Such an inmate would benefit from living in a segregated setting with other older inmates. ... Now they are serving a sentence in their elderly years. ... Second and more importantly, sentencing practices have changed. Our courts starting to use consecutive lengthy sentences, long mandatory minimum sentences and life without parole (Clear & Cole, 2000). ... A growing elderly prison population will be more costly to accommodate than a younger one because elderly inmates require more medical and mental health services in special settings (Neeley, 1997). ...

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The average prison sentence of men who kill their female partners is two to six years and women who kill their male partners are sentenced on average to fifteen years, despite the fact that they did it in self defense (Talvi inthesetimes.com). ... With that responsibility men were given power. ... Women really had no place to go they always had to just deal with the abuse. ... (Domestic violence Statics.com) Battered women who were once threatened by their abuser with a weapon will wind up killing the abuser with the same exact weapon as well (Browne 140). ... Once they do the abusers find t...

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So what could possibly be wrong with classifying a crime with hate, for a larger sentence? ... And don't even get me started on the case of the black street punk who got punched by the cop. ... His attackers were charged with hate crimes and made out to be savage homophobes. ... His attackers should be executed, but not because Shappard was gay, but rather because they committed murder. ... I am pro death penalty, and while I do think these hate crime committers should be executed or prosecuted fully, why should the other regular murders deserve lighter sentences? ...

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Federalism is a concept that started many years ago during the times of the ratification of the document we live by called the Constitution. ... With its largest effect was during the Civil rights movement. ... Washington put his newly acquired freedom to use when he started a black industrial school at Tuskegee, Alabama. ... Ironically with all the women's suffrage bickering, women did not receive the ballot until 1920 by the 19th Amendment. ... The new deal had again failed with the creat...

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"Asked to describe the situation in Little Rock that night, the editor of the Arkansas Gazette stated, "I'll give it to you in one sentence. ... Abbie Hoffman's involvement in the media started at an early age. ... He first started listening to the radio as a young kid and loved it. ... Seriously, this was a horrible thing to tell people because it was not true. ... The media with its powers also can sway the audience that is watching it very easily because can show just one side of the story....

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In return, the Native Americans were "sentenced" to the American wasteland, better known as Oklahoma. ... This is when everything started to change. ... In 1675, King Philip and his tribe waged a war against the English because of English encroachment onto their land. ... Even the Iroquois were not English allies because of their unwillingness to fight. (Brinkley, p. 100) In the years that followed, the American Revolution started. ...

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Puritan settlers were often punished because of their religious beliefs. In Europe a man was sentenced to jail for life and hurt badly because he would not follow the rules of the Church of England. ... Another conflict that America has dealt with is the labor system. ... Because of the want to come to America many of these servants would sell themselves to a master, by doing this the servants families were usually split apart. ... In the year 1831 "Nat Turner actually started a rebellion in which a number of white people were killed". ...

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Germany on the other hand has kept stride with the advancements while keeping true to their heritage. ... Children have very close relationships with their parents. ... My nephew once told me a story about a German foreign exchange student he was very good friends with. ... Starting at the age of six every child must enroll in school where they will attend full time up to 10 years. ... We get to vote this person into office with a majority vote. ...

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Police brutality has taken a turn for the worse, as seen with the killings of innocent, unarmed men, such as Mike Brown, Oscar Grant, and Dillon Taylor, all of which their murders were cops who were acquitted of their crimes. ... This basically states that the Officer fired a shot at and killed an unarmed, black teenager simply because he was startled. ... Video footage shows that Taylor was backing away from the police, with his hands in his waistband, facing the cop. ... On April 4, 2007, Ryan Gallagher (a writer for Medill Reports) headlined, saying, "From 2002-2004, over 10,000 com...

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In an article written about this particular problem in the south, Jamelle Bouie states that, Many in the south claim that they don't deal with or vote for african americans because thats "just the way it is.... A way to start changing the way people think about others is immersing themselves with other cultures. ... A lot of young people get into interracial relationships because its "hip.... Interracial dating causes problems with the older generation because a lot of families want to keep their bloodline "Pure.... African American youths arrested for drug possession are ...

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The biggest controversy with gun control exists because of the criminals who do not follow the law and possess guns illegally. ... It all started in 1837 when Georgia passed a law stating that it was illegal to purchase handguns (Guncite 1). ... With all these laws and acts, legal cases arose. ... There are many pros and cons with this act. ... Many gun owners store their guns with a "trigger lock," a device that prevents the trigger from being squeezed until the lock is removed with a key. ...

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Because of fast and steady increase in crime and the fight for the right to own a handgun, the introduction of legislation for gun control, to try to reduce the crime in the United States, has been a hotly debated issue in recent years. ... However controlling the sale and distribution of firearms is necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns. ... In addition criminals using guns have seen gun control as necessary because of the violence. ... But it is necessary for there to be certain limits on the way that firearms are handled in this country because of the homicide rate involving...

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The media has been there since the very beginning: covering this so called war with every means at their disposal. ... The media has seemed to go along with these people more so than the people against the war on drugs. ... But marijuana should not be smoked as medicine because it is a harmful and addictive substance that can cause respiratory disease, mental disorders, and other health problems. ... The media was now in alliance with the war on drugs. With the media behind them, the advocates of the war on drugs started to fight with vigor alongside the largest media campaign ...

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