1. Regarding
age restriction set by the criminal justice system, if the restriction is based
on the excuse of being too young, that could be accepted but setting age
restriction based on “too old” is not necessary because apart from juvenile who
may not have had complete psychological development, the aged are
psychologically sound so they should not be restricted. As far as law enforcement agencies are
concerned, the federal government has set certain age limits because persons
who intend to be enlisted in any of the federal or state law enforcement
agencies are expected to be mentally and physically fit. Officers in these
agencies often undergo rigorous physical exertion that mandate compliance with
federal government age limit. Considering this reason and any other ones known
to the agencies, I believe that the age restriction is in favor of all
concerned so should be upheld.
2. Yes I
agree with the immunity granted the senator. Looking at from the angle of law,
it was the provision of the law that voided the arrest. Laws or legislations
are product of years of putting heads together by the citizens and law experts
before they came up with what is eventually called laws. These groups of people
who contributed to the formulation called laws have credible reasons for
allowing immunity. It is only coincidental and unfortunate that the senator
mentioned above decided to abuse the law guarding him. Ordinarily he ought to
face the unethical behavior of his but since there is constitutional provision
protecting him for the period mentioned. I believe that the best thing to do is
to refrain from issuing arrest warrants as long as he remains a senator. By
arresting him while still a senator, this means that the entire legislature’s
mage has been dented just because of a senator.
3. If I
were the prosecutor, yes I will proceed with filing for the charge since that
is the provision of the law. After he must have been discharged of his
senatorial duties, I will proceed with any legal proceedings with him. Despite
pursuing legal issues with the former senator and having to wait for long
before a person could be brought to book because of his misdeed could be
discouraging. Another disadvantage of
having to wait for long before justice could be sought is that it casts shadows
on the legal system as showing favoritism.
The real offense committed by this senator is being involved in domestic
violence with the wife. This could mean that he battered his wife which is
really unethical for a member of the legislature who knows what the law says
about things like these. His act could be rightly called abuse of judicial
power which is highly unacceptable.
4. The
provision of immunity against arrest was created for several reasons. One of
the reasons is because every member of the legislature is deemed honorable so
if one of the members of the legislature is arrested, it is a dent on the
entire legislature. Another reason that for this provision of immunity is
because if the senator or any other senator is subjected to arrest, the legal
proceedings that ensue can make him loose focus on his law-making duties.
Parliamentary immunity is also considered to be one of the benefits one enjoys
by being a member of the legislature. With immunity, members of the legislature
are protected from arrest or any other legal disciplines in the course of
discharging their duties as law maker as this gives them the confidence that of
going on with their duties being quite assured that they are protected from
people who might feel disturbed on account of certain laws the pass.
5. It is
commendable when good measures are put in place to check illegal immigrant from
entering ones territory. If not checked, terrorist can also find their way into
a country without being noticed to carry out their nefarious acts. The effort
of Texas Government in combating illegal immigration by putting up this website
is also a very good gesture. If the actual illegal crossing of the US border is
witnessed live, it could help deter intending illegal immigrant from embarking
on such journey however what I believe may not be feasible is having someone
stay at the border watching and looking for illegal immigrant. Theoretically
the idea may look novel but in reality no one can sit or stand all day looking
out for possible illegal migrant. For this idea to pay off eventually, it is
advisable to fit motion camera at different points at the border where
movements to and fro the border could be observed.
6. The
questions of whether citizens should be used at these virtual stakes out has a
simple answer which is no, citizens should not be used at these joints. One of
the reasons for it is because the citizens’ duties do not fall into this
category. While trying to meddle in the
affair of security agents by acting as direct informant from these virtual
stakes, the lives of these citizens are at stake, something that could have
been avoided in the first place. Again, some illegal migrant are usually armed
so there is no way a citizen who does not belong to any of the security forces
could carry out this function effectively without the danger of him loosing his
life. I support the idea of citizen confronting crimes but not directly. They
can confront crime by providing useful information to security agents but not
trying to catch the criminals themselves.
7. If it
happens that an 18-year old is killed, the police should be held responsible
for this. As earlier mentioned, it is wrong to directly involve civilians in
crime acts like this because they are not trained like the law enforcement
agents. Officers of these agencies have advanced training at combating crimes
and know how best to avoid dangers as opposed to civilians who do not have
reasons to go through similar trainings law enforcement agents went through. It
should be expected that when civilians, let alone a boy of 18 years is involved
in issues like this, there are chances that his life would be endangered. The parents of such a boy have every moral
right to challenge law enforcement agents for the fate that befell their child.
Reason for this is that is that if the security agents had provided enough
security for the boy, should may not have happened.
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