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Capital Punishment, Should It Or Should It Not Be Used In Today's Criminal Judging System

... when you had no rights or any different opinion, and like then, executions have no place in our civilized society. The Death Penalty, throughout it's years of existence, has always been against the views of the people, either because of it's brutality or because of it's lack of effectiveness. The Death Penalty has been opposed by the people since the beginning of it's era, which was around 1976, when the United States Supreme Court declared that the death penalty was not against the Constitution. But if read directly the Eight Amendment ...

Number of words: 1584 | Number of pages: 6

The Drinking Age: 21 For Everyone?

... the laws that force merchants to refuse to sell alcohol to persons under 21 years of age will help stem the "problem" of underage consumption. They believe this will make it virtually impossible for people under 21 to obtain alcohol. The opposition also believes that the laws against underage consumption of alcoholic beverages will dissuade young people from drinking alcohol. The laws that prohibit merchants from selling alcohol to persons under 21 are hard to enforce. Even if they are enforced by the authorities, the establishment that b ...

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The Problems Of Drinking And Driving

... as important as this shouldn't have become so cliché. An example of when drinking and driving arises simply when a person doesn't acknowledge that he/she isn't fit to drive, and no one else argues with them. Generally, when sober, people know that it is wrong to drink and drive, but it boils down to the fact that at the time when this important decision is being made, a person's judgement is impaired. This problem is all too common among young people. Although people attempt to drill the message "don't drink and drive" into young minds ever ...

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In Cold Blood: Death Penalty

... biblical times, the punishment endures , and controversy has never been greater. A prisoner's death wish cannot grant a right not otherwise possessed. Abolitionists maintain that the state has no right to kill anyone; . The right to reject life imprisonment and choose death should be respected, but it changes nothing for those who oppose the death at the hands of the state. The death penalty is irrational- a fact that should carry considerable weight with rationalists. As Albert Camus pointed out, " Capital punishment....ha ...

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The Debate Over Capital Punishment

... Many contend that the use of capital punishment as a form of deterrence does not work, as there are no fewer murders on a per-capita basis in countries or states that do have it, then those that do not. In order for capital punishment to work as a deterrence, certain events must be present in the criminal's mind prior to committing the offence. The criminal must be aware that others have been punished in the past for the offence that he or she is planning, and that what happened to another individual who committed this offence, can also happen ...

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Gun Control

... for self defense against crime, and by enforcing gun control is violating a citizens second amendment right to bear arms. Guns are evil to some, because of the violence that they create. People express guns as weapons of homicide. They insist that, the more guns with which our society equips itself, the greater the likelihood for accidents or violent acts involving fire arms to occur. It is a proven fact that handguns have been the murder weapon of choice. Guns are involved in half of all homicide cases. People believe that soci ...

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Gun Control

... arms", controlling distribution and sales and the registration of guns and gun owners is necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns and the violence by criminals using guns. Many people feel that gun control violates the right of the people given in the second amendment the right "to bear arms". Opponents of gun control, including the National Rifle Association, better known as the NRA, argue that the "right To bear arms" is guaranteed in the second amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America and lic ...

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The Controversy Of Capital Punishment

... is irrevocable. It should be abolished. In the United States, the death penalty is currently authorized in one of five ways: Hanging (the traditional method of execution throughout the English- speaking world), electrocution (introduced by New York state in 1890), the gas chamber (adopted in Nevada in 1923), firing squad, and lethal injection (introduced in 1977 by Oklahoma), the majority of states provide for death by lethal injection. Supporters of the death penalty believe it is a better deterrent than imprisonment because taking ...

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Drink Up - Drunk Driving Should Be Legalized

... someone who has not been drinking. Removing the restrictions against drinking would remove most of the eighty percent of the accidents that do not involve alcohol. Also, the accidents that would still be occurring would not have as many injuries. Out of the accidents that involve alcohol the person who has been drinking is usually the one who survives the accident, often with out a scratch. Allowing people who have been drinking to drive would also improve the quality of life for those who choose not to drink. Currently people who have ...

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Legalization Of Marijuana

... off dangerous emaciation; glaucoma sufferers who have used marijuana said it has prevented them from going blind, and cancer patients for whom it alleviates the severe nausea that is often accompanies chemotherapy and sometimes makes lifesaving treatment impossible. Due to all these lobbying groups which show substantial evidence that marijuana can be used as a prescribed drug. Also many advocates who are pro marijuana complain that morphine and cocaine are legal and are very dangerous drugs, that brings up the question why not legalize marij ...

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Drugs In Sports

... best to win fairly. I can't see how it cannot be worse to run a race fairly than cheat and artificially enhance a performance by taking drugs. In 1992 John Mcewick, was one of the most promising shot putter's in Britain, he took the silver medal in the all Britain games and at just 22 years of age, hopes were high for his future. However just 6 years later, he found himself totally isolated from the sport and unable to continue. Why you may say? Was it a great injury sustained? Was it a financial problem he faced? Did he lose interest i ...

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Police Blunders In The Manson Investigation

... Tim Ireland was having an over night party at the camp of which he was a counselor. Everyone had gone to bed when Tim awoke to a man's voice screaming "Oh, God, no, please don't! Oh God, no, don't, don't, don't..." (Bugliosi & Gentry 4). At this time, about twelve forty a.m., he awoke his supervisor, told him about the scream, and requested that he go see if anyone needed help. He drove around the area but saw nothing unusual. Robert Bullington of the Bel Air Patrol was in his parked car when he heard three gunshots spaced a few seco ...

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