Extreme Effects of Proposition 21 Proposition 21 was proposed so that fourteen year olds and older would be tried as adults for serious crimes. ... Need For Proposition 21 Based on Extreme Crimes Over the past few decades, violence has been a serious problem in the United States, and has swamped heavily populated states like California. ...
Theodore Lorraine Sendak, a former Indiana Attorney General, once stated, "Our system of criminal law is to minimize human suffering by works or order primarily to forestall violence or aggression. ... In contrary, the opposers are strongly against the use of the death penalty and state how there are other methods that can be used to make the society a safer place to live in that does not explicit this type of extreme violence. ... Officials say the increase is puzzling since overall violence, as well as sexual assaults and the number of weapons found in prisons statewide, have all declined in...
Overcrowding increases the chance for prison riots, higher chance of prisoner misconduct, psychological problems, changes the prison dynamic, increases prison violence, and is cruel to the prisoners. ... Countless prisoners have died due to extreme wait times. ... Overcrowding has also increased the incidence of infectious disease and has led to rising prison violence and greater violence and greater reliance on lockdowns. ...
Clifton Duffy, a former penitentiary warden observed a gas chamber execution and reported "At first there is evidence of extreme horror, pain, and strangling. ... If a member of the execution team injects the drugs into the muscle instead of a vein, or if the needle becomes clogged, extreme pain can result. ... Gang violence in this country is increasing because of this issue. ...
Within my research, the authors are taking their views on punishment fitting the crime to the extremes. ... Violent crimes deserve "eye for an eye". 30 March 1995 The author of this article wants the public to know that he believes that if someone commits a crime of violence that they should receive the same. ... Even the "piddling crimes" (of no worth) are being slapped with sentences that are outrageous because they are simply related with the use of drugs or violence or associated with whatever offense offers the greatest time in the slammer. ...
(http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/1068/) The Supreme Court found his punishment too extreme, "A penalty that was permissible at one time in our nation's history is not necessarily permissible today-- Thurgood Marshall. ... On the other extreme the text mentions another case which proved a very different verdict. ...
The prison population in England and Wales currently stands at 71,800. According to the Home Office estimate this figure is projected to rise to 83,500 by 2008. Similarly in Scotland, which has a separate legal system and its own private service, there are similar pressures. Prisons can be successfu...
