But, I am NOT talking about drugs per se, I'm talking about marijuana, across the country at this point in history, marijuana is quickly becoming a legalized drug. ... Candidates for expungement or wiping records clean, argue that the people and government of these states made it clear that possessing small amounts of marijuana should not be illegal and therefore those who have prior convictions should get a second chance. ...

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A few states allow unsupervised probation, which applies to misdemeanor infractions and offenders whose class of offense, prior record or conviction level authorize community punishment as a sentence. ... McGill states: I enjoy managing and motivating a team and am grateful for the opportunity to encourage officers to be the best they can be. ... Prepares and maintains confidential files, records, and legal documents; expunges records of defendants who successfully complete their probation. ...

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Yet, in each of these cases, where there is a record to review, there are eyewitnesses, confessions, physical evidence and circumstantial evidence in support of the defendant's guilt. Bedau has written elsewhere that it is false sentimentality to argue that the death penalty ought to be abolished because of the abstract possibility that an innocent person might be executed when the record fails to disclose that such cases exist. . . . the Bedau and Radelet study . . . speaks eloquently about the extraordinary rarity of error in capital punishment." ...

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To prevent first-time, non-violent offenders from having a felony conviction on their records, the Sentencing Court may chose to send them to the Post Conviction Drug Program (Phase II) without revoking their probation. ... In addition, Johnny stated: "It [Offenders Under Treatment Program] also has the least cost per offender than any incarceration program that I am aware of"(J. ...

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(Question 1) Juvenile delinquency is a complex social problem that significantly impacts all members and processes of a social structure. Delinquency refers to a set of behaviors that are not in line with the collective practices and/or ethics of the dominant social group. Essentially, these behaviors deviate from societal norms and more specifically they violate established criminal codes and laws. Juvenile delinquency incorporates not only general criminal activity but conduct that is only unlawful for youths such as running away from home and skipping school. Current research into th...

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