This seems like a no brainer, however some judges and members of senate disagree that these illicit crimes are punishable by lengthy sentences and strict court conditions. Many ‘soft’ judges are barely punishing these criminals by simply sentencing them to probation or using the minimum sentence. Therefore, laws like Jessica’s
Although the Salem witch trials happened over 300 years ago, the lack or difference in punishment can help provide lessons that the United States are still leaning from today. Lessons like what to do about the death penalty, domestic abuse punishments and thoughts on divorce. In Salem the death penalty was thrown around like it was nothing. If you did wrong, like lying, your punishment could easily be death. In the crucible about 13 people were unrightfully hung.
It seem population density is to deter crime but that is not truly true because it seem that high density it offer a perfect oppuorunity for property crime . Property crime is about 1/3 out of all crimes that occur. Property crimes has include the follow crimes thefts, larceny, burglary, robbery,sort lifting, arson and vandalism. The statistic has shown that property crime have fell major about 32 percent in a ten year period. Property crime rate , “of 135 victimizations per 1,000 households in 2008 was lower than the rate of 147 per 1,000 households in 2007” and it was 248 attempted or completed property crimes per 1,000U.S.
This argument can be compared to if a police officer shoots an innocent man, the country should purge police officers of their weapons. When reviewing at the examples, one argument cannot be made without including the other. For the good of the country, some sacrifices must undeniably be made. The Death Penalty system needs to be revised to produce positive results and deliver justice promptly. The death penalty must remain a valid source of punishment because with the court system we have today, most sentenced for murder do not receive a life sentence and are released back into the public after a couple years.
DUI’s happen when a person has no regard for the rules or regulations of their state or the safety and well being of fellow citizens. Until DUI laws are more easily enforced so that offenders are held accountable for their actions and victims receive justice, the number of occurrences will not decrease. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association, one person is killed every 51 minutes by a DUI driver (“Impaired Driving”). Unfortunately, most of the DUI cases against defendants who hire private attorneys are either dropped or reduced to a lesser charge. Between 1992 and 2008, in 15,280 DUI cases, 64 percent of those cases were either dropped or reduced to a lesser charge
To some extent I agree with the idea that juveniles should be tried as an adult when they commit murder or any other heinous crime resulting in the life of another person; however, I disagree that all juveniles should be tried as adults due to the fact that their brains aren’t fully developed in the sense that the crimes they may commit are out of spontaneous action. Proposition 21 talks a lot about adolescents and whether it is right to try them as adults. In the case of many teens they commit crimes that may or may not be worth the adult punishment. In my opinion, it should only be okay to punish them as adults when they kill someone. Proposition 21 states that juveniles 14 or older charged with murder or any specified sex offenses require
Gun control may be an issue on streets with minors, or people with criminal backgrounds, but it starts with people. There is also a million more cases of rape, aggravated assaults, homicides, pre-meditated murders that carry out with no weapons and our government has little or no bright ideas to put a ban on these sick acts. “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” Below are statements given by a few local people who volunteered their opinions but requested to remain anonymous. • “Take away the weapons and we are gonna be in a police state where the government controls everything…have you seen V for Vendetta…that’s what happens when you give the guns and control to the government.” – Male, Age 29, Bronx, NY • “We need assault weapons incase we go into another revolutionary war.” – Male, Age 58, Fleetwood,
Indeed, more people in this country kill themselves with guns than with all other intentional means combined, including hanging, poisoning or overdose, jumping, or cutting.” (Drexler, 2013). There have been cases of teenagers and young adults taking their lives with parents guns or even buying them for themselves. Guns are very dangerous if you do not know how to use them properly, and lead to a lot of deaths because of accident too. Knowing how to properly use a gun would be a very helpful technique unless you have a history of mental illness/stability. The Workthreat Group posted an article online about similar issues, “You don’t need to submit to a background check to buy a gun, of course.
They can hurt or kill people even themselves if people try to play with guns. They can get punished strongly even though they use them on purpose or accidentaly. For example, if you buy or lend the gun legally to an illegal person you will be in jail for 10 years. A law is the most effective method in oder to keep people away from crime. In comparison, cell phone laws reduce the rate of car
Many people think that the we should abolish it throughout all the states because so many states are discontinuing its use. On the other hand, many people believe we should still keep it and the following are four reasons: First, many people think that the death penalty violates the constitution, but three amendments allow the death penalty for appropriate cases. Second, studies show the higher the punishment the less likely a crime will be committed, but the lower the punishment the more likely a crime will be committed because there is not a big price to pay. Research has shown that “when the state of Illinois suspended the death penalty in 2000, there were an extra 150 homicides over the following 4 years” (Anderson). Third, people believe that it is necessary to keep the death penalty because when a person commits a crime it is important they must face the consequences for their actions.