San Quentin State Prison

If a person commits murder because of traumatic experiences that occurred during their childhood, are they guilty or innocent? Are their actions determined by the past, or are those choices freely made? Free will has been a debated subject for a very longtime. Many philosophers have tried tackling this issue with no success to finding the existential answer. Free will is defined as the ability to make your own decisions throughout life. The opposing belief is that everything is determined and…

is the best way to punish people for their heinous crimes. Capital punishment came about for the reason to punish people for the crimes that they have committed (Kerrigan 10). In the United States, 32 states allow capital punishment for the heinous crimes they have committed. Five states in the United States, together have had a total of 49 executions: this includes Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, and Missouri. The leader of the Republican Party in Georgia, David J. Burge has said, “Capital…

During the course of the book, Women Who Kill, it tells the tales of women who as the name suggests kill. Some of the true stories were more gruesome or horrifying than others. Some the women were not convicted at all or were just accomplices of a man who killed. Some women were truly guilty of the crime they were accused with and a few could have been wrongly indicted. There were many different cases some similar to each other. The reason given for why each woman did what they did is almost…

the legality of capital punishment has rooted itself within the American Nation. In the early 1970’s, capital punishment was reinstated with the ruling in Gregg v. Georgia. The majority of states that continue to practice capital punishment tend to be conservative, southern states as opposed to liberal states who oppose the death penalty. There have also been numerous instances in which innocent people were convicted due to the uncertainty contained within the American Criminal Justice System.…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…