Michael Philbin Ms. Goodhall Junior English 8/5/12 Defects of the American Federal Prison System (Expo RD) The American Prison System has never been perfect, as there is no need to create a luxurious environment for the country’s criminals. However, this atmosphere of tension, violence and an overwhelming sense of binding incarceration has an effect on a prisoner’s psyche, a dangerous attribute of a person who may not always be isolated from regular society. Prison is a place of separation; a place where the delinquents of America are sent to pay for their crimes. While in prison, they aren’t met with friendly treatment or world class quarters by any means. It’s what they deserve for breaking our laws and our rules.
He also refused to take off his hat as a sign of respect to the judges who did attend. This seemed to confirm in the minds of the judges that Charles, even when he was on trial for his life, remained arrogant and therefore a danger to others as he could not recognise his own faults. This trial is unfair in so many ways: Firstly the setting up of the court that was to try Charles 1st was written by forerunner. Secondly, the fact that people weren’t allowed into the trial just because they didn’t agree with it, in my opinion this is the most unfair part of the trial because everybody is entitled to their opinion, even back then. Thirdly, only just over half of the 46 judges agreed to the trying of Charles 1st.
Matt Dombrowski Dombrowski 1 Mrs. Floyd English 1113 January 18, 2011 What Inspires You? Many readers such as Martin Luther King and Gandhi have been inspired by Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience, where Thoreau recounts his night spent in jail for tax evasion, and he tells the audience how his life was changed from the experience. Thoreau did not trust the Government with his money because he did not know what the Government planned to use the money for. He much preferred to pay the taxes or donate money to the projects that he himself thought worthy of his hard earned money. Thoreau used images such as the walls of the jail, the window in his cell, and the change that he went through during his night spent in jail to inspire his readers to live their lives freely and how they want to.
I would need an additional document from a white family to see how they felt about unifying with the blacks. In King’s Philosophy violence never solves anything. King felt that by taking part in nonviolent acts, such as sit-ins and marches, job opportunities would become more open to the black community (Doc 6). In his statement, “Violence may murder the murderer, but it doesn’t murder the murder,” he is saying that through violence you will never solve the issue you will only add on to it (Doc 8). King feels this way because when black people rebelled against the whites it only fueled more violence to ensue.
While Absalom pleads guilty he also says,” but I did not mean to kill” (Paton 192). This shows he is accepting of what he has done so he does not deserve the death penalty. During this case it gets overshadowed by,” the new Johanesburg” (Paton 163). This really affected Absolam’s case because not many people were able to hear about it making it all right to just sweep under the rug .In his testimony he explains to the jury that he went to the house of Arthur Jarvis with a gun not to kill, but only to threaten. He later went on to say he was scared and that’s why he shot him.
Aside from well constructed speeches and hunger strikes, the refusal to obey certain laws and the passive resistance, that is, resisting to incoming violence usually from the government, are other ways to morally protest without any physical violence. Ghandi’s march on the sea and Martin Luther King Jr.’s march on Washington are the ultimate effective peaceful demonstrations (Keating). The opposing way to support some strong cause can be through violent protesting. Violent protesting involves commiting acts which may harm people or cause damage to property. In most cases violence is used in hope of getting attention and media publicity.
It is against the law to buy marijuana or to use it, so is it wrong for one to buy it off the street as a type of cure for an illness? The patient is also a strong believer in not using drugs and has always thought that the drug dealers should be locked away in jail so they cannot help destroy lives and families, so is it right for them to go against their own beliefs and go buy it and use it ? In another situation, one sees a highway patrolman speeding excessively all the time for no reason other than they think they can because they are cops. Is it wrong for a highway patrolman to give a ticket to another driver for doing the same thing one sees the highway patrolman do each day? On the other hand, is it wrong for a driver to speed because they see a highway patrolman speeding?
Appius did not care about the truth of a case that passed through his courthouse. Not only did he allow a completely untrue case to be tried by the false churl, he asked for it to occur. The doctor shows that he does not approve of this occurrence by the fate of that judge, who is thrown in jail and later kills himself. This being said, finding justice would be the most important factor in his role as a judge. Many folks do not realize how difficult life can be out in the world.
had the ideology that was effective of the United States towards the African American Culture. Both had the same beliefs about civil rights. Both were two influential leaders who changed this nation tremendously by expressing their beliefs to the masses. Even though they both had similar messages concerning their beliefs, they were quite different, and went about their teachings two different ways. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught to love thy brother, and if provoked react, but do it peacefully.
As a part of his plan to go against the rules set by the government Thoreau refuses to pay a poll-tax given to him by a preacher as a way to show reader’s that it is not the government who protects one’s property it is man himself who protects his own belongings. Spending the night in jail opened up a slew of new ideas and observations of the world he lived in. Comparing the jail to human flesh, being confined did not intimidate Thoreau at all. To him it was “where the State places those who are not with her, but against her — the only house in a slave State in which a free man can abide with honor” (Thoreau 2.9). Acquainting himself with his cell-mate who was accused of burning down a barn, Thoreau believed the man was telling the truth when he said he was innocent suspecting that the man had fallen asleep drunk with a lit pipe in his mouth.