The first accusation that Meletus charged Socrates with was the crime of corrupting the youth. Socrates swiftly defended himself by saying to Meletus, "Either I corrupt the young or, if I do it is unwillingly, and you are lying in either case" (pg.29, 26a). He then goes on to state that if he actually was corrupting the youth unintentionally, the law requires one to take you aside to tell you, not take you to court(pg.29, 26a). ... Instead of trying to bargain or lie his way out of the argument, Socrates took the problem on full force and felt that telling the truth was more important than lyi...

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Prisons being so corrupt make it hard for anyone to make it out causing overpopulation. ... Trying to get the guards off of him would be consider resisting therefore requires officers to use force. ... The last reason why prison systems are corrupt is because they fail to regulate the actives that occur inside the prison amongst the inmates. ... An inmate admits that all they need is "one corrupt officer for the whole wing to have drugs" (Godfrey). ... The criminal justice system has gone a far way and made many modifications with the prisons that he has corrupted the system. ...

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While the CCRB takes complaints covering a range of alleged abuses from deadly force to discourtesy, 1,670 complaints (the largest proportion) were for excessive force and these had also risen proportionately from 1993. ... The NYPD has very stringent guidelines for when officers may resort to deadly physical force and police shootings are relatively rare compared to the arrest rate and number of police contacts with criminal suspects. However, Amnesty International was disturbed by a number of cases in which officers appear to have shot suspects in circumstances which did not warrant the use ...

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One of the men who helped make this police force legendary was George Walling. Walling joined the force in 1847 with the purpose of buying time for better employment. ... In a suspicious victory, Wood was elected with the help of local gangs and corrupt policemen. ... This event led to a split in the police force. ... Teddy Roosevelt was the most famous member of the NYPD force. ...

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I aim to look at crime and deviance from a Marxist perspective & a Right Realist perspective. I will provide a definition of crime and deviance. Throughout my assignment I aim to cover just how extensive crime & deviance is in contemporary Britain, also to consider who are the offenders and more so,...

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Gun Control The basic premise of the constitution is to allow people to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Someone else cannot take one's right to life. However there are times when people try. When that time comes, the victim must have a way to protect himself. A handgun carried concealed is a great way to offer that protection What gun control advocates can't perceive is that gun control laws are aimed at the legal buying and selling of guns. ...

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