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Internet Censorship Laws
1189 Words - 5 Pages.... XXX sites. But those laws are not the solution. First of all they make many people angry and since basically there is no way the government can control all that kind of sites on the Internet, the laws are not efficient at all. One of the biggest reasons for them being ineffective is the fact that the Internet sites are not hosted on the servers of only one country. Those servers are located all over the world and unless the government of Russian, Germany, Great Britain, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and all others pass those kind of lows the pornography won't be stopped.
Also I don't believe that pornography does as much harm as most people think. There are still a lot of movies o ....
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Drug Smuggling
1127 Words - 5 Pages.... then 3 quarters of these arrest were in 1988 alone.
Some of the thing that the government are trying to do to help stop this
horrible thing are sending the army out in the streets to help seize some of the
drugs on the streets, and the government is also putting more money into protect
the boarders from all immigrants bringing illegal drugs into the United States
of America. There is also a lot of money put into a huge wall/fence going across
most of the whole southern boarder line. Along the coast of the east side and
the west side are hundreds of check in places to help stop from letting in
illegal drugs.
Here is a case about 21 sailors that were arrested ....
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Capital Punishment
2103 Words - 8 Pages.... murder. Many ancient societies accepted the idea that certain crimes deserved capital punishment. Ancient Roman and Mosaic law endorsed the notion of retaliation; they believed in the rule of "an eye for an eye." Similarly, the ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, and Greeks all executed citizens for a variety of crimes. The most famous people to be executed are Socrates and Jesus. Only in England, during the reigns of King Canute (1016-1035) and William the Conqueror (1066-1087) was the death penalty not used, although the results of interrogation and torture were often fatal (Kronenwetter 12). Later, Britain reinstated the death penalty and brought it to its American colonies.
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Capital Punishment
662 Words - 3 Pages.... abolition of have supported their cause with many arguments. They have claimed that some have been wrongly sent to death row, while other decisions have been unfairly applied to minorities and the poor. Others argued for the sanctity of human life, as well as the expense involved in . But those who believe in the opposition of the death penalty are often misled. They should consider the following cases that underlie the support for , for it is certainly the only way to deal with the cruelty of crime that has infected our society.
Some people say it is barbaric to take someone's life through electric chairs or gas chambers. They now have lethal injection where the person does ....
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Legalizing Same Sex Marriages
474 Words - 2 Pages.... a huge step for same-sex marriage activists. The most notable possibility for legalizing same-sex marriages in the near future is in Hawaii, where supporters of same-sex marriage have won a major judicial victory.
Currently there is a high tolerance for homosexuals throughout the United States. Judges do not need the popularity of the people on the Federal circuit court level to make new precedent. Despite significant opposition, largely from conservatives and religious groups, same-sex marriages may soon become commonplace.
The harm in this situation is that the idea of discrimination becomes “OK.” Although eight states presently prohibit discrimination based ....
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The Increase Of Violent Crimes
342 Words - 2 Pages.... to defend themselves and more and more women are buying guns for protection. In the eyes of many the United States is a gun culture. Guns are not very difficult to buy in the United States. The right to own a gun is set out in the American Constitution which reads, "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
In 1997, 63% of gun related arrested in the United States were under the age of 25. Another disturbing trend is that those using guns are getting younger. Boys are learning to live by the gun, and sort out their arguments with guns. In 1997, more than 27,000 young men between the ages of 12 and 15 were killed or injured by handguns. Televi ....
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Violent Crimes Involving Guns
675 Words - 3 Pages.... there is nothing to be gained from reducing the general level of gun ownership.(3) A thorough review of 18 studies of the effects of gun availability among potential victims and criminals found that the overall effect on criminal violence was zero.(4) In one study, researchers found no significant differences in total robbery rates between cities where guns were widely available and cities where they were not; in cities with fewer firearms, armed robbers simply used other weapons.(5)The best available evidence, based on at least eight national surveys of the general adult population, indicates that guns are used about as often for defensive as for criminal purposes.6
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Rape
1581 Words - 6 Pages.... know to the victim. Date can happen to anyone.
Both men and women can be victim of men are victims in approximately ten percent of all sexual assualts. Men report less than women. They fell embarassed 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 les ....
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