Essays on Pardon

Should prisons be privatized?

Prison privatization is sustained by claims that facilities that are privately operated are cost effective at ensuring the provision of services compared to public institutions. Other evidence show that this assertion is not supported while others do. In addition, when turned into a for-profit industry, a few challenges will accompany incarceration centers. The following points argue for and against prison privatization Fiscal savings through cost containment: People who support private prisons assert that the private sector is saving the available resources through great efficiencies. Safety and services: Advocates claim that prison privatization has been successful in other industries with ...

Discussion 1

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Discussion 2

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Perhaps the oldest element of the criminal justice system are the courts. To be sure, it goes without saying that with the courts, the criminal justice system would cease to function (Kaci, 1998). One of the more commonly understood roles of the court in the criminal justice system is its involvement in the determination of the guilt of innocence of the defendant. In this role, the court stands a neutral referee in the contest between adversaries, namely the prosecution and the defense. In other words, the court enforces the procedural rules and regulations involved in the investigation and litigation ...

Introduction

It is customary for the non-native speakers to substitute the correct pronunciation of the words with their versions of vowels and consonants. There are patterns of pronunciation of words in every language and it is believed that the non-native speakers utilize their habitual pronunciation of the new language. These patterns in language may persist at different levels. Some of the non-native speakers tend to learn new language faster, the others retain the traces of native language in their patterns of pronunciation through the years. This may root in different factors, such as the duration of practice in new language, ...

Introduction

Secular states are based on the need to separate the state from religion. Secular states are neutral and do not support any religion. On the contrary, Islamic countries are based on the need to introduce Islamic law within political systems. Religious laws restrict democracy and respect for freedoms and rights as part of secular states restricted by religious laws. The true political rule should be based on divine laws such as Islamic laws. This discussion is based on case studies of Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) and Jamal Abd alNasser, Egypt’s Liberation, 1953. In Iran, case studies ...

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1. The central issue of Aarti Shanani’s essay "Legalization and De-legalization" is the difficulties which the immigrants have to face due to the imperfections of the law. The anecdote of Julio Beltre's father's deportation sets up the central theme of Aarti Shanani's essay as an example of unfair treatment of the immigrants and the impact that it makes on the immigrants themselves and their families as well (Shanani, 208). 2. Shanani claims that immigration is "the issues everywhere," and it is impossible not to agree with him (Shanani, 208). With the ...

Introduction

Human rights employment is a set of guidelines that are put in place to protect people from any form of discrimination. Human rights have a purpose that seeks to guarantee individuals equal treatment regardless of any certain identified characteristics that are normally termed as “prohibited grounds of discrimination” that in some sort of way have attracted historical bias or stereotyping in regard to employment. In any organization, employers who may include nonprofit organization have to be aware of different human rights legislation as it applies to the different practices of employments. These employment practices include recruitment advertisements, promotion, wages, ...

Le Prix du pardon forms the base in a book that was written by Mbissane Ngome, who, with similar characteristics to Wade, forms the coast of Senegal, where the background of the story is set. The Story of Ngome relies on an oral narrative tradition that the people with whom he is related to and Le Prix du pardon have similarities to this (Groof 200). Due to the respect he had for his oral tradition, Wade decided to be a narrator accompanied by everyday functions and all the supernatural events. This visual technique that Wade employs, as a feature ...

Introduction

The President of the U.S. holds the powers of the executive branch, acts as the armed forces’ commander-in-chief and head of state. The President is also responsible for enforcing and implementing the laws written by the Congress and, appoints the federal agency leadership, including the Cabinet (The White House N.pag). Despite holding these vast formal powers, there are several constitutional legal restricts, balances and checks, the incumbent President usually finds as mentioned by the former President Harry S. Truman, that “the powers of the president mostly amount to getting people to do what they ought to do without him ...

Abstract

The concept of the death penalty is one of the world’s most sensitive issues due to the fact countries are divided over its use and validity. While there are nations who have slowly removed the death penalty in their penal code, there are states who still see its worth and continue to practice it against the worst criminals in their history. Currently, countries like the United States and Iran continue the practice of the capital punishment despite the controversies regarding their executions and the nature of death penalty itself. However, it is visible that both nations varied extensively ...

- Thesis Statement This paper is a comprehensive analysis of the production of the play Measure to Measure by Shakespeare that I watched on Thursday 27th February, 2014 at 2230 hours at The New 42nd Street Studios which belongs to The New Victory Theatre Company. - Overview The play that forms subject for this report is entitled Measure for Measure. The theatre company that presents the production of this play was The New Victory Theatre Company which has numerous theatre rooms across the streets of New York including, The Duke on 42nd street and The New 42nd ...

Criminal Law

Executive Summary This paper will discuss of the current flawed policies in the criminal justice arena and provide recommendations on how to revise these mistakes to make the policies more effective. The primary consideration of the report is to maintain public safety and to implement cost-effective policies. As an expert in the field of criminal justice, the goal is to advise the Task Force by creating an Expert Panel and to present a report to the Governor based on the problematic areas of the criminal justice arena in the State of Florida. The following objectives of the report shall ...

John Keats’ poem Ode to Psyche can only be understood in the context of its allusion to the Greek myth of Psyche. This poem is as much an ode to Psyche as it is an entreaty that Psyche forgive the speaker for his praise of her. Rather than praising the subject, Psyche, as is customary in an ode, Keats in this poem stretches the form of an ode to include an emblematic wink at the camera, so to speak. The poem not only addresses a high praise of Psyche, but in doing some becomes self-referential in its praise and allusion. ...

Introduction

The Russian government is a federal type of government. The Russian federation includes 21 Republics 46 Oblast, 9 Kraj, 1 Autonomous Oblast, 4 Autonomous Okrug and 2 Cities of Federal Significance: Moscow and St. Petersburg. The president and the prime minister share the executive power though the president is the main political figure in government. The legislature on the other hand comprises of the Federal Assembly of Russia. The Federal Assembly of Russia is consists of two chambers. The first chamber is the lower house known as the Duma and the second legislative chamber is the upper house known as ...

Antisocial personality disorder and criminality

Societal expectations from rational humans are often viewed as demanding, but high tolerance is exercised on the situations that depict some form of deviations, which do not last for long. When the variance from the expected norm is extreme and last for relatively long, the affected individuals are said to be suffering from antisocial personality disorder. A psychiatric condition characterized by adamant behaviors, which tend to exploit, manipulate and violate the liberties of humans, animals and other societal elements, antisocial personality disorder is one of the factors that motivate the engagement of vices in the society. Persistent disregard to ...

People, who have been recently released, often report the fact that they feel being in-between. On the one hand, they are free, while on the other, they still encounter a variety of complicated and sometimes depressive issues related to such challenging dimensions of release as reentry difficulties, inability to meet personal needs and barriers to success. The release from prison seems to be euphoric event to those, who have never had the experience of being incarcerated. For a new releasee returning home after is a harsh experience of perceiving variety of changes both regarding the way the routine is being organized, ...

In today’s modern world, the most powerful executives are the British Prime Minister and The American President. There have been many debates on who is more powerful of the two. They often end at a standoff as the evidence presented does not clearly edge one institution ahead of the other. In this essay, I will attempt to prove which of the two offices is more powerful by outlining and comparing the powers and duties of both. More often than not, the American President is referred to as the most powerful man in the world. His power is however ...

Introduction

A presidential pardon is the clemency of an offense and the withdrawal of a pertinent penalty. The head of state or the president is responsible for granting this pardon. This process usually follows a number of procedures before it can take place. It involves remission, commutation, pardoning and reprieve. Currently, a number of countries offer presidential pardons for convicts who have ensured that they settled their debts to the community. Sometimes presidential pardons are given to those individuals who have been convicted wrongfully. However, today, such cases of wrongful conviction are often handled by an appeal instead of pardon. In this view, ...

Marijuana is generally treated as an illegal drug and the majority of treaties and federal laws forbid the growing, selling and possessing of marijuana. However, the current civilization is beginning to embrace the idea of marijuana legalization in the United States. According to the survey report by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press (2013), there is a dramatic increase of favorable views of legalizing marijuana from the 1960’s to the current year of 2013. Almost half of the respondents even consider smoking no longer immoral and more people believe that smoking marijuana is not a moral ...

Introduction

A presidential pardon is the clemency of an offense and the withdrawal of a pertinent penalty. The head of state or the president is responsible for granting this pardon. This process usually follows a number of procedures before it can take place. It involves remission, commutation, pardoning and reprieve. Currently, a number of countries offer presidential pardons for convicts who have ensured that they settled their debts to the community. Sometimes presidential pardons are given to those individuals who have been convicted wrongfully. However, today, such cases of wrongful conviction are often handled by an appeal instead of pardon. In this view, ...

Introduction

In the early 1500’s, a young German university teacher and monk known as Martin Luther began feeling that major reforms were required in the most famous church at that time, The Roman Catholic Church. There was one particular practice in the Roman Catholic Church that Martin Luther hated and this was indulgences selling. Indulgence selling involved the exclusion or release of individuals from punishment for sin in exchange for money. The individuals were given what was referred to as “letters of pardon”. In 1957, Martin Luther made a conclusive list of personal objections to the practices of the Roman ...

In his compelling book “31 Days: The Crisis That Gave Us the Government We Have Today,” Barry Werth sheds new light on the four weeks after President Richard M. Nixon resigned and departed from the White House in 1974, and the ongoing effects of that period. After Nixon’s departure when Gerald Ford reluctantly assumed presidency, the country was reeling from Watergate scandal. President Ford desperately needed to prove himself by stabilizing the nation, deciding whether his disgraced predecessor would be pardoned, and establishing his own administration. All in all, Werth’s book highlights the burden of the demanding ...

In the play “Hamlet” Hamlet and Claudius are related in two ways, Claudius is Hamlet’s uncle and he is also his step-father. There is a fuel between Hamlet and King Claudius; Hamlet is determined to avenge his father’s death and Claudius is resolved to keep his kingdom Hamlet returns to Denmark to find his uncle, King of Denmark a possession that should be his, and his mother married to his uncle. Immediately Hamlet becomes suspicious of both of them. King Claudius has a get together for his friends, Lords, and attendants, and Hamlet is invited too. Hamlet stands aside ...

Analysis of Asian Horror Movies

The first movie I would like to analyze is a South Korean horror-thriller movie “Old Boy”, directed by Park Chan-Wook, that was first released in 2003. The storyline is based on a poorly-known Japanese manga of the same name, written by Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya. This movie is a part of a trilogy called “Vengeance Trilogy” together with “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance” and “Sympathy for Lady Vengeance”. “Old Boy” won the so called “Grand Prix”(the second award in order of importance) during the Cannes Film Festival, receiving also a special mention by Quentin Tarantino (president of the Jury). The impact of ...

The three components of the criminal justice system are the police department, the courts, and the department of corrections. The police maintain public order and investigate crimes, as well as protect the rights of fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals (Schmalleger, 2009). To accomplish these goals, the police department constantly patrols cities and arrests those suspected of committing a crime (Cole & Smith). The courts exist to formally charge individuals with a crime, hold trials to determine a defendant’s guilt or innocence, and to sentence those found guilty. The corrections department functions to carry out sentences imposed by the courts. (Schmalleger, 2009) ...