You will encounter towns such as "Marion," "Harrisburg," "Benton," and "West Frankfort." Arguably, the most notable town in Southern Illinois is "Carbondale." ... The town received its name due to the abundance of coal in the area. ... Bill Quigley of Loyola University at New Orleans pointed out that our justice system's biggest crime is running an institution based on race. ... In small towns, authorities have a limited number of crimes to address. ...

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The way it occurred was the offender was placed in the middle of town with the surrounding of the town people, the offender's humiliation would be related to what type of crime they had committed. For example: when stealing crop or food the offender would stand in front of the town's people and get bombarded with tomatoes, and eggs[ CITATION Str09 l 1033 ]. ... When public humiliation happened sometimes the offender would be put in a bird-cage look alike in hung up so the town's people can poke or laugh at him. ... Our jails, prison, and mental institutions are being over popula...

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The sheriff as well as many of the other white people in town believed that teaching Jefferson to be a man was a waste of time. The third and fourth line of the poem-"While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock at our accursed lot" seemed to be the way people in the town and in the jail treated Jefferson. ...

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In many cultures these killings were sources of entertainment where the entire town would gather to watch. ... It is only a matter of time before Americans see the company we have surrounded our self with by being in supported of such a barbaric way of punishment. Although capital punishment has been apart of our history since our nation has first started, it is important that the US keeps up with the changing times and makes the appropriate adjustments. ...

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In towns, aboriginals tried desperately to assimilate or to "live white" like the mother in "Wild Cat Falling", in the hope that their children would not be taken away. ... This is a clear example of journey, as we read the novel we experience and relate to the issues the narrator is going through because sometime in our lives we wish to be apart of a group. ...

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Both police officers walked free without any legal problems while the whole world yelled out that something is really wrong with our criminal justice system. ... The reason to keep notes of the differences is because our prison systems comprise of people who have their own way of thinking which does create tremendous issues of both disparity and discrimination. ... My father told me stories about his childhood way back in the 40's and 50's in Newton, Ks when he was a teenager hanging out with his friends making sure that nobody in their town were black. ...

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Comparatively speaking, the number of people incarcerated in state and federal facilities has grown ten times faster than the rate of our entire population. ... Other criminals would be able to skip town and try to evade police. ...

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On 18th June 2014, I returned to my home town Tehran after acquiring a 4 year long law degree from the University of London. ... All we wanted was to sit on those chairs to scream and cheer for our national team. ... Whats done is done but it is in our hands to prevent any form of inequality in the future....

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What he was actually saying was not to replace the power and responsibility of the government in taking vengeance our selves. ... The brothers then drove back to town in the boys" car and robbed a bank. ...

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