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    Federal Prison Comparison

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    Federal Prison Comparison Instructor: Bob Bennett CJA/234 Mikki Dandreano June 20th‚ 2011 Martha Stewart‚ a woman known for her television shows magazines‚ home decorations and also her arrest for insider trading. Although she was not sentenced to a prison term for insider trading in the stock market. When it was time for Martha Stewart to receive her sentencing‚ she wanted to go to a prison located in Florida or Connecticut but instead she was sent to the Federal prison camp located in Alderson

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    against cruel or unusual punishment A right to protection from physical harm A right to sanitary and healthy conditions of confinement A limited right to legal assistance while imprisoned A limited right to religious freedom while imprisoned A limited right to freedom of speech while imprisoned A limited right to due process prior to denial of privileges These individual rights must be effectively balanced against these public-order concerns: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Punishment of the guilty Safe communities

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    Federal Reserve Quiz

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    2a) An important way in which the Federal Reserve decreases the money supply is by selling bonds to the public. Using a supply and demand analysis for bonds‚ show what effect this action has on interest rates. Answer: When the Fed sells bonds to the public‚ it increases the supply of bonds‚ thus shifting the supply curve BS to the right. The result is that the intersection of the supply and demand curves BS and Bd occurs at a lower equilibrium bond price and thus a higher equilibrium interest rate

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    The Federal Budget Process

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    Running head: The Federal Budget Process The Federal Budget Process Abstract This report focuses on the federal budget process of the United States of America. The annual federal budget begins with a detailed proposal from the President in February. The budget request is developed by the President’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Next‚ Congress creates a blueprint called a budget resolution that sets limits on how much each committee can spend (or reduce revenues)

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    Despite the fact that the federal bureaucracy was never explicitly laid out in the constitution‚ was never instituted and planned‚ and was evolved by the gradual accretion of agencies and tasks over time‚ the federal bureaucracy proves to be one of the most influential and powerful departments in American government. The original bureaucracy of the federal government began as a small group of people from three departments: the State‚ Treasury and War departments. This group of people formed together

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    Carlos Malvarez Malvarez 1 10/29/12 ISS1120 701801 M.W.F 10:00-10:50 Is Capital Punishment Justified? Is capital punishment justified? Should people convicted of crime be punished in a hard way? Should the state of Florida remain the same rules for capital punishment? My answer is yes‚ it should stay the same way it is if we want the world to be a better place for living. The State must remain punishing people for first degree murder‚ capital drug trafficking‚ and capital sexual

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    Federal Student Loans

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    many‚ figuring out how to pay for college can be difficult and confusing. Students can fund their college education by getting federal student loans‚ and working for minimum wage to pay for their tuition. This essay will inform how students can get federal student loans and work to pay their tuition to fund their college education. Federal Student Loans is a secured step in paying for college. “The undergraduate Stafford loans have an interest rates as low as 4.66%

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    What about for the courts and corrections? Explain. (This is question 2 at the end of Chapter 1). The state and courts control probation and parole that reform and control punishment that are controlled by the courts. The court also control payroll. The state is in control of all prisons. The federal is in control of officers and security. 2. What types of cases might arise in both federal and state courts? Give examples of the types of cases that might cause a conflict in jurisdiction between the

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    The four major types of bureaucratic structures in the executive branch of the federal government are the executive departments‚ independent executive agencies‚ independent regulatory agencies and government corporations. There are “fifteen executive departments‚ which are directly accountable to the president‚ are the major service organizations of the federal government.” (Sidlow‚ 2015‚ p. 288). Executive Departments include the Department of Defense whose main function is national security and

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    Federal Rules of Evidence

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    LESSON 4 1. Summarize the Federal Rules of Evidence in your own words. The Federal Rules of Evidence (F.R.E.) enacted in 1975 and replaced prior centuries of various and sundry judge made caselaw. The F.R.E. is a complex set of statutes or penal codes legislated with the intent of replacing unfair evidentiary submission and/or unnecessary expense and delay among the courts. The basic concept behind the F.R.E. is the need for a consistent and predictable federal rule set that would promote

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