Should Convicted Sex Offenders Names be Made Public? University of Phoenix Jessica Folds COM 172 August 23‚ 2010 Dr. Fenton Dixon Should Convicted Sex Offender’s Names be Made Public? American’s encompass diverse opinions on whether a convicted sex offender’s name should be made public. “Although passionately espoused arguments exist on all sides of the issue‚ very little academic or policy research has been conducted on the actual positive and negative effects of Internet
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First Time Convicted DUI Drivers Should Receive Mandatory Jail Time Robin L. Simmons AIU Online Abstract The purpose of this paper is to state facts on why first time convicted DUI drivers should receive mandatory jail time. In this paper you will read how repeated drunk drivers are the most dangerous people driving on our road ways. You will also read how the United States and its’ taxpayers are affected when a drunk driver gets into a motor vehicle accident. Finally‚ you will also learn how many
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Using community corrections to better meet the needs of the penal system‚ convicted offenders‚ and the community. Kyle Dowland 1-22-2013 Outline. Title: Using community corrections to better meet the needs of the penal system‚ convicted offenders‚ and the community. Introduction: 1. Corrections and the tools used to punish and rehabilitate offenders. 2. Introduce Community Corrections. 3. Introduce Thesis- A community corrections sentencing strategy applies a range of intermediate
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different criminals are subject of great consideration. Weather it’s a punishment for a serious crime like murder‚ or a low intensity crime like abusing a man‚ there is always a hot debate‚ among law makers‚ social workers & layman citizens. People convicted for minor crimes are treated the same way as for major crimes convicts. I firmly believe‚ criminals with minor crimes should have a different law & enviornment for punishment. Although‚ it’s a matter of hot debate‚ yet I am illustrating some facts
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causes a convicted felon to get out of prison and commit another crime? After being punished by having to serve time in prison‚ why? In this essay we are going to discuss a reason why. The average person knows people who commit felonies are punished by being forced to spend time in prison. However‚ convicted felons lose more than this type of freedom as part of their punishment. It is as if the punishment is never over and the sentence never ends. That is what I believe causes most convicted felons
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up in a cell for 25 years convicted of a crime he or she did not commit. This person whom has been locked up for all these years has been telling everyone that he or she is innocent of the crime they were convicted of. Even though this person was telling everyone this‚ nobody believed him or her for a long- time. Until one day‚ someone believed that persons story. With many people in prison‚ others tend to overlook the fact that some of those people are wrongfully convicted; there are many reasons
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innocent person wrongfully convicted‚ a guilty person roams free. It is unsettling to know that thousands of people are wrongfully convicted resulting in thousands of guilty people still roaming the streets and flying under the radar. We continue to walk the streets with murderers and rapists while innocent men and women sit in prison and are even executed. It is sad to think how flawed our justice system can be. It is completely unacceptable for thousands of people to be convicted based on little
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perpetrator as being chest free of hair and tattoos. Alexander’s chest had tattoos and was hairy.” Alexander was then convicted of two cases and was then sentenced to 70 years in prison. Alexander was convicted of the remaining two cases‚ but mitochondrial DNA testing was not accessible at the time of his conviction‚ but it was later used to clear him of one of the two crimes he was convicted for. Michael Murphy had confessed to the crime and hairs from the scene had concluded that it matched Murphy’s profile
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and expedition of DNA evidence used to exonerate wrongfully convicted inmates? Identify and Define the Problem: The problem facing most inmates is that DNA evidence is taken that it is generally not made available to them to have their cases reopened‚ and when it is reopened‚ it is not done so in a timely manner to exonerate the inmates. We are finding that the problems aren’t just about DNA because there are cases that involve wrongfully convicted inmates that doesn’t include DNA‚ which is misidentification
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freed by DNA testing. There are a few reasons that I am writing to you about this‚ for starters I would like to inform you of the many reasons that wrongful convictions occur. There are people out there that are taking steps to either free the wrongfully convicted or are making sure that wrongful convictions don’t happen in the first place‚ I would like to inform you of things you can do to prevent wrongful convictions. Also‚ most of the people that are exonerated are not compensated for their years
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