capital punishment
Weigh the pros, cons and controversies surrounding the grave issue of capital punishment; should the death penalty be allowed?
Civil War
Over the course of her lengthy history, America has been involved in several horrific conflicts. World War I and World War II were very arduous battles that put a strain on the nation's resources. But none of those battles can compare to the Civil War, not just in terms of its cruelty and loss of human life, but also in terms of the societal harm it wrought.
By Zahid Khan4 years ago in Criminal
Corruption
Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted with a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain. Corruption may involve many activities which include bribery and embezzlement, and it may also involve practices which are legal in many countries.[1] Political corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain. Corruption is most common in kleptocracies, oligarchies, narco-states, and mafia states.[citation needed]
By Rebecca Maria4 years ago in Criminal
The Capital Punishment Problem
Many Newcastle United fans, like myself, were recently subject to attacks in the media when it transpired that the Saudi Arabian government, who (although not "technically") essentially own the club, executed an extraordinary 81 people on one day in March. It brought to light the subject of sports washing by regimes such as this, whereby investment in something like a struggling football club helps shift western attention away from such atrocious activites as this. Now, that in itself is a big and complicated discussion, but I want to focus on the nature of the crime here. 81 people in one day is astonishing. I think that even those in the west who believe in the death penalty would agree. And I think one of the main reasons for this is that, although we cannot know for sure, many of the crimes that are punishable by death in Saudi Arabia are not remotely as severe as what some of us in the west would deem worthy of capital punishment. The other main reason it is so shocking, I think, is that the nature of the statistic implies there isn't much time taken to have trials or investigations before the death penalty is given. Let's compare this to say, the USA, where people spend years and years on death row going through the appeal process before they are eventually executed.
By Matty Long4 years ago in Criminal
Wild Chicago
Terry Howser had always loved wild Chicago with its flaky, faithful fields. It was a place where he felt active. He was a controlling, brave, tea drinker with dirty fingers and ruddy ankles. His friends saw him as a shy, smoggy saint. Once, he had even rescued a scrawny old man from a burning building. That's the sort of man he was.
By Xavier Taylor4 years ago in Criminal
Solitary Confinement
The practice of solitary confinement was first practiced in the 19th century when Quakers in Pennsylvania used this method as a new form of public punishments in federal prisons. The reform for solitary confinement did not surface until 2014 when study found a significant amount of similarities between being in solitary and committing an act of self-harm. Thus leading activists to protest and push assembly speakers in New York to pass a bill with a 15 day limit to solitary confinement. The reason for a limit according to the Activists and United Nations “Any period of confinement longer than that amounts to torture.'' Studies have found that prolonged isolation has serious detrimental effects on inmates with and without pre-existing mental illness, and it continues to grow.
By Marley Garcia4 years ago in Criminal
The battle to close Guantanamo Bay
In September 2001, just days after 9/11 George Bush launched the Global War On Terror. In October of that same year, he sent troops to invade Afghanistan, hunt down Bin Laden and go after the Taliban. America started offering cash rewards often enough change lives for anyone who help capture a terrorist. Many people in Afghanistan and Pakistan took advantage of the cash rewards and started turning people in, often times with very little evidence. The US sent those people to secret prisons in Afghanistan, Thailand, Romania, Poland and Lithuania called “Black Sites”. Here they were interrogated and tortured. But after about a month they started looking for a larger prison to consolidate all those prisoners, eventually settling on an American military base in Cuba. In January 2002 the first detainees began to arrive at Guantanamo Bay. Hundreds of prisoners were held at Guantanamo Bay, some were tortured, few were charged with a crime and none of them received a fair trial.
By OurBob 7754 years ago in Criminal
