We have a case brought to us to decide whether the excessive bail ban of the 8th Amendment should be incorporated to the states. We have, in this case, a decision whether the excessive bail portion of the 8th amendment. The petitioner recently was arrested on suspicion of selling illegal narcotics. We are hearing this case in part because the petitioner has appealed arguing that the bail of $500,000 set is in opposition to the 8th amendment’s bar against excessive fines. Moreover, the petitioner appeals that the due process clause of the 14th amendment should be applied in this case arguing against his claim of excessive bail.
The defendant later on denied that any liquor was visible. The defendant was arrested, and the officer seized the alcohol in the car as well as the alcohol he found in the trunk after the arrest. The defendant challenged the constitutionality of his arrest on the grounds that the officer did not have probable cause, and thus the seizure of the alcohol was not agreeable to a valid stop. Legal Issue: Whether or not the requirements of the information on which an officer may act, such as a warrantless search has probable cause? Prosecution Argument: Brinegar already had a reputation on transporting illegal alcohol, and when was pulled over he admitted to having some alcohol on him.
Crimes of Indiscretion: Marijuana Arrests in the United States. Washington, D.C.: National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, 2005. Print. Grinspoon, Lester, and James B. Bakalar. Marihuana, the Forbidden Medicine.
If the questions where am I underage drinking or similar to that then I would answer truthfully. But if it was a fact of I was underage drinking or using illegal narcotics and in truth I was I would probably lie. The reason being is that if the survey was not anonyms then it would basically being a written confession in my mind of hey I do use drugs that are deemed illegal. The next issue would have to be well what types of drugs are we talking are we speaking illegal over the counter prescriptions, and when we talk prescription are we talking abusing stealing some one elses what factors are involved. Criminal behavior would all be situational are we assuming that I’m a law abiding normal citizen or what.
Outline Subject: Marijuana Topic: Reforming marijuana laws. Purpose: To convince the reader that marijuana laws need to be reformed. Thesis: I believe that current marijuana policy is way to extreme for such a harmless drug. I. Jail/prison time is too severe. II.
This is the idea that a person who uses Marijuana will become addicted to harsher drugs such as Heroin, Cocaine, Angel Dust, and other potentially deadly drugs. The reasoning behind this is that a person who usually buys Marijuana, buys it from a dealer who also sells other drugs as well. The dealer after a while will offer the buyer a newer drug, and supposedly the buyer would accept, thus the gateway theory. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. In 1944 “The LaGuardia Report” was released, this was a report that studied the gateway effects and other associated Marijuana myths.
Credibility statement: Marijuana has come along way from being the illegal substance that people abuse. Today, there are 16 states that have decriminalized marijuana use. Preview A. What exactly is marijuana? B.
In 1936, the propaganda film "Reefer Madness" was made n an attempt to scare young Americans away from using marijuana. The film directly stated that smoking marijuana causes insanity. On October 2, 1937, without any open debate, scientific enquiry, or political objection, President Roosevelt signed the Marijuana Tax Law. The law made it illegal to possess marijuana in the U.S. without a special tax stamp issued by the U.S. Treasury Department. On the very day the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act was passed, the FBI and Denver police raided the Lexington Hotel and arrested two
Alcohol versus Marijuana By: Will Davis Alcohol versus marijuana; which one is worst? Both are a drug that is used significantly today. One causes violent crimes and even death, and the other doesn’t. There are health risks, and against the law to have. Why are the things the way it is now with alcohol and marijuana?
A Schedule One Substance doesn't have any accepted medical use in the United States and a high potential for abuse. The state argued that the federal government's policy [of targeting physicians for recommending Marijuana as medicine] deliberately undermines the state by incapacitating the mechanism the state has chosen for separating what is legal from what is illegal under state law. States are arguing that they could use Medical Marijuana as a source of income to help pull us out of debt. According to “priceofweed.com” a crowd sourced Internet archive of pot prices across the country, the national average cost of an ounce of high-quality marijuana is roughly $350. Pot smokers can really stretch their dollars on the West Coast.