... and the subsequent release of Porter a lucky break or a freak occurrence? Not likely, reports DeWayne Wickham, also of USA Today. He points out that since the reinstatement of the death penalty in the United States in 1976, of those sentenced to death, 490 people have been executed while 76 have been freed from Death Row. This calculates into one innocent person being released from Death Row for every six individuals that were executed. This figure correlates with the 1996 U.S. Department of Justice report that indicates that over a 7-year period, beginning in 1989, when DNA evidence in various cases was tested, 26% of primary suspects were exonerated. Thi ...
... initially with the restricted group.” This statement suggests that it is the fault of the elite, which represents only a minute percentage of the populations of Argentina and Brazil, that democracy has not had the chance to develop and flourish completely. Argentina’s oligarchy revolved around the Conservative Party, and “they were convinced that only the upper class was capable of governing (Snow, pg. 14).” The conservatives restricted suffrage, and condoned fraudulent elections, making it virtually impossible for the masses to gain political power. By the end of the nineteenth century, the conservatives found it increasingly difficult to triumph i ...
... by big business companies. Finally, in 1979, two wells supplying drinking water to Woburn were shut down because health officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) thought they might have been contaminated by industrial wastes. The two main defendants were the W.R. Grace corporation, a chemical and manufacturing giant that built stainless steel equipment at a plant in Woburn, and Beatrice Foods, another mega-corporation, which operated a tannery there. Toxic chemicals from these operations, many thought, had leaked in and contaminated the wells. The most serious of these chemicals was a carcinogen called trichloroethylene, a solvent ...
... exercise clause of the First Amendment, which provides that ‘Congress shall make no law...prohibiting the free exercise of religion'.”(Questions and Answers, Map of the RFRA). According to Justice Scalia, “if prohibiting the exercise of religion was merely the incidental effect of a generally applicable and otherwise valid provision, the First Amendment was not offended.” (Questions and Answers, Map of the RFRA). Thus, "...the government no longer had to justify most burdens on religious exercise. The free exercise clause offered protection only if a particular religious practice was singled out for discriminatory treatment. In short, free exercise was a s ...
... and think that other will make fun of them. Research shows that women with low self-esteem are more likely to be victims of . It is never a victim's fault when a crime against him or her. Most rapes happen between two people who know each other. The F.B.I. says that several studies show that fewer than one in a hundred acquaintce rapes are reported to the police. "When one in four women will be raped in her lifetime, less than ten percent will report the assualt, and less than five percent of the rapist will go to jail." (Gibbs, 207) In this country a women was raped every six minutes, ten women every hour. In a twelve month period 76 per 1000 college women ...
... labeled a delinquent for breaking any one of a number of laws, ranging from robbery to running away from home. But an action for which a youth may be declared a delinquent in one community may not be against the law in another community. In some communities, the police ignore many children who are accused of minor delinquencies or refer them directly to their parents. But in other communities, the police may refer such children to a juvenile court, where they may officially be declared delinquents. Crime statistics, though they are often incomplete and may be misleading, do give an indication of the extent of the delinquency problem. The FBI reports that during th ...
... the dollar seems to be the endlessly interchangeable standard of value. We strive to make money, save money and when we spend money we do so with a valued return in mind. Accordingly, a popular argument contends that we spend too much money incarcerating prisoners for life. We probably do but the price tag on issuing a death sentence according to a Florida study is $3.1 million compared to $1 million for a life sentence; a 3100% difference (Walker 1994, 108). Imagine your death being valued at $3.1 million - how flattering. Based on these figures, the difference in the price of an execution and the price of life behind bars is enough to feed 7,200 starvin ...
... that most firearm owners in the opublic are better armed then they are. How then, will they be able to disarm such a enormous group. If you pass a law that wiolates their interprtation of the second amendment you have left these people angry, and with no way out. They will fight. Are the gun control advocates ready to take responsibility for the hundreds if not thousands of deaths that will occur? Since the law enforcement agencies already admit to thier lack of ability to diarm these people, are they going to order in federal troops? It is a question that people need take into consideration when they start their Crusade against the evils of firearms. Lets talk ...
... Her answer did not justify such a hasty decision as far as I was concerned. My sister has always been very independent so she let me know, in no uncertain terms, that it was her decision and her body. I will never understand how she could have taken a life without carefully thinking over the consequences of her actions. Getting to know my niece or nephew would never become a reality in my life. is a very controversial subject; therefore, I will give you my point of view concerning this issue. Every year in the United States 1.5 million s are performed. Human life begins at conception so is wrong. It is murder, Plain and simple! Having an is eliminating a human b ...
... rights given to the citizenry of the public. However, the simple manner in which this amendment is phrased creates a “gray area”, and subject to interpretation under different circumstances. The legitimacy of the right to mount a legal defense is further obscured by the Fourteenth Amendment which states, “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges of citizens of the United States.” As a result, many questions begin to arise which seek to determine the true right of the accused to the assistance of counsel. Should legal counsel be provided by the government if the accused lacks the funds to assemble a counsel for his defense ...
