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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(Ross) The Grapes of Wrath begins with the homecoming of Tom Joad, after being released from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, where he had served four years of a seven-year sentence for homicide. He sets out for his father's little farm in the bottom lands near Sallisaw. ... The Joads eventually pack up and leave, but find a vacancy in a government camp. ...

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In 1845, President Polk sent John Slidell, a Louisiana lawyer to Mexico City to negotiate with the Mexican Government. ... American forgiveness of the claims by US citizens against the Mexican Government. 3. ... Mexican governmental affairs were in turmoil and the Slidell Mission was not recognized. ...

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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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Days passed, and they still were set on getting some where. ... Their next goal was set on having a boy. ... We caught the early bus, that way we were able to have the free breakfast served by the school. ... When my parents purchased a brand new home under government help, we then moved. ... There are not any set rules on who did what. ...

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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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When most people think of wetlands the first thing that will pop into their mind will be visions of swamps and flooded plains. These marshy lands would seem to have no purpose, while in reality they are the most precious forms of ecosystem that we have in America. Wetlands contribute to biodiversity...

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He also serves as the messenger between young Tom and his father, "by god it's lucky I come by cause ol" Tom worried himself I [told him] "whyn't you write down a letter?" ... Chapters 1, 3, and 5 serve as a different view of life during the migration, a view different than that of the Joad family. ...

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