The Fringe Benefits of Failure‚ and the Importance of Imagination June 5‚ 2008 J.K. Rowling‚ author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series‚ delivers her Commencement Address‚ “The Fringe Benefits of Failure‚ and the Importance of Imagination‚” at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. Text as delivered follows. Copyright of JK Rowling‚ June 2008 President Faust‚ members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers‚ members of the faculty‚ proud parents‚ and
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Torture and Ethics Paper Alfreepha Williams AJS/532 July 21‚ 2013 Patricia DeAngelis Torture and Ethics There are many views or definition of the word “torture”‚ which is often debated by many individuals. According to “International Rehabilitation Council For Torture Victims” (2005-2012)‚ “torture is an act by which severe pain or suffering‚ whether physical or mental‚ is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining information or a confession‚ punishing him for an
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Amnesty International Stakeholder report on the review of the United States of America in the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Use of force by police officers and gun violence robs its victims of the most basic right to life and personal security. The Issue of innocent deaths and gun violence has received a great deal of attention in recent years in the United States of America. Excessive use of force by law enforcement officers‚ Amnesty International views this
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Retentionist Countries | Amnesty International." Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries | Amnesty International. Amnesty International‚ n.d. Web. 22 June 2014. <http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty/abolitionist-and-retentionist-countries>. "Constitution Acts‚ 1867 to 1982." Legislative Services Branch. Government of Canada‚ n.d. Web. 22 June 2014. <http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/Const/page-15.html#h-40>. "Death Penalty in Canada." Death Penalty in Canada. Amnesty International‚ n.d. Web. 22 June
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supported a probe by Amnesty International which discovered serious human rights violation in the Guantanamo Bay prison. The US directives to prisoners and prisons were not followed. The living conditions of prisoners were deplorable. They were not treated as prisoners of war and many prisoners even went on hunger strike demanding better conditions. Prisoners who were found not guilty were not released from Guantanamo Bay were not released. The US received much international criticism due to this
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The Philippines is a religion-based country. Filipinos are broad-minded most especially in distinguishing what is right and what is wrong. Their philosophy is centrally base in “The Bible” with accordance to their religion. But‚ the government is greatly alarmed because of the continuous rise of the crime rate in the country. This issue became a reason for reinstating Death Penalty as a law in the justice system of the Philippines. According to one of the sites made by Pearson‚ the world’s largest
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punishment‚ is generally known as the ultimate punishment to offenders. As death penalty involves taking one’s life‚ opposing voices have not been silenced from the worldwide‚ many protestors unite themselves to form groups or organizations such as Amnesty International and United Nations Human Rights Commission. Because of the effort exerted by these organizations ‚ the belief that capital punishment is wrong have been successfully spread to every corners on the world . Until 2009‚ more than two-third of
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their mistakes. However‚ in the case of the death penalty‚ error becomes too dangerous a risk. The innocent lives that have been taken with the approval of our own government should be enough to abolish capital punishment. According to Amnesty International‚ “The death penalty legitimizes an irreversible act of violence by the state and will inevitably claim innocent victims.” If there is any chance that error is possible (which there always is)‚ the drastic measure of capital punishment should
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labeled as the nation with possibly the highest execution rate in the world relative to her population: 400 prisoners hanged in a population of just over 4 million. She has also been criticized for her indifference towards calls by NGOs like Amnesty International and Think Centre to remove the death penalty. Crimes with mandatory death penalty include murder‚ terrorism-related offenses resulting in death‚ drug trafficking not resulting in death‚ mutiny in the face of the enemy‚ war crimes‚ crimes against
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Pros and Cons of the Death Penalty The death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is put to death as a punishment for a crime. The death penalties are usually carried out for retribution of a heinous murder committed‚ such as aggravated murder‚ felony killing or contract killing. Every state handles what method they want to use to put a person to death according to their state laws. The death penalty is given by lethal injection‚ electrocution; gas chamber firing squad and hanging are some
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