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Outline: Negative Debate On Effects Of Hate Mongering
Words: 942 / Pages: 4 .... someone because of their race is
terrible? Is it then also reasonable to assume that committing a criminal
act on someone because they have refused your advances or simply because
they got pleasure out of hurting people is also terrible? Are you than
saying that the former case , the ones that you would call "hate crimes"
are more terrible even if the actual act is the same? You do realize that
this is what you are saying by assuming that hate crimes deserve a more
severe punishment?
Possible inherency 3. Rise in hate groups promotes violence. - People
are not forced to listen to hate mongering groups. The people who mostly
follow them are .....
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Legalization Of Marijuana
Words: 2681 / Pages: 10 .... cannabis preparations such as marijuana
in small amounts for years without physical or mental deterioration.
Marijuana serves to diminish inhibitions and acts as an euphoriant. Only
once in a while will it produce actual hallucinations. More potent
preparations of cannabis such as hashish can induce
psychedelic experiences identical to those observed after ingestion of
potent hallucinogens such as LSD.
Some who smoke marijuana feel no effects; others feel relaxed and
sociable, tend to laugh a great deal, and have a profound loss of the sense
of time. Characteristically, those under the influence of marijuana show
incoordination and impaired .....
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Marijuana
Words: 735 / Pages: 3 .... but it also can be
mixed in with food and beverages. Almost all nations, including the
United States and Canada, have laws that prohibit the cultivation,
distribution, possession, and use of marijuana. Marijuana has many
nicknames, including grass, pot, and weed. It is also called cannabis, a
word that comes from Cannabis sativa, the scientific name for hemp.
Effects
Marijuana contains more than 400 chemicals. When smoked, it
produces over 2,000 chemical that enter the body through the lungs. These
chemicals have a variety of immediate, short-term effects. In addition,
the repeated use of marijuana has been linked to a number of long-term .....
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Put The Death Penalty To Death
Words: 982 / Pages: 4 .... of the death penalty as a deterrent are clearly more significant than the possible benefits of the death penalty.
The first and most heart-rending factor against the death penalty is the possibility of an innocent death. Cantu, an online source, says it best; " the death penalty is irrevocable. In case of a mistake, the executed prisoner cannot be given another chance. A prisoner discovered to be blameless can be freed: but neither release nor compensation is possible for a corpse" (1). How can anyone be so inhumane that they, the jury, take someone else's life into their own hands to say whether or not they should die? There are people o .....
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Prohibition...A Waste?
Words: 819 / Pages: 3 .... seen as
the work of the devil through alcohol, so it was up to the women to save us.
“The extraordinary “Women’s War” broke out across the nation in 1873.
Thousands of women marched from church meetings to saloons, where with
prayer and song they demanded—with transitory results—that saloonkeepers
give up their businesses. By 1900, millions of men and women were beginning
to share this hostility toward the saloon and to regard it as the most
dangerous social institution then threatening the family. The Anti-Saloon
League of America (ASL), organized in Ohio, effectively marshaled such
people into political action. State chapters of the .....
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Don't Talk To Cops
Words: 526 / Pages: 2 .... information which you volunteer
may later become vital links in a chain of circumstantial evidence against you
or a friend.
DO NOT INVITE THE INVESTIGATOR INTO YOUR HOME!
Such an invitation not only gives him the opportunity to look around for
clues to your lifestyle, friends, reading material, etc., but also tends to
prolong the conversation. The longer the conversation, the more chance there is
for a skill investigator to find out what he wants to know.
Many times a police officer will ask you to accompany him to the police
station to answer a few questions. In that case, simply thank him for the
invitation and indicate that .....
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Should Juveniles Be Waived To Adult Court
Words: 937 / Pages: 4 .... are offenses that if committed by an adult, would not be considered an offense.
In the 1950’s and 60’s many laws were passed to protect the rights of children, in a court of law. The major decisions of this time were: Kent v. United States, In re Gault, and In re Winship. Since the time that these laws were enacted, the number of juveniles committing violent offenses has risen dramatically.
There are two distinct schools of thought in this argument: side A believes that a persons age should not prevent that person from feeling the full effect of the adult court system, while side B feels that you simply cannot apply the same rules to juvenile o .....
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The Effects Of Race On Sentencing In Capital Punishment Cases
Words: 1134 / Pages: 5 .... the Supreme Court felt the
death penalty was being imposed “freakishly' and ‘wantonly” and “most often on
blacks.” Several years later in Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976), the
Supreme Court decided, with efficient controls, the death penalty could be used
constitutionally. Yet, even with these various controls, the system does not
effectively eliminate racial bias.
Since Gregg v. Georgia the total population of all 36 death rows has
grown as has the number of judicial controls used by each state. Of the 3,122
people on death row 41% are black while 48% are white (Gest, 1996, 41). This
figure may be acceptable at first glance b .....
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Gun Control - A Firing Issue
Words: 1334 / Pages: 5 .... seem irrelevant and it becomes clear that guns should not be controlled.
Gun ownership by private citizens is protected under the 2nd Amendment. It states that “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.†The forefathers of our country meant for the people to own and use firearms, and any law or control on that right would be unconstitutional. Gun control activists essentially believe the Second Amendment guarantees only to its militia the right of arms, but the “Gun control proponents have yet to identify even a single quot .....
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Marijuana: The Untold Story
Words: 764 / Pages: 3 .... may be the to blame for millions of people for getting high and having fun, should it really be blacklisted from the society? Alcohol has continues to be used greatly, giving similar but not as good effects as marijuana, however with less other advantages.
In 1942 the American government asked farmers to grow marijuana in a 14-minute propaganda piece entitled Hemp for Victory. The campaign was born because their main hemp suppliers The Philippine and East India were taken over by Japan. The military had many uses for hemp such as; parachutes, uniforms, and tents. The fabric canvas’s name was derived from cannabis, the main fiber that is used to .....
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