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The Brady Law
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 429.... brought up by sheriffs in Montana and Arizona who
said that running background checks would take valuable time away from
other law-enforcement duties. This is a valid argument in less densely
populated areas of the country where doing checks would bring manpower to a
below minimum level. This argument is not valid for large cities, however,
because it is needed more there than anywhere else in the country. In
large cities there are many more police officers and they can afford to put
a few on duty doing these checks. In large cities you can easily blend in
because of its s .....
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Capital Punishment And The Death Penalty
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1753.... administration until the person is dead of a lethal
quantity of an ultrashot acting barbiturate in combination with a chemical
paralytic agent in a quantity sufficient to cause death." Prior to the lethal
injection, the person shall be sedated by a licensed physician, registered nurse,
or other qualified personnel, by either oral tablet or capsule or an
intramuscular injection of a narcotic or barbiturate such as morphine, cocaine,
or demerol. In the provisions of the N.J.S. 2C: 49-3, it says that the
Commissioner of the Department of Corrections determines the su .....
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Capital Punishment
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 898.... are on death row most will appeal the courts, which taxpayers also pay for. Inmates have their lawyer paid for the first time he or she appeals the court, after that it is up to the inmate to pay for his or her own lawyer. Now, after exhausting state appeals, most prisoners are allowed only one appeal in the federal courts (Regoli and Hewitt 544). I think if the inmate wants to appeal his or her case they should have to pay for it from the beginning. Society has to pay enough money as it is for inmates. is less costly than maintaining a criminal in prison for his or her entir .....
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Marijuana
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 410.... are real,many more patients would benifit. Another good thing is
that the doctors could get on with investigating marijuanas medical uses
with out fear of controversy. The last reason is the Fedral government
would benifit two ways, First the fedral revenues would increase, because
marijuana ciggaretes would be taxed at the point of sale. The companies
that make the ciggaretes would also pay income taxes. Secondly there would
be a reduse in the amount spent on law enforcement efforts to apprehend and
procecute users and sellers of marijuana.
III. There are reasons w .....
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The Need For Stricter Gun Laws
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 622.... Union
(ACLU), Congress has had a tough time passing any legislation that would
benefit the public and curtail the sail and manufacture of armor piercing
bullets, automatic rifles and Uzis. Unfortunately, we tend to interpret
the Constitution to broadly. Obviously, in the late 1700's, there were no
deadly weapons to contend with. They had muskets, which could hardly be
used in a very swift and deadly manner. Granted, the musket could kill,
but if you asked any semi-sensible person if they would rather use a musket
or a handgun, they would take a handgun any day of the .....
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Persuasive Essay: Capital Punishment
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 832.... others' personal convictions." It is the government's responsibility to punish people that disobey the law to keep our world in tact but is it their right to take away their lives? It is a Christian's responsibility to point out to those who sin that they do so and this country, trusting in God as it says it does, should do just that. So if the government stands strongly by this statement that's on the dollar bill, may they line up all the liars, adulterers, Buddhists, thieves, covetous and murderers at the chair. If they shall look into this one sin as so evil may they see .....
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Hemp: A Help Or A Hindrance?
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2117.... euphoria. Hempen sails brought the Spanish, Dutch, and British
conquerors to the new world (Charpentier 18). In North America, hemp was
planted near Jamestown in 1611 for use in making rope. In order to keep a
constant supply of hemp available, a law was passed in Massachusetts in 1639,
requiring every household to plant hemp seed. In Maryland, Virginia, and
Pennsylvania, hemp was even used as a monetary unit. Thomas Jefferson's draft of
the Declaration of Independence, released by the Continental Congress on July 4,
1776, was written on paper made from hemp (Whole Earth .....
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Teen Violence And Its Causes
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1687.... is not only their job, but their
responsibility as parents. Parents determine how their children become.
As the years go by, we see a higher and higher divorce rate. As
this rate goes up, so does the crime rate. Couples today have forgotten
the word commitment. As a result of this, the children suffer. It is hard
to grow up with separated parents. Most children become bitter or angry as
they grow because of their divorced parents. In some cases the parents
fight or argue which can affect a child, and may adapt the child to be more
aggressive. Also, when raising a ch .....
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