Murderers should be dealt with in an effective manner that gives society the assurance that murder will not be tolerated. ... Phelps notes, "People these days want revenge..." ... Van den Haag notes "Justice requires punishing the guilty - as many of the guilty as possible...and sparing the innocent - as many of the innocent as possible, even if not all are spared" (van den Haag 224). He also responds to Radelet, "All human activities...cause innocent people to suffer wrongful death, but we don't give them up". ... In his analysis of Ehrlich's study, Bowers notes several flaws that ...

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The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 was started to give a new statutory responsibility to local authorities for the development of local crime and disorder strategies with the police force. ... The Prosecution of Offences Act (1985) created the Crown Prosecution Service, which helped take away a lot of the responsibility, but giving them more accountability in the operation of cases. ... Crime and Disorder Act 1998, which gives joint responsibility on the Police and Local Authorities for fighting crime. ... One major point to make note of is that accountability has always caused a certain ...

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It is best to note the absolutes of the death penalty - first, that once it is carried out, there is no reversing the outcome. ... Certainly, the threat of the ultimate penalty may give pause to a small percentage, but most capital cases involve a defendant who is far from rational enough to weigh the costs and benefits of his action. ... The military or police can't simply kill their fellow Filipinos if they did a crime that is why the existence of these criminals still gives threat to the people. ... Take note that people who are in the prisons were those who did crimes. ...

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About the same number in federal systems, 91% of felonies" (http://els41.law.emory.edu/sites/crimpro/notes/ch17notes.html). ... This gives the defendant a set punishment, which is usually to good to pass up. ... Most fact bargains are made when the defendant agrees to be a witness against someone else in exchange for changed facts" (http://els41.law.emory.edu/sites/crimpro/notes/ch17notes.html). ... Some people believe that giving the prosecutor the power to negotiate plea bargains is giving him more power than the judge. ... Another state would be New York who has restricted plea barg...

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Prisons give offenders a second chance to improve their lives and make things right once again. ... It does not only increase their adaptability, but also gives them ability to do well and exercise discipline. ... Giving college education to prisoners is tantamount to offering them too abundant of privileges that defeats the purpose of serving one's jail term and actual sentence. ... On the same note, some inmates may take advantage of the achievements they gain from college education and use them as a springboard to freedom. ... However, this is not right as it would give a wrong impress...

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On the other hand, those who oppose the death penalty note scriptural exceptions. ... Those who oppose capital punishment note that available evidence does not support this argument. ... If prison industries give the opportunity to a life-termer, he or she can support himself and contribute to the maintenance of dependents. ...

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In one essay, he notes that a nationwide pattern of violent assaults by white police officers against minorities, which has come to light in more recent years. ... It gives a look inside the prison system and death row that cannot be paralleled. ... Mumia Abu-Jamal gives a voice to the voiceless prisoners of America. ...

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NB (Note Well): Even though you are writing about the opinions of others, you will not express your own opinion(s) or take a stance on the topic. ... You will document (give credit to the author) for each source using parenthetical in-text citation (Author Page) and a list of sources formatted in Works Cited style following the MLA Style Guide. ... Those who oppose capital punishment argue that the death penalty is unjust, immoral, and indefensible state sanctioned murder of a human being who is undeserving of execution even though they have committed a heinous crime, that vengeance is not...

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Ben had been raising Mike to take over his legacy without ever giving a second thought to the fact that Mike might not want to. ... Kerb Perrin upon learning of Ben's secret decided to take a few men and steal the cattle that Ben kept at his families ranch and to also take Ben's wife and two daughters, thinking that this would give them leverage against Ben Curry. ... Tyrell and Borden had been comparing notes and had realized that over the last 4 years many robberies had been committed that looked familiar. ...

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Retired Edmonton Police Service Superintendent Chris Braiden notes that in the thirty-year period in which violent youth crime rose by 300% in the U.S., the number of single parent families rose by 300% and the divorce rate doubled, the same as it did in Canada (McGovern 1). ... Couples should give themselves a year of work, and then re-evaluate their marriage. ...

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Proponents of executions prefer the Old Testament, particularly Genesis 9:6, "Whoso sheddeth a man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed" and the old favorite from Exodus 21:23, "thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth- Prejean went on to say that "Jesus Christ, whose way of life I try to follow, refused to meet hate with hate and violence with violence. ... Wicker, a Naples, Fla., pastor, said the resolution's language notes capital punishment should be used only when there is "clear and overwhelming evidence" of guilt and should not be based on race or class o...

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Embezzlements are generally committed by one of three methods: By trickery, deceit or misrepresentation (e.g. account holder or rightful owner impersonation, official seals of fake accounts); by documents (e.g. check, "authorization note", power of attorney); and by technology (e.g. on-line computer, FAX machines, ATM access)(Weisburd et al., 1991). ...

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Please note that participants were not informed whether they were a part of the experimental or control group. ... Data collected suggests that 58% of women surveyed were influenced or pressured by peers to give unauthorized discounts or free merchandise. ...

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It is important to note that the majority of juveniles arrested in America are arrested for property crimes and other less serious offenses-not crimes of violence (Sadler 26). ... It is not a good way to live and many kids just give up their lives to crime because they think that there is no way out of the life they are living. ...

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The death penalty or capital punishment as it is commonly referred to has been at the core of many heated debates in recent years. Capital punishment has been used by almost every culture in the world. Execution has been in existence almost as long as people have populated the earth and has been a ...

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Furthermore it is critical to note that historically Indigenous Australians have been subject to oppressive treatment by police and therefore they do have a distrust and resentment toward police officers. ... As stated in (Behrendt, 2009, p.31) 'separation from the primary care giver can give rise to problems of attachment and the development of psychiatric disorders'. ...

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Taking a quick peruse through scriptures, one cannot help but note the following primary examples of why the death penalty must be implemented in certain cases of senseless violence: "Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed..." -- Genesis 9:6 "He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death." -- Exodus 21:12 "And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death." -- Exodus 21:15 "He who kidnaps a man and sells him shall surely be put to death." -- Exodus 21:16 "Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murder...

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Prison Overcrowding The prison population quadrupled from 1970 to 1990 (Clark). Prison overcrowding is quickly becoming a major financial and controversial problem in the United States. The prison population is increasing rapidly, length of sentences must be reconsidered and drug offenders should g...

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Moral arguments means that it is important to note that no right is absolute, even those supposedly granted by God and guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. ... The 2nd Amendment does state that you have "the right to keep and bear arms" but in that, it does not give the distinction of using guns to kill more children and people than anywhere in the world does. ...

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Prop. 21 would give the State of California an ongoing cost of more than 330 millions dollars annually, due to higher cost of the adult court and prison system. ... On a personal note, I can think of many examples of juveniles around my neighborhood who have committed crimes and have "beat" the system because of their age. ...

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What is community policing? Community policing is a working partnership with a community that helps make the environment a better place to live in. This partnership with the community has goals such as reducing neighborhood crime, helping to reduce fear of crime and enhancing the quality of life ...

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Does the Second Amendment give the rights to arms to supply a civilian militia or does it entail any citizen to have the right to bear arms (Green). ... Another important note is that the Columbine shooting is the only crime in which the killers got their guns from a gun show (Kleck). ...

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The media should give alternate views so that people can decide on a stance in any issue. ... At each crime scene Seda left evidence in the form of eerie handwritten notes emulating himself to the original Bay Area Zodiac. ...

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