Davis v. Washington

During the Reconstruction era which occurred after the Civil War there was animosity between the states as well as the debate over how freed slaves should be dealt with in terms of becoming citizens with the same rights as the Constitution provided for whites. The government had to come up some type of conditions which would attempt to allow the rebellious southern states back into the union. During this time period President Abraham Lincoln appointed provisional military governors to oversee the

Review of Environmental Impacts of the Biofuel Industry Allen Liu ENVM7104 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 1.1 What is biofuel? 3 1.2 Why biofuel for Australia? 4 1.2.1 Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions 4 1.2.2 Fuel security 4 1.2.3 Economic stimulation 5 1.2.4 Reduction of air pollution 5 1.3 Biofuel production and consumption in Australia 5 2.0 How is biofuel produced? 7 2.1 First generation 7 2.2 Second generation 8 2.3 Third generation 8 2.4 Fourth generation

Elizabeth F. Loftus: The Reality of Repressed Memories Alyssa Ellis Killebrew 11/9/2010 Elizabeth Loftus Brief Biography Childhood & Personal Recollections Elizabeth (fondly known as Beth) Fishman Loftus ' parents met and married while stationed at Fort Ord, during World War II. Sidney Fishman, Elizabeth’s father, was an Army doctor and her mother, Rebecca was an army base librarian. Beth was the oldest of three children. In 1944, Elizabeth Fishman was born and then her two

The first execution took place in May 1607, in Jamestown, Virginia, executing George Kendall (Davis, 2011). The death penalty has shifted throughout history and was only used in cases of extremely serious crimes such as murder or rape. The history of this movement and cases involved provide a better understanding of the transformation of capital punishment for sex offenders. The U.S. Supreme Court in Coker v. Georgia (1977) held that executions for rape were cruel and unusual punishments in violation

Death Penalty and Deterrence Ever since the beginning of time man has committed crimes. Crimes were described as acts which go against the social and moral norms of society and people. People have learned to deal with these crimes in many different ways. One of the most used forms of dealing with crime is punishing those who commit crimes. There are numerous ways in which people have punished those who commit crimes throughout history from making the criminal pay fines to banishing them from

In the 1700’s both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp on their plantations. Whether for medicinal or recreational use we don’t know for sure. In the 1850’s hemp was added to the US Pharmacopeia, the official standard-setting authority on over the counter and prescription medications. Massachusetts in 1911 was the first state to make possession of cannabis illegal without a prescription. Other states followed the prohibition of cannabis, more for reducing further use than for any

Two events took place in the mid-19th century in the United States that set the stage for a third which became an historic turning point in American history. The settlement of Mormons in Utah and their pursuit to establish their own government coupled with explorations to develop the transcontinental railroad laid the groundwork for the massacre of Captain John Gunnison and his explorers in 1853 which took eight lives. As massacres go, the loss of eight people was not numerically remarkable. What

Abraham Lincoln once said, “I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me” (“Letter to Albert G. Hodges” 281 as qtd. in R.J. Norton 1). In accordance with his quote, when President Lincoln issued the unprecedented Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, Lincoln freed slaves in the Southern states, but he and his actions were being controlled by Civil War. The Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865 between the Northern states, or the Union, and

The Whitewater Conspiracy In today's society people often pay close attention to what happens in politics. They normally make voting decisions on character, past work, and partisan lines. When rumors of indiscretion or impropriety of a public official pops up, people often like to get involved. Like gossiping on the church's rumor grapevine, people love to get involved in conspiracies and scandals dealing with people of power. If you have watched television at all in the last ten years

interests in Cuba than it had been when Cuba was a Spanish possession. The two men most closely associated with the U.S. relationship and administration of Cuba were Elihu Root, Secretary of War, and Leonard Wood, Governor General of Cuba. At his Washington desk, Root spent considerable