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Why The Death Penalty Should Be Abolished When people think about inhumaneness, do they think of the death penalty? Killing a human just like a dog being put down. The United States government is doing just that. The government has sentenced many more people to death row and they are facing an unjust punishment. The death penalty should be abolished in the United States because of its inhumaneness and lack of moral values. Many people in the United States are facing the punishment of…

Many have heard of the famous pilot, Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Hard enough as flying already is, try flying a plane over the ocean while having hallucinations because of sleep deprivation. Challenging, huh? Well, he did. And, he did so without stopping to rest, and by himself. Charles Lindbergh was born on February 4, 1902, in Detroit, Michigan. His mother was Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh, and she very closely followed Charles choice in career (Charles). His father, Charles Augustus…

If the current approval ratings continue to go down, then Congress, or the Supreme Court might be able to act on it. Either way, the future of the death penalty in the U.S. is questionable, and will continue to be a part of the partisan political system. In terms of democracy, the death penalty is a discussion that will continuously be debated and decided on as a reflection of public…

On January 1, 2014, three dozen stores across Colorado opened their doors to the public. They were not selling food or hardware tools, but rather marijuana. As a result of a 2012 initiative passed by 55 percent of voting Coloradans, adults who are 21 or older with a valid Colorado ID could use marijuana recreationally. They could get the drug by buying up to an ounce of marijuana from a licensed dealer, owning up to six plants in a private locked space or being gifted up to one ounce from…

There is something about an “11:59pm” deadline on an assignment that college students seem to almost take as a dare from their professors. It is like they see it has a challenge on whether or not they can finish the assignment and do it well enough to obtain a satisfying grade. Procrastinating is something that is just done by college students, it something that many people struggle with in a lot of varying aspects of life. Procrastinating is a problem caused by several influences that can…

The United States used to be a place where you could support a family and make the American dream come true on a single factory job. That is no longer the case, and a household today could not function on that little of an income. It is becoming more and more expensive to be alive and many people cannot afford it. What is a person who has no education, no skills and no job going to do out in the middle of Alabama? There are countless cases of people suffering and struggling to feed their…

INTRODUCTION Technology has helped humanity in many different ways, and as the days and years go by, surpasses any expectations we had for its boundaries. Computers have become much more than just a mere tool for sending email and generic business meetings. As it stands now, computers and other internet-dependent devices have expanded out of their comfort zones and into the social, economic, and entertainment domains. However, technology has also proved to us it can, in an alarmingly rising…

Giana Parise Child maltreatment is a devastating social problem in American society. In 1990, over 2 million cases of child abuse and neglect were reported to social service agencies. In the period 1979 through 1988, about 2,000 child deaths (ages 0-17) were recorded annually as a result of abuse and neglect , and an additional 160,000 cases resulted in serious injuries in 1990 alone (Daro and McCurdy, 1991). (4) However tragic and sensational, the counts of deaths and serious injuries…

Hawaii was the 50th and the latest state to be added to the United States by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in August of 1959. The population of Hawaii is about 1,404,054 people with 50.2 percent male and 49.8 percent female. It has a total area of 10,931 square miles and made up of five counties. Hawaii is the eighth smallest state and the 11th least populated state, but it is 13th in population density (). According to the United State Census, the racial makeup of Hawaii is way more diverse…

Rodolfo Bonilla There is nothing black and white about immigration. There are numerous pieces to the immigration story that we can hear and create perspectives from. However, until one has been faced with such a situation, and walked in the shoes of an immigrant, one will never truly understand the difficult realities that surround this topic. It is critical to hear both sides of the immigration story to accurately gain a perspective that allows one to create critical perspective of such…