As the common-law evolves and changes we gain deeper understandings of crime, the motivation of crime, and rehabilitation of criminals. ... CRIMINAL LAW AND SENTENCING A general definition of crime is very easy to obtain and understand. The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines a crime as, "an offence punishable by law illegal acts as a whole... " , and criminal as "a person who has committed crime or crimes." ... Traditional approaches to sentencing are based on theories like deterrence, retribution, denunciation, incapacitation, and rehabilitation. ...

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Some would say that media should print and broadcast the name because it alerts people of the crime and brings truth. ... Within these cases each have been tried in different types of courts, some based on criminal suits, some based on criminal statutes and some on common law. ... "The right to privacy is just a right, a right based not on constitutional guarantees,""(Gates Jr. 2000). ... The public is interested in matters of social issues such as: crime, drug use and political candidates. ... Florida's law stipulates: "794.026 Civil right of action for communicating the identity o...

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Aside from biased views, there are also many flaws that exist in our justice system, such as the appearance of racial inequality in court, problems of the public defender system such that it is based mostly on the socioeconomic concept, and the involvement of police abuse and misconduct. ... Minorities, specifically blacks, are charged with more serious crimes, have less opportunity to plea-bargain, are convicted more frequently, and receive harsher sentences when compared to whites in similar situations. ... A study by the California Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Racial and Ethnic B...

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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. ...

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One of the premises that advocates for legalization try to make is that it would lessen crime on the streets. ... From the information given, I would have to conclude that legalizing marijuana would have little to no effect in reducing crime. ... Those that are incarcerated for marijuana-related crimes will no longer be imprisoned; therefore, the overcrowding issue will improve. ... He concludes the article by providing a statistic, "Colorado Department of Corrections figures show that people imprisoned for marijuana crimes make up about 1 percent of inmates.... " However, opponents...

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Plea bargaining in the United States is one of the most controversial issues due to the fact that the practice of plea bargaining is necessary because of the United States high crime rates, and insufficient facilities and personnel to try all cases. ... These motives involved items dealing with pressure from the prosecutor, acceptance of responsibility for the crime, pragmatic reasons, etc. ... Pressure from the prosecutor came in a variety of forms including direct external pressure, intimidating the defendant with several crimes, and severe punishment [Bor851]. ... According to Maynard (1984...

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INTERNATIONAL RULE OF LAW AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY Through the principle of 'sovereign equality of states' it can be noted that the theory of 'rule of law' does exist in international law as well.12 In Article 2 Paragraph 1 of the United Nations Charter, it is proclaimed "The Organisation is based on the Principle of Sovereign Equality of all its members.... The Rome Statute also gives jurisdiction to the International Criminal Court (ICC)22 over war crime issues, genocide and crimes against humanity23. ...

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This Assize was to replace the earlier case settlement method "trial by battle" (where the parties duelled to determine successful party) or "trial by ordeal" where an accused person would have to undergo a rather gruesome and painful task on the premise that, if they completed without injuries, or their injuries healed quickly, then they would be treated as innocent in any kind of charge lay against them.5 This was based on the principle of divine intervention and the belief that divine forces would not allow an innocent person to be harmed. ...

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Austin: Positivist Identity of law: what makes the law the law Law (is) = Rules + (issued by a) Sovereignty. Rules = General Commands A command is an expression of a wish backed by a threat to inflict an evil (=sanction, like telling the child to get the toy is not a command unless it is backed b...

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Virtu Like most Western philosophers, Niccolo Machiavelli's ideas were heavily influenced by the early Greek philosophers. Most notable among the Greek philosophers who inspired Machiavelli was Plato. In particular, Machiavelli took interest in Plato's concept of just rulers who ruled by moral vi...

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