Capital punishment in the United States

(Drizin "Juveniles"). If by chance the juvenile is mentally incapable of understanding what he or she did than they should get treated how any one else would. In conclusion, juveniles that commit rape, murder, and or arson should be tried as adults. States that have put juveniles on adult trials for certain…

Mark Wahlberg was born on June 5, 1971, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Mark grew up the youngest of nine children in a working class Irish Catholic family in the Boston district of Dorchester. At the age of eleven, Mark’s parents divorced and he was left to be raised by his mother. Mark grew up in a rough neighborhood and soon after the divorce he became involved in some illegal activities. Mark decided to turn his life around after spending 45 days in a correctional facility. Soon after, he…

procedure, although in some ways beneficial to the society as a whole, has the potential to become harmful if the accusations are made with the least bit of doubt. The police system of each dystopian society proves that without due process, or fair punishment, an established government turns into one that is only harmful for its people to live in. In both dystopian settings, the police system pre-emptively judges a criminal, thus suspending the idea of habeas corpus, or innocent until proven…

Data In 1977, Jane Stafford engaged in a second common law relationship with Billy Stafford, commencing for five years until 1982. The couple lived with Jane’s son, Allen, from her first relationship, and soon had their own child, Darren (Sheehy, 2014, pg. 4). Throughout the five years of cohabitation, Billy Stafford possessed a sadistic behavior pattern known by the members of the community, by sexually and verbally abusing Jane, and indulging in drug and alcohol abuse. However, the night of…

“I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill but a pen can give life.” -Malala Yousafzai. If a person killed someone they would be dead with no hope, but if you are not dead but very low in life you could read an encouraging book or article and feel better about yourself and your situation. One example where the pen showed power over violence was the Comet Ping Pong incident when some false claims came out and said that Hillary Clinton was going to use children as slaves. When…

we should have hate crime legislation. One of the hate crime legislation is called Hate Crimes Prevention Act (known as the Matthew Shepard Act). Many country already have a law in place, which is much more stricter that we need here in the United State. Some people will say we don't need hate crime legislation laws, because we already have law in place for violence crime, or that we will loss their freedom of speech. People are already killing people because they don't like what kind…

AMENDMENT 8 You’ve been on the death row for the past 20 years, after your conviction for a triple murder, yet the brief states that an injection would impose “cruel or unusual punishment” on you. Your attorneys have talked to health professionals and they have stated that the lethal injection would cause you major painful seizures. Well all this is all happening to Ernest Lee Johnson; ABC news stated that in 2008 doctors removed part of a brain tumor found in his head. They also stated that…

prosecute a person, but it is undoubtedly not superb logic. Cyberbullying is by no means a acceptable thing, but someone should not be criminally prosecuted for it. The article, Sacrificing the First Amendment to Catch “Cyberbullies” by Kirk Sigmon states “The last time I checked, hurting someone’s feelings-even in real life- never justified criminal prosecution.” This is unquestionably true because when was the last time you heard someone receive a prosecution for…

want the punishment to some how match the severity of the crime. When it comes to crime where a life was taken, there is only so much that the legal system can do. The severity of the punishment is sometimes gauged by the intent or lack thereof. The 8th amendment of the constitution protects individuals from cruel and unusual punishment, therefore its limit to what you can do to a person found guilty of murder. I agree with the court’s special verdict, guilty of murder. There punishment should…

Can There be a Good Psychopath? Considering what you’ve always seen on television and in movies, a good psychopath sounds like a very preposterous statement to begin with. The only thing we imagine psychopaths to be are cruel and murderous but then again, how much do we know about psychopaths anyway? According to a study, out of every 10 people, 1 will be a psychopath. So they are quite common then you may imagine but the percentage of psychopaths who will go on to become murderers or serial…