Smith for his crimes because of...

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So why would they let someone go who they thought committed the crime? ... This is used in capital punishment cases and is presented to the grand jury. ... Once ruled not guilty, a person cannot be re-tried for the same crime. ... Finally, we come to the conclusion of the process the eleventh step which is punishment or rehabilitation. ... The sentence has to be reasonable because of the eighth amendment against cruel and unusual punishment. ...

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Conceiving of the relation between negligence and criminality in this way enables Ripstein to plausibly characterize crimes as "torts with something added." ... (p.g.148) In my opinion I do not believe that negligence such as a discarded cigarette id the same thing as arson, but at the same time both of them are crimes, which need to be punishment. ... Thus, punishment is needed on Ripstein view, to vindicate the victim's rights. ... The reason being that "there in not wrong to right, and so the normal basic for punishment is absent. ... By analyzing the law of tort and crime in terms...

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The reason that members of our society obey the law, on the most part, is to avoid punishment. We are deterred from breaching society's expectations by the punishments that misconduct holds. We are placed in positions which could humiliate us by committing a crime. ... However, the punishment that really works the best is jail time. ...

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The penalties for breaking any of the laws and ordinances given out, by God, in Exodus and Matthew, two chapters of the bible, are simply too harsh for the average citizen who have committed crimes that aren't "too severe." ... The passage "The Law concerning violence," in chapter 21 of Exodus, most clearly shows that the penalties God established as punishments for people's crimes are too harsh. These laws state what constitutes a crime and what will happen if they are broken. ... If any of these laws are broken, the immediate punishment is, as mentioned, death. ... The punishment h...

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Where some people consider justice is the punishment of a criminal for specific violations of the law of the land, rarely is the punishment satisfactory for a victim to feel recompensed. Even where a punishment is extreme to the point of execution, a victim may not feel satisfied. ... Is the suffering endured by those being punished commensurate with the crime committed? ... Is Justice being done when a crime has been committed in which there are no victims, but the transgressors are punished anyway? ...

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Depending on the severity of the crime, the person might get a simple slap on the hand, pay a small or large fine, or possibly be thrown in jail. If the crime that the person commits involves killing another person, they might possibly be put to death themselves. ... The punishment for breaking a law seems a bit harsher under the code of Hammurabi than the Twelve Tables. ... Also, the Roman republic did not distinguish the punishment of the crimes based on the social standing of the people, everyone had equal protection under the law. ...

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Today, many of these punishments may seem antiquated, but the basic scope of the protection remains the same. ... Inmates have the right to be free from sexual crimes, including sexual harassment. ... The Eighth Amendment has been the topic of much controversy mostly concerning the death penalty, but it also covers the treatment of those convicted of crimes. It is thought that the Eighth Amendment was written to eliminate torture which had been used in dealing with those convicted of crimes. ... The framers of the Constitution did not give us specific instructions on what was to be considered ...

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The punishment however is awarded by a judge who is trained in sentencing, so that there is some consistency in the punishment to fit the crime. ... Whereas a jury is able to base their verdict on the fairness of a case and are able to bring in different elements such as empathy for the plaintiff and the general feeling of the community towards the crime. ...

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When a person grows up in an area where crime is how they have learned to live, they learn to model these criminal behaviors in their own time of need. Poverty also has a lot to do with crime, this include drugs. There are many other factors between poverty and crime. Just because a person is poor does not mean they will commit a crime, but poverty can lead to things like malnutrition, resentment, or lower education and these factors are all considered to be predictors in crime. ... I think one obstacle could be that many people would not see diversion programs as a punishment. ...

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Citizens should report all crimes that they witness, take precautions to ensure safety and lend their support to police officers. ... Congress punishes major crimes committed against U.S. ships at sea as well. ... In all of these courts they use different kinds of laws to settle disputes and try people accused of many crimes. ... There are also rights to people accused of crimes for a speedy trial and to have a jury trial. They are also guaranteed fair and reasonable punishment and bail. ...

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