Ivy Martinez Esguerra ERWC‚ Period 05 February 7‚ 2013 Juvenile Justice-Final Draft We See Them as Children‚ How About the Legal System? If minors do not share the same rights as adults‚ then the legal system should not treat them as so. When a crime is committed‚ fair punishment is what every criminal expects when walking into the court room. However‚ certain journalists have proven that when juveniles commit a crime they are charged as children to a certain extent and that the legal system
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issues that our young people face today. Youth nowadays‚ are masked with a sense of fear and defiance. They possess enlivened mien yet a mind that is innocent. These children are subjected to individual risks as they commit various offenses such as addiction to drugs‚ theft‚ robbery‚ use of violence against their peers and the like. Thus‚ society reprimands them and makes way to get rid of them‚ forgetting that they are still children who are in need of proper guidance and attention. It is a challenged
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billion ("Identity Theft"). By the time one has fallen victim‚ their identity has already been stolen. Does this not make you wonder if you are not already one of the 15 billion victims? Close to 100 million additional Americans have their personal identifying information placed at risk of identity theft each year when records maintained in government and corporate databases are lost or stolen ("Identity Theft"). It is not a lonely life in the victim experience of Identity Theft. Many people do not
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Second Amendment The thought of losing our second amendment right is a serious concern to many U.S. citizens. The real question is‚ what is at risk of being lost. The second amendment is important to many people‚ but what truly is the second amendment mean and what does it state? The second amendment is not only about having the ability to protect yourself from a common intruder but also from your government. There have been many cases of governments turning against their citizens and that is why
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Juveniles accused of serious offences should be tried in adults courts‚ rather than in Juvenile Courts. Discuss the prosecution and consequence of such statement. Introduction First and foremost‚ from a historical view juveniles delinquency and its process are recently developed‚ even the idea of childhood and adolescence. Juvenile delinquency is an offense done by youths. In U.S. jurisdiction youths are considered between the age of 7 and 18 while delinquent statutes provide a specific age.
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teens in court as adults. Some say stop trying them as adults and try them as juveniles‚ others say they must be tried as adults when they commit adult crimes‚ such as‚ murder‚ and rape. I believe that juveniles should be held accountable for their actions and tried as adults because first of all everybody knows right from wrong‚ second of all‚ families and victims deserve justice‚ and third of all‚ serving the sentence can change the person for the better. Teens‚ kids‚ toddlers‚ babies‚ all know
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Should the Mandatory Life sentence for Murder be abolished? Murder carries a mandatory life sentence‚ under the Murder (Abolition of death penalty) Act 1965. This can but rarely does‚ mean that the offender will spend the rest of his natural life in prison. An offender given a mandatory life sentence who is released from prison will remain on licence for the rest of his or her life. The incident of Michael Barton who was racially motivated to murder Anthony walker aged 20‚ with an ice axe will face
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I. Outline-Retail theft A. Introduction " Excuse me‚ sir/madam can I check your bag please?” "Lifting"‚ "jacking"‚ "racking"‚ "nicking"‚ "boosting" and Five finger discount"‚ are some of the slang terms used for retail theft (also commonly known as shoplifting). Shoplifting is theft of goods from a retail establishment. It is one of the most common property crimes dealt with by police and courts. In the next few minutes‚ I
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to me? What if I threatened you? Would it be right for me to insist you give me the money from your wallet? What if I only wanted one third of the money in your wallet? What if I promised you protection and other services in return for the money? Would you consider this theft? I imagine you would. Mugging‚ robbery‚ extortion. And you would be right in that assessment. What if I stopped you on the street and had 10 people agreeing that you should give me the money? Would it still be theft? Of course
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argued‚ too). Social Issues Individuals should have the option to use physician assisted suicide to end a terminal illness. Because of the harmful nature of their products‚ the tobacco industry should subsidize public health care. Tobacco companies should be prevented from using advertising tactics that target teenagers. Smoking in public places endangers the lives of non-smokers and should be prohibited. Random drug testing of student
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