... seem to slip through the justice system without the three-strikes law in force. It provides a fix for a flawed justice system so that repeat offenders stay in prison. To many crime victims, the U.S. judicial system has become somewhat of a joke. Evidentiary exception rules, case backlogs, liberal sentences, plea bargaining, and a protect-the-criminal-rather-than-the-victim mentality has far too ... have judges, juries, and lawyers is that each situation deserves a fair analysis and punishment. A one-size-fits-all system of judgment destroys the flexibility. It is unjust in certain condi...

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... Blumstein of Carnegie-Mellon and of Joan Petersilia of the RAND Corporation conclude that about 80 percent of the black overrepresentation in prison can be explained by differential involvement in crime and about 20 percent by subsequent racially discriminatory processes."12 Twenty percent is definitely significant and does deserve action, but it is not as high of a number as some ... for possession of crack. Butler states that this case is easily decided, and that jury nullification is the clear answer. He justifies this position by stating that since the crime was victimless, and since...

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... focuses on around 4,000 cases from adult probation offenders. Demographics show the difference between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas of Illinois. There are many factors in deciding the causes of crime and how the offender was affected by his/her surroundings. By examining these facts and statistics, future probation and parole programs can target each and every offenders needs. In rural ... , which can lead to considerable amounts of unemployment. Lack of resources for member of the community can also be a major disadvantage. Urban and metropolitan areas deal with offenses like...

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... incentive not to use the drug. There is an encouragement to increase use of the drug because the chances of conviction are lessened. Date rape can often be seen as a victimless crime where the women often fails to report it because she has no memory of the events during her unconsciousness. This act of deviance is clearly a consensus ... crime as all types of rapes are. One obvious cause of rape can be viewed from the motivational theory where the amount of sexual frustration among society leads to more rapes. ... ...

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