Thomas Ketchum later known as "Black Jack"" Ketchum was a notorious train robber from about 1895 to 1901. ... Black Jack's first crime was the murder of his neighbor John N. Powers; he was shot down December 12, 1895 by Black Jack and several other men. ... He described the man as filthy dirty, with a tattered hat, clothes from the 1800's, and terribly yellowed teeth who didn't seem to recognize them take out his gun and shoot several times then he noticed the boy and he looked surprised to see the boy and said "you're not supposed to be here " and then just disappeared. T...

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Brenton Butler a fifteen year old boy was taken into custody for twelve hours. ... Michael Crowe a fourteen year old boy of Escondido, California has a similar situation. ... 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. ...

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The narrator is a 13 year old, semi-literate boy who refers to blacks by the "N-word" because he has never heard them called anything else, that's all he's ever known. He's been brought up to see blacks as slaves, as property, as something less than human. ...

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One of the biggest problems is guns being sold illegally on the black market. Most criminals buy guns on the black market or steal them, making gun control virtually impossible (Polsby and Brennen). ... After an argument, a twelve year old New Jersey boy shot three times at a classmate. When agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms questioned the boy he stated that he paid three hundred dollars for the gun three days earlier. ...

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It is always in trend in society and even in law system.it is often observed that blacks were executes by law more than whites. Black executes for different crimes Carol S. ... Steikerff in their article, The American Death Penalty and the (In) Visibility of Race mentions that Not only did the number of blacks executed surpass the number of whites executed during the eighteenth century (a trend that continued until the Civil War), but blacks were often executed for different crimes . Whereas the vast majority of whites sentenced to death were executed for murder, ...

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The lives of two black boys, Lafayette, 10 and Pharaoh, 7 are followed as they struggle to grow up in one of Chicago's worst housing projects. ... The boy's older siblings had gotten into trouble with the police, and served time. ... The family was almost relieved when the oldest boy; Terence, was sentence to prison because of his involvement with the gangs. ... It is scary to think that this is just a minute representation of the inner city black youth that is faced with situations daily. ...

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The lives of two black boys, Lafayette, 10 and Pharaoh, 7 are followed as they struggle to grow up in one of Chicago's worst housing projects. ... The boy's older siblings had gotten into trouble with the police, and served time. ... The family was almost relieved when the oldest boy; Terence, was sentence to prison because of his involvement with the gangs. ... It is scary to think that this is just a minute representation of the inner city black youth that is faced with situations daily. ...

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In the two-year period from January 1995 to December 1997, 70% of the drivers stopped and searched by the police were black, while only 17.5% of overall drivers " as well as overall speeders " were black.6 To look at similar case in Volusia County , Florida, in 1992, nearly 70% of those stopped on a particular Interstate highway in central Florida were black or Hispanic, although only 5% of the drivers on that highway were black or Hispanic. ... The car filled with young black men was stopped by the police several times; the white group was not stopped once, despite observing polic...

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Some people say that Capital Punishment has killed more blacks then whites and more poor then rich. ... When a twelve year old boy who was playing with his daddy's gun and kills his best friend doesn't get but more then a few years in jail. ... Black and white people are the victims of violent crime, 82 % of people executed since 1977 have been convicted of killing white victims. ...

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On 27th February 2012, T.J Lane who was a seventeen year old school boy walked with a .22 caliber pistol in his bag to his school, Chardon High School situated outside Cleveland. ... Handguns are readily found in the black markets, and hence criminals will forever poses guns even with strict gun control measures. ... After effecting gun control measures, the police should undertake crackdowns by searching suspected people and eliminating the possession of guns from the black markets. The black markets should also be investigated and eliminated from the society in order to shut down the source ...

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Some statistics indicate that Capital Punishment has killed more blacks then whites and more poor then rich. ... When a twelve year old boy who was playing with his daddy's gun and kills his best friend doesn't get but more then a few years in jail. ... Black and white people are the victims of violent crime, 82 % of people executed since 1977 have been convicted of killing white victims. ... Of this number, only one white mad was executed for killing a black man. ...

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The jurors didn't care about the boy's age and his family - most of them only wanted him to be sent to the electric chair because he was a foreigner who also lives in one of the worst parts of town. ... The most recent statistics show that blacks are arrested and incarcerated for drug use at a much higher rate than can be accounted for by their rate of drug use. Blacks constitute some 35% of those arrested for drug possession, 55% of those convicted of possession, and 74% of those sentenced to prison for possession. ... The study also found that black-on-black crime or Latino-on-Lati...

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Most are black and Latin and the rest are white. ... The boy was executed for beastiality, or having sex with animals when he was 17 years old (Beiser 2). ... When it came time for the sentencing, the judge "acknowledged that the boy's youth was a substantial mitigating factor but refused, as a matter of law, to consider Monty's disturbed family life and emotional problems as substantial evidence" (Ewing 152). ...

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Capital Punishment: Is it right or wrong? The death penalty has not remained constant throughout American History . It has undergone numerous changes and reforms in the past two centuries, falling in and out of public favor. The death penalty has been in our legal system since our legal ...

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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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Annotated Bibliography The Death Penalty for Juveniles The following research draws upon different opinions and perceptions for and against the further enactment of the death penalty for juvenile offenders. The various articles that are presented draw conclusions on the pros and cons of using the death penalty as punishment for young offenders. Numerous views surfaced in my research such as the views of president Bush, prominent authors and court officials as well as the views of individual states. In order to fully evaluate this sensitive topic I have presented a mixture of opposing p...

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