War crimes

Within the article Children of the Dirty War by Francisco Goldman, many themes are presented relating to the Argentinian Dirty Wars. One theme presented within the article was the idea of how to address the atrocities that occurred during the Dirty Wars. Within the article, there is mention of how President Raúl Alfosín created the Truth Commission, Nunca Más, in 1985 in an unprecedented move to address the past crimes by the military government (Citation 13). Though the Truth Commission was…

War is a subject that many of us talk about, but not many people have actually experienced. On the contrary, many children, some around the same age as us, are joining armies and commit horrendous war crimes. I am here to show you why they shouldn’t be punished for their crimes and should be given amnesty, which is an official pardon for what they did. First, you might think that these children actually volunteer to fight. In reality, most of the minors that are recruited to fight in wars…

Made in America, the War on Drugs was created by Americans, fought by Americans, against Americans, and ended with consequences that have taken an enormous toll on all citizens, not just those in the African American community. The factious war was a nuclear bomb, filled with racism, with a short fuse that was ignited by all the politicians who ran their campaigned based on “law and order” and felt that certain groups of people, such as African Americans, anti-war participants and more, were…

number of the prison population is alarming contrasting to the decrease of crime in the United States. The Caging of America depicts the relationship between mass incarceration and racism and mass incarceration and the crime rate. Gopnik shows that during the period of which incarceration rates were going up in the entire country, the crime rate was dropping, particularly in New York, therefore showing the cause of the crime fall had no linkage with prison over population. Gopnik sheds light to…

The Drug War catalyzed Racism Leading to Overcrowding of Prisons On June 1971, President Nixon declared a “War on Drugs.” The Drug War catalyzed racism which resulted in overcrowding of prisons. “The Drug War dramatically increased the size and presence of federal drug control agencies, and pushed through measures such as mandatory sentencing and no-knock warrants” (A Brief History of the Drug War). Ever since the rise of the drug war there has been an explosion of the prison population and…

Crime and Punishment in the 1800’s In the novel Frankenstein written by Mary W. Shelley many of the characters are accused and tried for many different crimes. In the 1800’s many crimes were considered punishable by death; even petty ones. In this research paper will be information on theories as to why crime was at such a high rate at the beginning of the nineteenth century, as well as different crimes, the sentences for such crimes, and whether they may, or may not, have been humane/inhumane…

heritage is where most of the patriotism among citizens comes from. The United States had to fight in a war with Britain in order to win their independence. In this war there was a draft, which means that every person who was in a certain age group had to enlist in the army and defend their country because it was their duty. Back then the draft was only for men because when men went off to war women were left to take care of their household duties and children. When Thomas Jefferson stated that…

The War on Drugs has been a catastrophic failure. It has failed to decrease crime, the use of drugs, and has cause innocent people to get hurt in the process by getting rid of basic human rights. You would think a four decade war would produce some positive results right? No, it has just cause harm and the rise of some of the world 's most dangerous criminals. It has also given police the right to act as criminals with immunity of almost all actions. It has desensitized us to the pain of others…

victims. I say this because they are too young to be handling weapons, drugs, and lives. They are forced to kill with drugs, war movies, sexual abuse and even death. They don’t know anything better than to listen to orders and go ahead and follow them like they were told. It’s crazy that the idea of prosecuting child soldiers is even considered, they are victims of these war crimes! They don’t know anything better to do than to listen to what they are being told. And it’s not like a lot of them…

an ongoing war on U.S soil. This war first started by President Richard Nixon and later enforced by every president following him is called “The War on drugs”. With thirty plus year fighting this so called war, one would think that it is being won, but unfortunately this is not the case. The war on drug is not only being lost, but costing the country millions, lowering drug cost, increasing corruption, rising crime rates, and increasing drug use. Because of these reasons is why the war on drugs…