Justice System
Is the death penalty an effective crime deterrent?
Is the death penalty an effective crime deterrent?
vote now: Yes or No - (view results)
Yes
by T. M. Beeker
If you kill someone who commits a crime you 100% deter their future crimes. It is truly that simple
No
by Skye Martin
"If the USA's capital justice system were a private company, it would have been shut down long ago.
Justice System
Reflections: The hidden cost of crime for the taxpayer
The True Cost of Crime
Besides the obvious costs of crime, lives lost, the expense of law enforcement and prisons; there is the cost
Justice System
Classifications of sex offenders in the state of Ohio
by Tom Schiavon
On January 1, 2008 Ohio became one of the first states to implement the Adam Walsh act, which requires states to create a classification
Justice System
How many offenses should a juvenile be allowed before serious consequences are imposed?
by Kris Kennedy
Juvenile Offenses
Today society wants juveniles tried as adults, but they remain children. The question of the nature of offense
210 Article Titles on Justice System
- Why California wants to drop the death penalty (1 article)
- Should punishment for major crimes be harsher? (3 articles)
- Implications of the Supreme Court's "strip search" decision (3 articles)
- Should the United States ban the death penalty? (30 articles)
- Societal problems facing today's youth (4 articles)
- Encounters with registered sex offenders (7 articles)
- The moral dilemmas of determining a punishment for an offender (1 article)
- Should there be privatized prisons? (10 articles)
- A miscarriage of justice for the West Memphis Three (4 articles)
- Is retribution, eye for an eye, a valid form of punishment for the American criminal justice system? (1 article)
- Armed robbery from a victim's point-of-view (3 articles)
- Assessing the death penalty (97 articles)
- First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1 article)
- Should child offenders be put to death? (34 articles)
- The difficulties of prosecuting high tech crimes (1 article)
- Should criminals convicted of non-violent crimes face jail terms? (31 articles)
- Did the jury reach the right verdict in the Casey Anthony case? (16 articles)
- Understanding civil litigation (3 articles)
- An overview of the 14th amendment (2 articles)
- Is the death penalty an effective crime deterrent? (120 articles)
- Is the death penalty moral? (6 articles)
- Commentary: Pedophiles and the death penalty (3 articles)
- Is some form of racial profiling necessary for homeland security to be effective? (10 articles)
- Do restrictive gun laws reduce crime? (6 articles)
- 9th Circuit Court of Appeals hears challenges to gay juror dismissals (1 article)
- Pros and cons of banning the death penalty in the United States (1 article)
- Does capital punishment act as deterrent against homicide? (1 article)
- Controversial Florida law: Should welfare recipients be drug tested? (2 articles)
- Illinois' death row officially shuts down (1 article)
- Should smoking around children be considered child abuse? (17 articles)
- The state should force the mentally ill into treatment even if they are not an "imminent threat" to themselves or others (26 articles)
- Does capital punishment equate to human sacrifice? (2 articles)
- Should mandatory sterilization be considered for repeat sex offenders? (4 articles)
- Is the death penalty just or unjust? (70 articles)
- The case for legalizing drugs (7 articles)
- Deciding whether those who pass the death penalty are murderers, too (12 articles)
- Modern day bounty hunters: The role of bail bondsman in US courts (1 article)
- Should parents be held responsible for their minor children's criminal behavior? (51 articles)
- Does our criminal justice system need to be reformed? (3 articles)
- Arguments in favor of the death penalty (29 articles)
- Basic facts and history of the US Supreme Court (2 articles)
- What is the US Supreme Court? (2 articles)
- Background to gun control in America (1 article)
- Should prisoners receive sex-change surgery at taxpayers' expense? (19 articles)
- Mental illness and the criminal justice system (2 articles)
- Deciding on more severe punishments for sex offenders and child abusers (21 articles)
- The difference between actus reus and mens rea and what it means to the criminal justice system (5 articles)
- Death row inmate could get second chance (1 article)
- Commentary: O.J. Simpson and American justice? (15 articles)
- History of U.S. District Judges removed from office by impeachment (1 article)
