Discriminatory Sentencing What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system‚ which is full of inequality‚ discrimination and other things‚ which conflict with our fundamental rights.( B. R. Ambedkar). Society itself is very discriminative about race‚ ethnicity and sentencing those minority groups with drug charges against them and the dominant group getting lenient sentencing on the same charges there is also in general sentencing that is unjustified
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regressed to (War on Drug) strategies. iv. Rejected a recommendation from the US Sentencing Commission to eliminate or reduce the crack and powder cocaine sentences. b. Why are our prisons overcrowded due to different changes on drug reforms? i. Over the years‚ “Reforms” have been created‚ limiting the discretion of judges and members of parole boards. For example‚ sentencing‚ guidelines‚ length and determinate sentencing. (Gottschalk‚
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more than any other race. Carrillo‚ Silvio. Should Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Laws be Repealed? 13 December 2000. 21 October 2010 http://speakout.com/activism/issue_briefs/1127b-1.html The author discusses the acts of 1986‚ which changed the law pertaining to the Anti-Drug Abuse act and the sentencing of violators. This article also examines the overcrowding of prisons related to mandatory sentencing. Caulkins‚ Jonathan P. Rydell‚ Peter C. Schwabe‚ William and Chiesa
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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 society. While the
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Plato’s philosophy towards citizenship‚ in simplest terms‚ is an implicit decision between state and resident to obey all institutions inherent in a society. "Decisively did you choose us and agree to be a citizen under us." And such is the way that Asian Pacific Americans‚ a term coined not more than forty years ago‚ choose to tackle prejudice‚ ignorance‚ and greed throughout their four hundred year history. Citizenship is defined as broadly as: "Democracy" by Manuel Buaken‚ "loyalty" per Mike
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Drug production and drug dealing today has become a substantial source of revenue. Whether for making up budget deficits or for the enrichment of certain individuals‚ population groups‚ firms or even countries‚ drugs are distributed worldwide. Drugs also involve economically marginalized sectors of the population‚ such as peasant producers or some small-scale drug dealers‚ criminal organizations or certain closely-knit sectors of society in the world of business or State institutions. The recycling
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political philosophy held by Han Fei Tzu is not solely held to him‚ but it is also similar to that held by the philosopher Lao Tzu. Both philosophers strongly emphasized the importance and need of leaders to conform their society with regard to governance and leadership. Despite having similar views with regard to leadership and governance‚ each philosopher has a slightly different stance as to how a “successful” society is to be created. Throughout this discussion‚ one will analyze the philosophies of
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injustices‚ but here are the facts. Mandatory sentencing laws dictate that when a set amount of narcotics (for example one gram of LSD or 100 grams of heroin) is present the judge is required to sentence no lower than the set minimum (in this case it would be five years). This differs from other criminal cases in that
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understand this theory by spending long hours in solitude. I will argue Rene Descartes’ attempts to isolate himself at times in order to think freely and examine his individual being proves that his beliefs directly correspond to the modern Western philosophy of this time period. The modern western
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Abstract My papers purpose is to inform the reader of the ever increasing number of U.S children with incarcerated parents. According to Department of Justice data African American children are nine time more likely than white children to have incarcerated parents‚ A number double that of what was reported in 1991 Most children of incarcerated parents live in poverty before‚ during and after their paren’t incarceration( Johnston 1995).The social consequences of not meeting the need of these
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