... told to say no to drugs, because drugs are bad, people that use drugs are the slugs of society, and it is simply wrong to do drugs. What if this theory was reevaluated? What if drugs, in particular marijuana, weren't t an illegal part of society? The United States has taken steps to ... nicotine found in cigarettes is also addictive, and smoking cigarettes cause lung cancer. The only major effects of marijuana are some memory loss, damage to the lungs from the smoke, and possible physical addiction. Experts who have kept track of medical data report that marijuana is rarely mentioned in ...

• Word Count: 1341
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... crimes that you can be charged with even if you haven't done anything else wrong. Give your name, address, and phone number to the police. Otherwise keep quiet until you have spoken to a lawyer. You may be searched, photographed, and fingerprinted. Notice carefully what is being done but don't resist. If any personal ... property is taken from you ask for a written receipt. After you get to the police station call a trusted friend or relative ASAP. Tell this person where you are, what you've been charged with and what your bail or bond ... for the money. When you"re arrested for a ser...

• Word Count: 309
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... , Scott. Violent crimes deserve "eye for an eye". 30 March 1995 The author of this article wants the public to know that he believes that if someone commits a crime of violence that they should receive the same. "Perhaps if ... opinionated which makes his whole argument very weak. If I did not already agree with him I probably would not be apt to agree with some of his beliefs. I think if he used a few court cases of repeat juvenile offenders or repeat ... as measly fines. I agree that if the president made the punishment harsher than it would make the offenders less apt to commit the ...

• Word Count: 1515
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... penalty which was why it was very unfortunate that we are on the affirmative side. Then suddenly, all of my opinions and insights changed. After talking to my group mates about the topic, I went home and researched about the positive effects of having death penalty in one country. I learned that the crime ... rates decreases and you'd be more comfortable living in that country considering the fact that there's a capital punishment to scare murderers, rapists, kidnappers and bad people away. Although, some people who kills do not preferably do it. They just do it against their will ... h...

• Word Count: 561
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... rich and be happy. The question is: do people truly get rich by being good? According to Darrow, people have to find other ways to "get rich." Not everybody in jail is an "angle," but they are all trying to do the best they can. "A jail is evidence of the lack of charity of the ... their greed." Prisons do not accomplish anything. Some people commit crime because they need the money or they are trying to feed their families. For others it "comes natural." The author continues to explain that there are more people in jail during hard times than good times. For instance, the coal and gas ...

• Word Count: 384
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... bear Arms, shall not be infringed." These are the words of the second amendment as written by our forefathers. Many laws have since been passed on the right to bear arms. Currently laws are being drawn up to give the right to citizens to sue gun manufacturers. If this is passed who will be next, car manufacturers, toy companies? The cause of a crime needs ... the gun manufacturer, why not the car manufacturer? Gun control activists are motivated by the best of intentions. Although, their quest for a gun free society is not the route to stopping violent gun crime. The prosecution of thos...

• Word Count: 603
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... nothing is questionable. I believe in the concept of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth because there are always consequences to the things you do and murder should not an exception. The concept of prevention has been at the very center of the practical debate over ... death deters people from committing crimes. I believe that the death penalty has a deterrent value because it removes the criminals from society so they will never be able to commit any more crimes. Also, future criminals must understand the consequences of committing a crime. Citizens of the United States have lon...

• Word Count: 473
• Approx Pages: 2

... a crime you would face prison time or possibly death. Emotionally, you would be affected by the guilt of the crime of the murder. You would also have to live with the fact that you murdered someone. The way you are treated will change as well. The crimes you commit will be on your records and you ... will have to live with those actions for the rest of your life. If you killed someone or committed a crime in a video game, realistically there are no consequences that ... game called "Grand Theft Auto Vice City", and the violence and this game is realistic. In the game you are allowed to ...

• Word Count: 253
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... Crime does not occur in only one kind of community or only one region of our nation. There is no one solution to the problem, but we must do something to reduce the crime rate in our community. The only way we can make our streets safer is by working together -- ... teachers, families, law enforcement, businesses, youth and faith-based organizations, and the media. According to the FBI, in 2000 the homicide rate in the United States fell to its lowest level in 30 years. And in its most recent annual survey on crime, the Bureau of Justice ... 21 percent lower in 2000 than they were just ...

• Word Count: 413
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... me. The "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is the most logical and thorough counter of someone else's argument I have ever experienced. I was a little uncertain how good the letter would be prior to reading it. The main reason would be I am always a bit skeptical when something is considered a masterpiece by others because I am more than not disappointed after viewing the material. After reading ... a fault in my favorite books, movies, songs, and video games. I really enjoyed how Dr. King combated the claim that the nonviolent actions taken by Negroes precipitate violence. King compared it ...

• Word Count: 450
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... and grief. The initial reaction more often than not is one of anger and a great desire for revenge. People often say "if that happened to me I would want the person dead no if's and's or but's". From personal experience I can say that capital punishment does not bring closure of any kind. In Texas people can sit on death row for years ... when my mother died. I watched his family walk out of the building and I realized that they were now feeling the same pain and grief I had felt for so long. It broke my heart to see his mother walk out after watching her son die. Many people disagree w...

• Word Count: 1188
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... infidelity to heresy to treason. During these times, capital punishment was successfully used as a deterrent because the chances of the punishment being carried out were absolute. If the crime were committed, the punishment would be given. The effectiveness of capital punishment in deterring crime relies on precisely this point, say ... and weigh his or her options. Murder is such an emotional, irrational, cold-blooded act that these rational conclusions we expect murderers to be able to come to regarding their own lives are completely out of reach. One study that proves opponent's argum...

• Word Count: 2096
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... and surveys have found time and time again the connection with media and real-life violence. In the 1990's, polls showed a 50% increase in people's belief that media violence contributes to real-life violence. Most media is targeted towards the most vulnerable part of the population, youths. Children learn by observing the world around them and watching violent acts on television ... isn"t a beneficial observation. Troubled viewers are prone to committing violent acts even more than the average viewers. Not only does the portrayal of violence in the media stimulate real-life violence, i...

• Word Count: 949
• Approx Pages: 4

... commit the property crimes. 2 The jail penalty is a harsh punishment in mentally and physically way for the youth. First, the young adults are not mature enough to realize their crimes and they are easily to be influenced from the people and the environment around them. They might meet different people committing different types of crime and obtain their skills. Therefore, it is ... streets. 3 Moreover, the government can spend less money on building the extra cell. In fact, the government can use these tax more wisely such as printing brochures or open a workshop to stop crimes before ...

• Word Count: 889
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... But most murderers kill when they are panicking, drunk or emotional, it is a heat of the moment action. There is no evidence to say that capital punishment is more effective than life imprisonment. Although capital punishment would be a good deterrent to drug traffickers, child molesters, rapists, life imprisonment would work as well as capital punishment. In Canada the murder rate has actually gone ... in 1976. What would happen to terrorists if capital punishment was reintroduced, they are willing to die for their cause, so they would become martyrs if executed. Another excuse to reint...

• Word Count: 1884
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... "Eight Core Strategies" is collaboration between the attorneys, juvenile court, educators, and mental health administrators (Juvenile Detention Initiative 2013). They are implementing new methods of alternatives to detention programs; these alternatives are day and evening reporting centers, home confinement, and shelter care. In 2009, the New York Times praised the JDAI for it's "astonishing" ... ; results. Participating JDAI sites have reduced their average daily population in detention by 44 percent (Juvenile Detention Initiative 2013). The program "expanded from five pilot sites ...

• Word Count: 1459
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... forced to go through an extreme amount of change. As the novel opens, she is a nave little girl unaware of her surroundings and of the evils of the world. In the end of the novel she is a more mature girl with a greater understanding of how the world works. On reason that she is so nave ... at the beginning is because of how she was brought. Scout was nurtured by Atticus, who gave her a lot more than any other girl in Maycomb. Atticus taught her how to read, and shielded her from racism in the South. This was ... as equals. There are many instances in which Scout shows both her naivety ...

• Word Count: 552
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... the United States today. People today have been put on death row, because they committed a crime that was so severe the jury sentenced them. Sometimes the jury can sentence people that are innocent. The evidence was not shown in court so they are going to die for something they did not commit. North Carolina's Death Row is one of the nation's largest. The ... a white couple at a gas station in the 1970s despite the fact that there was no physical evidence linking the four to the crime. In a tough-on-crime push, politicians were putting pressure on police to put someone behind bars for t...

• Word Count: 2060
• Approx Pages: 8

... ) About Marijuana. NORML. 1. http://www.norml.org). Keeping violators behind bars is estimated at $8.6 billion. In 1969, President Nixon spent $65 million on this so called war against drugs, and by 1998, Clinton raised that amount to $17.1 billion (Office of National Drug Policy (1998). National Drug Control Strategy: Budget Summary. 5. Washington D.C. US Government Printing Office). In American today, this ... valuable money should go towards helping education or needy children and families that cannot afford groceries every week or shelter over their heads. Our leaders are so single m...

• Word Count: 481
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... "mockingbirds" in the novel are people but the true bird is a bird, which brings pleasure to people and does no harm. So the people like Tom Robinson and Boo are people who have not done anything to anyone except good things. Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are innocent people and are victims of prejudice. ... he did. Boo doesn't get prosecuted because the sheriff, knowing Boo's guilt, chooses to protect from the limelight, which Boo is not used to. If the Sheriff were to prosecute Boo, it would be morally wrong and so it would be better if nothing were said. Dolphus Raymond is another chara...

• Word Count: 884
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... people ask, "If the death penalty is working, why isn't the murder rate falling?" The answer is that the death penalty is a matter of justice and societal preservation. Some crimes so abhorrent, the convict does not deserve to continue living. We do not live completely in the days of Hammurabi's "eye for an eye," but neither have we come close ... "baranggays- because of the so many criminals locked in. Some of them are selling crafts that they personally did during their free time. Other prisoners sing songs of praise in repentance for what they have done. The prisoners' stay should no...

• Word Count: 1275
• Approx Pages: 5

... "mockingbirds" in the novel are people but the true bird is a bird, which brings pleasure to people and does no harm. So the people like Tom Robinson and Boo are people who have not done anything to anyone except good things. Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are innocent people and are victims of prejudice. ... he did. Boo doesn't get prosecuted because the sheriff, knowing Boo's guilt, chooses to protect from the limelight, which Boo is not used to. If the Sheriff were to prosecute Boo, it would be morally wrong and so it would be better if nothing were said. Dolphus Raymond is another chara...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... from drinking. I do not think it is fair or makes sense that an eighteen year old adult can not drink. The legal drinking age should be lowered to 18. These people that are going into college at eighteen, are legally considered an adult but still can not legally consume or buy alcohol even though they ... buy it for them which again is very illegal. Letting eighteen year olds drink would definitely help prevent these crimes that they should not have to commit in the first place just to have a drink of alcohol. When you turn 18 in Canada you are now an adult. You obtain many new responsi...

• Word Count: 627
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... her article Juvenile Justice Is Delinquent, that "...the juvenile system focuses on the minutiae of procedure technicalities at the expense of fact-finding, in order to achieve the goal of "getting the kid off" (Kramer). The juvenile justice system needs a new goal. When a youth does something wrong ... are growing up and their behavior is not changing. Kramer declares "Eighty percent of chronic juvenile offenders (five or more arrests) go on to adult criminal careers" (Kramer). Juvenile justice needs some major changes. Will we stand here and watch even more youth destroy their lives w...

• Word Count: 696
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... , Mississippi. The life of a ten year old black girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men when she is brutally raped and left to die. The mainly white town reacts with shock and horror at this inhumane crime. That is until her black father vows revenge and takes justice into ... charges. Ellen Roark, a top of the class law student from Ole Miss, offers her services to Jake, for no fee, just for the opportunity to become part of a most likely death penalty conviction, which she is so much against. The trial becomes nation wide news, and soon the Klu Klux Klan has become ...

• Word Count: 728
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School