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    The Federal Reserve System

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    The Federal Reserve System Why do a research paper on the Federal Reserve System? This is a question we went over in our heads while making a decision on the type of research paper to do‚ what we wanted to learn more about and why. Over the past few years we have realized the impact that the Federal Government has on our economy‚ yet we never knew enough about the subject to understand why. While taking this Economics course it has brought so many things to our attention‚ especially since we see

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    Prison State Frontline

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    United States sends more people to prison than any other country in World. The state of Kentucky has also been having a jail problem. The Kentucky police has been locking up more inmates than they have ever before. The jails are overpopulated and the state is trying to figure out a solution to this jail problem. The video “Prison State”‚ a documentary by PBS Frontline‚ shows the problem Kentucky has with more inmates in jail. The states spends a lot of money to lock up prisoners. The state alone spends

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    American Prison System

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    American Prison Systems Introduction In many countries national prisons are operated and supplemented by provinces and state counterparts. Prisoners are held in prisons and jails throughout the country and globally convicted of various crimes and offenses. The nature of the offense determines where the prisoner is held and the lengths of times. There are institutions that vary in level of security in both the state and federal prison system. However‚ the majority of prisoners are

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    The Federal Court System

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    There are total of five federal offenses: crimes committed on high seas‚ federal property‚ and crossing a state or national border‚ Dereliction of Interstate Commerce‚ and harming a federal official while they are on duty. The Federal Courts are use for impeachment of a Public Official‚ disputes between two or more states‚ and Federal Courts have total jurisdiction over people filing bankruptcy in the U.S.. In my opinion‚ having total jurisdiction over people filing bankruptcy in the U.S. is most

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    Federal Reserve System

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    Federal Reserve System Name Course Institution Instructor Date INTRODUCTION The Federal Reserve is the backbone of the American government financial system. It plays a crucial role in controlling and sustaining the government and nation financial system in a stable and good shape i.e stabilize the economic growth of the country. President Woodrow Wilson has introduced the system from about 100 years ago‚ hence Federal Reserve Act was launched to overcome many issues and obstacles that had occurred

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    to serve a term of imprisonment. Probation is normally for offenders sentenced to short terms in jail: it is not combined with a long prison sentence. legal dictionary) Unsupervised‚ supervised‚ and intensive are the three types of probation. Intensive probationers are required to report daily to a probation officer and most times has an electronic monitoring system or they are on house arrest. Supervised probationers report to a probation officer once a month. Unsupervised probationers must follow

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    Federal Court System

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    United States court system is divided into a federal system and 50 state systems. Each state has individual methods to facilitate election and appointment procedures. The more frequently used system of courts are the state courts. Legal cases begin and are heard in lower courts‚ then depending on outcome‚ may work their way up to a higher court system. State courts hear cases that pertain to state law or other issues that do not fall within federal courts’ jurisdiction. Within each state‚ there

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    The Federal Court System

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    A court system is created to determine the innocent and the guilty when a conflict arises. In many cases it is convicting a criminal for a crime that has been committed. The system entitles everyone to a fair trial no matter what the case and in each trial it is the team that is prosecuting that most prove that if the accused is guilty. Not the accused having to prove their innocence. The victim in most cases looks to see that justice is served to the criminal. The accused looks to try and get another

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    Folsom State Prison

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    Folsom State Prison Isaac Avila CJ 211 08.09.2012 Mrs. Rayes Folsom State Prison is a California State Prison located in the city of Folsom‚ California‚ 20 miles northeast from the state capital of Sacramento. Opened in 1880‚ Folsom is the second-oldest prison in the state of California. Folsom was one of the first maximum security prisons‚ and as such witnessed the execution of 93 condemned prisoners over a 42-year period. It is possibly best known in popular culture for two concerts

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    Prison System

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    I don’t think one system is better than the other system both may have a positive effect on criminals. It just depends on what the crime is if is a less severe crime than prisoners should be put in the South Dakota system. Where they help prisoners find a good outcome out of the situation and lets them see that there’s so much more than going to jail. For criminals that have a severe crime than they should be put in the tent city system because they have to learn their punishment. Many of the people

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