He was quoted as saying "the decision was the natural ending to the journey I had begun." ... Announcing the moratorium to those executions at that time, Ryan was quoted: ''I cannot support a system which, in its administration, has proven so fraught with error and has come so close to the ultimate nightmare, the state's taking of innocent life. ... Glendening was quoted in the USA Today as saying, "I continue to believe that there are certain crimes that are so brutal and so vile that they call for society to impose the ultimate punishment, however, reasonable questions have be...

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What About the Insanity Defense? The insanity defense is one that is described as a legal defense based on claims of mental illness or mental incapacity. This defense has received much attention from the media, including movies and television shows that highlight this defense as a common practice...

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Drugs are bad. All of our lives we've all seen the commercials, learned the slogans, saw the movies, and some witnessed personally the effects of drugs on a person. But, I am NOT talking about drugs per se, I'm talking about marijuana, across the country at this point in history, marijuana is quic...

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Glancing through the newspaper, I noticed the headline "Former Supreme Court Justice: Death Penalty Does Good for Society." Whether the death penalty should be abolished in Taiwan is an ongoing debate. For many who oppose it, it's viewed as nothing less than an act of inhuman and violent behavior. O...

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Electronic Surveillance: A Threat to Liberty In 1984, George Orwell wrote in his futurist novel, "You had to live -- did live, from habit that became instinct -- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized." Today, this quote ho...

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The quote above briefly explains that facial recognition will not identify the subject; it will give suggestions and off of the suggestions given the police officers will be able to narrow down the investigation to a few people instead of having to deal with a handful of people. ... This quote is extremely relevant because it explains that facial features change over time. ...

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According to a UGA news release article entitled, "Symposium on campus safety to be held September 11," writer of the article Matt Weeks, quotes Steve Harris, the director of the Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness, at the University of Georgia, when he stated that, "Although UGA remains a leader in implementing an emergency mass notification system (UGAAlert), we can always learn by experience and improve the system. ...

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Capital Punishment The United States has many arguments, ranging from abortion to gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most strongly contested issues in the past decades. Capital punishment: is the legal cause of the death penalty on a person convicted of a crime. It is not...

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We should weigh the death of the convicted murders against the loss of life of his victims and the possibility of potential victims to murder " ("46 Pro Death Penalty Quotes by Attorney Generals from the U.S.A. "). ...

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In Wilber Rideau's "Why Prisons Don't Work" he argues that prisons have little to no effect on crime because "it is a response after the fact, a mop-up operation." He explains that prison does not deter criminals, but instead causes them to leave or stay the same way they came in, which is uneducate...

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A great quote from Albert Einstein states from his perspective "the world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it ". ...

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Capital Punishment and Religion Capital punishment has been occurring within the United States for over two centuries. An idea first created in ancient Egyptian times, the topic is continually used in today's society of crime and punishment. Although enforced for so many years, the topic was not ...

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There has been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested issues in recent decades. Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a crime. I...

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Quoting from the police spokesperson during a press conference after the arrest, "Many youngsters are lured by small perks such as free meals or drinksSome of them are asked to be doormen at discos or to traffic drugs....

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Many people believe that criminal offenders are born delinquent. Another belief is that parental control of offenders has been lacking and that many offenders learn their criminal behavior early on in life. While some of these beliefs may stand true, it is not always the case; as a matter of fact, it is hardly the case. Furthermore, "shaken baby syndrome- has set an alarm across the entire world because of its affect on a newborn child - retardation and even death. But what if that baby was only shaken once and the baby seemed normal? ...

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Punishment there have been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested issues in recent decades. Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a...

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In recent years more and more young people are turning to crime. These crimes are being committed by young offenders of all ages. The crimes are getting more serious and in the last five years the percentage of youngsters committing crime has increased more than fifty percent. There have been ...

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Crime and Punishment in Colonial Massachusetts Throughout Massachusetts's colonial history the interest and confusion can be targeted to the punishments done, for the crimes committed. Presentism is a major idea to remember when reflecting on the actions taken during colonial times. The below excerpt is taken from The Body of Liberties of 1641 and can add to the understanding of why and how such punishments discussed were carried out. Perhaps the magistrates in power took things too far; Possibly the law enforcers took the word of God too literally. Nevertheless Colonial Massachusetts pr...

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Crime, criminality and colonialism are all intricately tied together in the Australian Indigenous context. To understand the nature of crime and criminality as it exists today one must understand the context of the history of colonialism and how it relates to both past and present crime. The underlying theme that inextricably bonds the three together is past and present law. It is the influences of British Law on Indigenous Australians post colonialism that have led to the genocide, oppression, racial discrimination, dispossession of land, high rates of incarceration and intergenerational trau...

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Introduction As quoted by Emile Durkheim, a society without crime is impossible.1 Even if the standard of determining criminal acts is set high, less severe acts will still be considered as crime. As there is no chance of eliminating crime out of society, punishment is an essential tool to create a ...

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"Sexual Violence- While the crimes of "rape- and "incest- have been on the statute books for hundreds of years, it was not until the 1970s that "sexual violence- was more fully explored and developed as a concept. Feminists drew attention to the fact that rape (then conceptualised as sexual intercourse without consent) was a crime committed by men against women, not only in dark back-alleys but in homes, workplaces, and in the context of intimate and family relationships (see Brownmiller 1975). Feminism responsible for debunking some of the myths about rape • women "ask for it...

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