These sentences range in severity from community (non custodial) sentences to Custodial sentences for more serious crimes and prolific offenders, these are set out in section 42 of The Criminal Justice Act of 2003 and are designed to serve a common purposes. The ultimate purpose of sentencing is to punish offenders; these sentencing guidelines are set out by the sentencing council for judges and their aim is to ensure the punishment fits the crime. ... If the sentence is longer than 12 months, half of the sentence will be served in custody and the remaining term in the community on licence how...

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It was a privilege for him to work for the government. ... His aim was to solve a problem directly- to send the message that the government could accomplish things. ... This is true in any organization, but its particularly important in government. ... Next they set about determining who bought the idea of accountability and who didn't. ... The meetings other function was to serve as a brainstorming session. ...

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Back in 1959, Steven Truscott, a young boy, aged fourteen, was convicted of murdering and raping a young girl and was set to hang. ... In Nova Scotia, Donald Marshall served eleven years in the penitentiary for a murder he did not commit. ... Three innocent men sent to the gallows, murders ordered by the government. ... How very compassionate of the American government to give him a choice. ... Think of the money that could be saved by the government! ...

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Preview: My reasons are as follows: the death penalty can serve as a crime deterrent, the cost of the death penalty is efficient, and capital punishment is a form of justice. ... According to Wesley Lowe, between 1829 and 1848, the British government was able to suppress the Thuggees by means of mass arrests and fast executions (5). 4. ... DOJ, the average prison sentence served for the charge of murder is only 5 years and eleven months (Lowe 9). 1. ... His execution date was set for and served on Janurary 31, 2002. ... Finally, justice can only be served when the criminal receives...

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The fourth amendment sums up our privacy by declaring us the right to be free from governmental interference. ... It protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures by government authorities. ... Electronic devices to gather information serves illegal. Telephone booths are considered a private area only served specifically for the user. ... Stopping this invasion of privacy will correct he fourth amendment, guarantee the privacy were promised and help set this concept of freedom....

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Well whats a institution, an institution is an organisation that is set up which has a special purpose. ... They are correctional facilities where youths who are, or who have been, in trouble with the law are sent for a period of time to serve punishment and to be rehabilitated so that they do not commit a crime again. ... The term institution operates beyond the basic parameters of a physical domain, such as a government office. ...

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He is trying to stand up for his rights and the principle that the police are to serve the common good of the people. ... This is when he realized he was being set up. ... This is due to the fear the people have of their government. ...

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It is plain to see and understand that children and adults are not equal; they have different standards set forth by law. ... So why can he serve an adult punishment? ... This can set back their rehabilitation, and possibly make them more dangerous to society. ... Thoreau also states, "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison." ...

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After the civil war, frontier towns set up "vigilance committees" and asked their vigilantes to deep order an d go after badman. ... What is the Criminal Justice system Criminal justice refers to the agencies fo government charged with enforcing law, adjudicating crime, and correcting criminal conduct. ... It consist of more than 55,00 public agencies, and now costs federal, state, and local governments nearly $150 billion for civil an criminal justice; this amounts to more than $500 for every resident in the United States. At an entry level of government, the cost of operating the j...

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Most government officials believe that and to keep it illegal would stop all sorts of problems the effects of the drugs could have on our nation. ... Decriminalizing cannabis can save governments boatloads of money though reduction of processing and incarceration. ... The sale of marijuana in these states is a huge part of their local economy now and due to very heavy taxation the government is making tens of millions of dollars. ... It needs to decriminalize marijuana not only for its own people, but to be part of the first states to do it and set an example for the rest of the country. ... ...

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Do not let people fool you with words such as justice and deterrence, because the death penalty serves neither of these purposes. ... The second argument is, does the government have the right to kill? Of course we all know the government has the right to self defense, such as, a policeman firing on an armed and dangerous criminal feeling on an armed and dangerous criminal. If we apply the same standards to civilians that we have for the government. ... The end result is the same; one more dead body, one more set of grieving parents, and one more cemetery plot. ...

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The government throws away these human's lives. ... These convicts could help with government labor with a hope that they might be free someday. ... The government should apprentice death row criminals rather than have them executed. ... Why do governments kill people to show other people that killing is wrong? ... The end result is the same....one more dead body, one more set of grieving parents, and one more cemetery slot. ...

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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. ... "# In this case the California government wouldn't even have punished a first time rapist or murderer as harsh as they punished this man for stealing $159 worth of video tapes.# Personally this is truly unfair and I"m disgusted at the fact that a murderer would get a less harsh penalty than this man who stole videos. The man didn't even harm anyone but since It was his third felony, he will now have to serve 25 years to life in prison. ... However, the law...

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The Brady Law, which requires a five-day waiting period was passed during the Clinton administration, then on May 5, 1994, the government banned nineteen assault weapons linked to violent crimes. ... A second set of households in which no homicide had taken place served as a control group. ... In no other country does the Constitution set forth a "right to keep and bear Arms." ...

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Some opponents have urged the government to use prisoners for labor, which would increase the amount of domestic manufacturing (Overcrowding, Issues & Controversies). Opponents argue that long sentencing and more prisons show criminals how serious the government is about keeping crime off the streets and public welfare (Overcrowding, Issues & Controversies). Supporters of alternative methods to incarceration believe that the government should not construct more prisons for the overcrowding crisis. ... The government cannot afford to keep building new prisons. ... They would also have to go th...

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The Law says that humans have inalienable rights that existed outside of and before government. ... The only legitimate purpose of government is to protect these rights. ... In any discussion of the death penalty, one must remember that there are two sets of lives to be considered. ... After all, if the law is set up to protect our right to live, it seems as though it should be able to keep convicted murderers from murdering again. ... 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 inc...

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During the 1930's the federal government, under the direction of Jack Gibbs, investigated the effectiveness of the death penalty in deterring serious crime. ... Also capital punishment shall be carried out so as to inflict the minimum possible suffering." (5) These safeguards will insure that justice will be served without having it suffer. ...

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Their accountability has been transformed by a set of overt changes in statute and case law. ... As the governments strategic plan for criminal Justice shows, it is important to continue being close to the police attaining a number of clearly identified objectives and goals. ...

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In this country, the United States of America, the government claims all people are "innocent till proven guilty." ... He served five years for raping a girl, topping eleven alibi witnesses who swore they saw him 300 miles away from the scene of the crime. ... It explains, "for every seven executed, one innocent person is set free, not only from death row but also from incarceration (pg 218)." ...

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This mentally ill plight was ignored by government officials (Benson, E. 2013). ... Without the ability to actually live a healthy lifestyle, you are not set up for a successful rehabilitation process. ... The only people who serve time are ones who have committed a severe crime and must be punished. ...

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If a government commits murder, does it not commit a crime? Or do we merely accept that because the government is a democratically elected body, that it has legitimacy, and therefore a right to do what is otherwise illegal? ... The relevant data, incorporating murder statistics between 1973 and 1984 are set out in the figures blow. ...

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Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to serve on juries, clearly affecting the way both Blacks and whites were tried. ... The police are the institution which serve as a gateway to the legal system, and thus it is only logical to look here first. ...

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In the Holocaust, the government executed over five million Jews. ... Because the thought of death provokes primordial fear in most people, the death penalty may serve as an effective means of preventing murder. ... But what I tell you is this, Do not set yourself against the man who wrongs you. ...

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So, usually 2-3 million dollars and 8 years later, justice is served when the criminal is put to death. ... My feelings have stumbled now not just because it's someone I know, but also because I have a different perspective of a set of events that led up to the situation. ... Local governments often bear the "brunt of capital punishment costs and are particularly burdened, meanwhile the death penalty is reaching a critical stage in America, no longer isolated in the South- (Hays 48). ...

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