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…Bills Waiting to be Passed Bill summaries and statuses in congress. Some are still floating around in congress waiting to get passed. One bill is the Juvenile Crime Control Act of 1997. This bill states that if a juvenile is alleged of committing…

…of a crime. Fingerprints are very helpful, except that for many crimes, no fingerprints are left behind. Thus, the idea of DNA identification is born. I believe that a national identification system is not necessary. I also believe it is wrong. Just as I…

…Sophocles's Teiresias condemns pride as an evil. In Antigone, pride was an action despised by society and the gods of Greek mythology. Those who were over-prideful were often punished by the gods and were condemned to suffering. Though, pride is both…

…to the conclusion that "there is a substantial probability that he [Martin] will not appear in court on the return date or there is a serous risk that he may before the return date commit an act which if committed by an adult would constitute a crime". Martin was later…

…in many parts of the modern world. Violence is also not as taboo as it is today, by far. The lack of real punishment for violent crime allows the characters of the book, and no doubt the real citizens of Rome, to commit crimes that would be horrifying to modern…

…contests that involved bloodshed, banned capital punishment, reduced taxes, improved the independence of the roman senate and gave rights to slaves to speak out against their masters. Nero promoted poetry, theater and even athletics. He even became some what…

…When people today think of the Texas Judicial System, we think of the death penalty. Or in some way, the courts either not being fair enough or too fair for one's crime. In Machiavelli's "The Prince", the prince has a thought of committing the pain…

…Should Marijuana be Legalized? Abraham Lincoln once said, “Prohibition makes crimes out of things that are not crimes.” This is true with the prohibition of marijuana: the use of marijuana should not be a crime, but prohibition makes it one…

…The Law Unrightfully Used The Three Strike Law is not doing what it was said to do. it puts people in jail for to many non-violent crimes. then for each of the non-violent cases it will over flow the jail houses wish will for se the actual violent…

…cause problems emotionally with parents and the person charged, with friends, and a lot of complications to the justice system. Shoplifting also affects people that the accused doesn't even know and causes a ripple affect for months after the crime…