Penal system in the United States

Penalties for aggravated assault depend on the degree, the injuries that may have occurred, and the state where the assault took place. Some charges can be considered as misdemeanors but in other states, it can be treated as a felony. Some states require jail time from four months to a year in county jail and average fines from $150 - $500. Other states require jail time averaging $10,000 plus 15 years jail. Other penalties include electronic monitoring, parole, fines and court costs,…

especially when it comes to violent crimes; in 2014, the FBI reported that 1,165,383 violent crimes were reported, and violent crimes occurred almost every 26 seconds. When it comes to dealing with the most egregious offenses, some states employ capital punishment. In the United States, capital punishment involves the original sentencing, a capital case, a stay on Death Row, and, if the prisoner does not die of natural causes, the eventual execution. Although the process itself is often complex…

period. In the United States, federal law’s definition of comes from the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. According to Child Welfare Information Gateway, the CAPTA states that child abuse is “any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or a caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, or an act or failure of act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm” (2016, p. 1). However, even in the United States, the exact…

Thesis Every sitting President of the United States of America has attempted to make the country safer by implementing their specific crime control policies. Every policy proposed and if implemented will not have full public support, but keeping the entire populace safe and secure is what ultimately matters. During the eight year tenure of President Barrack Obama, the main focus of his crime policy centralized around gun control and easing of drug sentencing requirements. Well the president…

sentencing them to death. On many occasions have been checked with the passing of time the injustice that was being punished as guilty to someone whose responsibility for the offence that is imputed to him, was not investigated thoroughly. Our judicial system, as well as in countries with better legal infrastructure, is prone to make mistakes. A world-famous case will serve to illustrate this injustice, we refer to the case called "the Birmingham six". A London Court sentenced to life…

education system and a limited amount of political and legal power (Brinkley, 2012, p. 429). However these political and legal power where only held temporarily. New laws, such as the Mississippi Black Codes, promoted racial segregation and enforced a new labor system— specifically targeting freedmen, blacks, and mulattos—that was far worse than slavery was prior to the Civil War (Sage), (Blackmon). After the war, the Southern economy took a turn for the worst. Many cotton fields were…

been sentenced with the death penalty, due to false evidence. Some crimes include terrorism, first-degree murder, and espionage, etc. When the United States population is faced with choosing in favor of or against the death penalty, majorities have chosen to be in favor society (Tucker, 2014). According to a 2013 Pew Research Center survey, 55% of United States adults say they favor the death penalty for persons only convicted of murder. While 37% of U.S Adults oppose the punishment. Although,…

course for how to define, prevent, and prosecute human trafficking. They also present anti-trafficking guidelines, laws and agreements both within and between the countries. A detailed discussion on these instruments is not the aim of this paper. The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, adopted by General Assembly resolution 55/25 of 15 November 2000, is the main international instrument in the fight against transnational organized crime. The Convention is…

The American legal system is widely admired for its laudable moral qualities such as liberty, justice, and due process. Americans take great pride in seeing the legal system administer swift and fair penalties to those who have committed crimes. But what happens if the legal system is wrong? What if the person that was sent to prison, or executed by the state, did not commit the crime they were punished for? This was the situation that Ronald Cotton found himself in during the 1980s and 90s…

commands. Jackson viewed democracy as equal protection and equal benefits to all white male citizens and not favoring one group or region (Brinkley, 237). His anti-aristocratic views were evident in the political changes he made. He changed the caucus system, the way that presidential candidates were decided, to a convention. The convention was believed by the Jacksonians, to allow the presidential candidates to come directly from the people not just the elite institutions (Brinkley,…