Drug abuse has sadly become very common. ... Not every drug offender out there is the same. ... Law enforcement and the government have tried to lower the drug use for many years yet there seem to be more and more drugs entering the United States and more substance abuse among people. ... Marijuana is one of those drugs that aren't addictive or abused to the extent of more harmful drugs such as heroine, meth, etc. ... "For example, the HOPE (Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement) program, started by a former federal prosecutor in Hawaii, conducts frequent drug tests ...

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Today only the United States and Turkey enforce executions. The first question that should be addressed, is whether or not we should enforce and even carry out capital punishment. ... There is no clear-cut answer if we as a society should enforce the death penalty. ...

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How ironic it is that in such a climate, our nation's top law enforcement official, Attorney General John Ashcroft, keeps pushing for the death penalty in federal cases, often overriding the recommendations of his local federal prosecutors - despite the fact that, as of this writing, jurors in 20 of the last 21 federal capital trials have refused to return death verdicts. ...

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Are Prison Reforming or Not! In a world where political correctness often whitewashes the darker side of reality, we have soft alternatives for the bleak word "prison."" We prefer "penitentiary- or "correctional facility,"" where "vocational training- and "social services- are provided. We even fa...

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The term capital punishment is derived from the Latin caput, meaning "head". It originally referred to death by decapitation, but now applies generally to state authorized executions. Crimes occur in every society around the world. Historically, criminals convicted of these crimes were dealt with in different ways, some of which are sentenced to death. Capital punishment has been banned in most western countries, although, countries like the United States, despite earlier attempts to eliminate capital punishment have now had an increased amount of support from several states, in the use...

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The set time period is given to the offender and during this time they have to abide by certain rules such as; unpaid work, curfews, exclusions, drug rehabilitation and alcohol treatment (http://www.inbrief.co.uk). ...

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Perhaps this is the intended goal of the Violent Crime Control And Law Enforcement Act of 1994. ... New capital offenses include the murder of a federal prisoner serving a life sentence, and drive by shootings in the course of certain drug offenses" (Internet 3/8/95). ...

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Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with then are relegated to cages. ...

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Law enforcement officials feel the need for prisoner rehabilitation programs so that those prisoners who become involved with and complete such programs are least likely to become re-offenders and as a result, there are fewer cases to work for the officials. ... As a result, more money can be spent on education, job training, drug treatment, anger management and other programs. ...

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A great number of people would argue that there are very few things, which our American society holds dear. However, after the events on September eleventh just over a year ago, it became abundantly clear that the one thing we revere the most is our freedom and ability to choose in a democratically based republic. It is this ability to choose, and the mutual respect of other people's right to choose based in their own beliefs which makes picking and finding one single, moral, and ethical law to govern any situation a difficult task. Too often people see morality and ethics as a clear c...

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