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    Currently there is, a reception and disciplinary Centre in the state prison of Nyborg and an open one of Sobysogard. The individuals that is in need of psychiatric treatment is being placed in half of the state prison of Nyborg because it is still used as a closed youth prison. In 1968, young offenders was being sent to youth prison which took over two of the open prisons (Mogelkaer and Kaershavedgard) because of an increasingly number of offenders. In modern society, there is no special reception Centre. The two prisons that are open is for those offenders that are serving sentences of lenient imprisonment and ordinary imprisonment (National Criminal Justice Reference Service,…

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    One view which I found contradictory was Nathanson’s biggest argument: that no crime takes away all decent human rights, and therefore society can not take away their life. When discussing the respect for human life, Nathanson states, “In defense of human well-being, we may punish people for their crimes, but we ought not to deprive them of everything, which is what the death penalty does” (386 Shafer-Landau). Nathanson uses the word ‘everything’ to imply life itself, but I believe everything…

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    own life. According to a study in the state of Kansas, “defending a death penalty case costs about four times as much as defending a case where the death penalty is not sought,” additionally, a study in the state of California found that “ the cost of the death penalty in California has totaled over $4 billion since 1978”. An individual may appeal his or her case, in the case that the appeal was denied the individual is able to appeal at a higher court level until all possibilities are…

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    Jacob Ind Case Study

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    skyrocketed. These high rates attracted media attention and spotlight, which lead to legislative results. As a method of combating the high crime rates, the General Assembly eliminated the possibility of parole for those who have been sentenced to life imprisonment. Legislation was also passed that granted greater power to district attorneys to move that juveniles be tried as adults. 3. I believe that the circumstances of Jacob Ind’s life should be taken into consideration, but strictly from a…

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    her first parole hearing, but is denied due to poor behavior and no outward sign of remorse for her crime. After five years and several more hearings, she is finally released when the parole board determines that she has demonstrated appropriate signs of rehabilitation. Determinate sentencing is a system in which there is a definitive term to be served for a given crime. While points may be taken off of the sentence for good behavior, there is a determined termination of that sentence, be that…

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    white victim end in a defendant being sentenced to death than one would expect if racist views were not an influential factor. Also presented by the Death Penalty Information Center, comprehensive studies from California and North Carolina have found that those who were accused of killing white Americans were 3-3.5 times more likely to receive the death penalty than those who killed black Americans, and 4 times more likely than those who killed hispanic Americans. The enactment of this…

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    Originally Steven was handed a Death Sentence, in which he would have remained on death row until his execution date, fortunately, his sentence was reduced to life imprisonment with the potential for parole after ten years. Many years later, Steven was released from prison on parole in 1969, but he would remain a convicted felon for about five decades. For that same amount of time, he would remain known as the Rapist and murder of Lynne Harper. After his release from prison Steven, who was 24…

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    Eighth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment is it cruel and usual punishment to sentence a fourteen-year-old to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Kuntrell Jackson, Derrick Shields, and Travis Booker discussed a plan to rob the Movie Magic video store in the evening on November 18, 1999. It is alleged that once the time had come to rob the movie store the defendants were made aware that Derrick Shields was, in fact, carrying a .410 gauge sawed-off shotgun in his coat sleeve. Upon…

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    Lionel Tate Case Study

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    the Criminal Justice System, multiple articles and other numerous sources, such as Michael J. Dale (2004), state that Lionel Tate “was considered the youngest person in the United State to have ever been given the sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.” At the age of 12, Lionel Tate murdered a little 6-year-old Tiffany Eunick in Pembroke Park, Florida 1999. On July 28th of that year, Tiffany’s mother asked her long life friend, Lionel’s mother Kathleen, if she would watch…

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    King Humbert Murder Case

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    contumacy and sentenced him to solitary confinement for life…” The two men met in Switzerland along with Bresci’s other accomplices in the murder of King Humbert, whose death the three plotted. “Valentine Campenella… a barber… is said to be one of the leaders of the Gaetano Bresci Circle of Anarchists, was beaten up by several men armed with black jackets… as he was leaving the headquarters of the Circle… Campenella said that he was a leader of the Bresci Circle.” While this individual…

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