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and gentlemen of the jury. My client has had his rights violated, and it is this courts job to see that it is to be set right. Compensation must be payed. What this reviewer has done to my clients is a total breach of his rights, rights that protect…

Since our nation's founding, the government -- colonial, federal and state -- has punished murder and, until recent years, rape with the ultimate sanction: death. More than 13,000 people have been legally executed since colonial times,…

to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense. No one shall be held guilty of any penal offense on account of any act or omission which did not constitute…

theories of criminology. This paper will talk about the theories that best and worst describe why crime happens. The three major theories of crime are: biological, psychological and sociological. In further examining this paper you will see discussions…

on pornography. It argues two main points: 1) Governments do have the rights to regulate pornography and, 2) Mainstream Christianity should not support government regulation with pornography. When this paper was graded the teacher stated that…

law? At what point to do we draw the line between what is legally morally acceptable and what is not? The moral views of a society should be incorporated into the laws of society to a degree that represents the best interest of the people. It is…

is about the legislative process of law making from the grassroots of the formulation of a bill to the intricate forms of getting the bill formed into legislation in the United States governement. 3 main questions of the essay: How and what is…

evidence that in general better decisions might emerge from groups than from individuals acting on their own. In England, juries deliberate in secret and are accountable to no one, so sometimes the verdicts seem irrational. Kalven & Zeisel (1966)…

Americans were citizens not servants. It was before we had to ask permission to protect ourselves. It is written, "A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infri…

Three Easy Steps' by James Carroll (1994, May 31) published in the Boston Globe is an opinionated editorial opposing the view of the death penalty.         Carroll begins his article with stating a TV news quiz he saw one evening. The…