Yet whites and blacks engage in drug offences, possession and sales, at roughly comparable rates (Human Rights Watch 2008).While African Americans comprise 13% of the US population and 14% of monthly drug users they are 37% of the people arrested for drug offences ( Marc Mauer of The Sentencing Project.) ... (Human Rights Watch 2009). ... Accordingly, a study released recently by the Equal Justice Initiative (June 2010) claims that African Americans are frequently illegally excluded from criminal jury service. ... A poor, uneducated person from a high crime area maybe more easily manipulated a...

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There are many safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty. This is true, but what happen to the safeguards rights when they executed the 23 Americans? Can they really be considered guarantee rights? ... These safeguard laws show that they should be abolished, everyone does not have equal rights with the death penalty. ... Pros agree that criminals deserve punishment and punishment should be equal to the harm done. ...

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After the attacks took place, many argued that racial profiling would not be an issue because the United States would focus on other issues; however many civil rights based lawsuits that were connected to racial profiling were filed more during this time period. ... Law enforcement agencies have gone through time consuming and expensive litigation over civil rights concerns. ... Racial profiling impacts the integrity of America and its ideals because equal rights do not apply to everyone. ... " President Barack Obama, July 22, 2009 In addition to targeting the African American commu...

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"All persons shall be equal before the courts and tribunals" and therefore wealth, social status, race and other social differences should have no influence in the process of justice. ... In our adversarial criminal justice system a defendant who is represented in a trial is said to be an equal opponent of the prosecution. ... This doesn't appear to be fair however the two men "shall be equal before the courts and tribunals" no matter how expensive their lawyer and therefore be tried "fairly". ... This evidence is excluded in order to protect the rights of everyday people in the communi...

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They would lecture, about the rights and wrongs. ... When one plans and brutally rapes or murders another, doesn't it make sense that the punishment for the culprit be equal to their crime? ... Capital punishment protects the rights of victims and saves costs of tax payers. ... Vital Statistics 1994 and 1995, Cost of life without parole is $34,200 for 50 years, at 2% annual cost increase, plus $75,000 for trials and appeals, would equal $3.01 million. Death penalty is approximately $60,000 for 6 years at 2% annual cost increase, plus $1.5 million for trials and appeals, equals roughly $1....

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"A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. " The right for of all Americans to bear arms is a right even the Founding Fathers held to equal importance as the Constitution itself. ... Fewer amounts of guns equal less crime. ... For one, the first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights, are all concerned with the protection and preservation of individual rights. The First and Fourth Amendment use the same phrase, "rights of the people ", but no one argues that in those instances the phrase is r...

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Racist interests trying to create causality between the Civil Rights Movement and an increase in crime is yet another early example of the issue of race being inextricably linked to crime and thus the Criminal Justice System. ... African Americans are arrested for drug offenses at rates 2 to 11 times higher than the rate for whites - according to a May 2009 report on disparity in drug arrests by Human Rights Watch. ... Provide Equal Access to Justice Federal and State policies should promote equal access to justice. ... Aggressive enforcement of civil rights laws will also play a key role in ...

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Setting a fixed standard and guideline of punishment aims to convince potential criminals that the crime is not worth the time (general deterrence), to equally and fairly distribute punishment among similar illegal acts (retribution), to help and not just punish the criminals in order to remove further threat to society (rehabilitation), and to detain criminals to eliminate risk of a repeated offence (incapacitation).2 According to UN declaration article 7, the United Nations, all are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are enti...

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It is unfair to punish a child as an adult because children don't have the equal amount of maturity as an adult; this is why they have different rights than adults. ... Children are no given to same rights as an adult for the simple reason that they are not mature enough to take on the responsibilities that come with these rights. ... "Pre-teens and teens today are expected to be fully aware of their actions and the responsibilities that go with them, yet they are not entrusted with many rights" (Mark P. 2). ...

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These changes have put women in similar positions as men, thus giving them equal opportunity to commit the same crimes. ... That's about the time that women were getting equal rights. ... These studies show that women and men are about equal in assaults, but men generally cause more injury when they assault women. ...

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However, our criminal justice system holds that everyone be given a fair, equal, and consistent form of resolution to a conflict and to ensure a shared set of values that upholds social order. ... It is my position that Christie's argument has merit and should be used as a tool within the context of our current legal framework by restoring victim's rights and putting more emphasis on humanizing offenders. ... In our current system, victims have very little rights compared to those of the offender. ... Without a formal process in place, those in a position of power and influence may d...

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The common argument for capital punishment is that it saves tax dollars, it decreases prison overcrowding and provides equal justice. ... A lifetime of service to the victim and his family may be viewed as equal justice. ...

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Understandably, family members of murder victims want the murderer to suffer as much pain as the victim did, but before rewarding revenge, the goveronment has the take into consideration the Constitutional rights of the murderer. ... African Americans and Caucasians are killed in primarily equal numbers but murderers of whites are more likely to be put to death than murderers of any other race. " In the 20th century, nearly 75% of those executed for childhood offences were African Americans. ... -www. amnesty.org (human rights website) These statistics bring up...

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"Hobbes is famous for his early and elaborate development of what has come to be known as "social contract theory", the method of justifying political principles or arrangements by appeal to the agreement that would be made among suitably situated rational, free, and equal persons" (Lloyd, 2014). ... Individuals agree to give up some rights with the understanding that the agency responsible for providing protection will do so as they require. ... The civil rights movement brought a huge split between the police and much of society. ... Race was a huge issue during the civil...

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These government institutions are charged by law with dispensing fair, equal justice to all who come before them, maintaining the rule of law in society beset by racial and social injustice and conflict, deterring crime and treating both offenders and victims in a just even handed manner. ... Unfortunately, the ideal conditions of objectivity, fairness, and equal rights under which the nation's courts should operate are rarely achieved. ... Under the protective umbrella of due process are included the rights to be present at trial, to be notified of the charges, to have an opportunity...

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That the Aboriginals offenders/non-offenders should be as equal as everyone else in the country. ... Although it is the responsibility of every individual to make positive choices for their life, regardless of personal circumstances, Restorative Justice Principles are based on the understanding of compassion, that no one is an island, and that everyone is an equal member of society and has an impact to make to the greater good. ...

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Although Kant agrees that the hurt done to the criminal should equal the hurt the criminal did to others, or "eye for eye", I still agree with his views on the utilitarian theory. ... One should not lose their freedom or rights due to certain societies yearn for good. ...

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It seems to Dim and the others that autocratic little Alex is stepping beyond his rights as a leader, and they plan to betray him. ... Jesus was seen as different because he treated all people like equals and for this he was looked down upon and was eventually crucified for. ...

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Is the Death Penalty an Effective Punishment? Yes. In at least one important respect, it is. It simply cannot be argued that a killer, once executed, can never kill again. The Death Penalty does not stop people from killing others. The only thing it does stop is killers from killing people again. So...

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Laws are supposed to bring together the basic principles and purposes of society, including the recognition and protection of individual rights to life, liberty, and the security of people and property. ... To paraphrase Camus, there is no equal retribution unless the convicted felon imprisoned his victim for years, and everyday informed him the date of his death. ...

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Is the Death Penalty an Effective Punishment? Yes. In at least one important respect, it is. It simply cannot be argued that a killer, once executed, can ever kill again. The Death Penalty does not stop people from killing others. The only thing it does stop is killers from killing people ag...

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