Fixing Poverty in the Philippines: Mission Impossible An argumentative essay presented to Dr. Marianne Jennifer M. Gaerlan Department of English and Applied Linguistics De La Salle University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for ENGLCOM Term 1‚ AY 2013-2014 By: Chermela Coleen S. Tiongson C44 September 6‚ 2013 The Philippines has the second highest poverty incidence at 40%‚ in Southeast Asia‚ following East Timor which has 55% (Aldaba‚ 2005). Also according to Aldaba
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prosecution may offer the defendant the opportunity to plead guilty‚ conventionally to a lesser charge or to the pristine criminal charge with a proposal of a lighter than the maximum sentence. This opportunity sanctions defendants to avoid the risk of a conviction by trial on a more serious charge. This allows a court’s caseloads to be lighter without exhausting resources of a court‚ potential public advocators‚ and prosecutors who are all salaried at the expense of tax payers. Plea-bargains are used in
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Justin Billmeyer Final Paper Philosophy 1100 Burton May 10‚ 2011 Is Socrates guilty as charged? One of the most controversial issues in the history of Philosophy involves the trial of Socrates’ conviction. Socrates was accused on two charges. The charges were that he had corrupted the youth of Athens in his teachings‚ and that he advocated the worship of false gods. I believe Socrates is a good man and should not be convicted of the charges brought upon him. I find Socrates innocent‚ and
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Prison Overcrowding In America’s tough economic society‚ over population has become an exceedingly hot topic issue. However‚ overcrowding in America’s prison system has been a severe problem since the 1970’s. The majority of the changes have come from different policies on what demographic to imprison and for what reason. The perspective of locking up criminals because they are "evil" is what spawned this (Allen‚ 2008). Because of this perspective the prison system in America is in need of serious
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Should Felons Be Allowed To Vote? The disenfranchisement of a person is a heavy topic that you only hear about every four years during the Presidential Election. Why though? The reason: everyone has an opinion on the issue‚ but only few are willing to say anything about it. Some are afraid of the racial issue our country sees‚ and some are afraid to sway against their preferred political party. The Constitution of the United States of America‚ amendment 14‚ section 2‚ clearly states “…citizens
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Italy is a Tier 1 source‚ transit‚ and destination country. Men‚ women‚ and children are trafficked into forced labor and sexual exploitation. Organized crime groups such as the Albanians and Romanians are involved with all aspects of crime including human trafficking. Nigerian women and girls are trafficked into Italy through coercive methods such as debt bondage and even voodoo rituals to gain compliance. An estimated 3‚000 children are active in street prostitution. Men from Africa‚ Asia‚ and
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concern over the Harold Shipman case especially in the public sector. People have responded with anger towards the Department of Health and towards the Government in the belief that they have taken advantage of public concerns following Shipman’s conviction to introduce tough controls over general practice. There have been attacks directed specifically at single handed practices. While there may be a tendency among some managers and policy-makers to regard single handed practices as undesirable‚ the
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You are to produce a detailed plan and an essay that contains a minimum of 3 quotations per body paragraph. [500-600 words]. 1. “I must pluck up courage and look.” ‘Although Michele experiences fear‚ he never lets his fear override his moral convictions.’ Discuss. OR 2. “And what was in my nature? What could I do?” To what extent is courage seen to be the most admirable quality in I’m Not Scared? YEAR TEN ENGLISH I’M NOT SCARED ASSESSMENT
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shop and an adjacent building‚ causing approximately £1 million worth of damage. An indictment was brought against the appellants under section 1(1) and (3) of the Criminal Damage Act‚ which provides instruction on how to interpret recklessness. A conviction under these sections can find a person liable to imprisonment for life. Section 1 of the 1971 Act states: "1. (1) A person who without lawful excuse destroys or damages any property belonging to another intending to destroy or damage any such
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The criminal justice system uses the concepts of “mala prohibita” and “mala in se” to show the difference between legally proscribed offenses and morally proscribed offenses. Legally proscribed offenses are offenses that are wrong simply because there a formal rule keeps someone from doing them. The morally proscribed offenses are offenses that cannot be justified in a sophisticated society. For example‚ legally proscribed offenses are offenses such as prostitution‚ and gambling and morally proscribed
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