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There were multiple resulting effects of prohibition. A nation of law abiding citizens changed into law breakers. Nobody followed the law due to speakeasies, bootleggers, and moonshiners. If anything, prohibition made people want to rebel more. Flappers were a good example of rebelling people. Flappers were women in the 1920’s who started wearing more scandalous…

Time: 1957 Place: New York City Courtroom Case: An African-American teenager has been accused of murdering his father. On April 14th, 1951, Reginald Rose, a thirty-one-year-old army veteran published his second, and most prominent dramatic work entitled Twelve Angry Men. This play is now admired as a momentous, eloquent and critical examination of the United…

Steven Sachs, a probation officer since 1978, defines a gang as “a structured, cohesive group of individuals, usually between the ages of eleven and twenty-five, who generally operate under some form of leadership while claiming a territory or turf” (Sachs XV). Gangs display specific characteristics such as distinct clothing, use of special street names, language,…

Answers to Questions The Most Important Bill of Rights               Amendment I regarding freedom of speech (or expression of oneself), religion, press, and the right for assembly and petitioning the government for a redress of grievances is the bill of right, which I considered most important.  These rights are inherent to a democratic society….

October 2, 2006 changed the course of Amish life forever. On this day, Charles Carl Roberts IV entered an Amish schoolhouse near Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania carrying several guns. The rage inside of Roberts prompted him to shoot and kill five young school girls while seriously wounding five others.[1] Prior to this incident, the vast majority…

Recognise Recognise the signs and symptoms or believe what you are told Respond Comfort – warm and caring Reassure the person that you believe them and that it is not their fault/they are in no way to blame Do not promise that you will keep it secret (may need to pass on to help them,…

Sung Yon KimAsian CivilizationCelebrated Cases of Judge DeeIn by reading the Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, I gained a perspective of the people and culture of China. This book showed the analysis of Chinese saw and the background of Chinese history. Judge Dee, during the Tang Dynasty, was a well-known statesman and a magistrate to…

The “Three Strikes” law in California mandates life imprisonment without parole for individuals who repeatedly violate the criminal justice system. This approach fails to acknowledge any positive contributions these individuals may have made to society, their families, and their potential for rehabilitation. It even proposes capital punishment as the next course of action for these…

Fingerprints can identify us and only us. Everyone’s fingerprints are different; there are no two alike. That’s why they prove so useful when identifying dead bodies or fingerprints at a crime scene. Police use them at crime scenes; banks use them to identify checks. There are so many different uses for fingerprints. Fingerprints are read…

“As for Roger O’Farrel … He took me off a sinking ship when I was a baby and raised me like his own daughter. And if I took to the life of a rover, it is not his fault, who would have established me like a fine lady ashore had I wished. ” – Robert…