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Analysis Paper In the article of opinions found in The Washington Post, a political theorist from Harvard University by the name of Danielle Allen wrote “How the War on Drugs Creates Violence”. Allen makes a solution to the war on drugs, she emphasizes that making drugs a public health problem will then decrease the incarcerations, homicides, and poor education rates. If drugs were being tried like a health issue, not a crime, the rates of everything else that is carried on with the drug use…

Judicial Proximity Shortly after starting Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson represented a man named Herbert Richardson. Richardson was “a Vietnam War veteran whose nightmarish experiences in brutal conditions left him traumatized and scared” and he returned home with PTSD and other mental instabilities (Stevenson, 74). Stevenson represented Richardson during his appeals from death row after being erroneously convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s niece. In the end,…

consequences used for this individual is to end future crimes. General deterrence is used for the general population’s attention. If the public knows the consequences of crime, the rates of deviance will decrease. There is a major controversy if capital punishment really prevents crime. Based on earlier studies, social scientists have…

The Fifth Amendment has been around for almost 230 years, and states that people can not be tried more than once for the same crime. Having a second trial can have many downsides such as, expenses, reduced quality, people biased because of a retrial, and personal heartbreak. Double jeopardy should be changed to Triple Jeopardy because finding new evidence, having new opinions, and bringing people long awaited justice can make the difference of a lifetime. Finding new evidence against a…

Herman Melville presents the question of moral and political justice in his story, Billy Budd. Billy Budd is an innocent, handsome, and popular young sailor whom almost everyone loves. In recent history, “the Great Mutiny” occurred before Billy is impressed upon the ship Bellipotent. The only person who despises Billy on the ship is the master-at-arms named John Claggart. In a confrontation with Claggart, Billy stands up for himself by punching Claggart. The punch that Billy threw immediately…

The documentary that we watched as a class was very eye opening to some of the facts on informants. It leads us to believe that informants are only in it for money. To an extent that is true, lots of informants are not giving credible information any more. They are just looking for a to live comfortable and not in prison. I think that informants use to be reliable, because they were afraid of ether the person they were informing on or for the sake of their families. I think that informants now…

Back in the medieval times people were very brutal to the other people they did not like, they came up with a lot of different things to use to torture others with. I learned that they had many interesting things to use to torture people with, they had rat torture, rope torture, and also impalement. Torture was a brutal reality for many unfortunate people, but the scariest thing about being tortured was the way people designed these devices to inflict pain on others. One of the three torture…

Should children who commit violent crimes be tried as adults? What if a 15 year old murders a man should they be charged as a 40 year old because of the crime? Do you think so if the crime is serious enough? October 14 2015 A 11 year old shot a 8 year old with a 12 Gage because she wouldn’t let him see her puppy. This is a hard topic because with kids you don’t know if it is a mistake or if they meant to do the crime. Now, Should this 11 year old go to jail for killing this 8 year old. Should he…

Baltimore detectives have arrested and charged Adnan Syed, 18, in the murder case of Hae Min Lee. Hae was said to have gone missing January 13th after school, the search for Hae Min Lee ended February 9th when her body was discovered in Leakin Park hidden behind a tree by a passer-by. Baltimore Police Detective William Ritz made a statement early Friday morning. Ritz explained that Syed had been taken into custody after an anonymous call was made to the police tip line. Since the Anonymous tip…

Have you ever thought about this when you are watching an advertisement: Why would I be influenced to buy this item? If you do, you may be able to understand another term: Propaganda. Propaganda is kind of a presentation that mainly focuses on influences ones’ attitudes toward subjects or person. “Propaganda is expression of opinion or action by individuals or groups deliberately designed to influence opinions or actions of other individuals or groups with reference to predetermined ends”(How to…