BROTHERS KEEPER Am I my brother’s keeper? “Innocent until proven guilty‚” and very often outside perspectives can drive a wedge between convicted murderers and their family. On many occasions family members are frowned upon because of the wrong doings of another family member. Whether it is a close relative or a distant relative that you are considered close to‚ their actions can very well leave a negative impact on your life. Despite what so called close friends will tell you‚ depending on
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Although the Second Amendment guarantees our right to own a gun‚ with stricter gun laws restricting not only felons but people who have anger management problems‚ America can reduce the amount of deaths immensely. Even though Americans are entitled the right to bear arms‚ laws need to be set in place so not only felons but mentally unstable people cannot purchase a gun. A study done at Duke and Harvard proclaimed that almost one in ten Americans have anger issues and own a gun. Many will argue that
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in a “tough love” sort of fashion. Where those posters hung‚ reminding parolees what would happen if they failed‚ I replaced with encouraging paintings‚ and phrases from one parolee to another. There is now a job board where the parole officers or felon friendly companies can post
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After being convicted of a crime and sent to prison and release‚ your basic civil rights are never restored‚ even though the state has said you have paid you debt to society‚ there is a mark on your record that never comes off. Michelle Alexander wrote‚ “Once arrested‚ a person will rarely ever gain freedom from the system”.(92) Depending on the state an ex-convict lives in‚ it varies as to what freedoms and rights will be restored. Many states won’t allow convicted felons to vote‚ some states won’t
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They Get Out” by Sasha Abramsky cries out to the general public for the change in corrections that the convicted are unable to do. Abramsky leaves nothing to chance in his war on the prison systems for the awakening of the American society to an ever growing problem. Therefore‚ Abramsky commissions an argument with real uncensored facts. In spite of how incarceration envisions reforming the convicted‚ Abramsky argues that the prison system corrupts prisoners into worse criminal behaviors. Throughout
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intermittent incarceration. Split sentencing is simple and the most common in which the convicted person is sentenced to a given amount of time‚ then released under probation. Shock incarceration is when a convicted criminal is given a sentence and told that after serving a certain portion of that sentence he can petition to be released under probation. Intermittent incarceration is the program in which a convicted person spends a given time each week in a prison‚ work house‚ or other government institution
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others dont agree on at all and that they need to be punished and have no rights at all. What if that was you in their you’ll say that your doing you’re time that you are trying to change and that’s what they are doing. Although depriving people convicted of felonies of the right to vote has a long history‚ the modern laws in many states are rooted in racial discrimination. More than five million American citizens are now denied the right to vote‚ including 13% of the African-American population‚
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and murders using guns in the United States is a large number‚ which can hopefully be lowered by implementing statewide‚ or even nationwide gun buyback programs‚ stricter carrying permit laws‚ and making it harder for the mentally unstable and convicted felons to legally obtain guns. HISTORY/BACKGROUND The argument for or against gun control has been an ongoing battle since the beginning of the nation. The Second Amendment gives people the "right to bear arms." When arguing for this Amendment‚ the
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habitual offenders. Commonly known in the 1990’s era the three strike law increased prisons sentences of habitual offenders. The three strike law is a statue that allows the courts to impose harsh sentences such as life sentences to individuals who are convicted of three or more major criminal offenses. Habitual criminals automatically qualify for the three strike law because of the number of felonies they have committed. When habitual criminals receive mandatory life sentences‚ they are not overruled by
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overpopulated prisons. The California criminal justice system is undergoing substantial changes with the enactment of AB 109. This legislation begins a realignment process from the state to local level. This responsibility is for overseeing people convicted of certain felony crimes. The legislation that was approved will transfer control of thousands of less-serious felony offenders to county control. Many will be on supervised probation or parole which before this legislation would have been eligible
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