Traditional Aboriginal laws and customs were not re-acknowledged until 1971 with the Miliripum vs. ... This is because the European system is one that has been imposed on them and has never, throughout history, put the needs and customs of the Aborigines first. ... As part of customary law and current roles in criminal law, Circle Sentencing is a indigenous approach to sentencing that has been introduced to the legal system. Circle Sentencing involves taking a sentencing court to the local community, where the magistrate and the community sit in a circle, discuss the matter and arrive at an a...

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Alcohol claims a surprising 110,640 lives (CDC) with drastic health effects as liver disease. ... On average, we sentence nonviolent drug offenders to five times more jail time than those convicted of manslaughter. ... Marijuana could be the start of the next boom in our economy. ... It is a lot easier to tell a curious person to wait until they are 18 to smoke marijuana then it is to tell them that they can never do it because it is against the law, because a curious person is going to want to do it anyways. ... It is time for a change because things cannot improve if they remain the same. ...

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These two opposite views of justice are the starting point for analysis. ... Keep in mind that many people discuss justice in terms of a specific situation, that is, what is the right or just thing to do when confronted with certain facts. ... His method of teaching was to dialogue with his students, questioning their assumptions, and cross-examining what people thought to be true. His most famous pronouncement was that, after questioning all the people that society deemed wise, Socrates concluded "that he was really wiser than them all, because he at least knew he knew nothing and th...

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Therefore, I decided to write a topic I learned about in that class, so others can also how Constitution deal with important issues in our society. ... However, I am afraid if I choose any other constitutional issues, I will have to spend several pages to explain the background of the issues, because average Americans aren't familiar with them. ... But not until the civil right movement era, people started raise up the question that whether death penalty is against the Eighth Amendment or not. ... North Carolina, some Supreme Court justice argued that capital punishment is cruel and...

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Religious people are against this process because they believe life is a gift from God and that each individual is a gift and only God can start a life and only God should be allowed to end it. In the medical aspect, most doctors are against Euthanasia because it goes against the Hippocratic oath, were it states that doctors are obligated to preserve life and relieve suffering. ... People say that dying by euthanasia is to die with dignity, instead of living an artificial life on respirators and other life support machines. I believe that if the judicial system of the United States can choose ...

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Criminal Justice is a field with many vocational possibilities. ... Ranging from the first contact made by the judiciary to the sentencing and release, probation and parole are integrated and necessary in almost every aspect of an offender's journey through the judicial system. ... When dealing with offenders that have offenses of a sexual nature this is a crucial instrument to have. ... The handheld Breathalyzer that has been in circulation for years and used to detect the use of alcohol in a field setting was the starting point for an alcohol detection device that prevents an intoxicate...

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A proper example would be a scenario with a child molester, if such criminal constantly does harm to children should this criminal be punished with the same harm he put his victim through, maybe even worse harm? ... If criminals are not punished people will start committing crimes because they know they're will be no consequences for their actions. The environment provides individuals with direct economic benefits. ... " (Two concepts if rules by John Rawls page 5) If we consider the job of a judge, they must sentence criminals to a certain punishment based on the crime they comm...

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(That really happens in Japan that there is a man who married with his shower rose.) ... In the essay, Miller explains in Bible, there is no real word or sentence say that the gay marriage is unacceptable. ... Which means that although gay marriage is a new event, we cannot deny it like we do with the slavery system. ... Miller is surely right about the development of the demand of the human equal right, because, as she may not be aware, recent studies have shown that the U.S. government legalize the gay marriage at June 26th 2015. ... Nowadays, we have a good start that gay marriage legali...

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Of course I looked "justice" up in the dictionary before I started to write this paper and I did not find anything of interest except of course a common word in every definition, that implies being "fair". This implies that justice would have something to do with being fair. ... Is life in jail, say 25 years, going to be enough punishment for the parents charged with brutally murdering their daughter Farah Khan? ... Because although the legal system is not always right, it needs that lofty ideal of justice something to strive for, something to hope gets accomplished, the hope for every victim ...

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Of course I looked "justice" up in the dictionary before I started to write this paper and I did not find anything of interest except of course a common word in every definition, that implies being "fair". This implies that justice would have something to do with being fair. ... Is life in jail, say 25 years, going to be enough punishment for the parents charged with brutally murdering their daughter Farah Khan? ... Because although the legal system is not always right, it needs that lofty ideal of justice something to strive for, something to hope gets accomplished, the hope for every victim ...

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At the start of the trial, he stated that he was not prepared for trial because he had not yet assembled a counsel for his defense. He requested that the court provide him with counsel. ... He was convicted by the jury of felony charges and given the maximum sentence of five years. ... Gideon received a new trial with a court appointed attorney. ... A public defender is usually selected because of their commitment to protect the rights of citizens. ...

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