School class of 2012‚ for the privilege of speaking to you this afternoon‚ I am honored and grateful. Thank you. So here we are… commencement… life’s great forward-looking ceremony. (And don’t say‚ "What about weddings?" Weddings are one-sided and insufficiently effective. Weddings are bride-centric pageantry. Other than conceding to a list of unreasonable demands‚ the groom just stands there. No stately‚ hey-everybody-look-at-me
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In the United States we have two parallel systems that deal with individuals that commit crimes and or offenses against society. First we have the criminal justice system‚ a court which deals with adults who commit various crimes. Secondly‚ we have the juvenile justice system‚ a court designed especially for minors and is generally thought to help rehabilitate the offender. The salient difference between these two systems‚ as Mitcheal Ritter puts it‚ “is the use of distinct terminology to refer to
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Clay Thompson article‚ “The Lost Boys: California is Trying Kids as Adults-and Locking Them Up for Life. No One Knows How Many”‚ on the project censored website‚“ In California alone minors as young as 14 are being punished into the adult criminal justice system. As a result children face adult punishments sometimes as severe as life in prison” (Thompson). We have age limits on things because it is quite obvious that youth are not fully capable of making the right decisions. For one‚ the brains of
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JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED BUT IS JUSTICE HURRIED IS JUSTICE BURIED? The two judicial phrases written above are in contradiction to each other but when they are brought to strict interpretation they highlight out the infirmities present in the legal system of our country. If we follow the first phrase ‘Justice Delayed is Justice Denied’ we will ensure speedy trial and quick relief delivery to the victim in a case‚ the other phrase ‘Justice Hurried is Justice Buried’ when followed will make
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Social justice is defined as justice exercised within a society‚ particularly as it is exercised by and among the various social classes of that society. A socially just society is defined by its advocates and practitioners as being based on the principles of equality and solidarity; this pedagogy also maintains that the socially just society both understands and values human rights‚ as well as recognizing the dignity of every human being.[1][2] The Constitution of the International Labour Organization affirms
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This paper will focus on retributive justice and restorative justice. Let’s begin with the definition of each. Retributive justice is a theory of justice that considers that punishment‚ if proportionate‚ is a morally acceptable response to crime. On the other hand‚ restorative justice is the opposite. It is a theory of justice that focuses on the needs of the victims and the offenders. So which of these should be morally right? Retributive justice means an eye for an eye. Meaning your punishment
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BREAKING RULES: Children in Conflict with the Law and the Juvenile Justice Process THE EXPERIENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES Save the Children UK is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance‚ the world’s leading independent children’s rights organisation‚ with members in 27 countries and operational programmes in more than 100 countries. Save the Children works with children and their communities to provide practical assistance and‚ by influencing policy and public opinion‚ bring about
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Oedipus Rex’s responds in a way of justice. Oedipus plays the main character of the play. as well as he is the person that causes tragedies. In fact‚ Oedipus was in search of who his biological parents were until he was told about his prophecy. Oedipus wanted justice for knowing who his biological parents were since he was told that he was adopted. Although he had lived satisfied until that day‚ he still wanted to know the truthfulness. He proceeds across the mountain to realize the facts when
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sentences. It wasn’t until 1909 that Judge Julian Mack proposed in a Harvard Law Review article that a juvenile offender should be treated differently as an adult offender and that the juvenile justice system “should treat a child as a wise and merciful father handles his own child”. (Mack. 1909) The criminal justice system reformed the way that juveniles were treated in criminal cases and decided that youths involved in criminal activities should first and foremost be viewed as children who are in need
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An Emotional Uprising The Pound Cake Speech was given by Bill Cosby in May 2004‚ at an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. In this speech‚ Cosby was highly critical of some members and subsets of the African American community in the United States. He criticized the use of African American dialect‚ the prevalence of single-parent families‚ the emphasis on material gain at the expense of necessities‚ and various other social behaviors
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