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prison
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......criminal rather than as punishment or protection of society...contributed to a fall in the crime rate, but increased...growing U.S. youth crime from the 1970s to the...1998); E. Currie, Crime and Punishment in America (1998......
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Cobb, Lee J.
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......New York City. He first performed with the Pasadena (Calif.) Playhouse in 1929 and made his Broadway debut in Crime and Punishment (1935). Cobb created the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman (1948–49; repeated......
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Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich
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......1864), a detailed study of neurotic suffering, began the greatest period of Dostoyevsky's literary career. Crime and Punishment, a brilliant portrait of sin, remorse, and redemption through sacrifice, followed in 1866. His next novel......
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Davis, Gray
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......1998. In office, he was generally moderate on most issues, but strongly conservative in his attitude toward crime and punishment. He was reelected in 2002, but a troubled economic situation and a well-financed petition drive led to his......
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capital punishment
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...capital punishment, imposition of a penalty...to be cruel and unusual punishment. Texas easily leads all...16 when they committed a crime; a 2005 decision extended...the imposition of capital punishment (it is most likely to......
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criminal law
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......provides for their punishment. A tort is a civil...individual; a crime, on the other...the purpose of punishment. However, the...prosecuted as a crime does not necessarily...may be subject to punishment for crime in a federal court......
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jeopardy
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......in law, condition of a person charged with a crime and thus in danger of punishment. At common law a defendant could be exposed to...Court of Appeal to order a person acquitted of a crime to be retried if there is "new and compelling......
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genocide
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......racial or religious grounds as a crime for which the victorious Allies...1949, defined in detail the crime of genocide and provided for its punishment by competent national courts...state on whose territory the crime was committed, or by international......
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Fourteenth Amendment
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......Due Process of LawIn the early view of the court, a deprivation of life, liberty, or property simply meant the punishment for crime. The requirements of due process would be met by fair procedure, including notice to the defendant and an open......
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fine
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......law, sum of money exacted by a lawful tribunal as punishment for a crime. In the case of misdemeanors and minor infractions...as potentially exposing the poor to more onerous punishment than the well-to-do. Fines are also sometimes......