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    Booking Information SWIS ID: 645439 Name: Thomas‚ Jesse Lee Age: 32 Gender: Male Race: White Height: 6 ft 0 in Weight: 155 lbs Hair: Brown Eyes: Green Arresting Agency: Portland Sheriff Arrest Date: 4/4/2013 2:50 PM Booking Date: 4/4/2013 4:09 PM Current Status: Released Assigned Facility: PERM Projected Release Date: Unknown Release Date: 4/4/2013 Release Reason: Charges : AGGRAVATED THEFT I (B Felony) AGGRAVATED THEFT I (B Felony) POSS HEROIN (B Felony) THEFT

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    Purple Gang Research Paper

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    Purple Gang Introduction “As historian Paul Kavieff explains: They were predatory group and they were known for their ruthlessness‚ I mean they shot everybody during these hijackings‚ even the guys that were simply driving the trucks. What that resulted in in was that if you were making a beer delivery and were robbed by the Purples‚ you fought to the death‚ because you knew that the Purples were going to haul you out of the truck and kill you anyways” (Whitting‚ 2013‚ Pg. 57). The Purple Gang was

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    Outline the significant actions of the boxers during the boxer rebellion. Assess the impact of these actions on china and the Qing dynasty. The boxer rebellion is the best but least understood aspect of Chinese history during 1898-1900. There are many significant actions of the boxers that impacted on the Qing dynasty in china‚ these included killing foreigners‚ attacking random Chinese Christians and murdering the German and Japanese ambassador. Firstly the empress of china ci xi who had taken

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    Definition[edit] The word corrupt when used as an adjective literally means "utterly broken".[1] The word was first used by Aristoteles and later by Cicero who added the terms bribe and abandonment of good habits.[2] According to Morris‚[3] corruption is described as the illegitimate use of public power to benefit a private interest. Senior‚[4] however‚ defines corruption as an action to (a) secretly provide (b) a good or a service to a third party (c) so that he or she can influence certain actions

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    Criminal Justice Authority Evaluation The criminal justice system has always operated under discretionary authority. This includes law enforcement‚ the court system and corrections. Police officers enjoy the benefit of whether to charge for small infractions and whether an incident requires force to be applied. The court system uses discretionary authority in sentencing of the guilty. The department of corrections uses discretionary authority in the everyday running of the prison system‚ as they

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    Confession of an EHM

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    experiences at an international consulting firm he worked for best known as MAIN. This book open up my eyes to a great amount of evil within the world that included fraudulent financial reports‚ sex‚ money laundering‚ rigged elections‚ payoffs‚ extortion‚ and even murder. One of the many things that I liked about this book was that it told the truth that not many people know about. The fact that there are people engaging in building a global empire by loaning countries millions of dollars that

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    Graft and Corruption

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    strategy for the country. There are 8 types of corruption frequently practiced in the Philippines namely: tax evasion‚ ghost projects and payrolls‚ evasion of public bidding in awarding of contracts‚ passing of contracts‚ nepotism and favoritism‚ extortion‚ protection money and bribery. Graft‚ referring to unfair or illegal means of acquiring money‚ gain or advantage‚ especially by abusing one’s position in politics‚ business and social institutions‚ transgresses human dignity and violates human

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    Essay On Italian Mafia

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    organization which originated in 1800 had social developments and influenced popular attitudes and even a few of its own practices. Sicily’s social culture itself fed the Mafia. Political favors were normal and corruption was commonplace. So was extortion and perjury. To this day preferment are the norm for anybody seeking a job in the public sector or more often than not the private one? The Mafia was not a cause of Sicily’s social problems so much as a reflection of them. Compared to organized crime

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    The Devil and Tom Walker

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    because of her greed‚ and lack of morals for self-prosperity‚ which resulted in her death. This is an important example of the use of evil within "The Devil and Tom Walker". Walker is told from the devil that he could earn money through usury and extortion. Walker commits to usury and makes a generous sum of money. Walker has no repentance for such a sin and continues to his usury. The evil accumulates in the story as Walker accumulates more and more money‚ resulting from more and more greed. The accumulation

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    Jose P. Laurel

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    most powerful man in the country‚ I became the president of the Philippines. During my administration‚ our country was in the hands of the cruel Japanese. But I stood my ground as president of the Philippines‚ I did not succumb to the coercions and extortions of the heartless Japanese. Unfortunately‚ my administration met its end early in 1945. After which‚ there were numerous speculations that I became a puppet of the Japanese. I was even accused of treason. But I say this to you‚ I didn’t become a

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