...Persuasive Essay The young people in the United States of America are motivated to do bad things like robbing, killing, drug dealing and other felonies. These minors commit serious crimes, but the law is soft with them. So they continue in the streets robbing and killing because they know that nothing will happen to them because, simply put, they are minors. I think if a minor kills a human being they should be killed as well, regardless of age. As a minor you should know it’s wrong to take another life. There was one crime in particular that caught my eye and I believe it was called the Pearl High School shooting in Pearl, Mississippi. Sixteen year old Luke Woodham woke up on October 1st, 1997 and stabbed his mother to death as she peacefully slept in her bed. After stabbing her, he drove his dead mom’s car to school, walked in the front door of the school, and opened fire. After a couple minutes of shooting he got back into his moms van and tried driving off. The school principal had a gun in his car so he retrieved it and somehow stopped Luke. He asked Luke why he shot his kids and Luke replied “Life has wronged me, sir.” A couple minutes before the shooting started he gave this message to a friend "I am not insane, I am angry. I killed because people like me are mistreated every day. I did this to show society, push us and we will push back. All throughout my life, I was ridiculed, always beaten, always hated. Can you, society, truly blame me for what I do? Yes, you...
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...Many people are trying to conceal their drug use in many ways. Some pitchers attempt to put pine tar in their glove to get a better grip on the ball. Others, when taking their drug test, tamper with their pee sample. Because of this, nobody can really trust the drug tests. When taking their pee sample, players should face the consequences of using PEDs. In the book Night, by Elie Wiesel, there is a group of people that get taken to a concentration camp in a deserted place. These Jews are being thrown in these crowded chambers with toxic waste throughout the air and just suffocating to death. The innocent citizens are being taken into these harsh camps and asked information about their age and health. If they are not healthy and fit, they will be taken to a chamber of poison gas to be killed. “Children were destined to feed the gas chambers and crematoria.” (Wiesel 21) The Nazis try to conceal the killings of these people by creating this camp in the middle of nowhere. They come up with crazy ways to kill these people without making it too obvious. This is why they used the gas in the chambers. This is just like how MLB players are trying to conceal their drug use by hiding it in their gloves or tampering with pee...
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...Violent Video Games: Aggression formed from Entertainment The future of entertainment revolves around technology. Video games have become more and more realistic. The main consumers for violent video games are teens. These games encourage killing and fighting enemies. More ways of playing violent video games are created each year, but most of us have this question in mind. Do violent video games influence young people to act aggressively? I've played violent video games since I was 15 years old. I've seen all the blood, gore and many violent actions through the gameplay. Overplaying video games can have many disastrous effects on teens, although limiting the gameplay can have multiple positive effects on their futures. Overplaying can incite young players to act violently. Repetitive killing can train them to act aggressively. Most video games are just killing if the player does these actions too often he can subconsciously learn those actions and become violent himself. Playing too much violent video games can make the player think violence is fun. Violence seen in “video game play is active whereas watching TV is passive” truly sums up the basis of how influential one playthrough can have on teens. (Bushman) When the game is played the teen can associates violence with entertainment. Also for performing violent acts the player always gets a reward. If the person plays the game too much they can develop the habit of being aggressive for fun. In some way if the game is played...
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...them to realize the consequences of their actions. How ever others believe that these kids should take responsibility for their actions and be given severe consequences, even jail time. Even if it is a minor that commits the crime, there should no leeway when the crime evolves murder. Some may argue That minors should not be charge like in an adult in court. "Younger individuals were less likely to recognize the risks inherit choices less likely to think about the long-term consequences of their choice"(Greg Krikorion). However those who plan out killing someone such as two elderly people execution style and stealing their car shortly after , should know that their actions have some sort of effects on them. That none of this was just an accident or some form of miscommunication. People argue that children under the age 12 should never be tried as an adult. "Some people believe the adolescent brain is not fully developed and may not be capable of making the right choices" (Adam Liptak). Once again "Adolescent recklessness may suggest diminished responsibility to some and a terrible danger to others"(Adam Liptak). Putting an age limit for certain crimes is taking away their thought of being punished there for it will increase the chance of an adolescent doing something dangerous or life threatening to others. In conclusion setting an age limit for adolescents would put others in danger of being hurt or killed by "children" and without consequence. Age should...
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...Eric Smith Case Study Cortez Jefferies Juvenile Delinquency Gary Dennis July 25, 2012 Juvenile Delinquency is the participation of illegal behavior by a minor who falls under a statutory age limit. A delinquent is a minor who commits a crime or a status offense. A status offense is conduct that is illegal only because the child is under age i.e. smoking cigarettes (Leung, 2009). In August 1993 in Savona, New York 13 year old Eric Smith killed 4 year old Derrick Robie. Smith lured Robie into the woods and strangled, beat with large rocks, and sodomized Robie. When questioned by the police Smith kept changing various details in his story. This made police believe that he knew more about the case than he was telling them. Smith confessed to his parents that he killed Robie. As a young child, Smith displayed anger problems. He would throw tantrums and bang his head on the floor. Smith was a firebug and would kill small animals. He would hit his siblings and would punch things to let out his anger. In school, Smith had a learning disability, speech problems and was left back. Smith often was the target of bullies, affecting his self-esteem. He had extremely low self-esteem. Smith’s mother while pregnant with him took tridione to control her epileptic seizures. Tridione can cause birth defects and may have caused physical and developmental defects in Eric. Smith’s attorney said he suffered from a mental disease called intermittent...
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...were big pits of fire where prisoners were burned. Throughout the entire Holocaust, the three groups of people most responsible for the cause are the top SS soldiers, the minor SS soldiers, and lastly Hitler. Top SS soldiers inflicted many harsh punishments along with giving out the orders to minor SS to carry out more orders and discipline. An example of a top SS was Heinrich Himmler. He established the concentration camp for Third Reich and was the head of Germany’s extermination camps. Himmler gave out most of the orders to the rest of SS. He was the one who carried out the order from Hitler to kill the range of 6 million Jews. Himmler was brilliant on the setting up of the concentration camps and how they would work. He believed too in the “purity” of the German race....
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...Juvenile Process and Corrections Juvenile Process and Corrections Detained Dispositional Hearing Jurisdictional Hearing [Detained] Rehearing Pretrial Hearing [Released] Home Supervision Detention Hearing Probation Commitment Detention Pretrial Hearing Petition Detained The officer will have several choices as how to handle the situation. First the officer would need to determine if the situation is serious enough to take Collen directly to the Juvenile Center intake unit. The officer could also decide to write a citation and make Collen, and her aunt sign a promise to see a probation officer at the Juvenile Center. In this case with Colleen M. the officer took Colleen to the Juvenile Center intake unit and asked that charges be filed since the situation was serious with the death of a neighbor. The officer will have several choices as how to handle the situation. First the officer would need to determine if the situation is serious enough to take Colleen directly to the Juvenile Center intake unit, or if writing a citation. Colleen and her aunt would sign a promise to see a probation officer at the Juvenile Center. The officer needs to investigate then to receive the evidence and facts to determine if the death was caused by Colleen acting in a reckless or criminal negligence. Or if Colleen had not simply...
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...Death Penalty Capital Punishment also known as the Death Penalty has always been surrounded by controversy. As a result of killing someone said criminal will also be killed in return, some would say an eye for an eye. In the end it boils down to more than a question of morality and ethics. Capital Punishment is not necessary and should be abolished because the government shouldn’t decide who should live and who should die, its more expensive than life in jail, and its not an effective deterrent. Furthermore, Capital punishment is legal in the United States, in fact, legal in 33 states including Florida. Additionally, the death penalty is accepted internationally in 58 countries and use it regularly. China is the number one in the world for the number of executions done per year. The exact number is not none due to it being a ‘state secret’ but is said to be in the thousands. Not far behind is the United States which ranks number 5 on the list with 43 executions in 2011. The death penalty is universally reserved for heinous crimes that are considered completely devoid of morals and socially accepted standards. Crimes like murder after substantial planning in Florida and premeditation and treason in Arkansa. As well as rape of a minor, murder of a minor, murder of a senior knowingly, to avoid arrest and so on. (http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org) However, due to an evolving dilemma and expansion of human rights and the enforcement of the right to live, many countries have abolished...
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...The Boston Massacre was known as one of the most injustice events of the british rule that led to the American Revolution, but the real truth is where the patriots pushed british soldiers too far making them react by firing on the angry mob. British soldiers were harassed by colonists, by throwing snowballs and yelling fire. While this was minor violence it turned to more violence when they started using clubs and throwing icicles. While british soldiers did not have the right to fire they did have the right to react if they were harmed leading it to be justified for firing on the mob. British soldiers were right to react to the mob even though they had went too far they still were justified where they should suffer minor penalties but and not harsh penalties. In the Boston Massacre the soldiers were defending themselves against the commons which every other person have the right to but the soldiers defending themselves were wrong for this. There has been more situations than this where the people have defended themselves but to where patriots make that right look evil and they used that as a reason to protest against the british. The protest was used as their rights being violated, but it was...
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...Burmese people who have been colonized, the elephant exhibits destructive behaviours due to being oppressed by the mahout. This is evident as stated in “ One day, a minor incident takes places that gives Orwell insight into the true nature of imperialism and the reasons behind it” (Broadview, pg. 1403). Despite the must behaviours of the elephant that led to destruction, the Burmese peoples’ more subtle insubordination may not be assuredly good things; they are made more understandable given the oppressive conditions that both the elephant and Burmese population endure. Furthermore, “his inability to resist the crowd’s bloodlust” (Broadview. Pg….) allows Orwell to realize that his authority over the locals is a vacant level of power and the true power the Burmese people hold over his actions. Orwell, the imperialist, is unable to act in such a way other than what is expected of him as a European police officer. In the aforementioned paradox of colonialism, and by limiting the freedom of others, the British have undoubtedly forced themselves into an exaggerated role of power to maintain their grip on authority. Orwell is well aware he cannot tolerate the mistreatment that he would receive from the Burmese, by not shooting the elephant. Though as a colonist, he knows it is in the wrong. The consequences preceding killing the elephant is a hindrance for how the colonial cycle maintains itself. The Burmese people harmed through violence are silenced, like the elephant, or the people...
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...Murder: The definition of murder is ‘the unlawful killing of a reasonable person in being and under the King’s peace with malice aforethought, express or implied…’ (Sir Edward Coke) Murder is split into three elements they’re: Unlawful; killing e.g. contract/railway worker (Pittwood), a reasonable person in being e.g. foetus (AG Ref (no 3 of 1994) 1997 and finally under the King’s peace so that’s the exemption for killing in a war. Actus Reus for murder is the guilty physical act, it’s when the prosecution proves that D’s act caused V’s death and to prove that they use the causation test which split into two: factual causation (But for test) and legal causation. Factual causation is ‘but for D’s conduct this would not have happened e.g. the White case whereby the defendant had cyanide the mothers drink however se had a heart attack before however White was still found guilty for attempted murder. Moving onto legal causation this is the link between the act and consequences, also it’s when D’s conduct was the cause of death it has to be more than minimal but not substantial, D’s contribution can be sufficient as this occurred in the Cato case (Heroin addicts). A break in the chain of causation arises where there is a new intervening act or ‘novus actus interveniens’, the two cases which illustrate the principles of causation are the cases of R v Smith (1959) and R v Jordan (1956). The Jordan case there was medical intervention, The Court of Appeal upheld the defendant’s appeal...
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...In 2013, Ethan Couch was sentenced two years behind bars after killing four people while he was drunk driving. Underage drinking and driving does not only put the driver in danger but it risks other people’s lives and it has been a major issue that our society has been facing for many years. Under the law it is illegal for a person under the age of 21 to drive a motor vehicle with a blood or breath alcohol concentration level of 0.02% or higher, yet many teens make exception for themselves and decides to drive, and ends up getting into a deadly or very serious accidents which can cause to kill innocent people as well. Underage Drinking and driving is issue that has been underestimated by many people over the years and it is essential to...
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...Section I: * Good reason: reasons that are psychologically compelling for a given audience that makes further inquiry both unnecessary and redundant. Therefore, justifying a decision to affirm or reject a proposition. (Page 2, 12th Edition) Example: * Ethos: means to convince by the character of the author and by the amount of respect and credibility the commands from the audience. Example: As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results. * NDT*: National debate tournament. (Page 20, 12th Edition). * CEDA*: Cross Examination Debate Association. (Page 20, 12th Edition) * Sophists: A person who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments. Example: A person who uses graphs and scientific observation to convince someone that humans are not mammals. * Enthymeme: (1) A truncated syllogism, in which one of the premises or the conclusion is not stated. (Page 153, 12th Edition) Example: “You will come out victorious, just do your best." The missing premise is "All people who do their best are people who come out victorious." * Deduction: Argument that begins with a broad generalization and moves to a more specific application or conclusion. (Page 170, 12th Edition) Example: All living organisms eventually die. A flower is a living organism. Therefore, it will eventually die. * Induction: Argument that begins with a specific case and moves to a broader generalization...
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...What if every choice you made, even the small ones, could potentially change the path of your future? Every action has a purpose. In A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury, there is a time safari that people can pay ten thousand dollars to go on. They pay ten thousand dollars, choose an animal, get taken to it, and you get to shoot it. There are many rules on the safari because even the slightest movement could change the future. Eckels has paid and chosen his animal and is going back in time to kill it. He chooses to kill a Tyrannosaurus Rex. When facing the T-Rex he gets scared, goes off of the path and kills a butterfly on accident. They end up killing the T-Rex anyways, but there was debate on letting Eckels come back. Everyone who went back in time, eventually all go back to 2055, but they all question Eckels on what he could’ve done. Upon return, things are different than they were before. The author shows that every action has a purpose through foreshadowing, repetition, and the change in setting. The first craft move Ray Bradbury uses is foreshadowing. He uses this in the text to show us that every action has a reaction or a purpose. On lines 81-84, it says “‘We don’t want to change the Future. We don’t...
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...malice? Juveniles that commit crimes should be punished for the crimes that they commit, but they should not be tried as an adult. This paper will offer information on why there needs to be changes in the juvenile justice system, and it will analyze why the increased prosecution of juveniles in adult court is disastrous and nothing but a threatening policy. This policy is unjust, harmful to children and does nothing to increase public safety; consequently punishing adolescents as adults does more harm than good. Thomas J Bernard a professor of criminal justice and sociology at Pennsylvania State University explained how psychologists and sociologists saw young offenders. Bernard’s (2010) book The Cycle of Juvenile Justice recognized that minors are children and not adults. (p. 45) Bernard (2010) further explains that during the 18th century children were tried as adults. Juveniles as young as the age of seven could be tried and sentenced in criminal courts. (Bernard 2010) His research expounds on the Society for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency and their role as “child savers.” A child savers movement resulted in the first juvenile court. The child savers group was opposed to the confrontational adult criminal system, where the state's role was to prosecute the offender. However, the juvenile court had a more compassionate mission, which was flexible, easy going and tailored to the...
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