The Courts have also established that once a news organization learns information about a public matter, the publication cannot be stopped from printing whatever it wants. ... The fact that the suits are still being filed may be caused by the judicial system. ... If news organizations fear the First Amendment will not protect their publication, which is of truthful information, they may chose not to cover issues such as rape. ... "There's no state or federal law prohibiting the publication of an alleged victim's name, if that information is legally obtained- (Williams 2003). ... ...

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The English Legal System is the system of law which uses the common law system that has developed in England from approximately 1066 to the present. It has been a long history since the establishment of the system until today. ... Indeed the jury system has acquired powerful critics in the British legal system, in the media and amongst lawyers, academics and senior officers. ... It is also regarded as a means to maintain a democratic society and so it is still operating in English legal system. For further understanding of the English jury system, the history shall be examined since legal his...

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The power of the media is based on their ability to provide wide access to information in an extremely fast time. ... For example: Freedom of Information, Taxation, and Social Security. ... Information includes how the budget was used in a particular year and what money is required to run the department in the future. The last of the formal ways of challenging state power is Ministerial Responsibility under the Westminster System. ... This system requires a minister to resign in the face of maladministration or serious personal violations. ...

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Will Rodger, writer for Interactive Week, says that the Telephone Industry Association has rejected FBI proposals, which would give them access to the location information gleaned form cellular phone calls. Rodger also says that the tracking information gathered from cellular phones would turn the phones into "homing beacons" whenever they are turned on and that gathering such information while calls were not taking place would overstep the law's intent. ... The FBI can also tap into private network systems according to Edwards and Boucher; this gives them access to things such as AOL acc...

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Overall they are more exposed about the information being distributed." ... Citizens who have higher levels of education tend to understand the political system better than those citizens who have lower levels of education. ... They have better sense of the consequences on how the system works." ... Lastly, Verba, Schlozman, and Brady state the importance of education best; they stated that, "Education also offers affects participation by imparting information about government and politics, and by encouraging attitudes such as a sense of civic responsibility or political efficacy that predispo...

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While most Americans believe that the justice system is comparable to CSI, Criminal Minds, and Law and Order, the real American justice system does not work in such a fashion. ... To be able to offer a plea bargain at any time in the trial process causes a lot of discrepancies within the criminal justice system. ... "He is simply the residual effect of the inevitability of bargaining within the system" [Hes02]. ... The most intriguing incentive for the prosecutor is that there is an increase in the total efficiency of the criminal justice system due to plea bargaining. Without plea b...

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From the information given, I would have to conclude that legalizing marijuana would have little to no effect in reducing crime. ... In the same article, (Ingold, 2012) "Adams County District Attorney Don Quick, who opposes the initiative, agreed that 'African-Americans are over-represented in the criminal justice system. ... " In response to the information given above, I disagree with advocates view that prison overcrowding will improve with the legalizing of marijuana because, as recent research has shown, the number of marijuana related prisoners make up only a minor per...

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In the modern world of high level of information accessibility and mass awareness of professionals' legal obligations, the role of decision-making in healthcare delivery has evolved into a system where health care policies and ethics has given the service users the absolute power to decide about their care. ... According to the code of conduct of the Nursing and midwifery council (NMC) for confidentiality (NMC, 2010), I declare the maintenance of the subject's (the child in the scenario) confidential information by the withdrawal of her real name and replacement with "Miss Kay&q...

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Inmates retain only those First Amendment rights, such as freedom of speech, which are not inconsistent with their status as inmates and which are in keeping with the legitimate objectives of the penal corrections system, such as preservation of order, discipline, and security. ... In 1996, Congress passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), which has been seen by many critics as unfairly limiting inmate access to the federal court system. ... Prisoners risk losing credit for good time if a judge decides that a lawsuit was filed for the purpose of harassment, that the inmate lied, or that...

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