Category: Law

  • The Aurora Gun Issue Overview

    Table of Contents Introduction The Aurora Gun Issue Works Cited Introduction The resilience with which the rights organizations in Colorado have been fighting to block the constitutional restriction on access to guns is perhaps to blame for the recent shooting in Aurora. Following the 1999 Columbine tragedy, most legislators and voters from the Colorado state…

  • Conviction and Punishment

    Table of Contents Type of sentence for the offender Other relevant information for informed decision making Treatment options and alternatives for Doug Ineffectiveness of rehabilitation of sexual assault offenders in the past References Type of sentence for the offender The sentence given to Doug Kant will depend on the State and the law under which…

  • Chicago and the Ring of Steel

    The issues of security always bother people during a long period of time. Each nation wants to live in a safe city and be sure that some kind of control will always be present to improve their lives. A ring of steel is one of the most popular terms, which mean the security or surveillance…

  • Boot Camp for Juveniles

    Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction Boot camp, “frequently called shock or intensive incarceration…are designed to be an alternative to probation or to prison” (Wilson, MacKenzie, & Mitchell, 2008). According to Jones (2012), the first juvenile boot camp was established in the 1980s to take quick action on juveniles with “diversion ideology”. These…

  • Rewards and Punishments based on Relative Deserts: A Critical Analysis of Pojman’s Proposition

    The basic tenet of virtue ethics lies in the argument that it is imperative not only to perform the right action but also to posses the suitable disposition, inspirations, and emotions in being good and aspiring to do good. The ethical moralists postulate that our ethical standards should not only be judged according to our…

  • How bills become laws

    Bills are proposals bought into a legislative body for review. Upon acceptance, these proposals are then enacted into laws enforceable by the country. Bills go through a number of processes before they are enacted into laws (Sullivan, 2007). A proposed bill is first introduced to the house by either a member of the senate, the…

  • Simpson ‘S Criminal Case

    Table of Contents Evidence Public Exposure The trial The verdict References A retired American football player, football broadcaster, spokesman, and actor, O. J. Simpson was born on the 9th of July 1947. Simpson was held and criminally charged for the murders of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman. It was a lengthy legal tussle that was…

  • Amicus Curiae Brief: Hutchinson vs. Proxmire

    Table of Contents The case Facts of the case APA’s position Results of the case Reference The case The topic of the selected amicus curiae brief is defamation. The case was filed in the Supreme Court of the United States in the year 1979 and involved Hutchinson versus Proxmire. The main issue of the case…

  • How many murders occurred in USA in 2009?

    Table of Contents Methods used Observations about the Figures Commentary about the Statistic Conclusion Works Cited For many years now, there has been flawed statistics about murder in the United States of America with media exaggerating numbers that cannot be ascertained. Interestingly, these figures are exaggerated by a great margin sometimes by a factor of…

  • Homeland Security Issues

    Table of Contents Introduction Information Sharing Model and September 11th, 2001 References Introduction Only a few authorities were allowed to perform competitive and collaborative analysis of any intelligence information within the US. The attacks on September 11, 2001, revealed that there was a loophole within the methods used by government agencies to share information. This…