Prison overcrowding has become a major problem in the United States. As per‚ Issues and Controversies‚ “The United States has only 5 percent of the world’s population‚ but holds 25 percent of the world’s prisoners”. (“Mandatory Minimum”) Housing the growing prison population is putting a strain on the federal government’s budget‚ costing roughly $80 billion a year. (“Mandatory Minimum”) Crime rates are down‚ but prison populations are a growing concern. In light of these facts‚ lawmakers need to
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OF DOWNSIZING PRACTICES ON THE PERFORMANCE 4 ALTERNATIVES TO LAYOFF 5 EARLY RETIREMENT 5 DOWNSIZING AND THE LEGAL ISSUES 6 REFERENCES: 6 INTRODUCTION Over the past decade‚ corporations have been under economic pressures for a long term. Consequently‚ some of them were eliminated from the local market‚ the survivors have been driven to reorganize‚ redesign and restructure their organization with the intention of maintaining their place in the market. According to the decision maker
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The Reason Why You Should Vote The reason why you should vote speaker 1 gave a good motivational speech. In my opinion her speech gave good reasons to get people to go out to vote. Being a victim of domestic violence‚ by voting for a change in the justice system for harsh punishment for domestic abusers‚ helped victims not to be afraid anymore. I thought her speech was very emotional because her speech was from a personal experience. By her voting as a victim of domestic abuse can help push some
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U.S. citizens to use their right to vote. It is important to vote to vote in order for a political leader be fairly elected. A citizen’s vote ensures equality among all races and economic statuses. It also helps with race and religious beliefs. Voting represents a citizen’s moral values. A citizen’s vote makes certain that a political leader would be fairly elected. This is important because you wanna make sure if someone you like in an election will be fairly elected.
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History of State and Federal Prisons Claudia Bailey CJS/230 November 12‚ 2011 Dr. Kay Carter History of State and Federal Prisons Jails date back to very early civilization; prisons came some time later. Some of the earliest jails that are documented are the Walnut Street Jail and the High Street jail. Prisons began being built in 1790; the first prison was at Walnut Street Jail when they added a new cell house to the existing structure dedicated to housing criminal’s long term. The Federal
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DNA Evidence Free Wrongly Convicted People DNA testing can be used to free wrongly convicted people like Kennedy Brewer and Herman Atkins. Too many people get charged for crimes they did not commit. Kennedy Brewer and Herman Atkins are both examples of wrongly convicted people. On April 8th 1986‚ in Lake Elsinore‚ a female clerk was working at a shoe store when sometime between 11:30 AM and 12:00 PM‚ she was raped and robbed at gunpoint. The women was working her shift when this happened. “She
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The Texas Legislature should not be changed to a full-time operation. This would ultimately lead to more of the ever growing political corruption that plagues the legislation. We have done so much in the way of changing or amending what the constitution has provided for our Government yet what we could be benefitting from the most is‚ keeping the fundamental basics that the constitution provided to us. Without the fundamental basis this Country was built on‚ The Texas Legislature will continue to
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Everyone can be potential victims of hate crimes. Anyone from any social class can be considered targets for hate crimes. If you or a group believes in a different religion or speaks a different language and the offenders do not approve‚ then they will target you. No one can be really safe and overcome hate crimes if they are being targeted. It is a cruel and depressing world. With help as a community can stop hate crimes. What are Hate Crimes? The term “Hate Crime” defined by Public Law #103-322A‚
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week for you to put in your vote for student counsel. You should vote for someone who will make the school stronger and active. Listening‚ and reaching out to the students is one of my top priority’s. You should vote for me because I am always on time‚ I am organize‚ I always keep my promises‚ I am smart‚ I am helpful and creative. I can get work done on time. I will do anything to put my work before anything else and get thing’s done on time. If you need me I will find a way for you to see
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Intro to American Cinema The Great Train Robbery The main characters in the film The Great Train Robbery(1999) were slick‚ good-looking criminals. They were very good at what they did and were well-known in the underworld. The main characters involved were Bryan Field‚ Fred Forman‚ Gordon Goody‚ Master Edwards‚ Charlie Wilson‚ Roy Jones‚ Bruce Reynolds‚ and Ronnie Biggs. This included Bruce Reynolds being chief planner‚ who worked among the trains‚ while the mastermind of the plan was Bryan field
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