through message boards‚ chat rooms‚ and electronic mailing lists (Wilmott 106). At present‚ the Internet is the ultimate demonstration of the first amendment: free speech. Here is a place where people can speak their mind without being punished for what they say or how they choose to say it. The Internet owes its incredible worldwide success to its protection of free speech‚ not
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An advantage to being a union member 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
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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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severe sentence. If the offender is in fact innocent all he has to do is go trial and show it to the jury and he will be free to go. However many people are saying 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
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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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nothing new‚ it has been around since women became prominent members of the workforce‚ paying women less than men was seen as “protecting” men’s wages from undercutting by women. In 1963 President Kennedy addressed this issue by signing the Equal Pay Act of 1963‚ while it was an excellent start and a noble effort it’s not enough. In addition‚ the gender pay gap is unethical because of the potential financial problems it could cause women and because it essentially says that society views women as below
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I. Case Study Joel Reyes‚ the newly hired officer at the Food Chain‚ Inc. was jolted by the conversation he just had with Ria Tolentino‚ an employee at the counter. Ria complained that female employees were being passed over for promotion in favor of male employees who had less experience and seniority. She explained she had been passed over promotion twice since she started working at the Food Chain. After Ria left his office‚ Joel began to immediately investigate her complaints‚ only to find
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Federal level that illegalized the non-medical use of drugs was the Harrison Act in 1914. This law applied to drugs such as morphine‚ opium‚ and the derivatives of the coca leaf like cocaine. There was no mention of drugs such as marijuana‚ amphetamines or any hallucinogenic drugs that are used today (Tackling). The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 was created to prohibit the use of marijuana (Tackling). In 1956 the Daniel Act was
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Rees 141 Cal. 56‚ Cal. 1903 Facts Action can be taken from the sole heir of a deceased person in order to set aside a deed acquired from the deceased from the defendants using fraudulent means. The deceased was known to be a habitual alcoholic for five years prior to the execution of the deed. This pattern of alcoholic behavior can to an extent seriously impair the mind. The deceased was also intoxicated at the time as to render him unfit to be able to transact business‚ and entirely incapable of
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65 and above the low-income mark‚ face the necessity of obtaining some sort of private health insurance. However‚ more than forty-two million Americans (15.5 percent) were not insured in 1999 (Bureau of Labor Education at the University of Maine‚ 2001). Most of the uninsured have no employer-provided health care options and are unable or unwilling to bear the cost
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