The first law against hate crimes was passed in 1968 as a civil rights act; the law was aimed at protecting people against any attacks based on race‚ religion or origin. A crime motivated by gender‚ disability and sexual preference could not be prosecuted as a hate crime until 2009.The FBI says that a hate crime can target either a person or property and can be motivated in whole or in part by biases‚ meaning offenders can have other motives besides hate. To track attacks such as these‚ the FBI
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Aeschines sets the stage to his prosecution‚ against Timarchus‚ by reading out laws and putting them into some context. He points out that there are laws to protect a free-born child or free-born woman from “any person [who] acts as pander”. (Aeschines ¶ 14) So both free born women and children are not to indulge others in distasteful acts. There are laws that allow people who are outraged‚ whether ’’a child‚ or a man or woman‚ or any one‚ free or slave” to prosecute the person who has wronged them
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Gun Laws and Violence I picked the topic Gun Laws because I thought it would be an interesting thing to learn and research about. Throughout my research about Gun Laws I found a few good resources but the others weren’t that great. The best resource I found was an article about how if a person in Virginia admits themselves to a mental health institution‚ there right to own a weapon is taken away immediately. Then they go on to add that after the person recovers‚ the patient is trying to get the weapon
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nearly one thousand (pbs.org). Many other consumers became afflicted with blindness (a reason speakeasies were called blind pigs and blind tigers)‚ sickness‚ and paralysis (alcoholsolutionsandproblems.org). Some people who followed to Prohibition laws turned to other things‚ especially drugs. This led to more addicts and a rising demand for these substances. Many people who had formerly just had a beer or two now went to saloons to get drunk‚ because they never knew when their next drink would
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Football Helmet Safety History‚ science‚ momentum‚ present and future. The NFL may be the most dangerous sport to play in the United States. I mean‚ where else do two people that can run at speeds of 30 miles an hour‚ hit each other head on going full speed? Nowhere. The game of football‚ especially at the higher levels‚ is becoming increasingly dangerous as the athletes keep getting bigger‚ faster‚ and stronger. Until a couple years ago the research of concussion and helmet safety have both been
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Q1: Describe methods and techniques in which employers can maximize organizational protection against affinity related litigation. A1: Title VII does not afford any protection for affinity orientation discrimination. Where an employer could be involved in a lawsuit is when states have laws that prohibit affinity discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. With that said Employers should treat sexual orientation of its employees as irrelevant and only judge employees on the merit of their
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be illegal. As governments establish laws dictating the legal status of abortion‚ the issue is not simply whether or not abortion is right but rather whether or not law can govern such a matter as abortion. St. Thomas Aquinas writes in Question 96 Articles 2 and 3 of his Treatise on Law that human law is limited by its end‚ its authority‚ and its subjects. Law‚ in general‚ must be ordered to the common
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bicycle helmets for our security Introduction Our organization called Student Volunteers for China’s Future (SVCF). We adopts projects such as promoting education in undeveloped areas of China‚ campaigns to stop genocide‚ stop the use of land mines and stop the manufacturing of “bombies”. Now‚ our group has initiated is to encourage the children of China to wear bicycle helmets. Helmet is to protect our brain if we fall down. It will cause brain damage and even death without helmets. Our university
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The Outlaws MC: “God forgives‚ Outlaws Don’t” is the motto for one of America’s oldest and more notorious biker clubs‚ the Outlaws. The gang began it root in Matilda’s Bar on Route 66 in McCook‚ ILL in 1935. Since the start of the club chapters or local gang have spread widely across the United Stated and have established themselves in other countries such as Australia‚ Europe and South America. History: The Outlaws first began in 1935 prior to World War Two in McCook‚ Illinois just outside
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injuries that can injure the head and brain. That is why we use helmets to protect us from these injuries. Helmets help us from getting severely injured in the head and brain. Some people go on their bicycles without helmets and they don’t realize how badly they can get injured. Some kids get minor head injuries‚ which is another example of why people should wear helmets. That is why I agree with the Helmet awareness program. The Helmet awareness program is a program that can prevent injuries such
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