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    Habeas Corpus Liberties

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    The generals wanted military courts to be set up so that he could rein over his opponents politically. Abraham Lincoln allowed for the imprisonment of military people, prisoners captured during war and those that were suspected to be spies. Anyone suspected to be a traitor was also held for the whole period of war without being put into trials hence not considering their civil liberty. Habeas…

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    War On Drugs Failures

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    through treatment programs and lesser punishments for low-level offenses, though the government is stern in its resolve at the moment. In the U.S., about one in every 28 kids have one of their parents in jail, which is mostly caused by the mass imprisonment of drug policy offenders (“Families”). Not only are these kids growing up without a parent, but their drug education programs are pitiful to say the least. Ineffective education on drugs and student drug testing are killing the sense of trust…

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    Government Reforms In Cuba

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    The Republic of Cuba is an island country in the Caribbean that is home to over eleven million citizens. It is one of only enduring socialist states with a Communist government left in the world. The leadership regimes that dictate the island are a reflection of continuing efforts to strengthen its weak democratic system. Daily life is dependent on what the government allows, and what the government does not allow for its people. Throughout history, the dictating Cuban government shaped the…

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    Many think of racial profiling as a relatively recent problem that manifested in the 1980s when news of African Americans being pulled over for “driving while black” began making national headlines. The problem, however, dates back centuries and is a fairly recent manifestation of discriminatory conduct by law enforcement and the criminal justice system that dates back to at least the 1700s in the United States for people of African descent. R acial profiling is about racism and stereotypes that…

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    RPI Status Case Study

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    The next issue under title 2 that will be discussed will be about people applying for lawful permanent resident status for those who have already been granted RPI status. First off, in order to apply for LPI status, the applicant must have met all of the trigger requirements. If an applicant wants to apply for LPI status, they have to meet the six required application requirements. They have to already have possession of the RPI status, they cannot be out of the United States no longer than 180…

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    Judge Kaufman Case

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    In a history-making action, Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman imposed death sentences yesterday on two spies convicted of stealing the atomic bomb secret for Soviet Russia and sentenced a third spy to thirty years in a Federal penitentiary. Julius Rosenberg, 32 years old, an electrical engineer, and his wife, Ethel, 35, received the death penalty. They are parents of two sons, Michael 8, and Robert, 4. Morton Sobell, 34, an electronics expert, escaped death penalty only because his complicity was…

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    In a criminal justice system defined by the maxim “innocent until proven guilty,” it’s both humiliating and laughably ironic that over 97% of cases that make it to court are still prematurely abridged (Walsh). In these, defendants are never aided by an attorney, tried in front of a jury, or even sentenced by a judge. Rather, these cases end with a plea bargain: an agreement struck between a defendant and a prosecutor that trades an admission of guilt in exchange for a lighter sentence. In stark…

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    Looking back at the way the first detention type centers for youths were built on the basis that children who were out of control would be better off if they were disconnected from their families and put into the states care. Back then most of the juveniles were immigrants, very poor and had…

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    The issue of political violence is an important subject within politics across the globe. We face political violence within our own country, such as police brutality. North Korea has had history of being victim to political violence while on the other hand Iceland has very low violence levels at all. I will be exploring why North Korea struggles with political violence and how it affects political freedom and general equality within the state in comparison to Iceland. Iceland has historically…

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    I learned about the Holocaust in Middle school, but not very in depth. I have also been to the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, which was one of the most touching events I have experienced. This was a few years ago, so my understanding after reading chapter fifteen, and checking out the maps, changed and deepened the way I looked at the Holocaust. In 1933, the Jewish population in Europe was some over nine million. The Holocaust was the murder of six million Jews and millions of others by…

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