My main focus will be on Socrates primary argument, which is solely based on the premise that doing unjust actions harm's one's soul, and life is not living with a ruined soul. ... (Plato: Crito 54-56) Plato's argument is even more dictatorial: he states that we have an obligation, for the good of our soul; to obey unjust laws and to accept unfair punishment for laws we haven't broken. ... Citizens may have obligations to the law, but the law in turn has obligations to the citizens. ... Plato was in no way opposed of the laws. ... Breaking an agreement is an unjust action ...

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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. ... 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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The fact that the laws aren't as strict as they should be makes the penalties for the human trafficking trade unjust in several of ways. When the laws aren't as strict then the wrong people benefit from them. ... The way I would fix the unjust in our system would have a major effect on the penalties of human trafficking. ... He also wants to enforce a change to the laws. ... The fact that the laws aren't as strict as they should be are the reason why there is so much unjust. ...

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The fact that the laws aren't as strict as they should be makes the penalties for the human trafficking trade unjust in several of ways. When the laws aren't as strict then the wrong people benefit from them. ... The way I would fix the unjust in our system would have a major effect on the penalties of human trafficking. ... He also wants to enforce a change to the laws. ... The fact that the laws aren't as strict as they should be are the reason why there is so much unjust. ...

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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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A bill to restore the death penalty almost passed as law in 1987; however Prime Minister Brian Mulroney had opposed the bill and it has not been brought back up since. ... The need for capital punishment is vital in our society, it is in the best interest of the majority of the population and it supports positive law. ... This will make it more likely for people to follow the law, if they know that they too might be sentenced to death. ... "There is no sin in administering punishment for those individuals who refuse to obey God's law" (Thomas Aquinas), any action necessary to ...

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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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This means passing HR3214 into law and putting resources and technology in place to unmistakably determine the guilt of those on death row. ... We believe the death penalty should be used if it is the only possible way of defending human lives against the unjust aggressor. ... How ironic it is that in such a climate, our nation's top law enforcement official, Attorney General John Ashcroft, keeps pushing for the death penalty in federal cases, often overriding the recommendations of his local federal prosecutors - despite the fact that, as of this writing, jurors in 20 of the last 2...

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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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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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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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œ There four principal reasons why lawbreakers are put in prison: (1) to punish the offenders, (2) to protect society, (3) to prevent future crimes, and (4) to rehabilitate criminals, teaching them to be law-abiding and protective after release. ... Prisoners who have suffered unjust treatment while serving their sentences are hardly candidates for rehabilitation. ...

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The Reign of Terror At the onset of the French Revolution, the revolutionaries who felt that the Monarchy of Louis XVI was tyrannical and could no longer be trusted to protect to people of France exclaimed the tenements of Fraternity, liberty, and equality. It was on these tenets that the French Revolution begins. Is it not rather ironic then, that only four years later, a man named Maximillian Robespierre, would take control of France and begin the "Reign of Terror." Robespierre and his followers believed that their Terror was on the side of the Revolutionaries of "Older times" which a...

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Do you remember your childhood? Growing up was exciting and fun. We had the terrible two's, starting school, going through puberty, etc. Life was a test and we learned from our mistakes. "Keep your hands off the stove! ...

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