imprisonment for persons convicted of a felony on three or more separate offenses. The term is used similar the three strikes and you’re out rule in baseball. This could also be described‚ as such statutes are most often known‚ officially as mandatory sentencing laws. The underlying philosophy of these laws is that any person who commits more than two felonies can justifiably be considered incorrigible and chronically criminal‚ and that permanent imprisonment is then mandated for the safety of
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the topic of mandatory minimum jail sentences. Why do we have mandatory minimum sentences for certain criminal offenses that cause individuals to do extended prison terms when their offenses are totally different from someone who commits a similar offense but do the same amount of time? My work in law enforcement leads me to believe that people should not be sentenced to mandatory sentences. I’ve seen a number young men incarcerated for minor crimes who received mandatory sentences that
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Prison Term Policy Recommendation Prison Term Policy Recommendation In this paper I will provide a recommendation concerning the issue of a bill that would double the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of armed robbery. I will also address the reasoning behind my recommendations concerning the matter. Regardless of how many voters are for or against a bill does not mean that it should become a policy. Many people would believe that this bill if passed would be for a greater cause or
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The past few years in our modern America have been subjected to continuous debate over a specific topic. Should it be legalized? Should it stay illegal? The states of California‚ Nevada‚ Oregon‚ Colorado‚ and others have already decided to legalize this substance‚ with much dispute from the opposing side. 58% of Americans favor the legalization of this substance‚ tied with 2013 with the highest acceptance rate in 46 years. It seems that legalization nationwide is inevitable in the coming years. This
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Child Abuse: Identification and Reporting In Child Care Settings CFS 290AA Carol Funiestas SID# 35661649 Scholarly Article Analysis July 17‚ 2014 Woman to be released after committing the worst Case of Child abuse in history… by alay131313 CNN iReport January 31‚ 2014 I had read about this tragedy 2 years ago on the 10 year anniversary of Baby Brianna’s death and it brought me to tears. The thought that these people could do such
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Queensland Mandatory Sentencing Good Morning Class‚ today I will be speaking on a issue that‚ due to recent changes in legislation has sparked both support and outrage within the greater Queensland community. The issue of course‚ being the notion of mandatory sentencing. In recent years‚ Queensland and other States‚ including New South Wales and Victoria‚ have introduced mandatory sentencing laws for certain types of offences. The Queensland Government is now proposing to adopt further mandatory sentencing
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Glenna Morgan DAAC Ch 6 assignment DAAC 1304 READ CHAPTER 6 1. What is the difference between cocaine and crack? I have found seven differences between cocaine and crack. They are as follows: Popularity: Crack has become more and more popular as the years have progressed. The use of cocaine as a freebase declined in popularity in the 1980s when it was discovered that mixing cocaine with simple household chemicals‚ including baking soda and water‚ and then drying it resulted in a lump
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A mandatory minimum sentence occurs when judicial discretions are limited by law (Famm). Those who are convicted of certain crimes must be punished with at least the minimum number of years depending on the offense. Amanda Dollak who received her criminal justice degree at CTU‚ states “Mandatory sentences require every individual to receive the same punishment for similar offenses‚ regardless of how much a judge may object to the sentence”. These mandatory sentencing laws however vary
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rationales for sentencing will allow the following four arguments to be understood with greater clarity. To begin‚ the first argument to support the urgent need to restructure the criminal justice system is the effect and impact of mandatory minimum sentencing on the high rates of incarcerations. The effects of mandatory minimum sentencing are staggering‚ and transcend into many different areas of the criminal justice system. The principal justification for the creation of mandatory minimum sentences
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Sometimes mandatory minimum sentences are the consequences of good intentions‚ but good intentions do not always make beneficial policy in society. One of the famous senior associate justice of the supreme court of the United have said the truth of federal mandatory sentencing‚ in which I used this quotation to relate to the topic that I’m about to discuss. “The Federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines‚ I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom
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