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eeoc.gov) We have come to know these categories as the “protected class”. In April of 2012 the federal government created an amendment under Title VII of the civil Rights Act of 1964 addressing the issues and concerns of the use of arrest and conviction records in employment decision. The basically states an employer can’t use criminal records to be bias in a hiring process. The records can be use if the job one is applying for is relevant. If a person is applying for a job with the DEA (Drug…

Three Strategies to Help You Get That Job Offer--Despite a Criminal Conviction—David Richardson If you have a police record, and you are looking for work, then you know your history gets in the way of job offers. It is frustrating and discouraging. A job is necessary for ex-offenders to overcome a regretted past, but unless employers give ex-offenders a chance for a job, then those ex-offenders attempting to make a good faith effort to re-enter society have no effective tool to show positive…

than 1,400 wrongful convictions of innocent people have been exposed in the United States—either through DNA testing or via the discovery of other types of evidence” (Marion 65). However today we have organizations that are trying to help people with cases. These organizations included the Innocence Project, and the Advocates 4 Wrongfully Convicted. This paper will be discussing the ramifications of a false confession. This could be on a alibi witness to the wrongful conviction and the possible…

with prostitution has long been debated. This difficult debate has resulted in many problems within the conviction of prostitutes and their customers. The unequal conviction between prostitutes and buyers exists because of discrimination. This can be solved by keeping the buying of prostitution illegal, but making the sale legal. The main problem within prostitution is the unequal conviction between buyers and sellers. This is a problem that exists all over the world. According to Canada’s…

border wall. Illegal immigrants can be caught much easier. The CIS breaks it down: “193 homicide convictions (including one willful killing of a public official with gun); 426 sexual assault convictions; 303 kidnapping convictions; 1,075 aggravated assault convictions; 1,160 stolen vehicle convictions; 9,187 dangerous drug convictions; 16,070 drunk or drugged driving convictions; 303 flight escape convictions.” All of this is happening due to illegal immigrants and with the wall, the safety of…

Provide an example of cognitive dissonance from your own life. There have been many situations in my life that falls under the theory of cognitive dissonance, but I will narrow my example down to when I use to smoke marijuana. A cognitive dissonance is the discomfort that is caused when two cognitions (beliefs, attitudes) conflict, or when our behavior conflicts with our attitudes (Aronson, Wilson, Akert, Sommers, 2013, p.158). For some people smoking marijuana not produce discomfort, but for me…

larger number of wrongful convictions in the supreme court justice. Inadequate defense lead to wrongful convictions which must be addressed by improving our court system laws and proper investigation. Inadequate defense is a major issue in the United States, which is caused by assuming that the victims are right about their attackers. The lawyers are not doing enough investigation, which is a major cause of the inadequate defenses. Courts arrest people due to past convictions (Kennedy). This…

testimony, where a person provides privileged information to law enforcement or in a courtroom, and as appalling as it is this is used often in the criminal justice system. In 15% of wrongfully conviction cases overturned by DNA evidence, incentivized informant testimony played a factor in the initial wrongful conviction.…

Word People Story The sky was bright orange and red with the big clouds, the sun was setting, and Conviction was walking on the streets of Boston with Subjective to the Celtics and Heat game. “Dude I can't wait until we get to the game and see the Celtics get crushed tonight because to be honest they kinda suck!” Conviction says to Subjective, who is devouring his burrito completely. “Yo if anything the Heat will get crushed because the Celtics are the best team in the league!”…

countries that have totally different laws than we do here in the U.S. It seems to be that the term “any court” is vague as to whether it refers to foreign countries or just in the U.S. One could argue that Congress didn’t consider or mention foreign convictions, and therefore should not be included, but others argue that “any court” includes foreign counties. There needs to be a clear understanding and a better interpretation of “any court” so there is no misinterpretation of the…