accurately evaluate how sentencing and punishment attempts to balance the rights of victims‚ offenders and society”. Poor question. This question starts after an offender has been found guilty and is to be sentenced. This is the key part of the Legal Studies syllabus that pertains to the question: 4. Sentencing and punishment • statutory and judicial guidelines • the purposes of punishment: deterrence (specific and general)‚ retribution‚ rehabilitation‚ incapacitation • factors affecting a
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insufficient evidence of recent history of traditional ownership of the land. This was a problem faced by many other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. As well as that the High Court had ruled that the Yorta Yorta were required to pay for the legal costs of the
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Abortion in Texas Abortion is one of the most controversial issues of today’s society. Defined as‚ “the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus prior to viability”‚ abortion has sparked violent confrontations between two separate parties of opinion. The constant fight between pro-life and pro-choice supporters continues. The reason being‚ despite what several people may believe‚ abortion is neither right nor wrong. Through this controversial debate‚ the
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Abortion Report I have chosen for my topic Abortion. I think that it is a topic that is very important in today’s society however it is often dodged or avoided. Different Presidents say different things and have different stances about it‚ and often it is had to know what to think about it. Basically there are two different ways of looking at it: Pro-Choice‚ which takes the stance of saying that it is the woman’s choice if she wants to have an abortion and that it is only her business. So
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Adedayo Adeniyi November 13‚ 2008 Expository writing An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus‚ resulting in or caused by its death. An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced. Abortion as a term most commonly refers to the induced abortion of a human pregnancy‚ while spontaneous abortions are usually termed miscarriages. Abortion has a long history and has been induced by various methods
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Abortion is the act of ending a fetus’s life before birth. Abortion happens every day in America and around the world. Many people think that abortion is immoral and is the murder of an innocent human being; however‚ there is a greater amount of people who think abortion is not a big deal and think women should have the choice to end their pregnancy. These differing views in America make the decision on whether abortion is morally correct or not one of the most controversial topics in the country
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was not being pretty‚ defendant’s failure to promote the plaintiff and decision to terminate her employment. The court’s finding that there is not sufficient evidence to support the claim. “Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is granted.” The legal principles The plaintiff filed a charge against the defendant under Title VII and U.S. Code Section 1981. Title VII protects individuals against employment discrimination on the basis of race and color as well as national origin‚ sex‚ or religion
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Abortion is one of the most controversial topics that has existed. A highly heated debate in many parts of the world. Substantially‚ for this argument‚ there is no right answer there is no right side because both can argue with great supporting details on how their perspective is correct. It is a procedure that has caused countless deaths such a large number that it can be compared to the deaths of the Jews from the Holocaust. The battle between pro-life and pro-choice has been a very intense
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There are more than 3‚000 abortions per day nationwide; that is‚ more than one million babies aborted every year in the United States alone (Abortions Worldwide This Year). According to Shapiro‚ abortion is defined as the destruction or bringing the forth prematurely of a human fetus before time for natural birth. Nowadays‚ abortion is legal‚ but it has not always been legal. Although abortion was prohibited before the landmark case Roe v. Wade‚ millions of abortions were provided to women of every
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Legal Studies. Man jailed for crime spree A man from Gin Gin‚ west of Bundaberg in south-east Queensland‚ has been jailed for stealing more than $32‚000 during a seven-month crime spree. Anton Michael Janezic‚ 39‚ pleaded guilty to 34 charges including fraud‚ theft‚ drug and driving offences between September 2009 and April last year. Of the fraud charges‚ 15 relate to activity in the bank account of Duingal man‚ Robert Pitman‚ who was found dead in his caravan after a fire last April. Magistrate
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