This week we were able to read two articles that went along with our lecture. The first article‚ "Three Strikes and You’re Out: California’s new mandatory sentencing law on serious crime rates"‚ by Stolzenberg and D’Alessio. This article looked at information gathered from cities where the three strikes law was mandated. The research looked at monthly data and found that the three strikes law had no effect on recidivism or crime rates. Personally‚ though some may agree with the three strikes law
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Alejandro Baxley 4/18/16 With reference to one or more examples from applied ethics‚ evaluate the claim that a moral action is one that maximizes utility. The writings of John Stuart Mill‚ the father of modern liberalism‚ promotes ideas of democracy‚ saying that the interests of the majority is important. One of these ideas is Utilitarianism‚ which suggests that the correct moral choice is the one that maximizes utility. One example of this being that the death of one person to save multiple lives
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Wabash and Miami County Jails are two completely different settings. Simply because Miami jail is much larger and cleaner than Wabash’s jail. In fact‚ I learned that Miami’s jail is 30 years newer than Wabash’s‚ which significantly makes a huge difference between the two. Holding 240 inmates‚ Miami holds almost three and half times more than what Wabash’s jail holds. This often times leads to Wabash’s jail paying money to Miami to hold inmates because it is not large enough. Spending over two hundred
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Garrett Alegre To Kill A Mockingbird Mrs. Nyberg P.1 10/7/16 To Kill A Mockingbird Persuasive Essay Imagine in the middle of the night someone comes into your house and slaughters your entire family. You were the only one to survive because you hid under the bed as he came into your room. Imagine the pain that you would endure for the rest of your life while the person who slaughtered your family still goes on living the rest of their life with food and water. This is not justice because the same
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Is it not right to execute the mentally retarded without having an exact reason to end their life? “Executing people who are mentally retarded‚ the court ruled‚ violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment” (Patterson‚ The Dallas Morning News). The court does not allow states to execute mentally retarded neither is it okay for other people to kill them if they do not have proof. Killing the mentally retarded cannot be justified because people frown upon that idea. Just like in
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A sentencing model simply consists of the method by which punishment is awarded (Schmalleger & Smykla‚ n.d.). A century ago‚ judges had significantly more influence in imposing sentences‚ which typically included fines‚ probation‚ and set times of incarceration known as “flat time” sentences (Schmalleger & Smykla‚ n.d.). After the 19th century‚ America made changes to it’s sentencing model and implemented “indeterminate sentences” (Schmalleger & Smykla‚ n.d.). Based on state statute‚ judges
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Solitary Confinement Imagine alone in a dark hole for twenty-three hours a day‚ no one to talk to‚ to look at‚ or anything to do and with the exception of food‚ that is what Solitary Confinement entails. Solitary confinement is a controversial form of punishment used in the prison. Prisoners who are placed in Solitary Confinement will spend up to twenty-three hours a day in a cell without human contact except prison staff. Solitary Confinement should not be in the prison system because it drives
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The author Renny Cushing is both the founder and executive director of Murder Victims’ Families for human rights. Cushings was affected by the crime of murder himself‚ as his father was. He now acts as a support of the victims of murder in order to counteract the death penalty. He has also spoken in front of the U.S Congress against the death penalty‚ and has spent two terms in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. In the beginning paragraphs he describes the hardship the comes of family members
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In TKAM the book uses a sort of capital punishment. The reason he is in court is because he was accused of rape. If he was guilty of rape he could’ve gotten lifetime in jail or executed. But‚ if he wasn’t guilty the people who tried to blame him nothing would happen to them. The history of the use of capital punishment is where if you do something really bad you could get put in jail or executed. The things that will cause capital punishment are murder‚ rape‚ treason‚ witchcraft‚ heresy‚ arson
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Hundreds of Americans are wrongfully sent to death row. This means that hundreds of people die innocently. Killing people for killing others is wrong in any situation. Though some people say when murder is punished with death‚ less people will commit the crime‚ murdering is uncivil‚ especially when the person is wrongfully accused. Killing someone for killing someone else is not an appropriate punishment. According to the Constitution the death penalty is uncivil. The Eighth Amendment bars cruel
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