... 1984 the Supreme Court ruled that because of parens patriae (which was established in the England court system) juveniles could be held in detention until their court date or hearing (Cole and Smith). Over the centuries the juvenile justice processes has changed tremendously from differing from the adult court system to becoming very similar to it. It still remains less formal ... wrong and his actions, therefore he was held accountable and sentenced to a juvenile institution (Heck). Most adults would push for cases like this to be tried in adult courts, but Cole and Smith state that of...

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... property were natural rights upon which an excise could not be imposed (Tennessee Man Freed on Tax Charges)."" This is also apparent in the Tennessee Supreme Court case of Jack Cole v. Commissioner. In this case it was determined that "Citizens are entitled by right to income or earnings and that rights could not be taxed as privileges (Tennessee Man Freed on ... ...

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... cruelty or a defendant's prior record. The aggravating and mitigating factors must be weighed together before the judge or jury can make a decision about whether to impose a death sentence."(Clear and Cole 456) "By 1976, four years after Furman, 35 states and the federal government had enacted new capital punishment statutes. (Banner 70) Along with the number of habeas corpus appeals allowed ... ...

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