A person who violates or breaks the law is classified as law breakers, criminal offenders, perpetrator, convict, jailbird and etc. ... According to the International Centre for prison studies, total count of prisoners in Malaysia in year 2007 was 50305, whereas in June 2013 it has decreased to 39,144(("international centre for prison studies"). ... Law and punishment in Malaysian system is worth the crime done by law breakers. ... However, if law breakers are not sent to jail then everyone will not hesitate to go against the law. ... In conclusion, prison is the best punishment for law breaker...

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Human trafficking is a modern day phenomenon that is affecting the world on an international level. ... A study was shown on how many people are trafficked about the world from the International Labor Organization. ... Most of the trade usually participated states that are international. ... Since the United States is new to human trafficking and it does not occur in our country as much as international ones, are laws aren't as strict as they could, or should be. ... He also wants to enforce a change to the laws. ...

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Human trafficking is a modern day phenomenon that is affecting the world on an international level. ... A study was shown on how many people are trafficked about the world from the International Labor Organization. ... Most of the trade usually participated states that are international. ... Since the United States is new to human trafficking and it does not occur in our country as much as international ones, are laws aren't as strict as they could, or should be. ... He also wants to enforce a change to the laws. ...

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Amnesty International states, "If hanging a man by his arms, until he suffers excruciating pain is rightly condemned as torture, how does one describe hanging by his neck until he is dead? ... International Debate Education Association states that already over 20 innocent people have been executed in the USA in the 20th century. ... This quote is from Issues In Society: Law and Order. ...

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Courts in America deal with law (Baum, 2012, pg. 1). ... One prime example of case law can be pulled from the Thurman v. ... After the court interpreted the law and make their decision, the court felt that a law could be crafted from the circumstances of this situation. ... International activity has also play a role in the United States court systems. ... Both of these men are prime examples of how this international activity plays it's role within the United States court systems. ...

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However, the juvenile death penalty contradicts every other law concerning children in the Untied States. The law in most states assumes that juveniles are not of a maturity stage in life and judgment to exercise a wide rang of rights. The sure of the death penalty for crimes committed under the age of 18 is prohibited Page 3 under International Human Rights standards, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Right. ...

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According Amnesty International in the book When The State Kills, "The death penalty [ ] is not an act of self-defense against an immediate threat to life. ... As Amnesty International puts it, " Those offenders who plans serious crimes in a calculated manner may decide to proceed despite the risk in the belief that they will not be caught" (11). ... Killing on either side of the law is still killing. ...

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Even the international comparisons of homicide and gun ownership rates for the gun control arguments are not as strong as they seem to be. ... The laws of one state might, in effect, be completely useless because of the laws, or lack of laws, of the neighboring states. A better comparison would be between non-neighboring states with strict laws and with lose laws. ... Criminals are already breaking the law, so they would have no problem with breaking another law by having a gun. ... The data from the International Crime Victims Survey put England in the number one spot for highest rate of robb...

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When people in law enforcement "act without integrity and without regard for peoples' rights, they lose credibility and legitimacy in the eyes of the people." ... Attorneys and civil rights groups repeatedly told Amnesty International that many cases of ill-treatment did not result in lawsuits; these included cases where there were no independent witnesses; or the alleged victim was convicted of an offence arising out of the incident and had little chance of prevailing against the testimony of police officers; or the injuries were not severe enough to justify the costs involved in pursui...

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The ruling classes setting up laws to enforce their political control on the lower classes. ... The law makes the policy to benefit their interests. ... Accurate and historical research cannot be gained from the laws created by property owners and the state. ... In the twentieth century of the uniform crime reporting (UCR) program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to provide reliable statistics for the United States. ... This report also has arrest, clearance, and law enforcement data. ...

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A review from the Law Review from the University of the Pacific called "Prosecuting Computer Virus Authors," says "However, a new villain - the virus author - has surfaced, bringing a new crime into the international forum: the spread of the computer virus. ... The U.S. didn't have jurisdiction to extradite him because there are no laws to support his conviction. Netcrimes have risen dramatically in the past few years and as usual, the laws can't keep up with the crimes. ... The law, in all it's effort has proven to be ineffective in the prevention of net-crimes, but seems ...

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For decades marijuana has been frowned upon in accordance with the country's laws, but it is still widely practiced and praised throughout the nation. ... James Austin, President of the JFA Institute reported that "enforcing marijuana laws costs over 7.6 billion per year," not including court costs and correction policies (Austin). ... Since marijuana dealers cannot settle disputes in the court of law, controversy between opposing dealers is settled with contention (Boaz). ... According to NORML, "more than 60 U.S. and International health organizations support granting patients legal a...

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According to Eric Schlosser in his book Reefer Madness this economy is described as "where economic activities remain off the books, where they are unrecorded, unreported, and in violation of the law." ... Actually, one of the marijuana laws was to grow the plant in the state of Virginia, even though president Thomas Jefferson grew the plant. ... There was even a law that said that we should not put weed in the same category as other drugs. ... The section goes on to talk about Young's experiment and his run-ins with the law and also about how congress moved to deal with the marijuana e...

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The issue of gun control and its relationship to violence continues to attract various controversial, stern responses and causes for a heated debate in the United States, as well as, the international community. ... However, others believe -- pro-gunners -- that the attempt to enact stricter gun control laws that would restrict the number of guns a person can own is merely another attempt to violate their Second Amendment rights to own guns, which furthers the debate. It is no question, that the National Rifle Association (NRA) and their supporters, insist that further gun control legi...

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"In 1995, the Texas legislature passed a law requiring certain- death row appeals to be filed concurrently. The intent of this law was to reduce the amount of time prisoners spent on death row waiting for their legal appeals to be pursued. The short- termed effect of this new law was that executions virtually stopped while it was being appealed. ... However, after the law withstood legal challenge, executions resumed at double their old pace. ... They were intent on continuing with the execution, despite international protests and Tucker's pleas for clemency. " All the same, pleas for cle...

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All the gun control laws are not about preventing crime. Law abiding citizens who are armed will prevent crime. ... Those favoring gun control laws claim that such laws would keep more guns off the streets and out of the hands of criminals in an increasingly violent world. ... By taking a look at evidence gathered form domestic studies, international evidence, and crimes involving guns we can better understand this. ... "Gun control laws might be accurately called victim disarmament laws...

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In the book, Gangs: An International Approach, Wade lists others such as status, power, structure, shelter, food, clothing, nurturing, discipline, unconditional love, activities, economic support and respect. ...

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