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    Alternative Sentencing Program of Washington state ILA The Washington State Legislature passed the bill “the Parenting Sentencing Alternative substitute senate bill 6639” in 2010 The legislation has created two programs to help parents of minor children get intensive supervision as alternatives to incarceration: Family and Offender sentencing Alternative (FOSA) and Community Parenting Alternative (CPA). “The State saw a need to address the issue of the increasing number of minor children

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    Sentencing Kelley Yiannakis CJ 200 September 8‚ 2013 Carl Dewyer Sentencing The criminal justice system has many important aspects within‚ the most important one is sentencing. Sentencing is the imposition of a penalty on a person convicted of a crime. (Schmalleger‚ 2011) This decision is determined in judicial proceedings by judges and in some cases juries may be involved. In the following paragraphs the philosophical reasons and punishments for sentencing of criminals will be explained

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    In the United States of America‚ the federal and state governments should share some power‚ while completely controlling others. Certain responsibilities have acquired traits that can only be provided for by the federal government‚ such as a national defense system. To run and maintain a standing military it takes an incredible amount of resources and manpower‚ as well as high-levels of leadership. However‚ there are other areas of policy that the states should control. The process of judicial

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    Ahmed Said | Federal system of Malaysia | | Master’s Of Public Administration & Management | Ahmed Said Musse | 12/17/2012 | | Table of Contents Introduction 2 Federalism 2 Malaysian Government Structure 5 Federal Government 5 Conference of Rulers 5 Monarchy 6 Federal Legislative 7 Federal Executive 8 Judiciary 9 State Legislatures 9 State Executive Council 10 Separation of Powers 10 Advantages and Disadvantages of Federalism 11 Conclusion. 12

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    What are the state and federal objectives of punishment? Punishment can be broke down into four fundamental objectives. These objectives are deterrence‚ retribution‚ rehabilitation‚ and incapacitation. The first is deterrence; this is where people are discouraged from committing crimes. This can be broken down into two subcategories; specific and general. Specific is aimed at offender do not want to commit a crime because of the punishment received the last time they were caught. General

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    on the Corrections and Criminal Justice Systems The Continuing Problem with Cell Phones and Their Negative Effect on the Corrections and Criminal Justice Systems Cell Phones are a forever growing epidemic around the world. Cell phones have quickly moved to an item of necessity in today’s world since its invention in 1973. The current generation of smartphones have various features that enhance the ease of organization‚ social networking‚ and entertainment‚ making it easy to see how they

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    Federal Reserve Bank “The only limit to a commercial bank’s ability to discount is the limit to good commercial paper. . . . Such paper springs from seli-clearing transactions. ... It is the duty of the banker to discount freely for his customer in a crisis or panic. . . . The only limit... is the limit to good commercial paper. ... The whole purpose of the Federal Reserve Act is to enforce this practice. -Rep. Charles Korbly (1913)” (Timberlake‚ Richard‚ 134-5) For the past decade‚

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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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    Even before the creation of the Federal Reserve‚ banks were used by the public just as we use them today. Deposits were made into savings accounts. Loans were taken out to mortgage a home or finance a new business. Banknotes were issued and spent when the public borrowed from the banks. Borrowers spent these banknotes just as paper money is spent today. These bank notes were valued as money since they were backed by the promise that they would be exchanged on demand for either gold or silver

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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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