This triggered many new hate crime laws to be passed, and also got Moises Kaufman to take members of his Tectonic Theater Project, to interview people in Laramie. ... A hate crime is defined by the Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2000 as, "An additional (felony) charge added to a criminal offense against persons (or property) motivated by hate or bias against the victim(s) due to race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, disability, or sexual orientation." ...

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One cannot help but feel that Kelly has been targeted by a corrupt police force who can find no better way to pass their time than to harass the Kelly family and fabricate misdemeanours so as to arrest Ned Kelly. ... "She was a chestnut mare.......the property of a Telegraph Master in Mansfield, he lost her on the 6th gazetted her on the 12th of march and I was a prisoner in Beechwood Gaol until the 29 of march therefore I could not have stole the mare." ...

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It is important to note that the majority of juveniles arrested in America are arrested for property crimes and other less serious offenses-not crimes of violence (Sadler 26). ... With this crackdown, five areas of change emerged as states passed laws to decrease juvenile crime. ... Recently, in the aftermath of the Columbine High School Massacre, the House of Representatives passed a "Juvenile Crime Bill" to limit the ease in which juvenile can get their hands on guns (Lazare 57). ...

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Of 1,471,200 juvenile court cases in 1992, personal offenses were up 56 percent to 301,000; property offenses were up 56 percent to 842,000; and public order offenses were up 21 percent to 255,900. ... First, the lawmakers in Congress must pass laws that permit district attorneys to prosecute juvenile offenders as adults. ...

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Now any Joe Blow with modern equipment can create forged documents to pass even the most rigid security safeguards. ... "In addition, computers are being used to facilitate the theft of intellectual property, particularly copyright in computer software and audio-visual maaterials" (Australian Institute of Criminology - www.aic.gov.au) It is well known throughout the world that programs such as Napster and Kazaa (freely available to anyone with the internet) allow anyone to download anything at all, without anyone being able to monitor or enforce the downloads that breach copyright law. 4.1 ...

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K.C.B.A also says, "As of now, Portugal's property crime rate including, larceny, burglary, auto theft and shoplifting have all been reduced to nearly half of what they were before decriminalization. ... " Before this law was passed, Portugal had some of the highest levels of "Hard-Drug" users in europe. ...

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Mr Singh was driving on a public road and whilst doing this he unlawfully and negligently passed a vehicle in front of him. ... This vehicle was travelling at a speed which was well below the speed limit and this had prompted Mr Singh to pass the taxi. ...

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This ruling was consistent with earlier Supreme Court decisions that the school's unique role in promoting respect for authority and traditional values and in preparing individuals for participation assistance justifies greater latitude in regulating speech on school property (Leiberman 56). ... School districts also point out that the uniforms can be passed down from one child to another. ...

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These rights are life, liberty, and property. ... All the measures of the law should protect property and punish plunder," (Bastiat 24-26). ... The purpose our entire criminal justice system is to protect the rights of life, liberty, and property for all its citizens. ...

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Issue of Gun Control and Violence The issue of gun control and violence, both in Canada and the United States, is one that simply will not go away. If history is to be any guide, no matter what the resolution to the gun control debate is, it is probable that the arguments pro and con w...

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