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    Nearly all of the statutes created in this era pertained to property offenses. You would think that with the number of laws and convictions on the rise the number of executions would increase as well. However‚ the number of people put to death actually declined. Thus is

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    were now bringing only $1.00.” The blizzard changed the cattle industry in Wyoming and throughout the United States‚ however there were several men not only in the Wyoming Territory‚ but also in New York that hoped to breathe air back into the dying business. That year in New York‚ which served as the headquarters the American Cattle Trust‚ was formed. Thomas Sturgis‚ who was already serving as Secretary of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association now took the position of Chairman on the board of

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    R v Hester [2007] EWCA Crim 2127 Court of Appeal The appellant was a police officer who had become involved with a criminal enterprise involving blackmail of two wealthy businessmen‚ Scragg and Phillips‚ who provided payroll services to the construction industry. The appellant’s co-defendant‚ McKay‚ had contacted Scragg and arranged a business meeting in a pub. When Scragg turned up he was attacked by a gang who were waiting for him and falsely imprisoned in an upstairs room of the pub. Phillips

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    The Change in Law Enforcement’s Procedure to Protect Passenger’s Rights Instructor: Dr. Betsy Witt CRJ 340 Tarsha Jackson Limestone University In Wyoming v. Houghton (1999) impacted law enforcement procedure by its ruling states that law enforcement officer have a right to search a passenger’s personal possession‚ only if the law enforcement officer could present probable cause or the officer could prove contrabands and illegal activity . The automobile exception is recognized under

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    the line of duty and unjustifiable shootings make up about forty percent (Lithwick). The U.N. Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials specifies standards on recruitment‚ training‚ and the use of force. The statute calls for proportionality in the amount of force used when required‚ and for governments to ensure that “arbitrary or abusive use of force and firearms by law enforcement officials are punished as a criminal offence under their law” (Collins 9). Ultimately

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    Review Questions for Wyoming History Final Exam‚ December 6‚ 2011‚ 10:15 a.m. The exam will consist of three parts:   PART I: Short Identifications (50 points total) You will asked to select FIVE names/terms from a list of eight or nine choices. You will write a paragraph identifying the name/term and provide additional information about the significance of the name/term to Wyoming history. Some possible terms are listed under questions in Part III (below).   PART II: Two Book Questions (25

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    Sedition Act of 1918 Steven Gilbreath HIST 2020 Darryl Austin March 31‚ 2014 On April 6‚ 1917 the U.S. declared war on Germany. According to the University of Houston’s Digital History site‚ Woodrow Wilson stated‚ “there were ‘millions of men and women of German birth and native sympathy who live amongst us‚’... ‘If there should be disloyalty‚ it will be dealt with a firm hand of repression’”. Within three weeks Congress began debating the issue of espionage during wartime. President Woodrow

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    charts‚ notable‚ and graph theory. There’s many different ways to find way to learn more about whos all in your family. Anything could be connected to Kristen Stewart and a family tree. In this essay you could see that Wyoming and horses were connected. But not only because Wyoming has a lot of land but also because horses mainly live in open grassland. Everything is connected because everything is a living thing. If everything died then the would would die too‚ there would nothing else on this earth

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    Leader reported that “Ranger” Jones and his men were attacked at his ranch on July 30 on the Platte River‚ near Casper‚ Wyoming. The Indians had driven Jones and his men into a make shift dugout for two days and on August 1‚ Jones and his men made their way to John Iliff’s ranch which was about forty miles farther up the Platte River‚ were they were able to get rest‚ fresh horses and needed supplies before heading back. What is so ironic about the meeting of these to is that such a large and powerful

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    The process of plea-bargaining is an issue viewed in various lights based on the individual’s role in this judicial process. Plea-bargaining may be beneficial to the rightfully accused allowing them a lighter sentence; however‚ if wrongfully accused‚ it could afford them their freedom. A plea bargain is an agreement in a criminal case where a prosecutor and a defendant arrange to end the case against the defendant before it goes to a judge or jury trial. The defendant agrees to plead guilty to a

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