So why would they let someone go who they thought committed the crime? ... This is used in capital punishment cases and is presented to the grand jury. ... Once ruled not guilty, a person cannot be re-tried for the same crime. ... Finally, we come to the conclusion of the process the eleventh step which is punishment or rehabilitation. ... The sentence has to be reasonable because of the eighth amendment against cruel and unusual punishment. ...

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Today, many of these punishments may seem antiquated, but the basic scope of the protection remains the same. ... Inmates have the right to be free from sexual crimes, including sexual harassment. ... The Eighth Amendment has been the topic of much controversy mostly concerning the death penalty, but it also covers the treatment of those convicted of crimes. It is thought that the Eighth Amendment was written to eliminate torture which had been used in dealing with those convicted of crimes. ... The framers of the Constitution did not give us specific instructions on what was to be considered ...

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Voting rights are being limited to citizens who have committed a crime by state laws. ... Dulles in 1958, the Supreme Court ruled that your citizenship cannot be revoked for punishment to a crime. ... Otsuka was denied registration to vote because he committed an "infamous crime." The Supreme Court ruled that he should be permitted to register because "infamous crime" was too broad. ... Dulles the court stated that citizenship cannot be revoked in the form of punishment. ...

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Also there is the eighth amendment where there is no cruel or unusual punishment. Some people believe that this protection has been abused by some states that practice Capital Punishment. In many states firing squads and hangings are still used as a method of capital punishment. ... The 8th amendment only limits the methods used to practice capital punishment not completely abolish it. ... Rumsfield the courts found that President Bush did not have the authority to set up war crimes tribunals and found the special military commissions illegal under both military justice and the Geneva Conventi...

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This constitutional right to privacy is an attempt to establish a balance of an "individual's reasonable expectation of privacy and society's right to control crime and protect the public." ... Ideally, the result of the Miranda trial has saved many innocent citizens from confessing to a crime that they did not commit (Berman & Murphy, 2003, p. 478). However, it has also made it much easier for criminals to escape judicial punishment due to loopholes and mistakes of the police. ... It is easy to claim that many people who have committed a violent crime are not behind bars due to a ...

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The federal government, since the beginning the war of drug, spends approximately ten billion dollars a year on drug enforcement agencies and programs, and another estimated one hundred and ninety billion dollars a year on investigating drug related crimes, prosecution of alleged drug activities, and enforcing punishments and/or imprisonment. ... This inherently leaving various law enforcement agencies with less ability to confront other crimes. ... The statistics show a rise in crimes concerning personal property; drug abusers in hopes of supporting their drug habit committed seventy-five per...

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The police were frantic and, from letters left at the different crime scenes, the press eventually dubbed him, Son of Sam. ?... A law was passed that permitted the state to seize and hold for five years any money earned by an individual from the sale of his or her story of crime (Pember, p. 113). The money was then set aside to compensate the victim or victim's family of the crimes perpetrated by the felon. ... And while the people who commit these crimes are monsters in our minds, our hearts will be safe in the knowledge that the greater good of the nation is being protected. ... Let us...

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It creates a new crime, called "domestic terrorism," which states that someone acting in a way "dangerous to human life" can be imprisoned ("Search"). ... Before the act, approval for wiretaps was generally difficult to obtain because there had to be a probable cause to show the suspect was involved in a crime. ... However, Amendment VII of the United States Constitution states that "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment be inflicted" ("USA"). Deportation without due cause is surely cruel and unusual punishment and therefore in v...

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This amendment states that if you are accused of a crime, you must have certain rights reserved which the courts are obliged to uphold. ... The Eighth Amendment prevents the government from imposing excessive bail or fines and says "cruel or unusual punishments,"" shall not be inflicted (Lowi & Ginsburg 2000:A15). ... Second, freedom of speech is the right for the citizen to speak his or her mind on any subject and in any point of view whether it be or not be in public opinion without punishment as long as it does not harm anyone else. ...

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This also says that a person may not be put in double jeopardy, on trail for the same crime twice. ... (Vile 318) The eighth amendment protects the people from cruel and unusual punishment. ... (Hickok 334) The courts used to base cruel and unusual punishment from the times in the 1800s, but later it was decided to change it to fit a mature society. ...

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Physician-assisted suicide is generally recognized as illegal under the parameters of homicide, however it is very difficult to meet all of the elements of the crime and conviction subsequently becomes nearly impossible. ... At the time of the appellate courts hearing of the Campbell appeal, there was no other codified law expressing what crime an assisted suicide would fall under and the homicide charges were dismissed. ... The American people are notoriously weary of it's implementation, as can be seen in the case of capital punishment. ...

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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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After gaining independence, our founding fathers created an extremely unique, and revolutionary government in order to set up a social contract between America and its people. Purposefully not trying to be anything like their previously rulers the British, Americans created a new one from the ideas ...

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Often juries were brought together to accuse political opponents of the king of various crimes in order to do away with their opposition. ... In it, the idea that punishments ought to fit the crime was codified in the following words - "A free man shall not be [fined] for a small offense unless according to the measure of the offense, and for a great offense he shall be [fined] according to the greatness of the offense." ...

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It has been at the center of the most controversies in American life: general issues such as the responsibilities of the branches of the federal government, the sharing of power by the federal and state governments and the rights of individuals, as well as more specific questions such as slavery, business trusts, the right of labor union, voting, school segregation, abortion and capital punishment. ... Other disputes involve criminal cases those that are brought to punish someone for committing a crime. ...

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According to Encyclopedia Britannica1, the Thirteenth Amendment stated: "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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American society believes that lowering the drinking age back to eighteen will lead to a domino affect of bad premonitions like rampant drinking binges, raving alcoholics, and more traffic accident deaths upon the entire nation. Realistic Alcohol Laws for Legal Youth (RALLY) is one of many major...

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The Counsel Clause states: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence." ... They argue that his plea was valid because he acknowledged the rights of trial he was w...

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