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Term Papers on Legal and Government
The Case Against Capital Punis
Number of words: 2964 - Number of pages: 11.... Not likely, reports DeWayne Wickham, also of USA Today. He points out that since the reinstatement of the death penalty in the United States in 1976, of those sentenced to death, 490 people have been executed while 76 have been freed from Death Row. This calculates into one innocent person being released from Death Row for every six individuals that were executed. This figure correlates with the 1996 U.S. Department of Justice report that indicates that over a 7-year period, beginning in 1989, when DNA evidence in various cases was tested, 26% of primary sus .....
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Invaded By Immigrants
Number of words: 1755 - Number of pages: 7.... that the system currently
running is quite imperfect. This paper will attempt to show flaws in Canada's
immigration policy and suggest new policy's which fit better with Canada's
social landscape.
All over the world populations are growing at tremendous rates.
Nothing in this world happens by accident, the populations are moving because
they expect an increase in quality of life in the new country. Country's all
over the world view Canada as a great place to live, the United Nations bills
Canada as the best place to live. When third world people look at .....
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Freedom Of Speech: Censorship On The Internet
Number of words: 2186 - Number of pages: 8.... discussion of racial, political, religious and sexual topics all run the risk of offending someone, somewhere, leading to demands for control of the Internet. The question of censorship may also be raised in some unexpected places: one newsgroup is the rec.humor list, which is a collection of jokes submitted to subscribers. There are straightforwardly rude jokes but others are politically incorrect, focusing on sexual stereotypes, mothers-in-law, women and so on. It has been suggested (Interpersonal Computing and Technology, 1994) that discretionary warni .....
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Anti Gun Control
Number of words: 961 - Number of pages: 4.... in which guns are used as defensive weapons to save live and property of the innocent. Moreover, guns do more good that bad. This issue completely contradicts the Second Amendment which states: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the rights of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Statistics show that there are, by far, more people defending themselves with gun use than there are people committing crimes with the use of guns. Per 100,000 people only 10.22 of them have committed a crimes where a gun .....
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Bias In Printmedia
Number of words: 874 - Number of pages: 4.... This article explains how pregnancy affects many women. By using this statistic, it gives the reader an approximation, but not an exact number. This is used to make the reader think that the statistic is very high. Another article in The Toronto Star, “Tamil health crisis probed”, on October 29, 1999,demostrates bias by saying, “ At least 70,000 people”. The article is talking about the Tamil community and how 70,000 people have been affected, but it does not give the amount of people in that community. This type of bias is often used in print media to .....
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Watergate: Was The Nixon White House Involved?
Number of words: 1607 - Number of pages: 6.... June 17, 1972. Five individuals were arrested at the Watergate
complex after the burglary. Charges were also pressed on G. George Liddy and E.
Howard Hunt ; the “Watergate Seven” were sentenced by Judge John Sirica.
Although Nixon was worried about the break-in, he advised the White House press
secretary, Ron Ziegler, to dismiss the incident as “a third-rate burglary”
(Cannon 107). In the years ensuing the invasion at the Watergate building,
questions and controversy have surfaced consequent to whether or not the White
House, under the control .....
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Olmstead V. United States (1928)
Number of words: 752 - Number of pages: 3.... Telephone communication was made throughout the city,
the homes of the investors, customers, Vancouver, to and from the office
building and ranch. Times were fixed for the delivery of the "stuff" to places
along the Puget Sound and from there was transported to the various caches.
The information leading to the arrests was made primarily by four
Federal prohibition officers. The officers placed small wires along the main
lines outside the homes of the four main conspirators and that of the office.
No intrusion was made into private property. Olmstead was foun .....
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