Indivisible, Liberty, and Justice for All October 26, 2012 Indivisible, Liberty, and Justice for All2 Abstract This paper discusses Jane Elliot’s experiment with her third grade class and Olivia Murray’s document A Mindfulness To Transcend Pre-Service Lip-Service A Call for K-12 Schools To Invest in Social Justice Education. The document gives a brief overview of each author’s work and their approach to help understand the […]

Studies indicate that most countries in the world have at some point been engaged in civil wars resulting in mass atrocities. Following such atrocities, transitional mechanisms are taken up in order to promote peace and reconciliation. There are many types of transitional justice mechanisms ranging from trials, truth commissions and amnesties. Each mechanism is different from the other in terms of the procedures and results […]

God’s Justice and Ours” Antonin Scalia opens up his introduction stating he wants to make clear that his moral views on capital punishment do not have persuasion on how his referendums in capital cases that come to the Supreme Court. Furthermore, Antonin Scalia is not daunted to state his views on church-state issues and has consistently shown he has scant use for the First Amendment’s […]

An opinion of the social inequality that exists as it pertains to Gay Marriage Aimee L. Vroman Strayer University Online Introduction to Sociology SOC 100-015016 Professor Paul Humenik August 22, 2010 Abstract In recent years, the debate over same-sex marriage has grown from an issue that occasionally arose in a few states to a nationwide controversy. Indeed, in the last five years, the debate over […]

The study primarily aimed to critically examine the changes and evolutions taken place in the juvenile justice system of the United States (US) from its establishment till today. Hence, to cater to this objective, the study focuses have focused on using secondary sources that are relevant to the issue, providing a brief understanding of the juvenile justice system in the US. Thereafter, discussions and arguments […]

According to the article “Many Kids Called Unfit for Adult Trial,” 200,000 juveniles a year are being tried as adults in the United States. They are sentenced to life in prison and even the death penalty. But is that what is really best for them? Putting these teenagers in prison for life gives them no chance to change their lives around and learn from what […]