...Case 9: Capital State Arena in the text (pg. 473-475). In a three- to four-page paper, excluding the title and reference pages, provide a brief summary of the case and main points, and address the following prompts, using qualitative and quantitative data where necessary to provide support. • You are the purchasing agent for CSU. Your manager has asked you to design evaluation criteria for purchase of the new lighting system. Develop a supplier selection and evaluation model for this purchasing decision. Justify the reasoning for your response. • Part of your role in selecting the lighting system will be to satisfy the needs of the university purchasing team and the end users. Develop a university purchasing team/ end users’ needs matrix to help with this purchasing decision. Explain the needs for each user and how you determined the needs, in addition to providing examples Read Case 9: Capital State Arena in the text (pg. 473-475) and answer the following question in a 2-3 page paper, using calculations where necessary to provide support. Your paper should have at least two scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook, and be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. • If you were the purchasing agent for CSU what actions would you recommend regarding the purchase of the theatrical lighting system? The Capital State Arena, located on the Capital State University (CSU) campus, is a new 20,000-seat arena that is a...
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...Judith Miller 612 Advanced Project Procurement Dr. Cooke Capital State Arena June 4, 2012 The text stated the theatrical lighting system is a complex system of lights, controllers, and lighting adjustments located inside of the gymnasium arena on the campus of Capital State University (Benton, 2010). The gymnasium is mainly used for basketball events, but will hold commencement exercises and other university sports in the future. That is the main reason the gymnasium is in need of enhancing its lighting system. The arena is overdue for some lighting adjustments because it has yet to be changed over the years. In order for this project to begin, it first must start with the purchasing department who has requests from two suppliers and a possibility of a third supplier. They have offered to make the renovation to the theatrical lighting system to have accommodated the different events. “The current technology was specified; the system will be leased out at a rate of $2000.00 per day plus operator expenses” (Benton, p.461). Some of the console features to consider is the lighting consoles needs are being users-friendly. Its needs to be programmable lighting system, and have room to expand since eventually additional lights might be added. The purchasing department also wants to purchase a theatrical lighting system that can be easily upgraded, equiped with a warranty, maintenance, and the repair of parts. After evaluating the three bids from the different manufacturers...
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...Humanity had decided that those who commit the most heinous crimes, deserve to die. For many years people had been hung, burned, skinned alive or thrown into an arena with lions in it, all because of terrible, unspeakable crimes. What’s worse, is that sometimes those people were innocent, putting the authorities into the position of a murderer. But these days, the number of people who believe that execution is wrong has risen dramatically, and debates have started whether it’s okay to lawfully kill someone or not. According to many people and myself, execution should be illegal due to various reasons such as being primitive, and most importantly, giving us a wrong sense of justice. One meaning of justice is : “ fairness in the way people are...
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..."Ultimately, the moral question surrounding capital punishment in America has less to do with whether those convicted of violent crime deserve to die than with whether state and federal governments deserve to kill those whom it has imprisoned. The legacy of racial apartheid, racial bias, and ethnic discrimination is unavoidably evident in the administration of capital punishment in America. Death sentences are imposed in a criminal justice system that treats you better if you are rich and guilty than if you are poor and innocent. This is an immoral condition that makes rejecting the death penalty on moral grounds not only defensible but necessary for those who refuse to accept unequal or unjust administration of punishment."- Professor of Law at New York University School of Law "Death is... an unusually severe punishment, unusual in its pain, in its finality, and in its enormity... The fatal constitutional infirmity in the punishment of death is that it treats 'members of the human race as nonhumans, as objects to be toyed with and discarded. [It is] thus inconsistent with the fundamental premise of the Clause that even the vilest criminal remains a human being possessed of common human dignity.' [Quoting himself from Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 257 (1972)] As such it is a penalty that 'subjects the individual to a fate forbidden by the principle of civilized treatment guaranteed by the [Clause].' [Quoting C.J. Warren from Trop v. Dulles, 356 U.S. 86, 101 (1958)] I therefore...
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...Marc Habbaki 9/1/2012 I.D.: 12090561 Death Penalty Is death penalty served as a justified and valid form of punishment? There are two arguments for this topic with a lot of different reasons and explanations .One says prevention, the other side says there's a potential of executing an innocent man; one says justice and punishment; the other side says execution is murder. However, c0rime is an evident part of society, and everyone is aware that something must be done about it. In several parts of the world, the death penalty has been apportioned to those who have committed a variety of felonies. The Roman Empire made use of the death penalty liberally, as did the Church of the Middle Ages. As history tells us, capital punishment is an acceptable and efficient means of deterring crime. Today, the death penalty remains an effective method of punishment for murder and other terrible crimes because it helps lower the rate of violent crimes, makes the streets safer and provides us a better environment to live in. People will rob, take advantage of others, and commit crimes as long as it is in their best interest to do so. The purpose of our entire criminal justice system is to protect the rights of life, freedom, and property for all its citizens. To be able to accomplish this, the punishment for crime must be harsh enough to deter potential criminals. Under this mindset, the death penalty makes perfect sense because it truly makes a criminal pay for his crime and prevents...
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...Introduction -defines execution as the act or an instance of putting to death or being put to death as a lawful penalty. There are various hot debates on this issue especially criticizing Muslims but that doesn’t end as capital punishment exist in most western countries like USA and UK. -shouldn’t we think of the families that are broken apart now because of the merciless acts of these criminals? Body Incapacitation of the criminal. Capital punishment permanently removes the worst criminals from society and should prove much cheaper and safer for the rest of us than long term or permanent incarceration. It is self evident that dead criminals cannot commit any further crimes, either within prison or after escaping or being released from it. Some criminals are beyond rehabilitation; it may be that capital punishment should be reserved for serial killers, terrorists, murderers of policemen and so on. There is evidence that Major religions also support death penalty as a principle depending on circumstances. Costly. Money is not an inexhaustible commodity and the state may very well better spend our (limited) resources on the old, the young and the sick etc., rather than on the long term imprisonment of murderers, rapists, etc. key advantage of the death penalty over life imprisonment: it saves tax-payers the huge cost of keeping murderers locked up. Why should the taxpayer bear the cost of supporting a murderer for an entire lifetime? Huge opportunity...
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...Capital Punishment does not violate the Eight Amendment BCOM/275 Oliver Ellsworth drafted the Crimes Act of 1790 and was passed by congress on April 30, 1790. When the First Congress enacted the Crimes Act in 1790, it stipulated only 17 federal crimes will be taken to trial. (Meese III, 2010). Defendants that were found guilty of murder and prison break were put to death. Oliver Ellsworth was appointed Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1796. “In Furman v. Georgia (1972), the U.S. Supreme Court found that the death penalty, which was applied capriciously and on a racially discriminatory basis, violated the Eighth Amendment.” These death penalties are cruel and unusual. (Head, n.d.). U.S. Supreme Court voted upholding the death penalty in Gregg v. Georgia in 1976 by 7-2. In regards to the vote, there would be some changes to the Crimes Act of 1790 that would not allow defendants eligible for the death penalty. One of the changes is the defendants I.Q. When the defendant’s has an I.Q. below 70, the defendant would be labeled mentally retarded and would not be eligible for the death penalty. When the defendant is under the age of 18 at the time of the crime, the defendant would not be eligible for the death penalty. President Clinton signed the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 in the aftermath of the World Trade Center and the Oklahoma City bombings, this Act allowed the defendant found guilty would be subject to the death penalty...
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...penalty is the best way to bring justice because it is cheap, it serves as justice for the victims, and it gives a higher regard to the victim’s suffering in the hands of the murderer. Although some people oppose death penalty saying it is immoral and a waste of life, it is still the best way to bring justice to the victims of heinous crimes. Death penalty is the best way to bring justice because it is cheap. The government can save a lot of money with death penalty. When prisoners get sentenced to death, taxpayers would not have to pay tax to supply the needs of the prisoners who did a heinous crime. Instead of using the money to sustain murderers, the money could be use in many other projects that can help the citizens of the United States. We can use the money to make roads and give the budget to financial aid, towards education, and projects for the future of the country. We do not have to pay for these killers and murderers. Death penalty serves justice for the victims of these heinous crimes. If someone takes a life of another person with no reason, that person deserves to die too. If that person values his/her life, he/she should not take another person’s life. The idealism “eye for an eye” works in this topic. Without penalty, our justice system is a failure. It would fail to bring justice to the victims who died because of these murderers. Our justice system is built to justly punish and bring justice to victims. As a response to David Bruck’s essay opposing...
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...John H. Whitehead Professor Roth Whitehead 1 A Moratorium on The Death Penalty Should Be Enacted In Illinois Due to the recent releases of newly exonerated Death Row inmates, individuals and organizations are calling for a moratorium- a cooling off period for state executions. The cases of just a few inmates makes it apparent that this would be a necessary step to save innocent lives. After 17 years in prison, Illinois Death Row inmate Anthony Porter was released from jail after a judge threw out his murder conviction following the introduction of new evidence. This reversal of fortune came just two days before Porter was to be executed. As reported in USA Today, Porter's release was the result of investigative research as conducted by a Northwestern University professor and students. The evidence gathered suggested that Porter had been wrongly convicted. Were these new revelations and the subsequent release of Porter a lucky break or a freak occurrence? Not likely, reports DeWayne Wickham, also of USA Today. He points out that since the reinstatement of the death penalty in the United States in 1976, of those sentenced to death, 490 people have been executed while 76 have been freed from Death Row. This calculates into one innocent person being released from Death Row for every six individuals that were executed. This figure correlates with the 1996 U.S. Department of Justice report that indicates that over a 7-year period, beginning in 1989, when DNA evidence in various cases...
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... |They become over-sensitive. Where men know to stop being | | |sensitive on a issue | |Women pay attention and listen to the whole conversation |Men listen to what they want to listen to | |It shows a sign of support to the individual or person |Sometimes does not include their own feelings or input. | 2b. Capital punishment is no deterrent to crime. |Pros |Cons | |Using Capital Punishment will deter people from committing |People will continue to commit capital crimes if they know the | |violent crimes. |sentencing is less. | |In some states, crime has been reduced |In other states, it has not changed. | |Some criminals do care about the punishment |Some people have done it by accident | |There are...
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...of as having to take care of the home. They are looked at as the “weaker sex”. Traditionally women are not thought of as being as strong as men. Women on death row are more likely to endure hardships then men. The reason for this is there are so few women that they are more likely to be placed in isolation. Women are also more likely to experience sexual harassment also. They may be deprived of television time, or even recreational time. There are some things that they do have in common with men and that may be inadequate attorneys, education, and different addictions. The main reason individuals will be placed on death row is murder. There are some states that have enacted that if you have two offenses of raping an individual under the age of fourteen then the death penalty can be pursued. There are also some states that will include treason, drug trafficking in large amounts, and terrorism. The women that are on death row are mainly in their twenties and thirties when placed in there. The crimes they commit are mainly for murder. There are instances that if a women has children they will get a shorter sentence then a man would. Women are traditionally looked at differently therefore are usually treated differently. The rules should be straight down the books and the same for everyone. This will only happen in a perfect world....
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...No Justification for Death Penalty Death penalty or the capital punishment is a severe punishment given by the government to a criminal for offending crimes that are categorized under the capital crimes like murder. When the criminals are convicted of capital crimes and are sentenced for death penalty, the government legally takes life of the criminal by hanging them to death, lethal injection or by electrocute. Death penalty used to be performed all over the world, but many countries have outlawed it with regards to its violation of human rights and religious causes. In United States, most of the states have the authority to give death penalty to criminals. Death penalty is a very serious issue that has caused a big controversy between its supporters and opposers. People who support death penalty argues that it is the right kind of punishment for the criminals, provides justice to the victims and the families as well help deter the crime rates. But I really don’t think death penalty has any justification because there is a maximum chance for innocent people being convicted, it is also a violation of human rights as well as a religious sin to take life of people, and the crimes have not lowered due to death penalty, rather it takes a lot of tax payer’s money to execute a criminal. I rather think that such criminals should be given life imprisonment without parole. The foremost reason for abolishing the death penalty is the wrongful conviction. There are lots of cases where...
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...criminal on death row than it is to sentence someone to life in prison. Also, in my eye, the death penalty is the easy way out for a criminal. I also believe that it is up to the criminal’s God, whomever they worship, to decide their fate and what his or her punishment will be for his or her sin. Although many people may debate the issue that taxpayers would eat the cost to have and inmate spend life in prison, but tax payers are also eating the cost to have and inmate spend time on death row. Statistics show that it cost more to have an inmate waiting on death row for execution than to keep him or her in prison for life. A New Jersey Policy Perspective report show that states death penalty has cost taxpayer $253 million since 1983, a figure that is over and above the cost that would have been incurred had the state sentenced life without parole instead of death. Also based on the 44 executions Florida has carried out since 1976, which amounts to an approximate cost of $24 million for each execution. Florida would save $51 million each year by punishing all first-degree murderers to life in prison without parole, according to estimates by the Palm Beach Post. I believe, if tax payer’s money is going to be used toward the state’s prison system, it should be used to provide more job opportunities and training to...
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...regarded as justice. I submit that the death penalty is an ethical and equitable punishment for murderers, and should be used throughout our country. The seemingly greatest amount of debate comes from a religious standpoint. Depending on whose interpretation one hears, the Bible is for or against capital punishment. Verses from The Bible are used by both sides of the argument to support their own beliefs. The United States is made up of numerous different religious cultures. A sample of a few official policies from some denominations’ web sites shows an almost fifty-fifty split for and against. For example, the Assemblies of God (USA) do not take a stance for or against the death penalty. The same is true for the Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints, who say that it should be left to “…the prescribed processes of civil law.”(November 28, 2011). The Catholic catechism posted on their web site shows support only if non-lethal methods will not serve to preserve human life. In other words, if there is absolutely no way to stop a person from killing another person, then execution is acceptable. The Southern Baptist Convention states in its Resolution on Capital Punishment (June, 2002), that there must be clear and overwhelming evidence in...
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...Douglas S. Coppin The Effects of Capital Punishments NIC / Executive Leadership June 2013 Evidence-Based Practice in the Criminal Justice System The phrase “because we have always done it that way” universally is no longer acceptable as it pertains to working in many sectors of the work-force, especially within the criminal justice system. Constant financial pressure to streamline budgets, coupled with ever-changing political climates have forced criminal justice organizations to embrace evidence-based concepts and practices. Evidence-based practice is defined as the use of practices that have been scientifically tested and proven effective. In simple terms, doing what works. This has led to drastic changes in various sectors from police operations, probation, sentencing, etc. When examining capital punishment the first question that must be asked is why do we do it? Is it simply a universal response to an atrocious act committed by an offender? If so, then there is no need to look any further. However, thousands of capital offense convictions are handed down annually in the U.S., yet most do not result in death penalty sentences. Therefore the only logical conclusion is that there is much more complexities in play once the state hands down capital punishment. Possible Effects of Capital Punishments at a Glance By and large, capital punishment in the United States is handed down to those offenders that are found guilty of homicide. Although not limited...
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