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    Bugmy v The Queen

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    relevant to the offence and the offender.3 Hence in the context of sentencing indigenous offenders‚ where it is related to the offence‚ the indigenous circumstances will provide a relevant context for mitigating the sentence.4 The seminal case of R v Fernando5 (“Fernando”) adumbrated the oft-cited Fernando principles6 which comprehensively set out the considerations when sentencing indigenous offenders. Key amongst these considerations is the relevance of indigenous background‚ poverty and alcoholism

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    Dworkin V Mackinnon

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    Living in a first-world country‚ our freedoms and rights are protected above all else by the law. We are allowed freedom of speech‚ race‚ religion‚ thoughts and ideas‚ etc. These freedoms allow us to express ourselves to the best of our abilities. Yet some ideas that these freedoms allow us to transmit are censored in order to prevent harm to others; hate speech‚ propaganda‚ etc. is frowned upon as it may bring harm to others. The case of pornography in all this and its legal regulation is the belief

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    McCleskey v. Kemp

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    CRJ 150 McCleskey v. Kemp The case began with Warren McCleskey‚ an African-American man who was sentenced to death in 1978 for killing a white police officer during the robbery of a Georgia furniture store.  McCleskey appealed his conviction and sentence‚ relying on the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment and the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of Equal Protection to argue that the death penalty in Georgia was administered in a racially discriminatory -- and therefore unconstitutional--manner

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    Dillon V. Jogbra

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    discharge. Courts have ruled that disciplinary policies can be contracts‚ even when employers include at-will statements in them‚ if the policies contain provisions promising that the employer will follow specific disciplinary procedures. So‚ in Dillon v. Champion Jogbra‚ Inc.‚ the Vermont Supreme Court found the disclaimer printed in an employee manual was in conflict with the employer’s elaborate discipline and discharge system‚ which the employer said would be carried out in a fair and consistent

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    Nix V. Williams Summary

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    Case Citation: Nix v. Williams - 467 U.S. 431 (1984) Facts: In 1968‚ 10 year old Pamela Powers was abducted and murdered outside of the YMCA in Des Moines‚ Iowa. A young boy claimed to have seen Williams‚ outside the YMCA carrying a bundle wrapped in a blanket with two white legs hanging out. The following day Williams‚ car was spotted approximately 160 miles outside of Des Moines. Additionally‚ several of the young girls clothing items were found. ; Along with Williams and with the blanket

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    Punishment v. Rehabilitation Introduction to Criminal Justice Kaplan University Within this paper we will be going over the purpose between punishment and rehabilitation. In punishment and rehabilitation we will break down some of the history of both. With each historical fact there are people that keep track of the statistics to see if they work‚ so will be going over some of the statistics of crime after each (whether it on the rise or whether it declined). We will also be answering questions

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    Florida V. Anthony

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    v. anthony Florida v. Anthony On may 24‚ 2011 Casey Anthony was brought to trial for the murder of her daughter Caylee Anthony. Casey Anthony’s was charged with First-degree murder‚ Aggravated child abuse‚ and providing false information to law enforcement. The prosecutor in this case was Linda Drane Burdick‚ who said that Casey wanted nothing more to live the single woman’s life of partying with her boyfriend‚ and going to clubs. She hadn’t had a job in years‚ but lied to her family about going

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    Day V Caton

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    Day v. Caton 119 MASS. 513 1876 FACTS: Plaintiff Day built a wall between two adjacent estates in Boston and required defendant Carton to pay for a portion of the wall.On the other hand‚ defendant Caton claimed that there was no express contract between Plaintiff Day and himself whereas his silence did not insinuate any promise to pay anything for it. In the trial court‚ the jury found for Plaintiff Day and defendant Caton filed the appeal. ISSUE OR QUESTION: Was the fact sufficient of itself

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    Mincey v Arizona

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    Mincey v Arizona 437 US 385 (1978) Court History The Appellant was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The defendant was convicted in an Iowa District Court; the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the lower courts decision. The United States Supreme Court granted cert. Facts During a narcotics raid on petitioner’s apartment by an undercover police officer and several plainclothes policemen‚ the undercover officer was shot and killed‚ and petitioner was wounded‚ as were two

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    Walker V. Quillan

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    Case Brief Case name‚ citation‚ and court Walker v. Quillen 622 A.2d 1097 (Del. 1993) Supreme Court of Delaware Key Facts A. Quillen owns a piece of land known as Bluff Point‚ B. Walker owns a piece of land close to Bluff Point where there is a narrow dirt ‘’public’’ road. C. Implied easement states that Quillen is entitled to cross over a portion of Walker’s land to access Bluff Point. D. Water access was not feasible for access to Bluff Point. E. Walker said

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