Felony

maximum of life in prison. “The Rockefeller Drug Laws *559 divided New York State Class A felony charges into three categories. Classes A-II and A-III were created to focus solely on drug crimes.”(Nakdai, 2001, p.558-559). Those charged even with the lower Class C, D, or E felonies were mandated to receive prison time. The length of prison time varied depending on the weight and type of drug for the felony charge. With mandatory imprisonment for all drug charges, judges had no discretion to…

Proposition 47 is a ballot initiative which was passed by voters in the state of California on November 4, 2014. The Proposition will reduce certain drug possession felonies to misdemeanors but will not allow any offender to be instantly released. An offender must petition the court for resentencing by November 4, 2017, however not all offenders are eligible. The official website for the State of California details that those who “have previous convictions for sex offences including rape, child…

the law and one next to it can have barely any laws at all. If there were federal laws they might be hard to pass and to enforce. It would help suppress the inflow of people starting to do it if they knew the consequences. 41 states plus D.C have felony provisions for animal cruelty. Out of all of the state in the U.S. two stand out the one with the worst abuse laws and the one with the best. Kentucky has the worst laws. That could be because of all the vast amount of country they have and how…

Belanger v. Swift Transportation Belanger v. Swift Transportation talks about how the public policy is certainly followed under the “Forbidden Five”. The forbidden five rule indicating that there are five fractions that can lead to immediate termination of its drivers. The information obtained from the “Data Website” in this case by Belanger appears too seen as if to be presenting free and local to the public by the U.S government. Belanger obtained information from a Government operated website…

Many prisoners are put in prison for petty crimes or more serious crimes like felonies and capital crimes witch is just a felony that is more serious and there brought there to be removed from the public because depending on the crime or for some people even any crime people won’t want them in the same area as them because they’re afraid they might do something again and they won’t nothing to do with it so the Government makes laws to make it so if someone commits a crime there either put in…

is, “failure to success”. Throughout the memoir, many people describe Betts as a “felon”, but he describes himself as a “success”. A felon is “a person who has been convicted of a felony” and success is “the accomplishment of an aim/purpose.” This is because he was basically arrested for carjacking, convicted of 6 felony charges and he…

by clarifying that there are estimations and that none of these statistics can be perfectly precise because they talk about a large group of people. In 2010 It was estimated that 1 in 10 people had a felony conviction in the USA (Suede, 2010). Conversely, it was estimated that 1 in 8 people had a felony conviction in 2008 (Center for Economic and Policy Research, 2010). That’s about…

What benefits, if any, have you seen from Proposition 47? “Most of the benefits have been to the offender. Instead of being charged with felonies, they get a misdemeanor. For the offender, a misdemeanor is less damaging than a felony conviction, increasing the person 's chances of acquiring gainful employment, enter college and qualify for financial aid, get approval for housing, etc.” Do you expect to see any benefits from Proposition…

on gun possession, instead of a general law which excludes many Americans from their right to protect themselves. I believe the law that restricts all felons from the right to bear arms is too strict. There are more than sixteen different types of felonies. Arson, burglary, embezzlement, grand theft, illegal drug use/sales, racketeering, robbery, and tax evasion are some…

Discuss the ways in which Pete Earley utilizes logical, ethical, or emotional appeals in Crazy. Quote from the book to support your position. The bestselling book Crazy by Pete Earley showcases the mental health crisis in America. Earley discovered the crisis when his college-aged son, Mike, suffered a breakdown. Earley quickly learned that options to help a mentally ill individual that didn’t recognize they were in need of help was nearly impossible. Crazy tells many stories that grip the…