Breanna Ellison English 150 11 February 2014 Should Felons Permanently Forfeit Their Right to Vote? Our country was founded on democracy; it is what sets us apart as a nation. How can we consider ourselves a true democracy when we don’t let certain members of our society have the right to vote and participate in that democracy? The answer is that we simply cannot. I believe that convicted felons should be allowed to vote upon release from prison because they exercise good judgment: in addition, withholding their rights to vote would be a violation of the United States Voting Rights act of 1965 and the eighth amendment of the Constitution.
Gash 1 Nellie Gash Mr. Block English 101 27 August 2012 Should Felons Vote In reading the article” Should Felons Vote,” Edward Feser’ s attitude suggest that he is neither for or against felons having the right to vote. He states in the article” Those pushing for felon voting need to come up with better arguments to convince their fellow citizens. ” (Feser 594) Although Feser acknowledges “How is depriving felons the vote worse than stripping them of their freedom by incarcerating them? Surely the right to liberty is far more basic and fundamental than the franchise.” In chapter 7 Feser writes; felon advocates argue that preventing felons from voting would be like serving the sentence twice for the same crime. (Feser.592) Feser cites John Locke, the English philosopher, who believes didn’t view the franchise in that circumstance.
Many people are forced to submit to others who threaten to hurt some of their loved ones; blackmail them; or even threaten to grievously harm themselves. Evil is the worst thing in the whole world, fictional or not. People who have experienced evil become either evil themselves, or better as a person. The novel ‘The Gathering’ is very enjoyable and is a thoroughly enjoyable novel and should be considered a core text for students as it associates many evil things like threats, corruption, dealing poorly with loss as things that are
Tenee Harmon October 10, 2011 Eng. 1280.07 Should convicted felons have the right to vote? I ‘m going to do my research paper about different arguments and facts why felons should or should not have the right to vote. Some of these arguments will consist of questions such as; should felons be considered as time served for crimes when it comes to voting? Next I will also be talking about felonies that I think should be waived, and should not prevent a felon from voting.
The double jeopardy clause in the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution forbids the government from prosecuting individuals more than one time for a single offense and from imposing more than one punishment for a single act. The Constitution states “No person shall…be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life and limb.” Most state constitutions guarantee this right to defendants appearing in state court. States that do not specifically assure the right of double jeopardy in their laws, must still ensure the right to criminal defendants. States must uphold this right due to the guarantee in the Fifth Amendment by means of the doctrine of incorporation. Benton v. Maryland, 39 U.S. 784, 89 S. Ct. 2056, 23 L. Ed.2d 707 (1969), supports the the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Fifth Amendment’s Double Jeopardy Clause is relevant to both state and federal proceedings.
One is the releasing the guilty back into society, next is the slowing down of the criminal process and the last thing is the behavior and consequence of the police officers involved in the cases. The exclusionary rule is a remedy that was actually created by the judiciary and is not part of the Constitution, so therefore it can be changed. It needs to be abolished and reexamined by Congress. This rule is crazy. It protects the guilty rather than the victims.
Is Torture Ever Justified? Terrorism and Civil Liberties The Economist In this piece “Is Torture Ever Justified?” the issue of torture being used on enemies during interrogation is the focus and it seems to me the author argues that it is not justifiable but only in certain circumstances. I would argue with him on his claim, I do not feel that torture is ever justifiable regardless of how dire the situation. According to this article torture is banned from almost everything. There are treaties set in place such as the Geneva Conventions, the UN Convention against Torture that are against it “consider it along with genocide, torture is the only crime that every state must punish it no matter what”.
“Date Rape” is a harsh and cruel reality in today’s world. Date rape is defined to be sexual intercourse by the victims. Date rape is when a male or female is forced into sexual intercourse or actions by an acquaintance in this case, with whom they do not know very well. Violators can use a variety of tools in order to lure a victim into engaging in sexual intercourse such as drugs, threats or even black mail. The idea of forcing sexual intercourse upon a person is a violation to one’s physical and mental entities, and can be very traumatic for the individual.
To do wrong and commit crime is a choice of the criminal. Criminals have derived of an enormous list of excuses explaining why they commit crimes. The classical direction to crime discipline policies deals with direct interference techniques. Police force within this course; choose a more hostile approach to toward criminal offenses (Gonzalez, 2007). Nonetheless, without considering the penalties of their actions criminals keep on commit crimes at an alarming rate.
One of the reasons given against King George of England for the American Revolution was that he refused to allow the American Colonies the benefits of jury trial. The ideal purpose of a jury trial is that an accused person is given the opportunity to convince a group of his or her peers regarding his or her innocence. So, the same values that the accused cherishes are held by the jurors. Katz states that the