Skateboarding: an Arguementive essay Somewhere a teenaged kid is happily riding his skateboard trying to have a good time by fully living his youthful years, when he is suddenly grabbed from behind and forced to the ground by a police officer. ... Within the San Jacinto Valley there are many young people of various ages that are continuously searching for new and decent places to do what they love to do: skate. ... But the question the school system should answer is this: If the school builds tennis courts for tennis players to use or spends millions of dollars on a stadium for m...

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He's good at school, and has a talent for running. ... "Don't be so bugged over being a greaser" and should make the most of what he has left, he writes all this, and explains his story in a essay for school, hoping to make a difference to all the hopeless boys that might have similar problems. He has matured through the novel and realise there is more in life to what he thought and he should try to do what Johnny says and "stay gold". ...

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So what makes it okay for people to preach for the innocence of their children but then encourage the act of capital punishment? ... Kant rejects this theory because he believes it shows that criminals are just sentenced to death to make others feel good. ... If the only means of justification for capital punishment are because it brings good to society or makes people happy, then that means innocent people may be killed too, if it would benefit people. ... One should not lose their freedom or rights due to certain societies yearn for good. ... I strongly abide by never wishing death upon so...

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These facts provide a good argument for the anti-gun lobby. First of all, what the anti-gun lobby seems to not realize is that guns are not the only cause of death. ... Thus, we should listen to what they have to say about the issue. ... These facts make it safe to say that overall, police officers support armed citizens. ... These facts have been proven in this essay. ...

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Educating Convicts By Gregory Manwelyan EN-101 11/28/02 Shortly after reading in Rereading America, "Learning to Read", an essay by Malcolm X, I had wondered what other forms of educations lay behind prison gates. ... A good example that comes to mind is Blow, a Hollywood movie based on a true story. ... When these inmates are released they have a good chance in getting a job using the skills and experience they learned in prison. A good example of this kind of success story would be Donald Stanley. ... I strongly believe that education in Prison is crucial,...

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(Randa, 1997) Cesare Beccaria's 1767 essay, On Crimes and Punishment, had an especially strong impact throughout the world. The essay gave abolitionists an authoritative voice and renewed energy, one result of which was the abolition of the death penalty in Austria and Tuscany. ... By using the death penalty as a type of punishment, it will in the future prevent other criminals from committing similar crimes and eventually make our society a much better place to live. ... It shows that capital punishment does some good for the country to keep the citizens safe from violent offenders such ...

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These laws simply don't do what they are intended to do. ... This is a good thing because it will send a message to other parents. ... They need to make sure that convictions are recorded into the system and make sure that gun dealers follow all the regulations. ... This is a very good idea. ... In Geoffrey Canada's essay "Peace in the Streets," he throws out another interesting idea, "...make all handgun ammunition identifiable. ...

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Having at risk teens in new environments makes them realize that there are other options besides becoming a gang banger. ... The teens experience how good it makes them feel to have a positive impact on other people's lives. ... This will show teens that every life is special; including the life of what would be their rival gang members in Salinas. ... The mentors are well educated, hardworking people who know what the troubled teens are going through. ...

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In this essay I intend to argue that children from ten to eighteen shouldn't be tried for murder as adults. ... That is what some relatives of the victims that belong to the Movimiento contra la Intolerancia request in Spain. ... We can guess what would happen to children with this mentality if they were placed with adult inmates. ... I doubt that a ten year-old be conscious of what he is doing. ... It seems to me that rehabilitation carried out by experts in a strict and friendly place in order to make them conscious of what they have done should be enough punishment. ...

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What could a boy do without his high school? ... I could sell them for a fraction of the price that the companies could and make some money. After a summer doing that and making good money I found out that these companies don't like you selling clothes with their names on them. ... This seemed good at the time I was busy and making money, when a bunch of fiends of mine decided to move to BC, I jumped at the chance. ... I arrived in Sydney not knowing what to do. ...

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According to police officer Jerrod Bell, I interviewed- I asked him, "What do you wish you knew (but didn't know) when you first contemplated this career?... I asked him if he will choose this profession if he could make the decision again, and are there any trends like demographic, social and legal concerns. Also if there are any trends that will make this career choice more or less attractive in the future. ... Just research it, make certain that you really want to pursue it and be ready for anything (Bell). ... I believe I am good fit for this work because I was once a protectiv...

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We do this in the hope that we can come as close as possible to the ideal, and create a productive and good place for all people to live. ... In her essay, Thompson relates nearly all of the things which I previously stated as typical arguments of someone who is pro-choice. She tries to make the most of these by using metaphors to describe just what it is like for a woman to become pregnant, and then show how such situations would be considered completely absurd in any scenario other than a pregnancy. However, I feel that there are far too many holes that can be punched in these metaphors,...

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This essay will discuss the reasons people accept plea bargains, courtroom workgroup role and incentives in plea bargaining, and the impact of race on plea bargaining. What is plea bargaining? ... After the questionnaire was done, what they found was that seven of the fourteen factors of why people would accept a plea bargain. ... Offering a plea bargain can happen at any stage in the process, but prosecutors make the decision early in the process [Dav07].The prosecutor may make a plea offer in open court or after a trial if the prosecutor fears that the defendant may be acquitted of all char...

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