Crimes are easier to commit in this day and age. Criminals have no sense of rehabilation anymore, because now all that seems to happen to them when they commit a crime is a slap on the wrist and sent back out into society. I believe that in this time in the judicial system the punishment that criminal receives is not matching the crime that he or she commits. Within my research, the authors are taking their views on punishment fitting the crime to the extremes.
Altschuler, David. Zero tolerance makes zero sense. 16 October 2000
This article has a strong bias towards zero tolerance policies. The author believes that there are exceptions to some cases in which zero tolerance policies enforce. He believes that the zero tolerance policy should be cut back and dealt with on a case by case measure. He uses a lot of opinionated statements with hardly any facts or statistics. It seems though that every opinion that he decides to bring up the public appears to already have an implied agreement with.
I agree fully with the author although his article was a bit bias, I still think that he could have been a bit more factual than opinion an
McCaslin, Dennis. Toughening Up: The Arkansas Animal Cruelty Act. 09 October 2002
The author used a variety of research that show that animal cruelty leads to violent acts. The author seems to be a bit impartial to the other side of the issue, which became ultimately a weakness. He did not care to look at the other side at all or give me any information to support why I should not sign the petition. I felt that it would have been a lot stronger had he told me of certain cases in which the offender did not get what he deserved. I do not agree with the fact that a person committing animal cruelty should get the same punishment as someone who beats his or her wife or child.
This author really feels like president Bush is not holding up to the rights of the citizens of the United States. This article explains that Bush should pass a law that would inflict harsher and more severe punishments on the offenders of white-collar crimes. He feels that they already have enough money to afford the best lawyers in the country and be able to “buy their way out of prison”. He thinks that president Bush should make parole and early release minuet if not impossible to obtain.