At first glance it seems more then reasonable for job training, without it ex-cons would have no where to go when released, except back to a life of crime. ... I see their argument very clearly, but I still think that I would rather have released convicts competing for jobs than to be placed back into society with little options other than going back into a life of crime. ... A good example that comes to mind is Blow, a Hollywood movie based on a true story. In Blow, a marijuana peddler goes to jail only to come out an expert in cocaine and soon thereafter becomes a cocaine kingpin. .....

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These adolescents were being released back into society as hardened criminals. ... So why then, nearly a century later, is the American Congress taking a step back and reuniting adults and juveniles in the same prison system. ... Young offenders often come from broken homes; their problems are deeper than stealing or drug abuse. ... Congress says their reasoning is to cut back on costs, but these children who live from day to day in fear are going be released in an even shoddier state than when they entered. ... Yes there are holes in the juvenile system and yes people are afraid of what is ha...

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Well, this is not true, and I am going to prove it. ... This is bad for the community because adults are not monitored as closely as teens, so crime could easily come from them. ... There is no harm done when teens go to the movies or visit in a park. ... Individuals all around the nation desire that curfew gets pushed back. ... You see, even city councils desire that a curfew be pushed back for teens. ...

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I am talking about bringing back capital punishment, or as some know it, the death penalty. ... As you read on, you will see why we need to bring it back to the state. ... Capital punishment is not all about bad consequences; some very good things come out of it. ... We should go back to the old form of executions, where there are public executions for all to see and the dignity of the convicted is taken away. ... In conclusion we need capital punishment to come out of hibernation in this country. ...

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In the teenage years it is common for an individual to experience all the savage realities of life as a sub-adult, while missing out on the respect that comes with maturity as well as the leniency that comes with adolescence. ... But I think the human fascination with violence goes far beyond anything we can observe or even comprehend. ... Not to mention that somewhere along these lines one of them, one of us, woke one day and went to the river to drink, only to realize that the reflection staring back at him was his own....

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The inevitable has come upon him and says his life is over. A few years come and go and evidence ultimately point out he truly did not do it. ... Furthermore, another issue is how death penalty supporters have `backed their position stating how it stops criminals from committing future crimes. ... After all, once a life is taken, there is no going back. ...

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Otherwise, they might become even worse when they come out of the jail. ... However, when they come out, they might start robbery and murder. Nowadays, there are lots of gangs going on in the jail now and the young offenders can get threatened, beat up or even killed. ... Not only this method will help the youth to realize their mistakes by helping people but also they are able to retain their liberty and give something back to the community. ... Thus, instead of wasting the time spending in the jail doing nothing, the youth can actually do something positive by giving something back to the c...

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His captors had come for him at night because they had feared that His followers would be too willing to fight for him and they were not interested in a small battle (Gorman 92). When the men came for Jesus, He boldly admitted that He was the one that they were looking for, and said that if He was who they were looking for then to let His disciples go (Gorman 89-90). Jesus was quickly arrested because he did not fight back at all (Gorman 90). ... "Disappointed, Herod sent him back to Pilate," (Doney 15). Now back in the Roman court, Pilate decided to try to let Jesus go again by releasing him...

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The government also doesn't really say when the law comes into affect, it just does when it needs to or when it has too. ... I also believe that the law is sometimes not justified and it comes to affect when it really doesn't have to. ... One thing I don't understand is why the criminal justice system uses the three strikes law when it comes to juveniles. ... This law was established for one reason and that was to cut back on criminal activity and to put all the "bad" and "multiple offenders" in prison. ... There needs to be a more efficient way to cut back the steadily crime ...

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The justice system should create a sentencing score to go by when handing down sentences. ... Judges have too much authority when it comes to sentencing. ... So, therefore when it comes to sentencing the people or the race that a particular judge may be prejudice against does not receive fair sentencing, whereas others that the judge may not be prejudice against and may even know does get fair treatment. ... In the long run this could cause the criminal justice system money because of the appeals that inmates may come back with after figuring they have not treated equally by the criminal ju...

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The boys go on their way, this is an ordinary night for them, and back to their favorite hangout. ... The next time they go out, they break into the house of an old woman. ... The people he wronged in the past take their revenge on him; now they can hit him, and he is unable to hit back. ... The fall, however, does not kill Alex, and government psychologists reverse Ludovico's Technique on him while he is unconscious, so that, when he comes to, he is back to his old happy, violent self. He gets back to his old tricks for a while, with a new gang, but he's growing up and begins to get...

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The name, of course, comes from baseball and is just as it sound. ... Also, many people go back to prison because they do not meet the rules in their parole agreements. ... The politicians either feel that they should put a lot of money into the "war on drug" or that they should back drug policy reforms. ... The third reason I believe incarceration rates are high relates back to my ideas on theories of deviancy. ... Making it mandatory that a first–time drug offender goes through a treatment program before just sending the straight to prison. ...

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So the youth goes back out on the street and finds friends in the wrong places. ... Joseph Padilla says, "The popularity's come back." ... These same former gang members know what goes on in these gangs all too well. The reason youths are lured in can be traced to the excitement of everything that goes on. ...

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So the youth goes back out on the street and finds friends in the wrong places. ... Joseph Padilla says, "The popularity's come back." ... These same former gang members know what goes on in these gangs all too well. The reason youths are lured in can be traced to the excitement of everything that goes on. ...

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This concept to me means that if I were to kill a man's family in out of rage or just because, he is going to want to get revenge. ... A guard comes into Alex's room and starts to taunt and hit him and Alex tries to hit him back but is unable do to the treatment. ... I think this is where we the readers see Burgess come alive in the book. ...

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In most cases, it can hinder the person's chance of going to college, getting a job, the freedom to even move around without being humiliated or looked up differently by his or her fellow peers. ... I do not think that if a college administration board is review a student's record for admission and comes across a form that says that a particular student was involved in a bank robbery some years ago. ... Yes stealing is breaking the law, but I believe that we all have the need for education, especially in the case of people who are under age because, denying them that opportunity will...

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So it was set Black Jack was going to be hung for his crimes even though he plead innocent to most of them but the judge found him guilty. The hanging had been pushed back several times but when lawmen heard some rumors that a couple of his old gang members from the Hole in the Wall was going to set him free so the lawmen pushed his hanging up to April 26. ... The boy still had the shell casings and checked them out on the computer and it said that they dated back to about 1878 but looked almost brand new and he could still smell the gunpowder and the gunpowder was used in the last century but...

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After a minute the current is switched off, ten seconds later a surge of deadly volts slam his ruined body back into the chair. ... The most important reason why the death penalty should be made illegal across the United States is because of the social and economic bias" that come along with it. ... We are choosing not to show respect for the sacredness of human life by allowing the death penalty to go on. ... You cannot bring the murdered person back by taking the prisoner's life. ... It is also very hypocritical because it tells the murderer that if they kill someone then you are g...

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In most instances the underclass begins in childhood, come from low-income families and rarely move back in "social order", in other words, research has found it unusual for a person to go from a middle or upper class lifestyle to a lifestyle surrounded by poverty. ... This gives them a more stable background to fall back on compared to the "underclass" which rarely have completed school and in many cases have fallen into the attitude of "this is my life and there is nothing I can do to change it." ... As the years go by little change may occur, the same individuals will continue to live the...

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Capital Punishment dates back to the Middle Ages. ... How can anyone be positive that the wrong man is going to die for something he didn't do? ... The only bad thing about it is executing a criminal does not bring his victim back to life. ... It's unbelievable how not only how much heartache goes into executing someone on Death Row but the large amount of money that goes into it. ... Letting them go free is obviously out of the question. ...

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Year after year, they would see the same people getting arrested, but only to come back to do the same criminal activities. ... People are feeling safer to go outside their homes. ... So therefore, they will be back on the streets and that relief will be lost. Most of these criminals will go back to their law breaking ways. ... Supporters say the law keeps criminals locked up, but with no new prisons being built; eventually they must be let go. ...

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A car of black men come to his house and begins to vandalize his car. ... When Derek is released from prison his entire family comes to pick him up. ... When Derek is released from prison everyone in the gang assumes things will go right back to the way they were. ... Seth who is a fellow member comes over to the house soon after Derek returns and he treats Derek's sister and mother horribly. ... They were going to start over. ...

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Overview How exactly do you truly alter a criminal's demeanor when it comes to acts of violence? ... He started his renegade against crime starting back in 1985, right around the time that the crack cocaine epidemic began. ... For the law enforcement officers, they would state that they didn't want to arrest people, and they wanted these individuals to stay alive, so they wouldn't have to explain to their mothers that their child has been killed, but they would still go to their groups if they wouldn't listen and would try to retaliate against authority. ... For this case, ...

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After that, he got so interested in human rights, and decided to go to Law school to pursue and strengthen his career interest.   ... Lots of laws to look up  and lots of cases to go over, I love doing work.  ... You come in contact with different types of people, and learn new things everyday..." ... As a result, sometimes, they  have little time to go over a case before the case is  brought before the judge.   ... When some of these offenders come out of jail, they go right back to what they were doing that got them in jail in the first place.   ...

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If the parents know that their children are going to be out until the set time of curfew, then they know when their worrying will end. When there is no curfew in place, the parents will stay up worrying until the child decides to come home(Debate.org "). ... Many parents believe that giving their kids a curfew is going to keep them out of trouble completely and that nothing bad is going to happen to them. Even with a curfew teens are going to do what they want (Anderson). ... Granted, even if the teen does obey the curfew and comes back in time, they more than likely will sneak out of the hous...

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