"Back in 1954 the US INS put in practice the Operation Wetback, which was intended to remove one million illegal immigrants from southwestern USA through the use of racial profiling, ending up removing near the million illegal immigrants targeted" (The Police Should Use Racial Profiling To Tackle The Problems Of Illegal Immigration). ... "Creating a profile about the kinds of people who commit certain types of crimes may lead officers to generalize about a particular group and act according to the generalization rather than specific behavior" (http://www.nij.gov/topics/law-...

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"The establishment of Judaism clearly saw that Jesus threatened their law, their way of life, and the very existence of their nation," (Grosenore 302). ... Annas became frustrated with Jesus so he sent Him to Caiaphas, who was the current High Priest, and also Annas" son-in-law (Doney 15). ... "Finally, as the crowd appeared to be near to rioting, Pilate agreed to the death sentence for Jesus," (Doney 16). ... "The usual penalty for what was a religious crime was death by stoning, but the Jewish authorities wanted Jesus to be executed under Roman law," (Clarke 72). ...

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But not only did he kill them, he would surgically remove organs and intrails and place them near the dead body. "Jack the Ripper" wasn't his only nickname, he was also called " the Whitechaple murder " because the body's were found near the Whitechapel Road, and " The Leather Apron" because of a man that would come by and beat up the prostitutes for no reason. ... But in 1838 the ending of all public tortures and executions gave way and became out lawed. ... Due to the new law of no more public hangings there was a great amount of over population. ...

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But not only did he kill them, he would surgically remove organs and intrails and place them near the dead body. "Jack the Ripper" wasn't his only nickname, he was also called " the Whitechaple murder " because the body's were found near the Whitechapel Road, and " The Leather Apron" because of a man that would come by and beat up the prostitutes for no reason. ... But in 1838 the ending of all public tortures and executions gave way and became out lawed. ... Due to the new law of no more public hangings there was a great amount of over population. ...

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Capital punishment even precedes the Old Testament law code. ... Yet, by saying " He who is without sin cast the first stone", he adjoined a conflict between the Roman law, and the Mosaic Law. If he had said to stone her he would have broken the Roman law. If he refused to allow them to stone her he would have broken the Mosaic Law. ... They forced Barker and Mayecki to drive into a near by canyon. ...

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There are many people who believe in the theory of an eye for an eye (les talinois). Most people would love to get revenge on the person or people who wronged them. In The Saboteur that is exactly what happens. This man feels that society has wronged him. Mr. Chiu is an educated man and a member o...

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Punishment has always been used to stop would be criminals from breaking the law. ... Since the laws of the death penalty were changed. ... A study done by Columbia Law School found that two thirds of all capital punishment cases contained serious errors that could have affected the outcome of the case. ... Many of the states will continue to practice capital punishment and the end does not seem to be near, so murderers will continue to be put on death row....

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Even though almost everything and everybody speaks against capital punishment, people still believe, those who commit violent crimes should be punished to the fullest extend of law, which capital punishment basically is. ... support the death penalty laws. ...

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In the very near future, automatic teller machines will be able to match ones" face to his account. ... At the same time, it erodes the quality of life for law-abiding citizens far more than the cameras would help catch and prosecute criminals. ...

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This brings the daily average to 1.7 firearm-related fatalities among children, which is nowhere near 13. ... These actions are legal seeing that there are no laws prohibiting self-defense (LaPierre p. 14). ... It is also evident in places such as Washington D.C. which has the most strict gun laws, yet has the highest homicide rate in the U.S. ...

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"The fact that the levels of drug-related crime would significantly decline would result in less crowded courts, jails, and prisons, and would free law enforcement personnel to focus their energies on the real criminals in society" (Inciardi/McElrath, 287). ... Ant-drug laws have unfairly targeted minority groups. "Historical evidence suggests that the anti-Mexican rhetoric in general and laws regulating the use of marijuana in particular were parts of an overall strategy to remove Mexican immigrants from the labor market" (Jense/Gerber, 49). ... "The solution of the problem of drug traffickin...

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By examining the laws and the prescribed punishments in the court records, we can get a better understanding of how the judicial system of the Pilgrims worked, as well as the social and religious values maintained by the Pilgrims.   ... If can't pay, then 2 hours in the stocks Stealing Repay double the value of what  was stolen, or be publicly whipped Getting drunk Fined, value to be determined by the magistrates Gambling with dice or cards Fine of 40 shillings Wearing visors or other "strange apparel" Fine of 50 shillings Defacing a landmark Fine ranging from ...

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A second responsibility criminal investigators must maintain is enforcing the law and bringing criminals to justice. It is difficult to enforce laws created by the justice system on criminal's who have produced a peculiar idea of another social world with separate laws for them to follow. ... Criminal investigators deal with the strenuous task of not taking the law in to their own hands. ...

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All the gun control laws are not about preventing crime. Law abiding citizens who are armed will prevent crime. ... As we near the end of the 20th century the use of guns has changed significantly. ... Those favoring gun control laws claim that such laws would keep more guns off the streets and out of the hands of criminals in an increasingly violent world. ... "Gun control laws might be accurately called victim disarmament laws...

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The criminal justice system clearly is not perfect. There are many critical issues that it is facing. I am going to focus on four of these critical issues. The four issues that I have chosen to focus on are: racial profiling, corruption of police officers, the bail system, and the rehabilitation of ...

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