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    When the one thousand British soldiers and convicts invaded Botany Bay in 1788, it was believed that there was an estimated six hundred different groups or ‘nations’ with distinctive cultures and beliefs around the continent. None of the British soldiers or convicts announced their arrival or told the Indigenous people their intentions with the land. This therefore caused great changes onto Aboriginal societies as many groups were taken away from their land. The first recorded use of Aboriginal…

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    When individuals develop their sense of self, they must also develop a sense of compassion and morality in order to strive for the betterment of society. In a world with corruption and chaos, to maintain humanity and kindness, individuals might prevent the loss of their childhood innocence. Born with compassion, people tend to act more kind in the years of their youth; however, as individuals age, expectations, judgements, and corruption haunts and creates obstacles in their lives. In Charles…

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    Elizabeth, I do concede that Dripps model of the contingent exclusionary rule is fascinating; yet, it is my opinion that there are pros and cons. It is without doubt that the present exclusionary rule is controversial. I also concede that there isn’t a need to completely re-invent the wheel. Conversely, Dripps argues in regards of the contingent suppression order in which prosecutors would have to choose between accepting exclusion of evidence obtained through infractions of the Fourth…

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    Great Expectation is a novel written in the genre of fictional fantasy. Pip, the protagonist, falls in love with a girl and wanting to impress her, he goes to London to inherit a fortune to undergo training as a gentlemen. He later tries to help a convict escape from the police and finally returns with the girl to fall in love with her. The setting of the novel impacted Pip positively because he was able to see how life was like at different levels of social classes, allowing him to be less…

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    Imagine a felony that has just served their time after they refused to pay taxes. His sentence was five years. It was November and the presidential candidates were getting ready to be voted for. Should this felon be allowed to vote? Felons should be allowed to vote after they serve their time because they have natural rights, the government lets them do other things, and they just deserve a second chance. One point that shows that felons should be allowed to vote is, after these felons serve…

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    including the police department because of his age and being inducted in to a gang. The DA charged the two men with aggravated mayhem that carried a life sentence. The whole situation was brought upon a jury because the child was a minor they wanted to convict Gonzalez and Gorman. The defense lawyer…

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    Dna In Animal Forensics

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    years. One of the areas it has progressed, is using DNA in animal forensics. DNA profiling has changed a lot since it first become popular back in the 1980’s. Although using animal DNA to convict a suspect was not always accepted it has since been accepted to peer review journals. This research has also helped convict those with crimes against animals, such as poaching or stealing animals. I think the motivation behind the research was to help the justice system prove guilt or innocence. The…

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    On October 24 1993 a twelve year old Tracy Latimer suffering from a severe form of cerebral palsy was killed by her father out of compassion. The father, Robert Latimer was then sentenced to the full twenty-five years in prison because mandatory minimum sentencing was barring any reduction to the punishment. Regardless of the circumstances, mandatory minimums set standards in sentencing that will prohibit any punishment lower than the specified level. Despite Robert’s sympathetic intentions he…

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    Undertrials In Prisons

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    The convicts are actual prisoners in true sense of the term. Once the Court has pronounced them guilty and awarded them a sentence of imprisonment, the job of the Court is over and such persons (the convicts) are handed over to State or the government (indicted to the custody of the State). It is the State (not the Courts) who decides where or in which jail such convicts will be kept. Such prisoners can come out of Jail only after completing…

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    They were butchered by the squads and battalions. They drowned them and rivers and threw them off cliffs. Also they were killed by ex-convicts who crucified them and burn them alive. So basically anyone who was being killed was being killed for fun by the ex-convicts, squads, and the…

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