within the city during the 1990s. Bratton began translating the theory into practice as the chief of New York City’s transit police from 1990 to 1992. Squads of plainclothes officers were assigned to catch turnstile jumpers‚ and‚ as arrests for misdemeanors increased‚ subway crimes of all kinds decreased dramatically. In 1994‚ when he became New York City police commissioner‚ Bratton introduced his broken windows-based “quality of life initiative.” This initiative cracked down on panhandling‚ disorderly
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whoever you marry. Another example of just laws would be “Law 168: If a man has determined to disinherit his son and has declared before the judge‚ “I cut off my son‚” the judge shall inquire the son’s past‚ and‚ if the son has not committed a grave misdemeanor…‚ the father shall not disinherit his son.”
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alter or substitute any name for the name written in such certificate or forge any such certificate‚ or knowingly utter any forged or fraudulent certificate‚ or falsely personate any person named in any such certificate‚ shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1‚000‚ and imprisoned in a penitentiary for a term of not more than five years.” Forgery and conviction was taken seriously at the time with regards to the documentation and certificates
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unbearable amount of grief that Lacy and the rest of the family faced. On August 4‚ 2010‚ nearly a year after the fact‚ Lacy was charged with two felony counts of vehicular manslaughter and after pleading guilty received two misdemeanor counts of vehicular manslaughter and two misdemeanor counts of inattentive driving (Masters 2). Gossipers at our high school all had the incorrect first assumption that the accident was due to texting while driving‚ which makes a statement in itself about how common of a
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Decriminalizing Marijuana in Massachusetts Abstract Marijuana‚ also known as “weed” or “pot” is one of the most used drugs in the United States today. Marijuana involves all age’s majority being ages 13 and older. Weed typically looks like brownish/greenish dried up leaves which can be rolled up into a joint or a cigarette. And even though weed might look harmless‚ it has become a serious altercation. Our campaign deals with the decriminalization of marijuana in Massachusetts‚ which removes
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that one has‚ they should always use any extra time they have wisely by getting it done. IB students are never free or work and therefore should use any free time as productively as possible. Cellphone usage is probably one of the most severe misdemeanors that a student can perform in a classroom. Using a cellphone‚ is in no way‚ ever excusable or permitted; especially in Ms. Miller’s class. To even attempt or want to
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U.S. Supreme Court TEXAS v. JOHNSON‚ 491 U.S. 397 (1989) 491 U.S. 397 Citation: Johnson was convicted of desecration of a venerated object in violation of a Texas statute. Date Decided: June 21‚ 1989 Facts of case: At the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas‚ Texas‚ Johnson decided to burn an American flag in protest of some policies made by the Reagan administration and some Dallas corporations that he did not agree with. Noone sustained physical injury or was even
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Crash‚ but a darker side existed. The KKK dominated the South and those who did not fit in found that they were facing the full force of the law. Those who supported un-American political beliefs‚ such as communism‚ were suspects for all sorts of misdemeanors. The so-called "Red Scare" refers to the fear of communism in the USA during the 1920’s. It is said that there were over 150‚000 anarchists or communists in USA in 1920 alone and this represented only 0.1% of the overall population of the USA
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The Separation of Powers planned that the Constitution was originally only supposed to do one primary thing‚ “to prevent the majority from ruling with an iron fist.” Based on this and their experience that the framers went away from giving any kind of branch of the new government more power than they needed. Furthermore‚ the separation of powers provides a system of “shared power known as Checks and Balances.” The three branches that are created in the Constitution are Article 1 (Legislative Branch)
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as well kill myself because I’m going to be killed by the state or government for committing the crime. The system is really too soft on people who have rap sheets that are miles long and need to be kept in jail and those who have committed a misdemeanor get treated as if they committed murder what is wrong with the picture? In
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