There are many things that could happen to children out on the streets. ... Also, if her parents were not able to pick her up, then there must have not been someone home to meet her. Since Carlie's parents were not being responsible, Smith was able to take advantage of their poor little girl. ... There are many ways that this horrible incident could have been prevented. ... If everyone works together, in no time at all, the crimes against children could decrease dramatically. ...

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Capital punishment is wrong and unjust and there is no place for it in a modern humane society. ... Capital punishment is barbaric no matter how it is administered. ... Throughout the history of the death penalty, there have been numerous cases where people have been executed and then later found to be innocent. ... However, new evidence about crimes is often found years later, and if the person has already been put to death there is no way of bringing that person back to life. ... If he were to be locked up in prison for life he would have paid his price by living a hard life in jail with ...

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I think if there not violent then they should get more than three strikes. ... If they were behind bars then there is a chance of less crimes being committed and people being hurt someway. ... There is no reason anyone should be able to commit a crime, any type of crime no matter the circumstances. ... No more chances. ... If there not smart enough not to commit that many crimes then they shouldn't be in society with normal people....

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As William Hearst said it "There is no deterrent in the menace of the gallows. ... Many people in jail would like to die rather then sit. ... Put them to hard work, you can make use out of them, if you kill them, they are no use. In the past there have been many ways of execution. ... There have been many more cases then I have stated. ...

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There is no actual way for one to find out the reasons behind crime but there is many reasons that may explain why. 1.The Great Depression which was caused by the fall of stock prices that began September 4th 1929 then became world wide after the stock market crash. ... Unemployment in the U.S rose to 25% and in some countries it was as high as 33% cities all over were hit hard with no jobs no money people were left with nothing else but to commit violent acts of crime to get by. 2. ... There were 14,748 homicides in the United States in 2010 including non negligent- manslaughter, 666,160 mu...

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Who Needs the Death Penalty Anyway There is no way any person could tell me that the death penalty is a form of justice. ... I also feel as humans we have no right to take a human life. ... There are also those out there who believe that the death penalty is a deterrent. ... If that is true then we all are contributing to the death of a human being, that's a scary thought. ... Gutierrez 3 While doing all this death penalty research I often wondered if there were really innocent people on death row? ...

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If these are some of the things that you're into, then this is your kind of movie. ... Tarantinos' characters chop off ears then talk into them as if they were using ma bell. ... They could give a shit if you were the cousin of the president or a nanny. ... No holes barred, no questions asked, no thought given to actions or consequences. ... There is a certain comfort level in belonging to something, anything. ...

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Within East Side High, there was a teacher named Joe Clark. ... The students were then shown walking through the halls dealing drugs, fighting and completely out of control. ... They simply refused to do school work and there was a major lack of discipline because the teachers had no control over the students. ... He then decided to bring back Joe Clark because they new that Joe possessed the qualities that were needed to get the job done. ... He then put locked chains on all of the doors to keep them out. ...

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As of this moment there are many juveniles being sentenced to detention facilities as harsh punishments. ... The juvenile justice system was first set in place to provide rehabilitation for the juveniles seeing that there were more issues other than them just being a bad apple. Juvenile courts were designed to be flexible, informal, and they were also focusing on the rehabilitation of the delinquents. ... People wonder why the juveniles come out of these detention centers worst off then when they went in, and that is because there was no rehabilitation. The justice system is incarcerating the ...

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There were several religions that stepped up to oppose the death penalty, most notable the Roman Catholic Church. ... These were just some of the opposing viewpoints. ... Carmical does not make a real strong case but what Carmical states is that there is no proof an innocent man has ever died. ... He then dies from cardiac and respiratory arrest. ... There maybe a few changes necessary to the death penalty but no person has the right to take the life of another and deserves to sit in an air-conditioned prison, watching television, eating his dinner. ...

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If drugs were made legal then it would cause a threat to the good of society. ... If drugs were made legal, then a large amount of under age consumers would be able to easily get their hands on them. ... This is more understandable and possible then legalizing the use of all drugs. But then you have to ask the question: if we legalize marijuana where does it stop? ... When it comes to legalizing illicit drugs there can be no medium. ...

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It is a cruel and cold blooded form of punishment and there have been instances where innocent people were sentenced to death and later found to be innocent. ... A cover story in the "Time"3 presents a report about a man called Doug McCray, then 32. ... A study made in the U.S., of death row inmates has found that 62 percent were unskilled workers, 60 percent were unemployed and a majority of these people were represented by lawyers with less than five years experience. ... It can be seen that there is no logical reason for reintroducing capital punishment. The fact that there is ...

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IN the United States alone there have been 4047 executions since 1930 and 188 were from 1977-1996. In 1996, there were a total of 15,168,100 arrests; 33,050 for forcible rape; 1,506,200 involving drug violations and 19,020 for murder and non-negligent manslaughter [Don Death Penalty San Diego: "Lucent Books Inc."]. ... The number of people on the death row in t967 were in 1972: 200 and in 1997 3,100. ... The only way to deter crime is to prevent it from happening, rather then enforcing harsh punishment to "scare" off potential crimes. Studies show that there is no relation between crime rate...

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Then she heard a loud scream, which seemed like her mom's final scream. ... Then she realized that she should call the police; so she did. ... They show no emotions or any respect to anyone (Bruhn 65). ... They do not care whether any one does not like them, because they are brought up from a home where there is no concern for the society (Kurland 63). ... There is no question that domestic violence makes children suffer. ...

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The truth is there are no hard facts to confirm those allegations. ... There have been many horrible occurrences in schools recently. ... These crimes were committed by students with problems a lot larger than what they were going to wear to school. ... These rights are taken advantage by just about everyone, but that is no reason to take them away from children. ... If students can't express themselves through fashion then they will find another way, which may not be as harmless....

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There are many people who believe in the theory of an eye for an eye (les talinois). ... The police were bullying him. ... The police feel he has no respect for their authority however; the irony is they themselves have no respect for their authority. ... The police were able to amass several false statements in a relatively short period of time. ... He then became the saboteur. ...

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In 1990, 15% of fatal road accidents were alcohol related and 32% of all pedestrians killed in road accidents were over the legal blood-alcohol level for driving. ... There are no cases of death by Cannabis use. If made legal consumption of alcohol would no doubt go down, and with it, alcohol related crime. ... There is overwhelming evidence that medical use is beneficial. ... No one can predict the effect that on increase in availability (and promotion) cannabis would have on these figures. ...

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When wars and conflicts were settled through duels and swordfights, no one was afraid to walk down their own street at night or even during the day for that matter. ... There was no such word as safety anymore when a gun was involved. A person couldn't fight back unless they had a gun as well and even then there was still little chance that one wasn't going to get hurt. ... Criminals could no longer assume that all their victims were going to be helpless, especially women. Even though everyone feared the gun, it brought some hope for women who were known to be easily taken advant...

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There Brenton was tormented and the police persuaded brenton to admit he was the killer. ... After 27 hours of no food, no sleep, and constant yelling Crowe admitted to killing his sister. ... In both of these cases these boys were held with no food, no sleep, and no contact. ... He was a black male that could have fit the description of couldn't have but he was held in custody and then admitted to a crime that he would have never thought of committing. ... No not right he was innocent! ...

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You double checked to make sure all of the doors were locked and made sure all of the windows were closed. ... But then you realize you have a 9-mm Smith and Wesson hand gun in the nightstand. ... Then the intruder kicks the door in, sending splinters of wood flying about the room. ... But it's just one piece of evidence that shows that gun control laws are only marginally effective, if at all, in curtailing crimes involving firearms.Now, I am not saying that there should be absolutely no restrictions on who has a fire arm, because that is not true. ... And if the gun is kept in a safe sp...

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The results were that women were 13.4% employed while men were 14.2% employed. Digging further into the research, there were more results of crime when there were a higher amount of unemployed members. ... If the woman of the house brings in all the income, then the man of the house becomes more violent, and ultimately commits more crimes. But if there are enough income for most households in the world, then the less likely there are to be crimes. ... They are the ones who witness the crime being committed but play no role in the crime. ...

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There were many times that I heard friends asking other friends if they wanted to steal a stereo out of a car, or vandalize someone's car for no apparent reason. ... The boy they beat up later died, and they were convicted of murder. ... As long as gangs are out there, there will be people scared by them and more people joining, ultimately adding to the problem. In a perfect world there would be no violence, therefore no pressure to commits acts of violence. Maybe someday, through means that I do not know, this will be a perfect world, but until then people will be pressured. ...

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There are around 3000 people on death row across the country right now and if these politicians get their way, then 3000 killers lives will be spared. ... All human life does have the right to be respected but there is a point when that right can be lost, if someone takes the life of another human being, then they have given up that right. ... If no evidence is found by then to prove their true innocence, chances are no evidence will ever be found. ... Department of Justice studied all the available criminal records of those that were on death row they found out some pretty interestin...

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Most of them are of a minor nature, although there is one offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. ... While he was diagnosed with a chronic, fluctuating depressed mood, there is no evidence Merritt suffered from any kind of mental disorder and had amicable relationships with all his former partners. ... Merritt gave no explanation for smothering the children at his mother's Cabramatta home, claiming he had no recollection of the crime. ... The issue on appeal was whether his Honour made a mistake in concluding that he should impose a life sentence, pursuant to section 61 of th...

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After that execution there were 44 murders in 1977 a 20% decrease from the year before. ... In 1981 the city of Houston (Harris county) there was a record 701 murders. ... Over the next two years, 6 women were violently raped and killed. ... If McDuff had been executed in the first place then, he said, "no telling how many lives would have been saved." ... Once the execution is carried out that is it, there is no turning back. ...

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