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The American juvenile justice system was designed over 100 years ago to reform kids who were found guilty of minor crimes such as petty theft and truancy. It is a network of agencies that deal with juveniles whose conduct has come in conflict with the law. The system acts as a shield for juveniles who perform adult criminal acts or status offences- acts that illegal only when performed by a juvenile; such as truancy, being beyond control of parents or guardians, running away, and/or knowingly associating with criminals. Stealing and skipping school have been replaced by violent crimes, such as rape and murder. Today, the system is becoming overwhelmed by crimes of violence. The juvenile justice system was never meant to deal with these kinds of problems. In ...
Amendment I (1791) Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Amendment II...
With out the death penalty families of murder victims would be delt a double blow. Many families feel that the only justice they could posiblly recive is having the murder put on death row. In the book "Rights of execcution" by louis Mansor there was a case where a girl had both her parents brudally murdered, the book reads "She cries every day,...
Today the first meeting of the Continental Congress we had an opening speech by Benjamin Franklin and George Washington they talked about a government based on freedom and all 13 colonies will be united into one nation. We are going to have three branches of government; Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Delegates from all 13 colonies appeare...
For years now, China has been making an effort to update its nuclear arsenal to be at the level of other countries that are known world super powers. To do this, China has been buying both weapons and information, as well as spying to gain technology. The reason China is trying to bulk up on nuclear weapons is supposedly because, in the past, it...
Affirmative action policies do not benefit those who are supposed to be helped in any way. Instead of Affirmative action decisions in their favor, minorities and females are entrenched in their status because of the lowering of standards and expectations imposed on them by businesses and educational institutions due to the cries of racism and sexi...
