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People Accused Of Violent Crimes Should Not Be Allowed To Post Bail
Number of words: 786 - Number of pages: 3.... having resided in the community, conviction
records, and record of court appearances or of flight to avoid prosecution or
failure to appear. A judge, when deciding if bail is to be granted, does not
just flip a coin to decide. He or she looks at all aspects of the situation.
It all rests in the judge's hands. When a judge looks at a person accused of a
violent crime, such as murder, a few things are liable to pop into perspective.
One would be to how violent and detrimental the accusations are. Any rational
thinking person would realize that if arrested, they are in suspicion.
Th .....
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The Death Punishment
Number of words: 526 - Number of pages: 2.... the death penalty should be banned to prevent the
execution of innocent individuals unjustly convicted of capital murder.
Statistically this has occurred; however, given the lengthy appeals
process, all but few ultimately die, innocent or guilty. The above
statistic applies to all crimes, from theft to kidnaping. Should no one
be punished because of shortcomings in the judicial system? Obviously,
society could not function within a system devoid of law enforcement,
because where there is no law, there is chaos.
Some argue that death is too good for capital offenders. This posi .....
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Equal Human Rights
Number of words: 811 - Number of pages: 3.... a written authorization, and had to be enforced by the army, especially Sherman's army. "General Sherman and his army soon began, thousands of slaves followed in their wake...and were never under the legal authority of their former masters. So the argument that the Emancipation 'freed no slaves' is a specious one"(www.w3f.com).
The Thirteenth Amendment was known as the continuation and enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation. However, before the second writing of the Thirteenth Amendment there was a missing Thirteenth Amendment which was part of the Constitution before the publishing o .....
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Alcohol
Number of words: 996 - Number of pages: 4.... are considered alcoholics
or at least they experience drinking problems to some degree.
More males than females are affected, but drinking among the
young and among women is increasing. Consumption of
alcohol is apparently on the rise in the United States,
countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
and many European nations. This is paralleled by growing
evidence of increasing numbers of alcohol-related problems in
other nations, including the Third World. Alcoholism, as
opposed to merely excessive or ir .....
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The Question Of Legalizing Dru
Number of words: 1303 - Number of pages: 5.... illegality of drugs increases crime because users need to pay for their habit (372). He believes the benefit of illegal drugs is it forces patients who enter under legal compulsion to complete their treatment due to the pressure and drug-education programs in the schools (374). Wilson is convinced the difference between nicotine and cocaine is that while tobacco shortens one’s life, cocaine debase it and destroys the addicts humanity (375). Wilson’s argument is strong because he demonstrates his knowledge of the subject and supports it with many clear, scientific facts and historical ex .....
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Nazism
Number of words: 2324 - Number of pages: 9.... of the party during its first decade.
The Nazis now presented themselves as the party of the young, the strong,
and the pure, in opposition to an establishment populated by the elderly,
the weak, and the dissolute.
Hitler was born in a small town in Austria in 1889. As a young boy,
he showed little ambition. After dropping out of high school, he moved to
Vienna to study art, but he was denied the chance to join Vienna academy
of fine arts.
When WWI broke out, Hitler joined Kaiser Wilhelmer’s army as a
Corporal. He was not a person of great importance. He was a creature of a
Germany .....
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The Need For Congress In The U.S
Number of words: 1750 - Number of pages: 7.... Of course, all our laws are not perfect but for the most part
our Congress does a good job at keeping this country under control. The
problems with lawmaking that most people see is the time involved in getting a
law passed. In order for a bill to become a law it must first be "introduced to
the House or Senate, or both, then referred to a committee." (Cummings / Wise
479). This can be a very time consuming process. Anyone interested in having a
law passed must realize the process involved and be patient. In addition to
lawmaking Congress is also involved in passing amendments. Our nat .....
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The Central Government
Number of words: 263 - Number of pages: 1.... made changes to the government
before them. In this, I mean that when the Articles of Confederation were being
written, they used the English Government as a base, and improved from there.
They didn't want the president to be too powerful, like the king. The
Constitution made changes to the Articles of Confederation by making a stronger
government, rather than a weaker one. Thirdly, both governments had the power
to coin money, but the Articles of Confederation didn't use that power.
Now let's get to the differences. For one thing, under the Articles of
Confederation, you must need a una .....
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One Of The Six Basic Principles Of The Constitution: Federalism
Number of words: 1387 - Number of pages: 6.... was implied in the original Constitution and then in the Tenth Amendment:
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Therefore, federalism produces a dual system of government. It provides for two basic levels of government, each with its own authority and each operates over the same people and territory at the same time.
Federalism's major strength is that it allows local actions in matters of local concern and national action in matters of wider concern. Federalis .....
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Should Canada Be Allowed To Continue With Genetic Engineering Without Federal Guidelines?
Number of words: 1286 - Number of pages: 5.... quite possibly change the baby's future
of life or death, they were warned that this method had not been tested on
small children, but only laboratory animals. The parents agreed to try it.
They allowed Doctor Tom Bowen of the Calgary children's hospital to remove
blood from the child 4 hours. after birth, the blood was then promptly
flown to Los Angeles California where the blood testing was done and a new
gene introduced into the specimen blood. From there the blood was flown
back to Calgary and then reintroduced into the child's blood stream. Today
child leads the life of an average .....
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