process of law while limiting the power of higher authority. Living under a monarchy in the 1200s was hard for the people because you‚ as a citizen‚ had no voice or power: The King had all the power‚ and it was he who decided on how things should work. All of that was about to change though because on July 27‚ 1214‚ a significant battle occurred outside Lille in Flanders and ended the war with England‚ France and the Holy Empire that had lasted 12 years. This battle is very critical because it was
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The Price of Life By Kierstin Palcek Logline: Can the will to live outweigh the price it takes? This question plagues Mason Tucker as he wanders the in-between desperately looking for a way out. Make a deal with the devil‚ or move on? Endlessly wandering this desolate forest‚ Mason Tucker makes a devastating realization. He is dead. Surrounding him are dozens of people‚ each with plain sunken in faces‚ wandering endlessly as well. He attempts to speak to them; however‚ they ignore his existence
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serving time they don’t have anything. If they want a job they can’t work because they’re “ A Criminal”. The U.S prison system is a racist institution that unfairly targets people of color. Drug laws are unfair‚ the prison system uses inmates for essentially free labor ( like slavery)‚ and also people don’t have options when they get out‚ it’s an unfair system that should be changed. One important thing is that drug laws are unfair. Today‚ there are more people behind bars for nonviolent drug offences
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that plea bargaining has contributed to imprisoning of innocents and it is an unfair practice as a result. Though that may seem ludicrous because it would seem that innocent people would not willingly imprison themselves‚ data shows otherwise. These reasons are why plea bargaining has a negative impact and should be changed. Please bargaining is the “the process whereby the accused and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to
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In the novel‚ The Hunchback of Notre Dame‚ Victor Hugo talks about how the hunchbacks trial is unfair and about Quasimodo’s punishment is for kidnapping La Esmeralda. Quasimodo is deaf and so is the judge so neither of them know when they are being talked to. Once Quasimodo is being interrogated‚ he starts to answer questions that have been asked previously while the judge is asking new questions. The audience is laughing so the judge assumes he is being rude and sends him to the pillory for an
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Why capital punishment is unfair? Capital punishment is the practice of executing someone as punishment for a specific crime after a proper legal trial. It can only be used by a state‚ so when non-state organisations speak of having executed’ a person they have actually committed a murder. It is usually only used as a punishment for particularly serious types of murder‚ but in some countries treason‚ types of fraud‚ adultery and rape are capital crimes. Capital punishment is used in many countries
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White Privilege is the privilege that is given to white skin or light skin people. They do not earn it‚ it is given to them due to their skin tone. White privilege is unfair for people of color‚ this is unfair by Caucasians getting better treatment‚ and this has been going on for generations. The majority of the time a person of color has the chance to earn privilege‚ a white person comes in and takes the chance the person of color had. People of color are told‚ they are considered “equal”‚ yet
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is that you have an advocate to stand up for you if there has been a wrong done to you in the work place. There are generally many more safety precautions taken for the workers safety with a union than when not. A business agent will locate jobs for you in such trades as Pipefitters‚ sprinkler fitters‚ welders‚ or construction workers. When you work on a job and then when that job is completed they work to have another job for you to move on to. You do pay dues‚ which seem to be a little steep at
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Single Parent Adoption: Why the Discrimination is Unfair As an increasing number of children are living in foster care‚ on the streets‚ and waiting at childcare agencies‚ an increasing number of unmarried adults are choosing to become parents through adoption. Though single parents have the potential to give otherwise parentless children the nurturing they need and fulfill their personal desire to share with a family‚ they still face many difficulties and discrimination in applying for adoption
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were seen as less valuable employees than men. This ludicrous opinion lead to women being paid less than men who were doing the same jobs and the same amount of work as themselves. Women should receive pay equal to that of their male counterparts because there is no reason why two people doing the same job and putting in the same amount of work should receive different amounts of pay simply because one of those people is a woman. Unfortunately‚ the gender pay gap still remains
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