It is plain to see and understand that children and adults are not equal; they have different standards set forth by law. ... Not only is it unjust for children to be tried as adults, it is unjust for me to have to support it. ... Thoreau wrote "I, Henry Thoreau, do not wish to be regarded as a member of any incorporated society which I have not joined" It is unjust to be made to pay for something that you feel is truly wrong. Thoreau also states, "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison." ... If I could put my money into something good ...

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This report will lie out some of the key aspects of the "Three Strikes Law." Is this law Good or bad in the opinion of the family of the convicted? Where did this law come from and why? ... The "Three Strikes Law" came into affect in March of 1994.... (www.silicon-valley.com) In the eyes of a convicted felons family this law is unjust they believe that the sentence should be carried out according to the crime In conclusion my opinion on the three strikes law is that this law is good. ...

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What jurisdiction does the law have over life? ... Not only is it an expensive method, it does not deter crime and it is unjust and bias. ... Most believe that the method is completely useless and unjust. ...

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We may not like the death penalty, but it must be available to punish crimes of cold-blooded murder, cases in which any other form of punishment would be inadequate and, therefore, unjust. ... Koch argues, justice requires that the law be applied equally to all. ...

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But then there are the other number of people who feel the death penalty should be banned because of its cruel and unjust way of punishment. ... If someone is executed, our court system is deliberately defying our Lord's laws. ... But then there are the other number of people who feel the death penalty should be banned because of its cruel and unjust way of punishment. ... If someone is executed, our court system is deliberately defying our Lord's laws. ...

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This law was passed on March 7, 1994. ... Arguments opposing the law will be given first. ... A third strike is a third strike under the law. This is highly unjust. ... The "three strikes" law does not deter crime. ...

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The death penalty has also been imposed for such serious crimes as armed robbery, kidnapping, rape [or] treason. ( Zimring, 1994, P.1 )But who is really being unjust in this situation? ... 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. ... (C) The Catholic religion believes that it unjust to solve a crime of violence with violence. ... support the death penalty laws. ...

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Capital Punishment: The World That We Live In What is the nature of Capital Punishment? When is it justified to take a life of a person? Capital Punishment is an extreme type of death in which prisons take away their life. There have been debates whether Capital Punishment is acceptable or unacc...

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One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. I once was arrested for trespassing in my own building, and I couldn't believe the consequences I had to face. I understood that I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but my reason for being...

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The issue of the harshness of the laws can be noticed in two passages; one entitled "The Law concerning violence," and the other entitled "Concerning anger." ... 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. ... I find that to be unjust and unfair, to a certain extent. ... This further shows that the laws are extremely harsh, and fail to address issues whereby the law might not necessarily apply efficiently. ...

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They should be the way that law states it, because they were involved in this murder somehow. ... It states in our law that to be found guilty of a crime, you must be without a doubt not guilty. The few questions I have asked you are examples of these doubts within a case, and therefore it should be unjust to use such a punishment in this country. ...

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According to Jewish law, a court punished both religious and non-religious crimes. ... He was unjustly convicted of murder. ... These three men would have been dead and buried years ago if capital punishment were still the law in this country. ... According to this point, we should execute all criminals or offenders of the law and have no prisons! ...

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But we can't resort to the revenge of "an eye for an eye", because that only would make the punishment as unjust, as immoral and as barbaric as the original crime itself. ... This quote is from Issues In Society: Law and Order. ...

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It is unjust that someone in one state receives the death penalty, but someone who commits an analogous crime in another state they are given a life sentence. ... (Bedau) So ever since the death penalty was re-instated the government has been spending millions upon millions of dollars on unnecessary murders when it could be spending the taxes on improving law enforcement and trying to lower the homicide rate. ... A recent study by Columbia University Law School found that two thirds of all capitol crime contained serious errors. ... Our laws should show a complete respect for life no matter if...

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The Ayatollah went ahead with his plan of instituting Islamic law as Iran's statutes. ... This brings us to the first major conflict in the memoir: Marina Nemat's belief that her incarceration at Evin prison by the Iranian government was unjust and inhumane. ... Conversely, the Iranian government feels that it is their duty to enforce Islamic law. ... We have to protect Islam, God's law, and God's people from the evil forces that are at work against them.... They view the actions taken as a direct violation of Islamic law without room for debate. ...

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In 2000, Claude Jones was executed in the state of Texas for the murder of a store owner. The only physical proof that the prosecution had was a hair found at the crime scene. Jones was convicted in 1989 before DNA tests were available, but when they were made available in 2000, the request for a ...

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When the case was won more than 600 death row inmates who were sentenced between 1967 and 1972 had their lives spared because the United States Supreme Court ruled that the capital punishment laws were "arbitrary and capricious." ... If the death of innocents because of judicial error is unjust, so is the death of innocents by murder....

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Supporters of capital punishment, for example, contend that this punishment deters people from killing law enforcement officers. ... Many Christians began to accept the death penalty as permissible for the sake of justice, and for the sake of law and order that might prevent violence. ...

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Berkman, Ronald Opening the Gates: The Rise of the Prisoners" Movement. Lexington Books: Lexington, Mass, 1979. Bowker, Lee H. Prisoner Subcultures. Lexington Books: Lexington Mass, 1977. ...

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This is in stark contrast to the idea that there must be some sort of natural law which governs all human beings. According to the theory of natural law, our laws are merely a reflection of this foggy, grander conceptual law which exists somewhere in the minds of all people. In our society, we make the best laws that we can in accordance with the general idea of morality most people have. ... The problem is that there is no great consensus on what this ideal law is, and until we reach that point, we must fall back on trusting that other people's ethics and morality are just as valid as...

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