... to give a breath sample if asked. If, for example you are convicted of "Refusing ato give a breath sample" for the first time, but was earlier convicted of "Driving while impaired", your conviction for "Refusing" will count as a second conviction, not a first, and will receive the stiffer penalty for second offences. For the first offence here is the penalty and the defences you can make. Driving a vehicle while your ability to drive is impaired by alcohol or drugs is one of the offences. Evidence of your condition can be used to convict you. This can include evidence of your general conduct, speech, ability to walk a straight line or pick up objects. The penalty ...

... the public's mind when it hears of our 'fair, trusty' government taking away someone's breathing rights? The Bible states "Thou shalt not kill," and this being a sin should have to be amended within oneself. However, the Bible also states "Don't judge others' personal convictions." It is the government's responsibility to punish people that disobey the law to keep our world in tact but is it their right to take away their lives? It is a Christian's responsibility to point out to those who sin that they do so and this country, trusting in God as it says it does, should do just that. So if the government stands strongly by this statement that's on the dollar bill, m ...

... manner towards him. The presence of drugs and alcohol are also a contributing factor to the occurrence of date rape. An example of date rape that occurs commonly, especially within a college campus, is when both the man and women are drunk. In an environment such as a college or university, parties are commonplace for students. It is a place where friends can gather, listen to loud music, and get loaded. Typically, a man will coerce a woman back to his apartment or dorm. This is dangerous for both parties. The man may think that the woman is leading him on, that if she agrees to go with him that it is an invitation to have sex. If the female seems to be enj ...

... little boy be tried as adults? Are children of this age capable of committing such heinous crimes and understanding why they committed the crime? These young people don't have the mental capacity to distinguish between right and wrong. Some of these young people haven't even attended school, and here they are, being tried as adults. A person's childhood is where one learns about life. One learns right from wrong, good from evil, and how to control one's emotions. What would happen if the courts took away this precious learning time from a youth? The youth wouldn't learn exactly why he was imprisoned. His morals would never be formed correctly because he would ...

... fine job until they started making decisions for us on what is or isn't decent. The most recent example of this is the Communication Decency Act of 1996(Located in the Telecommunications Act Of 1996). This act more or less states that the Internet should be censored and be given restrictions. The first issue this brings up is who owns the Internet. No one really owns it because it is really thousands of computer networked together. The main backbone of the Internet was originally made up of government funded universities and other government institutions. However that is no longer the case. Now the majority of the Internet is run and operated by independent service ...

... the ankles. In Islamic countries the condemned are stoned to death. But there are special rules for these executions; (Amnesty International article1), "The Islamic Penal Code of Iran stipulates: "In the punishment of stoning to death, the stones should not be so large that the person dies on being hit by one or two of them."1 This is the kind of cruelty which is inflicted on the executed in those countries. Other methods of execution, like the electric chair and hanging, are also quite cruel to the convicted. That is one of the reasons the death penalty should be abolished. Does the death penalty really deter criminals? There is very little valid evidence to ...

... order to obtain these drugs." "and [it also] devotes much time to drug law enforcement at a cost of tens of billions more a year. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are imprisoned, and millions are marginalized, at [a] considerable cost and danger to others, by records of drug arrests and convictions (Neier A18)." Would in not make sense to try something different in order to get a different result? Have we not learned our lesson from Prohibition? It only took us a mere 14 years to repeal prohibition (Lewis A15). Why don’t we legalize narcotics? I do not know what will happen if we try this; nobody does. It has never been tried in America. It has been tried ...

... to acquire job skills; which will improve the chances that inmates will become productive citizens upon release. The programs must aim to change those who want to change. Those who are taught to produce useful goods and to be productive are "likely to develop the self-esteem essential to a normal, integrated personality" (Szumski 21). This kind of program would provide skills and habits and "replace the sense of hopelessness" that many inmates have (Szumski 21). Moreover, another technique used to rehabilitate criminals is counseling. There is two typ ...

... and is released out on the streets again. Six months go by and this time he gets hungry not thirsty and he steals a candy bar. After a year in jail, 2 years probation, and a healthy fine, he is released yet again onto the same streets. Right now you're thinking “stupid kid, stealing a soda and candy bar he deserves what he gets,” but then our little buddy goes out and snatches a purse from some poor old lady. Well that's the big 3! Under this new law, this crime would be tried as a misdemeanor but would have s felonious sentence. Our buddy gets sent to 7 years at the state penitentiary. While lodging at one of our nations finest resorts, our sticky handed frie ...

... a arrest, which resulted in their death The first article “Son begged for mercy” (Herald Sun 23/2/99) is about the court hearing for the murder of 21 year old Le Anh Tuan. Tuan was kidnapped from outside his Glen Waverly home on April 29, 1996 and was later found shot dead , execution style in a drain on June 7, 1996. Tuan was taken because his mother refused to pay a drug syndicate money after refusing to help import drugs for them. Truong Hon Phuc, 39, Le Thanh Long, 40, and Truong Thi Van have been chatged in relation to Tuan’s kiddnapping and murder. Truong Hon Phuc, who was extradited from London in December, faces charges including murder, kidnapping ...