Capital punishment is a social institution whereby a goveronment punishes a certain crime by putting the offender to death. ... or cruel and unusual punishment'' shall not be inflicted upon a defendant. How can one argue that taking anothers life is not cruel and unusual punishment? ... These cases prove that death by any means is a " Cruel and Unusual" punishment for any crime. ... Capital punishment is a bad policy and does not benifit anyone in the long haul. ...

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Capital punishment is the highest form of punishment in the United States of America. ... (It is the belief of many that capital punishment is morally wrong,) - I believe that capital punishment is morally wrong- .It can be inflicted upon the innocent; It does not deter crime; there is prejudice involved and therefore it should be abolished. ... Also, it has not been proven to deter crime. ... Capital punishment is not the answer. It does not deter crime, it does not bring back the victim of a crime, and it is cruel and inhumane. ...

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Juvenile crime is a rapidly growing problem in the United States. We are seeing more and more "kids" committing horrible crimes. ... Young people are committing serious crimes now more than ever. ... There needs to be a threat of serious punishment for serious crimes. ... These juveniles must pay the price for their crimes. ...

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Some insist that the death penalty acts to prevent a capital crime, while others feel that it has no effect whether a capital crime is still committed. Is it right or is it wrong to take the life of someone who has committed a capital crime? ... It is said that every case is different, but if every case involved with a person committing a capital crime is considered different then how will it be just if everyone who is tried does not have the same consequence of the ultimate punishment? ... Justice requires that as many of the guilty as possible be punished, regardless of whether others have a...

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Hate crime legislation is discrimination. ... He committed a violent act, and received the right punishment - execution. ... This case received no pressure to prosecute fully or classify the crime as a hate crime. ... Meaning by percentage of population and crime rate, blacks commit far more crimes. ... Yet black crimes, as listed above receive no media attention. ...

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Capital punishment wastes resources. ... It warranted the death penalty for twenty five different crimes. The death penalty was also part of the seventh century's Draconian code of Athens which made death the only punishment for all crimes and in the fifth century B.C's Roman Law of Twelve Tablets. ... The bill proposed that capital punishment be utilized only for crimes of murder and treason but was defeated by a single vote. ... Although some U.S states had begun abolishing the death penalty most states held on to their capital punishment laws. ...

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It is unjust that someone in one state receives the death penalty, but someone who commits an analogous crime in another state they are given a life sentence. ... These statistics are just one example of how the system of capitol punishment has proven to be unreliable. A recent study by Columbia University Law School found that two thirds of all capitol crime contained serious errors. ... Through these students and the false testimony the police were able to find the bona fide killer, who confessed the entire crime on videotape.... In actuality many families denounce the use of capitol punishm...

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A plea bargain is an agreement to plead guilty to a lesser charge with less-severe punishments. ... This gives the defendant a set punishment, which is usually to good to pass up. ... The main problem with this is that the government made strict punishment for crimes and then 90% of the time the punishments do not get enforced. ... Plea bargains leave no real uniformity giving some people a lesser punishment than others who committed the same crime. "If all criminals cases went through a court with a set sentence for the nature of a crime, there would not be so many people getting out of th...

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Prison has never been an effective measure of crime control. According to the Oxford dictionary, prison is defined as "A building to which people are legally committed as a punishment for a crime or while awaiting trial.... North American societies are more focused on justice and punishment, rather than rehabilitation. ... The best way to fix crime is to fix society itself. ... Overall, society should shift its attention from punishment towards rehabilitation. ...

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Hence the sympathy of the audience should never be thrown to the side of crime, wrongdoing, evil or sin. ... The Godfather has been described as an "insightful sociological study of violence, power, honour, corruption, justice and crime in America- (http://www.filmsite.org). ... In fact it is still unclear as to whether the repeated punishment of the gangster figure has helped prevent crime through dramatising what would happen if the rules of the game are broken and you step outside the law. Or whether it has actually promoted crime by portraying the gangster as an extremely dynamic and at...

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Assignment Critically evaluate the usefulness of contemporary criminological theory for an understanding of crimes of violence. Response This paper will look at some crimes of violence, and it will evaluate how contemporary criminological theory is useful or how in some cases it is not useful towards crimes of violence. ... A main issue with structural violence as previously mentioned is its invisibility, and because of this assigning liability is difficult, therefore how can punishment be administered with no one to blame. ... This theory is fitting with the rational choice theory of crime...

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These decisions have made a huge impact on the history of crime in the United States and its negative effects on the country. ... The social problems that arise stem from the justice system's failure to recognize the benefits of following more practical reforms towards juvenile punishment and the factors that play into them. ... We should consider these influences as a start of the problem because juvenile offenders are too immature and incompetent to appreciate the nature of their crimes (Flesch, 2004). ... Mental Effects and Exposure to Violence When dealing with criminal offenders, th...

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Drunk driving is considered a serious crime in the United States. ... Drunk driving is a serious crime and has grim consequences. Punishment for first time offenders includes suspension of driving privileges, points, and fines. Punishment for second time and subsequent offenses increases significantly and typically involves a period of imprisonment. ... Failing to appear in court may result in the State charging you with the crime of failure to appear. ...

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There are currently mandatory minimum sentences present throughout the U.S for minimal drug crimes. ... Cases like these often revolve around a conspiracy to commit the crime. ... Although this seems like a huge offence, the punishment is extreme as well. ... In America today, the number of people imprisoned for drug offenses is the same as the number imprisoned for all crimes twenty years ago (Schlosser 90). ... There is one alternative that seems to stand out as the best option for deterring crime without the use of mandatory sentences: treatment. ...

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This law was enacted in response to soaring crime rates during the mid 1980's and early 1990's (Walsh, 2007, pg.1). This affected the courts because it changed the way the courts would make their rulings on crimes. ... This policy affected the courts because it not only increased the amount of cases it would handle, it would also present the courts with a wide variety of different cases that needed to be dealt with from minor to serious crimes (Grabosky, 1999). ... With the increased corruption within the Mexican government, dealing with drug traffickers and upholding zero toleranc...

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Lincoln believed that ex-confederates and ex-confederate states should be readmitted into the union with little or no punishment. ... The 13th Amendment, section 1 states: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." ...

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Their punishment was having their thumbs burnt for a short time, which angered the colonists as they thought the punishment was too light and considered it a slap on the face. ... In an effort to hide their true identities, many of them attempted to pass themselves off as Mohawk Indians because they would face severe punishment if caught for their actions. ...

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Youths who grow up in poor households many times live in a cramped society where crime and drugs are ramped, their parents are more concerned with putting food on the table then the children's education, and many of the parents are uneducated themselves. ... Some characteristics is high levels of yelling, lecturing, criticism, punishment, or infrequent expression of unconditional love, all of which can lead to rebelliousness. ... It was found through different studies that children identified as being at high risk of failing out of school who went though the high/scope intervention prog...

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Today, we still see hate crimes such as the Rodney King case of Los Angeles. ... The post-Civil War era brought about the Thirteenth Amendment, which stated: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude," except if used as punishment for a committed crime, "shall exist within the United States" (Linder and Lincoln). ... "African-American"-designated areas were filled with poverty, overcrowding, high unemployment, and elevated crime rate (Miles, 66). ...

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Second, voters were disqualified if convicted of any crimes. ... In part he reminds the white race, " We shall constitute one-third and more of the ignorance and crime of the South, or one-third of its intelligence and progress" (42). ... She insists that the law must bring severe punishment to the lynchers, but that it couldn't be done without public demands to take action such as this. ... She feels as though these spectators are just as guilty as the men committing the crime. ...

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Unlawful combatants are likewise subject to capture and detention, but in addition they are subject to trial and punishment by military tribunals for acts which render their belligerency unlawful" (Savage, A5). ... Scott Sullivan, former Air Force attorney, says that since the country was not at war on September 11, what happened was not a war crime. ... And in wartime, the imperative is to prevent the enemy from perpetrating future crimes" (Krauthammer, 104). ...

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"Although there is a low crime rate in Japan because there are many strict rules these rules make the students stressful, so the number of teenager's suicide and juvenile delinquencies are rising." ... In addition, since the students are in front of any other teachers who happen to be in the staff room, they have the extra-added punishment of being embarrassed in front of others. ...

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The 13th Amendment states, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction" (US Constitution, Amendment 13, Section 1). ...

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Since the day America was born, its inhabitants have raised their nation completely and solely on their different interpretations of freedom. Ever since the Declaration of Independence, when America broke away from England, the concept of liberty followed inevitably. Henceforth, each step of Ameri...

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