He was charged with two statutory offences and one common law offence. ... THE HEARSAY ISSUE ISSUE Should the hearsay evidence be admitted in terms of s 3 (c) of the Law of Amendment Act RULE OF LAW Under the rule of law section, statutes that are appropriate and that apply to this case would be discussed and listed as well as other cases that have some relevance to this case. ... STATUTE This rule of law points out to the court the conditions under which it can give discretion to admit hearsay evidence. Section 3 of the Law of Evidence Amendment Act , 3. Hearsay Evidence. ...

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The death penalty has also been imposed for such serious crimes as armed robbery, kidnapping, rape [or] treason. ( Zimring, 1994, P.1 )But who is really being unjust in this situation? ... Even though almost everything and everybody speaks against capital punishment, people still believe, those who commit violent crimes should be punished to the fullest extend of law, which capital punishment basically is. ... (C) The Catholic religion believes that it unjust to solve a crime of violence with violence. ... support the death penalty laws. ...

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But, laws drafted in the head of public passion often have unintended effects..." ... Many feel the only way to curb ones activity is to insist by the three strikes law. ... (Westerman 1) The author writes that opponents of the law claim that the majority of criminal sentenced under this law have been convicted on nonviolent crimes, like marijuana possession or petty theft. ... In addition, Westerman writes "in 1996, the California Supreme Court held that trial judges have the discretion to ignore any prior conviction they determined would unjustly qualify the criminal for the 25-too-life sen...

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Sister Helen Prejean argues the death penalty is morally wrong, based on the inequalities of the law. ... How law abiding would I be?." ... It wasn't until Prejean became involved in the plea for Patrick Sonniers life that she began to fully see the social divide within the law. ... Thomas, a New Orleans housing project for poor black residents, she was center to it all, she describes it "like living in another country:" The fear of violence, drugs and guns, law breakers and murder were not new to Prejean what became chilling were the racial inequalities within the law. ... While ple...

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Law enforcement as a whole comes to an understanding about legal norms when their cultural and behavioral aspects are also on the same page. The fifth proposition says that the lower the power of the individual the higher the need for law enforcement (Turk, 1969). The lower the economic status of the individual the higher law enforcement will be in that social structure. The last proposition of cultural conflict states that the more individuals that are breaking the legal norms the more law enforcement that will be present (Turk, 1969). If there is a good amount of individuals committing crime...

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This is in stark contrast to the idea that there must be some sort of natural law which governs all human beings. According to the theory of natural law, our laws are merely a reflection of this foggy, grander conceptual law which exists somewhere in the minds of all people. In our society, we make the best laws that we can in accordance with the general idea of morality most people have. ... The problem is that there is no great consensus on what this ideal law is, and until we reach that point, we must fall back on trusting that other people's ethics and morality are just as valid as...

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The Law says that humans have inalienable rights that existed outside of and before government. ... It is evident, then that the proper purpose of law is to use the power of its collective force to stop this fatal tendency to plunder instead of work. All the measures of the law should protect property and punish plunder," (Bastiat 24-26). ... After all, if the law is set up to protect our right to live, it seems as though it should be able to keep convicted murderers from murdering again. ... Of course, there is a possibility of wrongly sending an innocent man to prison, or wrongly fining an...

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Annotated Bibliography The Death Penalty for Juveniles The following research draws upon different opinions and perceptions for and against the further enactment of the death penalty for juvenile offenders. The various articles that are presented draw conclusions on the pros and cons of using the death penalty as punishment for young offenders. Numerous views surfaced in my research such as the views of president Bush, prominent authors and court officials as well as the views of individual states. In order to fully evaluate this sensitive topic I have presented a mixture of opposing p...

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