World. Dr. King agreed with Saint Augustine‚ “An unjust law is no law at all.” I think you can all agree that any law that is created to hinder a person‚ keep them bond‚ and make them feel inferiority is unjust. Any law that allows certain people the right to rape‚ abuse‚ humiliate‚ and belittle someone is unjust. Any time people that are in trusted in the fair distribution of the law‚ abuses‚ demean‚ deride‚ and depreciate for any reason is also unjust. There has been too much innocent blood spilled
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Characteristics of Just Laws And Views A just law has a number of widely recognized characteristics. A just law is characterized by the following: --treats all people equally The notion of equality is an important aspect of the law. Although a just law may be providing equality it doesn’t always occur that way. For example‚ a wealthy person may be able to afford legal representation‚ but those people who can’t afford legal representation will be disadvantaged and will not have an equal opportunity
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Martin Luther King Jr. was just or unjust? Martin Luther King Jr. was standing outside on the balcony giving one of his famous speeches and then it happened. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4th‚ 1968 by a man named James Earl Ray. After the news got out about Martin Luther King Jr. getting shot to death‚ black activist around the southern parts of the United States rioted and protested in the streets. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. was unjust because he was a civil rights
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fight an unjust law through persuasion and to do so in a peaceful way. He also claims “In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive‚ negotiation‚ self-purification and direct action‚” and Socrates does participate in the several of these actions to further his point. They both agree that in cases of unjust law‚ they should fight it (despite that one was willing to go further than another) but still respect the laws in place
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his essay‚ “Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them‚ or shall we endeavor to amend them and obey them until we have succeeded‚ or shall we transgress them at once?” (184) The answer will depend on which side of the law or the laws you are on‚ minority or majority. When the laws are made by the majority the laws can’t all be just‚ expect for the majority that wanted it. Should the wise minority be able to disobey laws that were created by the majority? Obeying every law is hard but even
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Unjust Justice: Juveniles Serving Life Without Parole The 14th amendment of Constitution of the United States grants every American Citizen the right of due process of the law. This right is being denied juveniles sentenced to “life without parole”. Recent Supreme Court rulings have held that “life without parole” is cruel and unjust punishment for those juveniles sentenced for non-homicidal crimes‚ because of limited capacity. Life without parole is essentially cruel and unjust punishment
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3 Strikes Crime Law: Unjust and Preposterous Nichole Burton COM/155 November 15‚ 2012 Brenda Granderson 3 Strikes Crime Law: Unjust and Preposterous The 3 Strikes Crime Law is one of the nation’s harshest sentencing laws. Are you aware that even non-violent criminals are sentenced to life in prison under the 3 Strikes Crime Law? More than 4‚000 non-violent criminals are currently serving life in sentence in prison in California alone. (Vega & Galloway‚ 2012). If you take these outrageous
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same table‚ proceed against him” (Plato 3). This quote from The Trial and Death of Socrates demonstrates acts in themselves are neither unjust nor just‚ and the perception by the person deciding whether the act is unjust or just‚ is the determining factor in the matter. In this case‚ Euthyphro‚ the man who said this‚ originally believes the act of murder is unjust‚ and believes he should in fact proceed against his father‚ even though in most perceptions it is considered impious; and although Socrates
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Looking at the death penalty system in action‚ it is fundamentally flawed in use and there is a serious risk of executing innocent people. Many unjust convictions have shown that serious flaws such as: Lack of eyewitness identification‚ False confessions‚ and the access to have DNA testing have caused our countries criminal justice system to convict many innocent individuals‚ who were sentenced to death. The most disturbing fact individuals are faced with today‚ is that innocent people have
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It was the great Martin Luther King Jr. who once stated‚ "Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application." He was right in his beliefs as a law may appear correct on paper but when practiced‚ it becomes unfair and seemingly no longer applicable to the situation. In my own experience‚ King’s statement came alive when a close friend was unjustly sentenced. It was through this that I discovered to never put myself in a position where I could be made an example of. It was more then
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