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Last Minute Death Sentence Commutation by Illinois Governor George Ryan

recent ex-Governor Ryan. This corruption manifested in a number of ways including various arms of corruption within the Chicago p...

Production and Liability

corporations are self-policing themselves for more accountability -- and how this action will likely carry over into the 2000s. Op...

John Locke, Sex Offenders, and Mandatory Minimum Sentencing

You will then be able to extract supporting information as done here, and this example paper will indicate how to cite such source...

Cyber Security and Government System Protection

and bright, as being clever. Yet, hackers are engaging in serious crimes. Ordinary hackers aside--both white hats and black hats...

Three Strikes Law in California

of those that opponents to the law point to as evidence its injustice. In 1995, Andrade was arrested for shoplifting $84 worth of ...

Sentencing That is Indeterminate v. Determinate

minimums with the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 (1994). Since that time, stiffening or adding to mandatory minimums has ...

Juvenile Crime and the Death Penalty

believes he can take the life of another without reciprocal discipline is a concept many find difficult to grasp, a point well tak...

Public School System and the Issue of Religion

be learning about other religions and religious tolerance. In August of 1995, the Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley ...

Reforms in Sentencing

of each county in which the offense occurred. In other words, in some states, there is a mandatory life sentence for drug traffick...

The US and a Multi Party System

more minority and specialty groups need to be represented in their own way. African-Americans have long discussed the need for th...

The Supreme Court's Role

That is why certain issues become controversial like capital punishment, abortion, freedom of speech and the right to bear arms. T...

Arguing in Support of Violent Juvenile Offender Sentencing as Adults

As a consequence there has been a growing tendency within our criminal justice system to try juveniles who commit such atrocities ...

Diane Ravitch, Her Views on American Public Schools

countrys leading educators and has been a vocal advocate for both testing and accountability initiatives in the public schools. A ...

Improved Health Care Relationships between Stakeholders

health results from individual action, willpower and sustained efforts, while an eternal locus of control is characterized by beli...

North Carolina Felony Sentencing

a judge must take in account "the nature of the crime and the defendants criminal history, including prior record level, types of ...

Cargo Shipping By Sea

is a need for well-trained port officials. The ports are overcrowded now causing delays and if growth is as predicted, it represen...

American Society

In a paper of three pages, the author considers the nature of the American society in relation to cultural diversity. Though the ...

Forensic Psychology and Juvenile Justice

Abstract This paper provides an overview of the multitude of roles forensic psychologist play...

Legal Ambiguities and their Import

can be difficult to make a proper ruling, even with established guidelines that purport to cover all contingencies. In such a case...

Standard and Reform in Sentencing

abuse, as there is not upper or lower limit on sentencing. Slide 3 Determinate sentencing models... ...provide clear guideline...

The Bernie Madoff Scandal

Bernie Madoff is in prison serving a sentence that will see him there for the rest of his natural life. His crimes are explored as...

College Students and Underage Drinking, A Proposal

This paper presents a research proposal that is written in a sentence outline format. The research study it describes would invest...

Capital Punishment Today

This paper provides a brief history of the death penalty and its application in today's society. Many states are moving away from...

Serial Killer Richard Ramirez

Nine year old Mei Leung was the first identified victim of Richard Ramirez, the serial killer the media...

American Health Care and Costs

This research paper offers an overview of reasons being the rising costs of American health care, the transformation of the system...

The 1995 Short Story Winner

This paper discusses and analyses a short story. An alternative ending is written for the story. The writer discusses the main the...

Examination of Divorce, Its Causes and Effects

their divorce (34). Money has a role in society and in marriage. Lack of money causes discord between a married couple. This ca...

Euthanasia and the Controversial Dr. Jack Kevorkian

In five pages the controversial practice of euthanasia, the role played by Dr. Kevorkian and his prison sentence are analyzed in a...

Predicting the Future

Will people resort to genocide because of the population? Third-world countries commit acts of genocide now. In fact, genocide w...

Labor Unions' Pros and Cons

shed their blue-collar personas in favor of life in the suburbs, often living in the same neighborhoods as their bosses. They cou...