Knowing this, I was not surprised when it DeLeon 2 was reveled that the Tacoma gun shop, where the beltway sniper obtained his rifle, had a history of faulty bookkeeping and was allowed to stay in business. ... During the sniper investigation, police used a ballistics test to determine that the same type of weapon was being used over and over again in each attack. After the gun was recovered, police were able to identify the rifle from the use of the ballistics test. ...

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There has been some form of death penalty in the world throughout history. ... Therefore, advancements in science and DNA testing has changed the destiny of the innocent suspects dramatically. DNA testing became available in 1995, due to advances in science. ...

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Initially, he was an Engineering major, and  later changed it to History.   ... He also added, the most cases are delayed for one reason or the other; for example, for gun cases, if the gun has not been test-fired,  there is a continuance of that case  until the gun  has been test-fired.  ...

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Criminals on house arrest are drug tested often and have to keep a daily log of their events as well as perform community service, pay weekly and monthly fines to help cover the cost of their house arrest, and attend rehabilitation classes. ... They do not have a gap in job history due to prison time, and they learn to become contributing members of society. ...

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There were a few cases in our history when insane people were sentenced to serve time in prisons instead of getting proper treatments in mental institutions. According to the number of doctors who tested Andrea Yates, described her condition as a very rare case in which many factors contributed its influence. Andrea had a long history of a postpartum depression and has been diagnosed with psychosis. ...

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The topic of gun control has been a hot topic in the past decades, now even more so because too many lives are being lost because of firearms falling into the wrong hands. Unfortunately, the "wrong hands" are not limited to those who have mental problems these days, but there are also instances wher...

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Levi Aron, is a convicted felon, and "his lawyers [] point[ed] to a history of "psychiatric disorders"" in order to plead insanity (Vaknin). ... "DNA testing and other conclusive forms of evidence" are used ensure that the person who committed the crime is caught ("Christian Doctrine"). ...

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The Controversy of Capital Punishment There have been many controversies in the history of the United States. ... The test for deterrence is not that executions produce lower murder rates, but that executions produce fewer murders than if the death penalty did not exist. ...

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It seems that somebody, at one point in history, decided what is right and wrong, how people should behave. ... A defence motion to have Smith and Hickock undergo psychological testing before the trial had been denied by the judge, who appointed three local general doctors, not psychiatrists, to make the required examination. ...

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