1) Describe how the US court system is structured: The US court system has a dual system operating on federal and state levels. Starting at the bottom of the state level are trial courts of limited jurisdiction. These courts only handle lawsuits for small amount of money, traffic cases, and misdemeanors. The next level ... a specific period of time. Their release is not tied to parole boards or participation in treatment programs. The last type of sentencing is mandatory sentences. Every state has this sentence. This type of sentence is determined by statutes and requires that a certain pena...

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... from discussions about economic, moral, and legal reasons both supporting and doubting the use of the death penalty. It was a truly heated debate starting with the legality of the death penalty. One of the most prevalent objections to the death penalty is its possible violation of the eighth amendment. According ... no benefit. In states such as Texas, Florida, and California the death penalty can cost up to six times as much as a life sentence would cost. In California, only two inmates have been put to death since the latest Supreme Court decision in 1976. Estimates say that California...

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... licensing of firearms in Canada first took place in 1892. Prior to 1892 all that was needed in Canada to avoid a six-month jail sentence was a reasonable cause to fear assault against life or property (""History of Firearms"", 2000). In 1892 was the first government step in licensing ... an enforced offence. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police kept records of those purchasing firearms. Handguns had to be re-registered every five years starting in 1939. It also became an offence to alter the serial numbers on guns as records were kept and gun transactions were being monitored ... gun contr...

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