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1. Introduction Capital punishment or the death penalty is a person who is put to death by the state as a punishment as a legal process for a crime. While the person actual process of killing is an execution, the manner is a death sentence that someone be punished by the judicial decree. Currently there…

Stockholm syndrome derives its name from a 1973 incident at Kreditbanken in Stockholm, Sweden. In this event, four bank employees were held hostage by two robbers from August 23 to 28. Surprisingly, the captors developed an emotional bond with their victims and even protected them. Presently, this syndrome is recognized as a psychological reaction to…

The following report has been undertaken by James Catley on behalf of the Attorney General. The report addresses the proposed amendments to the Victims of Crime Act 2001 (SA) for which the Attorney General will have responsibility. The proposed amendment will give the Commissioner for Victims’ Rights and/or the alleged victim of a sexual offence…

Sacrifice is defined as the “giving up of something valued for the sake of something else more rewarding.” As an act of selflessness one may feel the emotional grievances such as loss, emptiness, or simply missing out. There are instances when the face of sacrifice deceives individuals as “losing”, but it is a powerful articulation…

Facts March 2001, L. L. Bean’s corporate counsel mailed Gator a cease and desist letter requesting that Gator stop its pop-up windows from appearing when customers visited their website. Gator refused to change its practices and instead filed a lawsuit in federal district court in California seeking a declaratory judgment. L. L. Bean filed a…

“Forgiving violence does not mean condoning violence. There are only two alternatives to forgiving violence: revenge, or adopting an attitude of never-ending bitterness and anger. For too long we have treated violence with violence, and that’s why it never ends.” (Coretta Scott King, Widow of Martin Luther King) The Catholic Church strongly opposes capital punishment,…

 On July 13th of 2003, a Vietnamese woman named Cau Thi Bich Tran was fatally shot in the chest and killed. She was killed in her apartment in front of her boyfriend, with her two children in the adjacent room. On the night of July 13, Tran had accidentally locked herself out of her bedroom….

Both Marxist and neo-Marxist perspectives are controversial because they claim that the ruling class is to blame for criminalizing the working class, contradicting official statistics and the beliefs of Functionalists. However, both Marxism and Functionalism agree on the importance of societal structures and institutions in shaping individuals’ behavior, including their involvement in criminal activities. According…

This simple quote by Edward Counsel sums up the true meaning behind the act of revenge “revenge is but a small circle”. This also seems to be related to the popular saying “what goes around comes around”. Revenge is defined as the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong…

“Nationally, juvenile sex offenders make up 20% of all individuals charged with sexual offenses (McGinnis, 2006). Placing a sex offender label on a juvenile may unjustifiably put restrictions on his or her opportunities in adulthood so it is for this reason that cases involving juvenile sex offenders should be prosecuted cautiously. The term “sex offender”…