In 2013 to 2014, Terrance John Thornbury took part in a well-organised drug syndicate and illegally transported 2,834 kilograms of cannabis (drug offences) worth over $15 million on commercial flights from Melbourne. Thornbury pleaded guilty to trafficking dangerous drugs under section 5 of the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 and was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of eight years. Thornbury’s minor sentence of 10 years will likely fail to deter him from reoffending again, causing the law to be ineffective in protecting the rights of society. During the sentencing hearing, Prosecutor Michale Lehane, asked for a sentence of between 10 to 14 years as Thornbury was involved with a “headed well-organised, sophisticated operation
Gary Dougherty was paroled from Northeast Correctional Complex on 11/15/2017. Mr. Dougherty has a Tennessee Sentence of Attempted First Degree Murder and is currently under minimum supervision level. Mr. Dougherty was paroled to Steps Halfway House. On 04/16/18, Case Manager Ron Stephens advised me that Mr. Dougherty was discharged from Steps for several rule violations. Mr. Stephens advised that since Mr. Dougherty had been at Steps he has failed three drug screens, offered drugs to another resident, ask residents for clean urine, brought a prostitute in the house, and threatened a resident.
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier of 1987-1988 Background: At Hazel East High School, the school has a sponsored newspaper called “The Spectrum” that is written and edited by the students. In May of 1983, the high school principal, Robert E. Reynolds, received the edited version of the May 13th edition. Upon inspecting the paper, he found two articles that he found “inappropriate.” The two articles contained stories about divorce and teen pregnancy. An article on divorce featured a student who blamed her father’s actions for her parents’ divorce.
Michael “Meeko” Thompson has spent more than two decades locked away in the Chippewa Correctional Facility. Michael was arrested for selling three pounds of cannabis to an undercover officer. He had prior drug offenses, but no history of violence. When his house was raided after his arrest, a few antique firearms and one usable firearm were recovered. Despite the fact that the antiques did not fire and the one that did was owned by Michael’s wife, he was convicted of felony possession of a firearm along with his cannabis charges. This was his fourth offense which labeled him a habitual offender, and he was sentenced to 40-60 years in prison. He could have been sentenced to as little as five years. Notably, even the Michigan Supreme Court
Ashley Smith was a young girl that was placed in a juvenile detention centre at age 15 for throwing apples at a mail man. Her short sentence quickly extended into a life sentence because of so many infractions within the prison system. Ashley suffered from extreme mental health issues and was place in a psychiatric prison facility, however this facility was shown in the documentary to be corrupt and their actions with Ashley were extremely illegal. Furthermore, Ashley wasn’t given the proper help and treatment that she needed, instead she was physically and verbally abused by guards in the prison, and she ultimately passed away in the prison. Her death is still being debated about whether
This criminal case is about Chester Turner, who is a serial killer that lived in the Los Angeles. Chester Dewayne Turner was born in Warren, Arkansas he moved to LA with his mother at the age five. He went to public schools and dropped out of high school found a job at Domino’s Pizza as a cook and delivery person. He lived continue to live with his mother until she moved to Utah and from there it was homeless shelters and missions. Turner was jailed seven times from 1995 to 2002, for which six of the are nonviolent offenses and one assault charge on an office. Turner was charged with the murder of 10 women, and one of the victim’s unborn child. On April 30, 2007, he was convicted of murder and on July 10, 2007 he was sentenced to death.
The case on Ralph Tortorici a psychology student who held more than three dozen SUNY-Albany student’s hostage in a classroom on December 14, 1994; while, in a psychotic state, he injured a fellow student during such a hostage takeover at the State Univerity of New York. According to Ralph’s brother, Matthew Tortorici; Ralph had suffered from delusions for several years before such incident at the State University of New York. Therefore, Matthew stated that Ralph’s “delusions fed and elaborated a conspiracy theory; since, he had both a functional life and what was really happening behind the scenes.” Moreover, Ralph Tortorici claimed several times that the police were hunting and tracking him; and even reckoned that Matthew his brother, as well
This type of legislation has been devised to allow for the detention of people based upon assessments of risk of re-offending, this essay will explore the concerns with these practices. This essay further aims to explore the moral and practical implications of such sentencing provisions and the impact it has on the whole Justice System. The writer will also address the conflicting goals of Corrections and the purpose and impact of indefinite sentencing while exploring the justifications against such legislation. This essay also aims to show that even though we may feel disgust for these types of offences we must remember the fundamentals of the Criminal Law system and understand that people are entitled to equality and fairness in the eyes of the law.
The patient was a 92-year-old man coming in for a left shoulder x-ray after falling on an outstretched hand. Ordinarily, the protocol for a shoulder exam at the VA is an AP external rotation, an AP internal rotation, and a lateral scapula view. However, the man’s family members said his injury rated a ten on the pain scale from one to ten, which means his range of motion was quite limited. Thus, necessitating a modified protocol. In order to get the best images possible and for the patient’s comfort, Torianno, the technologist, had the patient keep his arm down by his side during the procedure and merely moved the patient’s body as a unit.
Vickie is a 60-year-old female who suffers from moderate to severe plaque psoriasis (L40.0). Her symptoms include dry, red, intensely itchy, scaly plaques located on her hands, legs, feet, arms, and back, with joint pain throughout her hands, wrists and knees. She also reports that her wrists are so extremely sore that she cannot bend them at times and that the plaques on her feet is severely painful which has caused her to stay home from work because she couldn’t walk. Vickie has tried and failed various treatments including triamcinolone, clotrimazole betamethasone, and diprolene. Your denial states that Vickie must use systemic therapy, however, systemic medications such as Methotrexate, she is not a candidate for treatment with Methotrexate
The best decision that Dr. Simmons can make from this point forward includes the discontinuation of prescribing the sleeping medication, Seconal®, to Mrs. Abbot as well as explaining the placebo effect she has been experiencing while taking the lactose pills instead of the active medication. I believe this to be the best possible decision for Dr. Simmons because it focuses to both end Mrs. Abbot’s addiction to the sleeping pills as well as demonstrate that Mrs. Abbot can in fact sleep without the assistance of medication. All in all, the goal is to respect Mrs. Abbot’s autonomy as a rational individual while also utilizing her own rationale and logic to perhaps solve her postoperative insomnia. The original substitution of Seconal® by sugar
On September 23, you received an email indicating that Jan Stevenson of your library has applied for a personal loan of $5,000 and appointed you as her employment contact. You were asked to write a reference letter and to include whether or not you’ll be able to cosign or guarantee the note in any way. This may be a time sensitive, medium priority because your employee receiving this loan is pending your approval. This task can be completed within 1-2 days during the week; however it requires deep thought. Essentially you are writing a character-reference letter and you would want to make sure Jan Stevenson is a person you are comfortable with putting your reputation on the line for. You have the ability to cosign for the loan or simply verify
Hughson kept the first two quarters close,but Ripon would take away the last quarters to their advantage taking the game 47-27.
It is often believed that arrest and its subsequent steps are a greater deterrent than the severity of the punishment itself. A typical one-year sentence has now been increased to a five-year sentence based on these mandatory sentencing laws. Those extra four years, in turn, inflict continued pain. The emotional and physical toll of being behind bars can change ones whole life and even take away time they will never have back. Mandatory sentencing recently dictated that a teenager serve 15 years behind bars for selling drugs to a undercover. Is this really justice? A teenager being sentenced for a term that some murderers get? This can be the beginning of the end for their life. [5] In addition, mandatory minimum sentencing laws can turn the typical low-level offender into a more dangerous criminal. While the low-level offender may have been incarcerated at first only for drugs, after additional years in jail they may learn new skills that will cause them to become more dangerous to the public on their
The article “CTV News anchor Paul Bliss suspended following sexual misconduct allegations” discusses, how “an award-winning CTV reporter and anchor, has been suspended pending an investigation into allegations made Friday by a former network employee of sexual misconduct more than a decade ago.” (Isai, 2018) The article also discusses how Bridget Brown decided to publish the news and why she finally decided to come out it after 12 years of being silent about it.
When sentencing someone the Criminal Justice Act 2003 sets out the aims of sentencing for adult offenders. It focus’ on the punishment of the offenders, the reduction of crime (which includes reduction by deterrence), the reform and rehabilitation of offenders, protection of the public and the making of reparation by offenders to persons affected by their offences.