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Term Papers on Legal and Government
Homelessness
Number of words: 1766 - Number of pages: 7.... more violent crimes than housed people.” (NLCHP) The reality is that homeless Hopper 2 people actually commit less violent crimes than people with homes do. Dr. Pamela Fischer, of John Hopkins University, studied arrest records in Baltimore and discovered that even though homeless people were more likely to commit non-violent and non-destructive crimes, they were less likely to commit violent crimes against people. (NLCHP) The crimes that these people are committing are necessary to keep them alive. These crimes include sleeping, eating, and panhandling. Mak .....
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Should The U.S. Accuse Middle Eastern Countries For Supporting Terrorism?
Number of words: 1435 - Number of pages: 6.... of such an act was
the devastating bomb, which exploded in Oklahoma City. The criminal was
none other than a U.S. citizen named Timothy McVeigh. In a recent article,
Time's Patrick Cole claims that before McVeigh was sought out as being the
one responsible for the bombing the United States blamed a foreign, and
more precisely, a Middle Eastern terrorist organization for the activity
(26). However, the recently arrested terrorist, known as Theodore
Kaczynski, is also an American citizen who executed his evil plots on
Americans, from American soil. Moreover, B .....
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The Importance Of Plea Bargaining In Criminal Trials
Number of words: 1322 - Number of pages: 5.... would have
sufficient motivation to lie in court the fact is that his testimony is simply
verifying the testimonies of other witnesses. In a majority of cases plea
bargains is utilized to ensure that the truly guilty criminal is punished. In
our less than perfect world, plea bargaining is easily the lesser of the evils.
I agree with the definitions submitted by the affirmative speaker.
Americans have always emphasized getting a job done. We place a great
deal of value on efficiency and industry. The government is expected to run
with efficiency and opera .....
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Heroin: The Most Dangerous Drug
Number of words: 818 - Number of pages: 3.... the frantic
lifestyle of the junkie, who does anything for money to support their habit
and does little to care for themselves, which could be prevented if heroin
was legal because it would be far cheaper. Lastly, AIDS is aconsequence of
sharing dirty needles, as is hepatitis and tetanus, which could also be
prevented through legalization and availability of sterile equipment. One
of the reasons heroin is considered both a very dangerous drug and perhaps
the hardest drug is the fact that the line between efective dose and the
lethal dose is so thin. An addict .....
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Police Brutality
Number of words: 833 - Number of pages: 4.... {Burning 14}
Following the riots it was announced that two officers Stacey Koon And
Lawrence Powell would stand trial yet again, but this time in federal court for
violating Rodney Kings civil rights. Both were convicted and sentenced to prison
terms {Brutality In Los Angles 7} The Rodney King video and trial sparked a
question in many peoples mind through out the nation, “How big of a problem is
police brutality? Little did they know that this would be the beginning of a
streak of police related violence.
Sandra Antor a Miami, Florida re .....
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Underage Smoking
Number of words: 997 - Number of pages: 4.... to put a 25-cent-per-pack increase in the Federal tax on cigarettes.
The moral aspect of this problem is that the federal government is receiving billions off of raising taxes on tobacco products and fines for . This money is absorbed into the government and redistributed into society towards other social issues. The excess money the government collects on higher tobacco taxes and fines issued to for should be used to educate the general public on how the tobacco companies are providing a dangerous product and can be extremely harmful to the human body. The .....
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Abortion
Number of words: 397 - Number of pages: 2.... at any other time so it should not be right to kill a child because the mother doesn’t feel able to take care of it. is a lot like assisted suicide it gives a simple solution that is morally wrong. People should not be able to play God and decide if a baby should live or die. Not even the parents of the child.
There a few circumstances that could possibly be considered a option. Rape is one of them. A person that was raped should have the option to an because she did not choose to have the child. There was really no way to prevent what happened. In a .....
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Law And Morality
Number of words: 2114 - Number of pages: 8.... in the bunker, there is only
enough food for four people to survive for the remaining fifteen days. Rationing
the food will not be of any use, because all will die with such a plan. The only
way for most of the survivors to live for the next fifteen days is for one to
die. Somehow they have contacted an outside source to advise them on the
questions of "Who shall die?", and "How should the decision of choosing the
person be carried out?" These are all very difficult questions to answer, but
something must be done. It is unlikely that someone will voluntarily a .....
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