Also, most perpetrators of hate crimes are young people and a lot of them are juvenile offenders. ... Then, one may think about the usefulness of hate crime laws because the only thing these laws do is raise the sentences and if that does not stop other people from committing hate crimes, why do these laws exist? ... By creating the hate crime laws the government is giving victims of hate crime more value and more protection than victims of "ord...

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Today a total of 94 countries and territories use the death penalty for ordinary crime, including the United States. ... In some of the 57 countries, capital punishment is only banned for ordinary crimes and still effective for military crimes or crimes committed in exceptional circumstances such as wartime (Doan, 2). ... What the Bible has to say about capital punishment affects peoples view on it. ... The idea is beneficial to the people and the budget because of the cheap manual labor. ... Why do governments kill people to show other people that killing is wrong? ...

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When providing a theoretical analysis of this crime there are many things to consider: including people involved in the offender's life, the victim, and places. ... With all the media attention and coverage surrounding this trial, people lost sight of what was most important, who really killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman? ... According to the ABA journal poll, 80 % of Americans are more likely to think courts treat celebrities or very famous people differently than ordinary citizens (DeBendictis, 1994). ... It also varies between local and national news but depending on whethe...

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This is one of many reasons that more and more people are supporting gun control. ... People sell deadly weapons to who ever has enough money to purchase them. ... People are tired of living in fear and want the streets safer for their children to grow up on. The paranoia that makes people have weapons is the paranoia that can turn in to disaster. ... Guns are also used in acts of rage by ordinary citizens caught up in the heat of arguments, fights and other kinds of domestic violence. ...

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The boys go on their way, this is an ordinary night for them, and back to their favorite hangout. ... The people he wronged in the past take their revenge on him; now they can hit him, and he is unable to hit back. ... People would be punished for crimes or sins they commit. ... Jesus was seen as different because he treated all people like equals and for this he was looked down upon and was eventually crucified for. ... The main contrast between the two is that people in today's society get less severe punishments for more severe crimes. ...

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Some people disagree about whether capital punishment is moral or is effective in discouraging crime. ... Since 1985, over 40 countries have abolished the death penalty in law or, having previously abolished it for ordinary crimes, have gone on to abolish it for all crimes. ... He cited that because there is a risk that innocent people could be executed, he ruled the federal death penalty unconstitutional. ...

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It is what is reported and how its reported that would make a difference to people's perception bearing in mind that most people have not being victims of crime themselves and all they know about crime is based on hearsay. ... As a result there was increased hate crime against gay people. ... Statistics show that young black people are overrepresented at all stages of the criminal justice system. ... Television programmes such as "The Wire" and "CSI" and many more like them which dominate popular television are about criminal behaviour, motivation, the impact of crime on 'ordinary&#...

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The government should not have a say in what people do. ... Some people actually need drugs. ... Therefore, some people depend on drugs. Many people argue the side for individual rights. ... Some people just do not have the desire to take drugs. ...

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"Actual Innocence" by Barry Scheck, Peter Neufeld, and Jim Dwyer is an extraordinarily powerful story of ordinary people incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. ... In this country, the United States of America, the government claims all people are "innocent till proven guilty." ... It is proven through DNA tests that sixty-seven people were sent to prison and death row for crimes they did not commit. ... As people try to identify under racial line groups, they become even less reliable. ... It mentions that too often innocent people are surrogates for serial criminals and killers. ...

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In fact, scans reveal a patch at the front of the brain in people with records for criminal violence. ... After showing these people short films, Dr. ... People who live in such areas experience conflicts frequently and therefore face the flourishing of antisocial behavior. ... People who defend that theory believe that the ability to reach goals depends on social class, since citizens of a low class are able to achieve their goals through ordinary means. ... Certainly, there are people who recognize each of these ideas and develop a combination theory of which to educate and direct therapy fr...

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Not just an ordinary outlaw either; he is the leader of a gang of outlaws, and an exceptional leader at that. ... But a secret can only last so long, and eventually people found out, people including Kerb Perrin. ... Ben had considered this a possibility if the two of them ever met, and what else could he ask for, not many people get the chance to have raised their own son-in-law. ... Ben Curry ran his operation of outlaws for 15 years and was very successful without having to resort to shooting people. ... The author also many times referenced how hard it was for the people in that day, esp...

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For many young people, there is also intrinsic value in drinking, sexual promiscuity and other status offenses. ... The adolescent's ability to meet the ordinary demands of life is significantly impaired, and behavior is grossly disturbed. ... In the same way that people inherit genes that control height and eye color, biosocial theorists believe that antisocial behavior characteristics may be inherited (Siegel & Senna, 1991, p.96). ... Psychologists with a cognitive perspective focus on mental processes and the way people perceive and mentally represent the world around them, how they...

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Many people would be quick to think that it's money that mainly contributes to the operation of these institutions. ... A conflict between citizens is nothing that is out of the ordinary in American Society. ... On this day Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, placed two pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon where he detonated them killing two people while injuring dozens of other bystanders (Bigman, 2013). ...

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They propose that laws be passed to make guns more difficult or impossible for ordinary citizens to own. On the other side are those people who oppose all or nearly all forms of gun control. ... First, we need to control the people who use the guns, not the guns themselves. ... Guns don't kill people, people kill people. ... One of those myths is "the only purpose of a handgun is to kill people" (NRA 5). ...

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I've been Emailed by a few people in Europe, almost all of whom have held different opinions than I do. ... "If death penalty cases, subject to far more rigorous safeguards than ordinary criminal cases, still manage to convict the innocent, how many innocent people are convicted of crimes that don't carry the death penalty? ... People who've never actually had to deal with the way things are make demands. ... The people who would die as a result of this would be exactly the right people, the ones who should never, ever be released. ... All people. ...

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Does media violence "Video, game, book, or otherwise "influence people, including young adults? Without a doubt, media violence does influence people. However, does media violence influence people to the point of lashing out in violence? ... Some people think so because they believe that aggression will make a child hurt someone else. ... Littleton, Colorado was devastated when events in Columbine High School left twenty-three people wounded and fifteen people dead, including the two supposedly "unstable- gunmen, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. ...

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In this statistic, Kellerman and Raey state that a gun will be used in a justified shooting one time, while forty three other people are killed by a gun unjustly, either by suicide, accident, or criminal (Heumer 9). ... The United States' homicide rate (5.9 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2005) is higher when compared to other countries: Sweden with 1.3, Canada with 1.5, and Australia with 1.3. ... They state that the "right of the people " in its context of the Constitution is referring to the state. ... The First and Fourth Amendment use the same phrase, "rights of the people ", but no ...

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The Criminal Justice System "In the determination of any criminal charge against him, or of his rights and obligations in a suit at law, everyone shall be entitled to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established by law." Without "fairness" the cr...

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Many believe that racial profiling became a problem in the 1980's; however the problem dates back to at least the 1700's for people of African descent in the United States. ... Since the implantation of "The Drug Courier Profiles," ordinary citizens, have claimed to be racially profiled by law enforcement while driving, often referred to as "driving while Black." Historically there have been many people and organizations that have stood up against racial profiling despite the fact that so little progress has been made. ... Profiling happens to both women and men...

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