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Overcriminalization refers to the idea that laws regulating public morality may result in a substantial diversion of police, prosecutorial, and judicial time, personnel and resources. While legislative views on morality may, legitimately, be included in crimes such as murder, rape and other violent crimes, they may inappropriately extend to other areas of our lives, such as our sexual preference (sodomy) and the use of intoxicants (i.e. Prohibition). Please answer: (1) How far into the private lives of citizens may government-sanctioned views of morality properly intrude? AND (2) Do you believe that a “crisis of overcriminalization” actually exists in the United States right now?

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Preview: ... from being able to discipline their child in the way they choose implicates fundamental constitutional rights (2007). What about the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BRACA) of 2002 and its reason was to hold corporate and union officials criminally liable for knowingly broadcasting advertisements 30 days before a primary and 60 days before a general election. According to the Free Congress Foundation, the act was restricting freedom of speech, specifically the political freedom of speech for individuals to participate in debates before an election (Lilienthal, 2004). Does it matter or hold any value to the average citizen whether an organization wants to participate in a public debate? Logically, it sounds good because of getting the information out to the voters but shows no signs of being a crime. An article written by Trent England and Paul Rosenzweig (2004) discusses law Congress is trying to pass that makes buying and selling horse meat a crime. The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act makes it a crime to slaughter a horse for human consumption but it does not prevent slaughtering horses to make dog food or glue. Why is it ethical to slaughter a horse to make glue or for dog consumption and not for human consumption? According to Healy at the Cato Institute writes, "A bill approved by the house judiciary committee making it a crime if parents learn of any drug activity near their children and do not report it to law enforcement officials. Parents could spend up to three years in jail if they do not report it within 24 hours (2005, May 18). Whatever happened to p ...

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Preview: ... ng the reactionary aspects (denial of all rights to the unborn and torture killings in late term procedures). We have far too many people in jails compared to other nations, it costs us too much, and we still have too much violent crime. One would wonder if we are either the most evil people who ever existed or if we put people in jail for unnec ...

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