Death Penalty And The Eighth Amendment
.... unusual in there own ways.
When a person is sentenced to death by electrocution he strapped to a
chair and electrodes are attached to his head and leg. The amount of voltage is
raised and lowered a few times and death is supposed to occur within three
minutes. Three whole minutes with electricity flowing through someone's body,
while his flesh burns. Three minutes may not seem like a very long time, but to
someone who is waiting for his body to die, three minutes can feel like an
eternity.
Three minutes is the approximate time it takes for a person to die if
everything goes right, but in some cases it takes longer for people .....
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Don't Talk To Cops
.... 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 you are not disposed to accept it at this time.
Often the authorities simply want to photograph a person for identification
purposes, a procedure which is easily accomplished by placing him in a private
room with a two-way mirror at the station, asking him a few innocent questions,
and then releasing him.
If the invest .....
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Drinking And Driving Offenses
.... can make. Driving
a vehicle while your ability to drive is impaired by alcohol or drugs is one of
the offences. Evidence of your condition can be used to convict you. This can
include evidence of your general conduct , speech, ability to walk a straight
line or pick up objects. The penalty o f the first offences is a fine of $50.00
to $2000.00 and/or imprisonment of up to six months, and automatic suspension of
licence for 3 months. The second offence penalty is imprisonment for 14 days to
1 year and automati c suspen-sion of licence for 6 months. The third offence
penalty is impris onment for 3 months to 2 years (or more) and au .....
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Evironmental Law: Enforcement Measures And Effectiveness
.... (
Muldon, 1995, p. 23) The CEPA contains important penalties and sanctions;
provisions for the collection of information and for evaluation; provisions for
the control of importation and exportation of toxic substances; and provisions
for the reduction of wastes, the cleanup of coastal zones, the protection of the
ozone layer; the reduction of acid rain and urban smog; and provisions for the
development of regulations. All provinces and territories have enacted their
own legislation, establishing general environmental rights and responsibilities;
but the level of environmental protection established is not equal all across
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Euthanasia And The Law
.... that a patient's rights
are not infringed upon. A living will should be made when the patient is of
lucid mind. Also, a council should be selected and outlined in the living will.
The council should be chosen by the patient, when the patient is of sound mind
and is able to make decisions. The council might consist of the patient's
family, doctor or any other he or she feels have the same view or perception of
life.
Presently in Canada a living will is not a legally binding document. A
living will is a document prepared and sighed in advance of illness, in which a
person may specify which treatment or care is to be withh .....
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Euthanasia And The Robert Latimer Case
.... pain and misery that some severely disabled
individuals are forced to deal with every day of their lives. Still, many agree
with myself on the point that a human life is just that, a human life; and that
everyone alive has the right to live, no matter whether or not it is under
tougher circumstances than another person. Nobody has the right to take the life
of another person, and technically, the law states that nobody has the right to
take their own life as well.
A severely disabled person may have to deal with much pain in their lives, but
they are entitled to the right of simply enjoying being alive, and denying them
that righ .....
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Falsely Accused
.... There
is no reason to believe what is being said in the media until there is some
definite truth in the case . I mean just because the cops may have beliefs that
there is guilt means nothing . After all the FBI gave the media information and
it was plain and simply wrong . The way the FBI handled the case was atrocious
and intolerable. Who can we the public trust if we can't even trust a
government legal authority? Who are we to go to at that point when the
government agencies are falsely accusing us ? I guess that Richard Jewell was
just lucky enough to have a brave lawyer that cared and new there was nothing
right about the .....
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Fraud
.... they could not afford. Needs arise from a number of locations these
include: Drug or alcohol addiction, Marriage break-ups and/of extravagant love
affairs, Gambling Debts, Business losses, Unexpected family crises, Mounting
debts, and the desire to live a lifestyle far beyond ones means.
Fraud is costing society several hundred billion a year. Organizations
loose close to 6 percent of annual revenue to fraud and abuse of social systems.
Fraud costs Canadian organizations $100 billion annually. On the average,
organizations loose $9 dollars a day per employee to fraud. On an average of
fraudulent cases males received $185,000 an .....
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Gun Control: Against
.... people want.
The ban on assault riffles took effect in the may of 1994. “Nineteen
assault-style weapons and broad categories encompassing many more semiautomatic
firearms...” were among the many weapons that were banned. The guns that were
banned were only used for three percent of all gun related crimes in 1993. Most
of the crimes and murders were committed with handguns. So the only reason for
making this law was to make the people feel good and safe.
In 1993 the Bradey Bill became a law. It placed a five day waiting
period on the purchase of a handgun. The reason for the wait is to make sure
no criminals or mentall .....
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Problems With Gun Control
.... question to ask today is, are the people responsible enough to have the
unlimited rights that they seem to have under this Amendment. Clede states,
"that does not mean that the government can constitutionally prohibit all
weapons, but it probably means that the government can reasonably regulate and
limit their use." I agree with Clede's point. The language of the
Constitution is very vague. The second amendment states, " 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." Never did the
Constitution define or give examples of what .....
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Gun Control
.... I. The law required that there be a
five day waiting period on all hand gun purchases. The Brady Bill also banned
semi-automatic rifles and other military type weapons. ( Moore 1994 p.434) The
five day waiting period is suppose to stop felons from buying guns. But,
Waiting periods do not stop felons from getting guns. Since 1968 it has been
illegal for a felon to possess any firearm. ( Moore 1994 p 440) Most of the
criminals do not get their guns from stores, most get them by theft or on the
black market. " While legitimate users of firearms encounter intense regulation,
surutiny, and bureaucratic control, illicit markets e .....
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Gun Control
.... designed have not been sufficiently
effective. Therefore the pro-gun controllers argue, we need more uniform
legislation, more extensive gun controls, and effective enforcement.
Various pro-gun control organizations disagree on methods of gun control
needed. For example, there are individuals who would ban all handguns' as well
as those who take a less radical stand and who would simply increase the
controls on firearms. The moderate gun control groups propose measures such as
requiring an individual to successfully complete a firearms safety course before
being allowed to possess a gun, or to wait for a mandatory period of time b .....
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