Cody’s (2011) argument is that of error in relation to sentencing people to death row. He states that 75% of death row prisoners who were sent back for a retrial were found to have a sentence less than death and 7% were acquitted all together. Since 1976, of the 6000 people sent to death row, 80 of them have been cleared of any charges and 12 innocent people have been executed, on record in America. He also argues that America needs to join the majority of progressive and advanced nations and call for the elimination of the death penalty. Australia is one of these progressive countries that abolished capital punishment in 1973 and more recently amended the law which blocks any state or territory attempting to reinstate it (Lennan &Williams 2012).
In comparison around 50,000 people over-stayed their visa last year alone, 298,800 came with a time limited visa and 171,320 came as migrants with permanent residency. The fact is Australia only accepts 0.6% of the world’s refugees and at the current rate of refugee arrivals it would take 20 years to fill the MCG. Most of the people that seek asylum in Australia are from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and China. Raj, a Sri Lankan Tamil man fled his home in Trincomalee in eastern Sri Lanka because he says ‘the island is a living hell for the 3.8 million Tamils who live there’. ''The situation in Sri Lanka is still dangerous.
That means there are 9.4 million uninsured immigrants. The cost of the medical care of these uninsured immigrants is passed onto the taxpayer, and strains the financial stability of the health care community. Arizona serves as a welcome remedy to the current legal policies that mandate that hospital emergency rooms treat illegal immigrants for any and all ailments they report, even if their conditions are routine illnesses or injuries that do not constitute an imminent and life-threatening emergency. It is currently federal law that every emergency room in this country serve whoever walks through the door whether they can pay for the service or not. This includes illegal aliens who often come to the emergency room for something as basic as the common cold or a muscle ache, which results in huge financial losses for both the taxpayer and the hospital.
Australia is the nation built on the principles of freedom and equality for everybody, but this is not true for Aboriginal people – the first owners of this land. From 1909 to 1969, the Australian government implemented the policy that forced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to leave their parents’ arms in order to assimilate these children and declared that they were adequately protected and given a better life (Reconciliaction, 2007). The statistics of the Bringing Them Home report suggests that there were about one-tenth and one-third of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children taken away from their families (Bringing Them Home, 1997, p. 31). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children separated from their families were called the “stolen generations” (Australia Human Rights Commission, 2012). These children had to live in poor conditions, poor quality and received a strange
From its peak in 1993 to 2001, the juvenile arrest rate for murder fell 70% (2001). During 2001, it is estimated that 202,500 juveniles were arrested for drug abuse violations. The percentage reached an astounding rate of 121% during the years of 1992 to 2001 (2006). Simple assault reached an all-time high during 2001. It was also discovered that females made up 28% of the total of juvenile arrests.
Venezuela’s prison La Sabeneta is one of the worst prisons due to that they have one guard to every 150 inmates. Corruption and bribery is normal with the staff and 624 hurt and 196 murdered in 1995 shows the brutality of the prison when an inmate had a gun battle with the inmates. La Sante prison in France is well known for its high suicide rate with 124 suicides in just 1999. Some have even eaten rat poison to escape from living there. Many have become slaves while others only leave their cells for 4 hours a day.
government treated all individuals living in the United States without proper documentation as illegal immigrants (Roby, et al., 2008). As a result of these issues, congress passed the TVPA of 2000, providing the first movement of prohibiting human trafficking in the United States. The TVPA of 2000 created new prosecution methods and provided victim services as an aid to prosecuting traffickers. Additionally, the policy provided protections and assistance for severe victims of Human Trafficking such as being eligible to receive Food Stamps, Medicaid, TANF, and a T-Visa, which allowed them to live and work in the U.S. for three years and later apply for permanent residency (Roby, et al., 2008). Desyllas, M. C. (2007).
The Immigration and Naturalization Service estimates that in January of 2000 there were 7 million illegal aliens living in the United States, a number that is growing by half a million a year. Thus, the illegal-alien population in 2006 is estimated to be about 10 million (Illegal). It is said that this number is much lower than the actual figure. Nearly 210,000 aliens are believed to have died or returned home on their on account. In addition, 63,000 were removed by the INS and 183,000 were awarded green cards, and therefore deemed legal (Illegal).
These concerns directly impact human rights, the law and everyday life for those affected particularly the young and ethnic minority groups since these are the groups disproportionately represented moreover allegations still exist that despite the Steven Lawrence case of 1993, institutional racism still exists. With stop and search the police deliberately force allegations upon and use the law indiscriminately where certain suspects are accused and the criticisms constantly and inherently labelled at the police are fully justified. What’s more the subsequent police conduct once searched is believed to be unpleasant and discriminatory; additionally the manner of searches can be humiliating and embarrassing for those involved. Overall stop and search is an ineffective method of investigating and disrupting crime for numerous and long standing reasons. One, is that the rate of arrests is extremely poor in co-ordination to the ratio of stops; the stop/search to arrest rate declined from 17per cent in 1986 to just 10 per cent between 1996 to 98, (McConville & Wilson, 2002, pg559).
These feelings towards a Government often occur in today’s society and the portrayal of this in V for Vendetta emphasises the discontent to the audience and presents us with a negative view on society as a whole; as it relates to people like Mugabe and his Government who control by fear and intimidation and are the centre of discontent. An extremely effective technique McTeigue used to present a negative view on society is dialogue. After the V destroys the Old Bailey the media report that the building was actually demolished for structural reasons. While watching this report on TV Evey’s co-worker exclaims, “Do you believe that load of bollocks?” This illustrates the unhappiness within the masses and the discontent they hold. Another example is a quote from Dascomb, “Our job is to report the news, not fabricate it... That's