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    We live in a place where you have to pay almost $2 for school lunch but prisoners get it for free. We live in a place where a certain color gets blamed for everything. We live in a place where it is so hard to accept one another. My vision for America is to one day be able to realize what is right from wrong and maybe, just maybe, accept others. First of all, everyone relies on stereotypes. Just because African Americans get into trouble with the law doesn’t mean that they all like to do that.…

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    How does Gantos relate that prison helped him as a writer in Section 1, Chapter 1? In this section Gantos was a guy and he made a lot of mistakes, then he went to jail. Gantos realized that the prison changed his life to be better and he mention one significant is the way he thinking to be a writer. He began to write stories about himself and the restless men around him.Also Gantos believe and trust this said by someone the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decision…

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    inmates is obligated, but nowhere is it written that the health care treatment received by prisoners has to be provided as it would be to the average citizen. It is implied, however, by the 8th amendment of the Constitution, which states, “Excessive bail should not be not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” Insufficient health care treatment is, by all means, a definite violation of the 8th amendment. According to an analysis by the Brennan…

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    Conditions worsened for Cyprus as they had previously bought prodigious amounts of Greek bonds in attempt to bail Greece out of their economic crisis. As you can guess, the Greek economy crashed. They of course defaulted on their bonds, which was the final blow to the Cypriot economy. In response to the country’s deteriorating finances and serious risk of contagion…

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    An alternative is one of two or more available possibilities. This is an important argument because if there was a better solution to the problem that could be implemented in place of a bail out then it needs to be proposed. Proponents believe that there are no better solutions to deficits. There statement is untrue. Corporate bailouts are not the only solution, and they are, without a doubt, not the best. There has actually been a kind…

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    assigning state-provided counsel to indigent defendants. The author focused on the ambiguity of the term ‘indigent’ and criticized the system of indigence determination based on the defendant’s ability to post a bond and get released from prison on bail for the period of legal proceedings. The core idea of Kuhn’s is that such a system poses an unethical choice for individuals – to either remain in prison and have the right for state-provided counsel, or be released…

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    Is Radical Criminology

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    clear that there is something very wrong within the justice system and may lead one to conclude that the studies concluding a lack of racism are blatantly attempting to hide that fact. When it comes to bail and pretrial release decisions, white defendants are more likely to receive a low bail amount and white females more so than males but…

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    The Number One People Who Should Rot in Prison Sex offenders are disgusting people who should spend the rest of their life rotting in a cell. They deserve the most rigorous and cruel sentences, because not only do they rape innocent people, but sometimes they even go as far as murdering them. There have been laws passed cracking down on sex offenders. One of the most important is the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), which gives punishment depending on the level of the…

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    the creditors were made. Finally in 2014 the economy in Greece seemed to have reached the bottom and was starting to recover. A new government led by Alexis Tsipras was elected and a referendum was help where majority of population voted ‘no’ to the bail-out terms set by European institutions. (Kashyap) By the end of June 2015, the amount of money Greece owed was €323bn.…

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    For this essay I chose to write about Rosa Parks. She is a great historical figure who will never be forgotten for her large contribution to the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks was born on February 4th, 1913. She had grown up in a house of civil rights activism and attended a segregated school, and saw discrimination with her own eyes as the only thing she ever saw. So when she ordered to the back of the bus, so a white man could sit, it wasn't all that hard to say No. On December 5th, 1955…

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