... or her discretion to recognize what constitutes a breach of law and the appropriate response that this actions warrants. There are certain traditions within police departments that govern how an individual officers discretion is to be used. Sometimes discretion comes in the form of strict adherence to the law ... the thoughts centered around personal feelings and relationships of those involved or the outright horror of using violence as a means of crime prevention. Although police are trained to avoid conflict if possible, sometimes it is a foregone conclusion that violence will occur. ...

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... the aim of blending values into practical training. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department adopted a policy whereby it can classify police reports as secret, according to the Nevada Press Association (NPA). The NPA said that the department has broad discretion to list police officers" reports as "secret investigative files." It says the police are basing the policy on the state Supreme Court's so called " ... balancing test" decision (Stein 1). In a recent suit filed against the police department, the court ruled in favor of the plaintiff by saying that the value of ... public acce...

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... pg 72)." Chapter four tells the strange case of Robert Miller who gave a false confession to crimes that he did not commit. He tells the police that he has visions of the rapes and murders. Despite denying the crimes later, he was convicted and sentenced to two death penalties plus 725 ... the million-dollar settlement. He had spent several years in jail for a crime that he did not commit. The Charleston Gazette wondered if there was a dark secret hidden behind the fast big payoff. Backstage, the state had discovered a massive fraud in his prosecution. "If a civil jury and public found o...

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... "business" and territory. The crime rate rose sharply, as most of the world was behaving illegally. These gangs would run speakeasy's (secret bars), brothels, casinos and other ventures that made them more than enough money to do anything they wanted. Then, it was inevitable that others would ... in the space of 4 years, and on St Valentine's Day, 1929, 7 members of the O'Banion gang were shot dead by gangsters dressed as police officers (Prohibition and the Gangsters). This is what the gang culture of that time had become and caused, it not only destroyed the lives of thousands ... , fo...

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... the electric chair for the murder of a 19-year-old girl in Culpepper, Virginia. Washington's conviction was based largely on his confessions to police. The police fabricated questions, all which Washington answered with a quick "yes". His lawyers insisted the confessions were inconsistent and pointed out that Washington's IQ ... he ordered one more DNA test to be conducted on a blanket found at the crime scene. The results of this test were kept a secret from Washington's lawyers. On the governor's last day of office, a call came to the lawyers stating that they had two hours to accept ....

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... FBI and in exchange the FBI tipped off sting operations to save him ("Profile John Connolly"). Many times when someone would go to the police to testify against Whitey, the case would be dropped and Whitey would again be saved by his "guardian angels." Whitey always ended up ... Ten Most Wanted List, and on the FBI's Web site, his photo appears underneath Osama bin Laden's. Investigators from the Massachusetts State Police, the FBI, the Boston Police, the Massachusetts Department of Correction, and the state Parole Board are actively pursuing him. Four members of this task force work fu...

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... not only discourage the more serious crime such as rape and armed robbery, it will discourage the more minor offenses of things like burglary. It's not like this law is secret or unknown to the criminals. The media distorts the true effectiveness of the law by showing trivial cases (like someone stealing pizza) rather than the usual perpetrators. The liberal media ... 3 convictions, not 3 crimes (i.e. criminals may get away with several incidents). We all know that in the real world criminals get away with many crimes. The police may not have any clue who committed the crime, the police...

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... porn. It was cheaper and more money could have been made from it. The money Sturman received, he used it to go internationally to expand the business. Even through the police and the FBI tried to bring him down countless times, he some how got the case dropped against him. Many of the films and magazines were usually sold in the ... ruined there, and the vicissitudes of the law commend one man a gangster or a chief executive (or both). If the market does embody the sum of all human wishes, then the secret ones are just as important as the ones that are openly displayed." (cover of R.M.)...

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... to his account "by inserting a envelope with a cartoon of cereal in it and pressing 1 many times". I thought the book made a good point in saying that most computer crimes are kept secret from the public by the victims especially banks so people won't loose their trust in them. I think all people come to a point in their life that they have the opportunity ... in this chapter was the one of the three young men that filled their car with gas and the owner became suspicious and reported them to the police so they could check on them. When police checked on their tag number a record came u...

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... editors; Richard Neville, Jim Anderson and Felix Dennis had been charged with conspiring to produce a magazine containing diverse, lewd, indecent and sexually perverted articles. Robertson establishes the hypocrisy of the police prosecution, when he explains that at the time pornographic magazines were feely available in London. Robertson's truth is that legally, obscenity was that which would corrupt and deprave, and the ... influence his own conservative views onto the court. Robertson uses the metaphor of the court as some sought of theatrical production. People appearing in the tria...

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... marijuana out of the U.S., it is illegal to grow marijuana in the U.S., and the costs of manufacturing, transporting and distributing marijuana are increased because it all must be done in secret. But, "black market suppliers face low marginal costs of evading tax laws and regulatory policies, and this gives them a cost - advantage relative to legal suppliers" (Miron). This means that the ... a dispute occurs in a legal transaction, the courts are utilized to solve differences. In a black market, "it is not possible for an aggrieved drug gang member to utilize the courts and police; rat...

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Justice? Twelve-year-old Billy was arrested by the New York Police Department (N.Y.P.D) for armed robbery when he and his two friends beat and raped a woman in the park. He was sent to court, in addition, they discovered that he had already ... weren't as bad as today's problems. "When children are tried as juveniles, they are rarely photographed or fingerprinted; their hearings are private, their sentences lenient, and their records are kept secret and later destroyed-(Silverstein, 77) You know, it is like giving them a slap in the hand. "To protect juveniles', the court acts as a parent to...

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