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Term Papers on Legal and Government
Opposing The Death Penalty
Number of words: 1094 - Number of pages: 4.... if the law wants to inflict death as a punishment, it must
understand that death is not a pretty thing. Criminals are painlessly put to
sleep, and die in the same manner that Dr. Kavorkian's patients choose.
Personally, if I was faced with the option of living the remainder of my life in
isolation, perpetually haunted by pain and images of terror, I would absolutely
chose to die by lethal injection. There is no true punishment in this method,
except the fear of going to hell, which I strongly doubt is of much concern to
most convicts on death row.
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Marijuana
Number of words: 568 - Number of pages: 3.... died or overdosed from the drug. can reduce nausea, vomiting, and help with loss of appetite in cancer and AIDS patients. With glaucoma patients, can help reduce the intraocular pressure and horrible pain the body experiences. For multiple sclerosis, it helps reduce tremors, stops muscle spasms, and restores bladder control, speech and eyesight, and balance (Medicinal 1). These facts show that is very useful in the medical field and should be legalized for medical and health purposes only.
For some purposes, is not so bad of a drug as some people claim to .....
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Race Relations In The New Worl
Number of words: 1479 - Number of pages: 6.... exploit Native American labor and wealth. The British saw nothing wrong with holding a peaceful social state but at the same time using Native Americans as a cheap form of labor. Although the Native Americans had supplied the British with food and other vital necessities, tensions still persisted. The British and the Native Americans interacted very often in trade surroundings, but the failure of each group to understand and accept the other group's culture prevented any lasting cooperation between the two groups. Simple misunderstandings during a trade agreeme .....
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Government Funding For The Arts
Number of words: 773 - Number of pages: 3.... Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, and the works of Plato.
Shouldn't we be able to show feats just as grand?
Most Americans do agree with me. In 1992, a study called the "Americans
and the Arts VI" was conducted; it ended with these results:
* 60% of the people support the federal support of the arts.
* 63% of the people support the state's support of the arts.
* 84% of the people regard art as a reflection of life and
times of a nation.
* 75% of the people think that the government can be helpful to
art .....
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Should Governments Use Private
Number of words: 910 - Number of pages: 4.... too much, and people who do drugs. These people do not deserve any free health care. They should be responsible for themselves and pay for their own health care fees. Many people say that private for-profit health care is less efficient and more expensive than public health care. Private health care would cause people who cannot function in such a competitive environment to suffer. But think about the benefit we will have for the majority people. Isn't "majority rules" the main theory in democratic countries? Expanding private health care is the only way to cut .....
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The Jury System
Number of words: 710 - Number of pages: 3.... innocent
even if a public prosecutor has disadvantageous proofs for the defendant.
Juries who are representative of citizen make the decision value about
proof. But, Jerome Frank, one of delegates of legal realists, criticized
jury system in Law & the Modern Mind, 1930. " A lot of verdicts are
irresponsible juries' products of caprice and prejudice, for example, the
defendant is a rich corporation, the plaintiff is a poor boy and the
counsel is an eloquent speaker. Such facts often decide who wins or loses."
He characterizes that juries have tendency to like wea .....
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Newly Independent Nation Seeks Advice From Other Nations
Number of words: 433 - Number of pages: 2.... would not choose this
because a good system of education is not worth teens killing themselves.
The second area in which the nation is seeking advice is in the area of
womens rights. They are seeking advice from Israel. In Israel women are given
as equal rights as men are. Women are allowed to have the samejobs, education,
and also serve in the military under the same conditions of men. The nation
should choose this policy because women are as equal as men and should have all
the same oppurtunities. Plus during a war or crisis women would have all the
same m .....
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Ecuador And Democracy
Number of words: 1791 - Number of pages: 7.... and east.
The estimated population of Ecuador in 1991 was 10,800,00. This is
approximately 10 times the number of Indian estimated to have been living in the
area at the time of the Spanish conquest. The population density of about 38
people per sq. km is the highest of any South American nation.
Like other Latin American countries, the major religion is Roman
Catholicism. Some of the older cities have splendid 16th and 17th-century
Catholic churches. Although churches of other faiths can found, they form only
a very small minority. The Indians, while outw .....
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