Papers on Legal Issues
Crime And Punishment: Crimes, Who Solved Them, And Different Punishments
Words: 967 - Pages: 4.... categories which crimes fall
under. "Indictable" which is the same as our felony crimes that make up
all of the major crimes. These crimes consist of: Murder, armed robbery,
burglary, larceny, rape, and assaults on the police. The next called
category is called " Summery " crimes which is equal to our misdemeanor
crimes. Summery crimes were all minor crimes such as: Property crimes,
Vagrancy, Drunkenness, Prostitution, Minor Larceny , and all other minor
offenses.
Probably the most famous criminal in the Victorian period was "
Jack the Ripper ". Jack the Ripper was " the first modern sexual serial
killer" ( Sugden, pg.2) Jac .....
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George Washington And Thomas Jefferson Grew It, Why Can’t We?
Words: 1258 - Pages: 5.... it is illegal to grow it and is always imported to the United States from foreign countries. In fact, American business currently imports over $75,000,000 worth of hemp products annually. If these products were produced domestically, Missouri’s farmers alone could earn $100-$500 per acre growing hemp. Many Americans seem to be uninformed of the actual facts about the cannabis sativa plant and why it is such a useful crop. Therefore, the purpose of this essay is to present you, as the consumer and American citizen, with some strong arguments as to why the growing of hemp in America should be legal once again.
Hemp is grown in large .....
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Drug Prohibition
Words: 808 - Pages: 3.... costs of their habit, and often
turn to crime to finance their addiction. Also, those who deal in the selling
of the drugs become prime targets for assault for carrying extremely valuable
goods. The streets become battlegrounds for competing dealers because a
particular block or corner can rake in thousands of extra dollars a day. Should
drugs be legalized, the price would collapse, and so would the drug-related
motivations to commit crime. A pack of cocaine becomes no more dangerous to
carry than a pack of cigarettes. The streets would be safer to walk, as
criminal drug dealers are pushed from the market.
Legalization would also defla .....
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Legalization Of Drugs
Words: 668 - Pages: 3.... to man actually eliminate it? It sounds ironical, but in fact, it makes perfect sense. First, by making drugs legal, you eliminate all source of profit made by dealers in illegal trading. Destroying that aspect of society will reduce the amount of drug related crime. Then that money will be used to set up treatment centers and rehabilitation clinics across America to help the already addicts. Keep in mind, is not the only answer, yet is a definitive step in the right direction. Education is the key to battling drug abuse, but that is a different topic. Nullifying the drug trade is the best way to start combating drug related crime, lik .....
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Legalization Of Marijuana
Words: 2681 - Pages: 10.... for years without physical or mental deterioration.
Marijuana serves to diminish inhibitions and acts as an euphoriant. Only
once in a while will it produce actual hallucinations. More potent
preparations of cannabis such as hashish can induce
psychedelic experiences identical to those observed after ingestion of
potent hallucinogens such as LSD.
Some who smoke marijuana feel no effects; others feel relaxed and
sociable, tend to laugh a great deal, and have a profound loss of the sense
of time. Characteristically, those under the influence of marijuana show
incoordination and impaired ability to perform skilled acts. Still .....
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Put The Death Penalty To Death
Words: 982 - Pages: 4.... more significant than the possible benefits of the death penalty.
The first and most heart-rending factor against the death penalty is the possibility of an innocent death. Cantu, an online source, says it best; " the death penalty is irrevocable. In case of a mistake, the executed prisoner cannot be given another chance. A prisoner discovered to be blameless can be freed: but neither release nor compensation is possible for a corpse" (1). How can anyone be so inhumane that they, the jury, take someone else's life into their own hands to say whether or not they should die? There are people out there that take people's lives, but a .....
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Search & Seizure In The Context Of Automobiles
Words: 1864 - Pages: 7.... to the warrant requirement. Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 U.S. 443, 91 S.Ct. 2022, 29 L. Ed. 564 (1971).
One such exception involves automobile searches for contraband goods by a law enforcement officer. The Supreme Court has created this exception because it is not practical to secure a search warrant when there is probable cause to believe that contraband goods are in an automobile. Such things as automobiles and boats can quickly be moved away before an officer can secure a warrant. New Jersey Courts also recognize that an automobile exception is required because the need of a search warrant is often unforeseeable when an automob .....
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Gun Control In The United States
Words: 704 - Pages: 3.... law enforcement agencies of this country have stated that most firearm owners in the opublic are better armed then they are. How then, will they be able to disarm such a enormous group. If you pass a law that wiolates their interprtation of the second amendment you have left these people angry, and with no way out. They will fight. Are the gun control advocates ready to take responsibility for the hundreds if not thousands of deaths that will occur? Since the law enforcement agencies already admit to thier lack of ability to diarm these people, are they going to order in federal troops? It is a question that people need take into considera .....
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White Collar Crime Vs. Street Crime
Words: 655 - Pages: 3.... member. When a
woman dies of lead exposure from her job, it is murder. Whether a man is
murdered by a gun or by an unsafe gas tank in his car, it is still called murder.
In both scenarios, there is a defined victim.
The one answer that our politicians give for solving street crime is
more money for the Justice system. More cops, more judges, and definitely more
jails and prisons. There are shows, such as "Cops," that shows America the
"truth" about crime in the US. All the attention is given to street crime.
Unless it is a huge scandal, you will seldom hear of white collar crime through
the media. When white collar crime is report .....
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Legalization Of Drugs
Words: 645 - Pages: 3.... the first time in years, our overcrowded prisons will have room for them. Ultimately, legalization will open 75,000 jail cells. Of 31,346 sentenced prisoners in federal institutions, those in for drug law violations were the largest single category, of 9,487. Forty states are under court orders for overcrowding. Funds are not available to build prisons fast enough to provide the needed space. Violent criminals are being paroled early or are having their sentences chopped to make space for drug users and dealers.
Legalizing drugs would immediately relieve the pressure on the prison system, since there would no longer be "drug offenders" t .....
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