citing that it would eliminate up to 40% of the female population and only 1% of the male population. The District Court ruled that the close contact prohibition was not allowable under Title VII and that being a male was not a necessity in an all-male prison. The Supreme Court had to decide if the District Court ruled incorrectly with the decision that it was a discriminatory practice and did violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the lower
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Bacanovic. Conspired together to produce false information in the stock scandal. Maximum penalty: 5 years in prison, $250,000 fine. Count 2: False Statements, filed against Bacanovic. Lied claiming he spoke with Stewart and she told him to sell the shares when they reached $60 per share. He also lied about telling Stewart the stock price fell. Maximum penalty: 5 years in prison, $250,000 fine. Count 3: False Statements filed against Stewart. She lied to the Security and Exchange Commission
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Drug king) of his time. Pablo started out as a petty car thief and small time marijuana dealer. When Pablo hit 18 he was dealing cocaine, small portions to parts of Colombia. When Pablo turned 25 he started dealing cocaine to the United States of America. Pablo Escobar was the wealthiest man in the world making $25 billion a year, his personal worth alone was $8.1 billion. Pablo was head of the Medellin Cartel. In the 1970’s & 80’s Medellin Cartel is in Bolivia, Peru Honduras, United States, Canada
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the victim or complete community service. These are standalone sentences without probation. 2) Probation- a prison sentence is suspended on the condition one is supervised in the community. 3) Intermediate sanctions- a midrange disposition that fall between probation and imprisonment. 4) Short term confinement- a sentence in jail for one year or less. 5) Imprisonment- a sentence in prison for one year or more including life sentencing. 6) Capital punishment- these are the
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exactly what happened in this movie. Derek had to embrace the aspects of being in a situation that he was not comfortable with and do the best that he could with it. Even though he had a swastika tattoo on his chest, the prison officials forced him to work with the black man. Being in prison changed the way that Derek thought and he changed his way and was no longer practicing in or for the KKK. The movie American History X is about two brothers, Danny and Derek Vineyard who skinheads. Derek was the older
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Homelessness in America Homelessness in America has always been an issue but it has become an even bigger issue over the past years. With a world filled with global conflict, disappearing jobs, higher education cost, and increasing poverty in America, the homeless need our help more than ever. Just last year, the national poverty rate rose to include 13.2 % of the population. Also, 3.5 million people were forced to sleep in parks, shelters, under bridges or in cars. Hunger and homelessness are
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them, or don’t love them, and we never stop to consider that a lot of these people have served in our Armed Forces. The term, “Homeless Veteran” appalls most of us because we don’t want to think that the country they served, “The United States of America”, has turned its back on these individuals. Doesn’t that imply that “We” have turned our backs on them as well? If the Government is in charge of the care of our Veterans, and we as citizens vote for the people responsible for making decisions on
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administered by the State prison complex’s and received by the inmates. While researching the demographics of Florence, Arizona, including five different prison complexes, the focus of attention will be the needs of the inmates for appropriate healthcare. This includes researching how the population of the state prisons is affecting the quality of healthcare the inmates receive, and how changes to this may increase the marketing needs for this town. The focus will be on the State Prison Complexes. However
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cannot. The laws that prevent me from voting protect those that have not been convicted of a crime. If I were to have my voting right, then many others that have not lead a successful post-prison life could make decisions regarding our government. Felons should only be able to vote if they have completed prison,
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Abolishing Capital Punishment The death penalty, also known as capital punishment, has existed as a type of punishment for a long time. Although this has been around for what feels like forever, the question that has also been present for that same amount of time is whether it is right or wrong. Many states use capital punishment for reasons such as justice for the victim and their family and to prevent the likelihood of the same crime. However capital punishment does not assure these results,
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