Within the U.S. criminal justice system there is a valuable resource that helps the Judge determine an effective sentence that would account for such factors as restitution‚ rehabilitation‚ and incarceration. This tool is a PSIR or Pre-sentencing Investigation Report. Pre-sentencing reports originated from the passing of the Sentencing Reform Act‚ which was part of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984. This legislation required all capital murder cases to have a Pre-sentencing reports performed
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MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY CRIMINAL LAW II 8TH JULY 2012 GROUP MEMBERS ADM 1. ANTHONY GACHERU DLAW/111/03297 2. DANIEL MUIRURI DLAW/111/02254 Disscuss Crimes that carry the death sentences Under Kenyan law‚ offences of murder‚ treason and robbery with violence‚ including attempted robbery with violence‚ carry a mandatory death sentence3. In this paper‚ the National Commission seeks to demonstrate the urgent need for the abolition of the death penalty from Kenya’s statutes. This is
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The last sentence “The WInchester House stands as a haunting monument to a broken heart” of the article “Whispers From The Grave” by Scholastic Scope‚ can mean many things. A possible meaning for this sentence is that the Winchester House is very popular and many people go to visit it because of its past with ghost haunting it and how Sarah Winchester was very sad and depressed while living in that house from her daughter and husband dieing. “But Sarah’s happiness was short-lived. Just 42 days after
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READING REPORT Student’s Name | : | ______________________________________ | Teacher’s Name | : | | Course | : | I6______________ | Time | : | 7:30 - 9:30 _____ | Music That Rocks The Imagination. Summary (150 to 300 words) This article is about how music can change completely your point of view of society‚ and not only with the sound‚ with the lyrics too. The article talks about a specific band called Quetzal‚ they have a different type of music‚ because they have Mexican influences
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Why literature is important? Literature molds man as a total human being‚ sympathetic‚ aware and sensitive. It educates and entertains. When we read literature‚ we are informed of events that beset our environment and the fictitious characters and colorful events amuse us. Literature leads us to understand the life of man. It is important to us because it speaks to us and it affects us. Even when literature is seemingly ugly‚ it is still beautiful. It enlivens human interest and enriches and colors
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ST. AUGUSTINE UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA. FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND COMMUNICATIONS. DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS. ACCADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012- 2 SEMESTER. ND COURSE TITLE: COMPARATIVE RELIGION (BAPRM2& BScT 1) COURSE CODE: PH 221 CREDIT HOURS: 3 HRS PER WEEK Course lecturer: Ms GRACE RICHARD KAMBONA 1 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO RELIGION 1.1. What is religion? The word Religion is derived from a Latin word “religio” which means “fear or awe” in the presence of a supernatural
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Vincent Freeman Buckman Lab Analysis Diane Enklemann 03/29/2010 The analysis of Buckman Laboratories kind of departmentalization used to operate the business made me come to the conclusion that it is a Customer Departmentalization. It was a hard choice because the departmentalization type was very close to the functional departmentalization‚ for it because the company acts as a means to produce chemical products as well as a knowledge engine with K’netix. A functional departmentalization would
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Oral Presentation Chapter 17: Academic Freedom and Censorship: Teacher Rights or Responsibilities How should the proper balance between teacher freedom and responsibility be determined? Position 1: Fir increased Academic Freedom: * Schools are at the center of local debates about touchy subjects such as‚ morals‚ sex and sexual orientation‚ religion‚ politics‚ economics‚ racism‚ and a host of other social value controversies. * Censorship denies‚ defeats‚ or diminishes academic freedom
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Why teenagers are materialistic Top ArticleAll 6 Articles 2 of 6 by Elizabeth A. Marion Created on: June 02‚ 2010 Not very many people other than teenagers would deny that kids become more self-centered when they become teenagers. They become more concerned with spending quality time with their friends and less concerned with spending quality time with their family. They become more obsessed with the celebrity world and less interested in the real world. And they convince themselves
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Summary: According to Macionis ‚ J.J and Plummer‚K in their article “ Social forces that shape our lives” in Sociology‚ there are four significant effects that form children’s lives : family ‚schooling‚ peer group and the mass media. Family has core role to shape social behavior of children because they teach their children about customs‚ beliefs‚ values and way of thinking and behavior. In addition‚ Schooling expose children a wide range of information‚ abilities‚ cultural differences such as
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