Papers on Legal Issues
Illegal Drugs
Words: 802 - Pages: 3.... risk. They risk their health
and their lives. Since they are breaking laws they also but themselves at
the risk of getting arrested. They risk their freedom and their future all
for drugs.
Each year drug use is the cause of a large number of accidents at
home in the office and on the road. Everybody pays the price of drug abuse:
more cops and prisons more hospitols and treatment centers and many lives
lost.
But drug users hurt themselves more than anybody because they are
supporting violent crimes in the drug world.
Just by using drugs they become part of that drug world. They are
already commiting acrime. But the relationship between .....
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The Presidency And Inexperience
Words: 1701 - Pages: 7.... You might, then say that the multifaceted task of running a country is not unlike the complex task of running a corporation with its many divisions and subdivisions. Still, the fact remains that when a newly-elected president assumes office, he indeed has no ‘presidential’ experience. Granted, he may be a Washington insider (like Bob Dole), who has spent a great deal of his life in Congress working with (or against) the president on various bills, campaigns, etc. Nevertheless, he has still not had the experience that even approximates that of an incumbent president. Primarily this is because the presidents task is so multifa .....
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Capital Punishment: Injustice Of Society
Words: 1401 - Pages: 6.... is that imposition of the death penalty will
act to dissuade other criminals from committing violent acts. Numerous studies
have been created attempting to prove this belief; however, “[a]ll the evidence
taken together makes it hard to be confident that capital punishment deters more
than long prison terms do.”(Cavanagh 4) Going ever farther, Bryan Stevenson,
the executive director of the Montgomery based Equal Justice Initiative, has
stated that “…people are increasingly realizing that the more we resort to
killing as a legitimate response to our frustration and anger with violence, the
more violent our society becomes…We coul .....
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Gun Control
Words: 524 - Pages: 2.... , 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 licensing restrictions penalize law-abiding citizens while in no way preventing criminal use of handguns. It is also argued that by making it difficult for guns to be bought and registered for the American public there is a threat to the personal safety of American families everywhere.
However controlling the sale and distribution of firearms is necessary because of the homicide rate involving guns. In 1988 there were 9000 handgun relat .....
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The Young Offender's Act: The Past, Present, And Future
Words: 2243 - Pages: 9.... is a topic under constant scrutinization and
deserves to be debated over. The Justice Minister Anne McLellan quoted the
following passage about her plans with the Young Offenders Act: "We must
send a signal today to all Canadians that there is going to be a new youth
justice regime in place."
The Juvenile Delinquent's Act was the predecessor of the Young
Offenders Act. It was adopted in 1908 by the federal government. Its
purpose was to change the old system of trying children as adults and
holding them over for as long as the crown wanted to. They then decided to
treat the children as "misguided" ones, instead of criminals. Although .....
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Religion And Capital Punishment
Words: 3079 - Pages: 12.... a prerequisite to taking steps to remedy the wrong. The purpose of this essay, therefore, is to examine the various stances of social institutions, particularly the Catholic Church, and consequently show that capital punishment is not a just punishment but rather "morally acceptable" legalized murder.
The opening quote of this paper comes directly from the Holy Bible. It suggests to the reader that God did not make death and He doesn’t delight in the death of a human being, regardless of the cause. The Holy Bible is one of the best places to find information about death and how to treat capital punishment. In setting out the ten comma .....
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Gun Control-Forfeiting Our Rights
Words: 1070 - Pages: 4.... Proponents of gun control feel that if they can limit the availability of guns, crime will cease.
“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”
This statement was said by Thomas Jefferson, one of the singlemost important men in the foundation of our country. Almost all gun control debates begin with an individual’s interpretation. The Second Amend .....
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The Need For Capital Punishment
Words: 773 - Pages: 3.... in a cell on death row. A cell reserved for people who were
sentenced to death for committing a crime. Death could be by firing squad,
lethel injection, the gas chamber or electric chair. Chances are you've
been in this room for many years and will be for many more. Your lawyers
have began the lenghthly appeal process. Once all the appeals have failed,
it soon is time, and you will be moved to a holding cell. There you will
be offered your final mean, of your choice. Your last visitors arrive,
first your lawyer, your family members and at last a preist who prays with
you. You take your final glance around the room, as you are lead .....
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Psychodelic Drugs
Words: 3290 - Pages: 12.... People feel more sociable and talkative with small amounts of the
drug. Alcohol is a relaxant, so many people drink to unwind from the demands of
life. Because alcohol has been around for so long, its effects are well-known.
Two key concepts to understand in dealing with alcohol use and abuse are
impairment and tolerance. They are both problems in themselves and signals of
possible additional difficulties.
IMPAIRMENT refers to the deficits in performance, judgment, memory, and
motor skills which occur because of alcohol consumption. Impairment becomes
noticeable at blood levels of 0.05%, which can occur when as few as two drinks
are .....
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Gun Control And Violence In Canada And The US
Words: 2473 - Pages: 9.... controlling urban violence. There are concerns with the
opponents of gun control, that the professional criminal who wants a gun
can obtain one, and leaves the average law-abiding citizen helpless in
defending themselves against the perils of urban life . Is it our right to
bear arms as North Americans ? Or is it privilege? And what are the
benefits of having strict gun control laws? Through the analysis of the
writings and reports of academics and experts of gun control and urban
violence, it will be possible to examine the issues and theories of the
social impact of this issue. Part II: Review of the Literature A) Summary
In a paper w .....
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