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by: Jillian Fisher[i] Free and fair elections are the cornerstone for America’s democracy. In the last several election cycles there has been a…
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By John Delurey My friend and I had somehow gone an entire day without paying a bribe. We were riding across Zanzibar, Tanzania on…
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By Sarah Cowan What exactly is cruel and unusual in contemporary American society? We know the ban on cruel and unusual punishment proscribes execution as punishment for certain types of people: minors, insane persons, and mentally retarded adults. What about a juvenile who is an accomplice to felony-murder, but did not participate in the killing? Should this individual be immune to a sentence of life without parole as well?
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By Brandon Haubert Expungement is the legal process by which a citizen can clear his or her record of a prior criminal conviction and start fresh. In Arkansas, when an individual’s record is expunged, the “conduct shall be deemed as a matter of law never to have occurred, and the individual may state that no such conduct ever occurred, and that no such records exist.”
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By Chevera Blakemore Non-profit organizations need all of the support they can receive, but, more importantly, our society needs non-profit organizations.