In other words don’t worry about rehabilitation just keep the offenders in jail for the rest of their lives and pay the cost of housing, boarding, and punishing them. Their view is that punishment is the deterrent and that we should not waste money on rehabilitation. Second, certain federal prosecutors have the win at all costs mentality. All they care about is getting a conviction. They will withhold critical evidence from the defense team and will resort to immoral if not illegal tactics in their investigation of the offense.
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.
The simple reason I say this is that if someone has doubts in their sentence they can appeal their case. It is not the simple fact that an appeal happenes once, it is the fact that is happens over and over again because they do not like the answer they are getting. I believe that they get one shot and if they are found guilty then they should carry out their sentence. I think that society as a whole is too lenient and if they sentence someone that is done and final there is not a waiting process and spend numerous amounts of jail time trying to figure out what is the right thing to do. Personally I believe that no one should be sentenced to life in prison, it is a waste of taxpayers’ money.
Once a person has served the sentence for his or her crime they should be allowed to become productive members of society. However, there should be rules and requirements put into place for the individuals, it should not disenfranchise them completely. Speaking from experience it was hard being released from the Penal System. Gash 2 A lot of companies will not hire felons, different apartment complexes will not allow felons to rent housing nor will certain parts of the government give assistance regardless of the rehabilitations that has been acquired. Being released to Charleston, S.C., in 2008; I was given the right to vote.
Why the United States should continue to use Capital Punishment Amie King Axia University of Phoenix There are several reasons I think the United States should keep using Capital Punishment. One of the reasons I think the United States should continue using Capital Punishment because I do not think it is right to keep rapists and murderers alive. I feel that if a person believes that another human beings life is not worth anything, then that person should not get the freedom to live for free, having everything paid for by the taxes of the person they killed, or raped. Another reason I believe that Capital Punishment should be allowed is that I feel murders are may be in prison for their crime, but being in prison, is like living
The Unjust of Just law Ethics 110 22 Jun 2010 In a democratic state it is in never within our rights to break the law. Breaking the law leads to lawlessness and disobedience from the democracy that we have worked, or have been born into. If the law is unjust, then it might be fair to break that law as long as you are willing to suffer the consequences of punishment set aside for that particular unjust law. Failure to adhere to the punishment is unjust as well, for failure to adhere to the punishment of the law is a statement that you do not respect the laws of your society. Martin Luther King Jr. states “Oppressed People cannot remain oppressed forever.” (Cahn, 2009 p. 387) As we have seen throughout history, this is a true statement.
They had the idea of committing the perfect crime. Darrow convinced them to plead guilty and then argued that they should face life in prison as they were a danger to society rather than the death penalty. Darrow argued that the two teenagers were not responsible for their crimes, as it was because of their upbringing and their environment, so they
In the U.S. constitution the 5th amendment protects citizens from the abuse of government employees. The 14th amendment prohibits state and local governments from depriving any person’s life, liberty, or property without taking the proper and certain steps to ensure fairness to that individual. A lot can go into answering the question: why did u use excessive force. The answers can be race of the cop and victim, situation, looks even the victims attitude towards the arresting officer etc… There are certain things you can do to fight back using your voice, the law and the courts. If you are
Gun control ENG/102 8/11/10 Brian Kevin Gun control 1 Introduction: Gun control advocates have cried foul, because of the Supreme Court 2010 ruling they believe will damage the chances gun control laws to reduce crime. While many people consider gun control to be too restrictive, advocates are of the mind that we should remove all the guns, at all cost. The Supreme Court ruling has mandated that state and city governments have no choice but to respect the Second Amendment of their citizens. While the ruling does not completely abolish current gun restrictions, it does weaken the ability of the local government to
I understand what’s trying to be done with the definitions of victimless crimes but I think every crime should have a determined punishment. Some people like to blame the government for all of their problems. I disagree with blaming them, but I do think it is their job to make fair laws and help to make people follow them. In the matter of the government and victimless