... for murder, 25 for rape, and 24 for kidnapping. A. I have a strong proposition for the California Legislature...and that is a strict and logical reform to the present Criminal Justice System in California. B. "The California Legislature is to be commended for its stance on crime. Not for their "get tough" policies such as the "Three Strikes" law but for their enactment of a little known section of the Penal Code entitled the "Community Based Punishment Act of 1994." (Senator Quentin Kopp, Time Magazine Feb 14, 1996) C. By passage of this act, the State of California has acknowledged the limitations of incarcerati ...

... all who are involved in its enforcement, as well as its victim."(Stewart 1) Capital Punishment has been part of the criminal justice system since the earliest of times. The Babylonian Hammurabi Code(ca. 1700 B.C.) decreed death for crimes as minor as the fraudulent sale of beer(Flanders 3). Egyptians could be put to death for disclosing the location of sacred burial sites(Flanders 3). However, in recent times opponents have shown the death penalty to be racist, barbaric, and in violation with the United States Constitution as "...cruel and unusual punishment." In this country, although laws governing the applicatio ...

... ages, but I know that I loved to ride in cars. It helps that my parents are both avid seatbelt wearers because drivers who do wear belts are three times more likely to buckle up their kids. Of course, I had to wear my seat belt and sit in the back seat. I did not always do what my parents asked, but I did tend to wear my seatbelt all the time. It became habit to jump in the car and buckle up. Without a seatbelt, I feel as though I am missing something and I feel completely naked without it. In the past fifteen years, I have, unfortunately, been a passenger in approximately ten car accidents. A few of these we ...

... criminal here steals a can of soda. He gets arrested, spends a month at Theo Lacy, gets six months probation, and is released out on the streets again. Six months go by and this time he gets hungry not thirsty and he steals a candy bar. After a year in jail, 2 years probation, and a healthy fine, he is released yet again onto the same streets. Right now you're thinking “stupid kid, stealing a soda and candy bar he deserves what he gets,� but then our little buddy goes out and snatches a purse from some poor old lady. Well that's the big 3! Under this new law, this crime would be tried as a misdemeanor but w ...

... either of the "exceeding 80 m.g." offences. Consequently it is usually easier in the long run for you to give a breath sample if asked. If, for example you are convicted of "Refusing ato give a breath sample" for the first time, but was earlier convicted of "Driving while impaired", your conviction for "Refusing" will count as a second conviction, not a first, and will receive the stiffer penalty for second offences. For the first offence here is the penalty and the defences you can make. Driving a vehicle while your ability to drive is impaired by alcohol or drugs is one of the offences. Evidence of your condition c ...

... crime rate in states which kept strict CCW laws fell by an average of 24.8%. The 29 states that bought the NRA line that hidden handguns make them safer saw their violent crime rates drop by only 11.4%. Nationally, violent crime declined by 19.4% in that five year period. Violent crime actually rose in 12 of 29 states (41%) which liberalized their CCW laws over the five years beginning in 1992, compared to a similar rise in violent crime in only 4 of 22 states (18%) which did not change their CCW laws. From the above statistics it is obvious that access to firearms did not provide extra protection for the citizen ...

... guilt by banishment, not death. And by so doing they stopped that endless vicious cycle of murder and revenge." (Euripedes, Orestes 408 B.C.) By 1500 in England only major felonies carried the death penalty. Reform of the death penalty began in Europe by the 1750's. By the 1850's these reform efforts bore fruit. Michigan first abolished the death penalty in 1847. Various public opinion polls report that more than 70% of Americans favor the death penalty for murder. By 1991, some 2,350 persons were under the death sentence in 36 states. The death penalty should be moral because, " a life for a life." ...

... people may enter the scene. They also have to protect all possible evidences left by the suspect. In the Simpson case, the officers did not do a very good job at securing the scene. They had allowed unauthorized officers the go through the scene, thus causing some contamination to the crime scene. This error had allowed the defense to attack the creditability of the police department. CAUSE AND TIME OF DEATH When the officers first arrived the scene, they saw two people lying in a pool of blood. The officers did not know if they were dead and if they were, how and when. After the medical examiner looked ...

... giddy and euphoric. The second is sedation, when a person finds mental tranquility. All forms of marijuana are mind-altering. They all contain a chemical called tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly called THC, which is the main chemical in marijuana. There are over four hundred chemicals in the marijuana plant, however not all of them cause the same effect. The chemical structure of marijuana is very complex and unique. This is why a number of people smoke this plant to get high. There are a large number of people in the United States who believe that marijuana should not be legalized. There are many reasons that pe ...

... going blind, and cancer patients for whom it alleviates the severe nausea that is often accompanies chemotherapy and sometimes makes lifesaving treatment impossible. Due to all these lobbying groups which show substantial evidence that marijuana can be used as a prescribed drug. Also many advocates who are pro marijuana complain that morphine and cocaine are legal and are very dangerous drugs, that brings up the question why not legalize marijuana as medical drug which is proven to be less dangerous than cocaine and morphine. Lobbying groups in a San Diego, California , council committee unanimously voted to urge p ...