... v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972). The Supreme Court Justices decide that the death penalty was being handed out unfairly and according to Gest (1996) the Supreme Court felt the death penalty was being imposed “freakishly' and ‘wantonly� and “most often on blacks.� Several years later in Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976), the Supreme Court decided, with efficient controls, the death penalty could be used constitutionally. Yet, even with these various controls, the system does not effectively eliminate racial bias. Since Gregg v. Georgia the total population of all 36 death rows has grown as has th ...

... a woman “owes� him something if he has taken her out for dinner and a movie or if a woman acts in a friendly manner towards him. The presence of drugs and alcohol are also a contributing factor to the occurrence of date rape. An example of date rape that occurs commonly, especially within a college campus, is when both the man and women are drunk. In an environment such as a college or university, parties are commonplace for students. It is a place where friends can gather, listen to loud music, and get loaded. Typically, a man will coerce a woman back to his apartment or dorm. This is dangerous for both part ...

... Quantitative designs have dominated this field to date and typically are used for jury selection (Frederick, 1984; Penrod & Linz, 1986). Quantitative techniques, such as secondary analysis of survey data, have been employed to help create checklist scales to valuate potential jurors for prejudicial tendencies during voir dire (Abbott, 1987). Another purpose of quantitative techniques, which is used less often, is to focus strategic themes and arguments for trial. Nonetheless, quantitative designs have been strongly criticized (Saks, 1976), in large part because they tend to fall short when used as the princi ...

... an increase of approximate a billion dollars every year for the last five years. The projected budget for 2000 is $17.88 billion, a 4.3% increase over the 1999 budget. (www. White house). To better understand the present day drug war in America one should look at the history of the drug war. The first anti narcotic law ever passed in the United States was the San Francisco opium ordinance of 1875 (Gray, 46). Now that the railroads were finish the Chinamen, who had come to America to build the railroads, were a glut on the labor market so in a effort to remove these worker from the work force this ordnance was passed. ...

... authorized in one of five ways: Hanging (the traditional method of execution throughout the English- speaking world), electrocution (introduced by New York state in 1890), the gas chamber (adopted in Nevada in 1923), firing squad, and lethal injection (introduced in 1977 by Oklahoma), the majority of states provide for death by lethal injection. Supporters of the death penalty believe it is a better deterrent than imprisonment because taking an offender’s life is a more severe punishment. They also argue that no adequate deterrent in life imprisonment is effective for those already serving a life term who commi ...

... area and cellar space. V. Adult establishments must conform or terminate within a year. These regulations are set forth by the New York Department of City Planning for the following reasons: decrease property values of surrounding business and residents, increase in crime, substantial loss of business because of loss in investments and decline in economic and pedestrian activities. Issues. The controversies in the dispute involving the interests of the city versus the interests of the Adult Entertainment enterprises are three-fold. First, in the process of zoning property boundaries, the government must avoid ...

... the federal level are often defeated". The importance of this issue is that not all North Americans are necessarily supportive of strict gun control as being a feasible alternative to controlling urban violence. There are concerns with the opponents of gun control, that the professional criminal who wants a gun can obtain one, and leaves the average law-abiding citizen helpless in defending themselves against the perils of urban life . Is it our right to bear arms as North Americans ? Or is it privilege? And what are the benefits of having strict gun control laws? Through the analysis of the writings and reports ...

... "There's so much money--and the temptations are so prevalent--it's a wonder more cops aren't corrupted," says Samuel Walker, a criminal justice professor at University of Nebraska, Omaha (Reichel 110). Police officers usually accept money from criminals to over look their offense or to ignore it when its happens. With this happening it can cost them their whole job if they do accept the idea of ignoring the law: When police officers see dealers with $300,000 in the back seat of their car and know that if they arrest them the court's going to turn them out anyway, it may seem better form of ...

... laundering. Improving the government’s ability to intercept drug shipments at the borders, in national waters, and in national air space. Establishing strict controls that prevent illegal trafficking in firearms. Halting the flow of precursor chemicals for illicit purposes. Stepping up security along the nations borders. E. High-Level Contact Group for Drug Control (HLCG)- was established in March of 1996 by Presidents Clinton and Zedillo (of Mexico) to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking and reducing the consumption of illegal drugs. It has the following obj ...

... or more deserving white male, for instance, is highly questionably. If the point of all this is to help members of minority groups get past the barriers that are present in our society there are other things that we can do. There may be possibility to seek federal funding to improve the education systems in minority communities, but don't give jobs of deserving people to minorities to eliminate discrimination. does not eliminate discrimination. By highlighting the fact that some groups of people because of their sex, color, or origin, need special rules to advance in our society, only increases discriminatio ...