Essays Tagged: "Florida State University"

Minorities on death row

e fact that only 12% of the U.S. population is black (Smolowe, 1991, 68). Carolyn Snurkowski of the Florida attorney generals office believes that the disproportionate number of blacks on death row ca ... he case of a black murderer (As cited in Gest, 1986, 25).According to Professor Steven Goldstein of Florida State University, "There are so many discretionary stages: whether the prosecutor decides to ...

(4 pages) 115 0 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

An Experience of a Lifetime

women gently sprayed with Liz Claiborne perfume approached me. They were visiting New Orleans from Florida State University. These lovely fragranced women dressed in elegant black skirts and white bl ...

(4 pages) 85 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

GUN CONTROL

law abiding citizens. That was one of the findings in a national survey conducted by Gary Kleck, a Florida State University criminologist in 1993. Prior to Dr. Kleck's survey, thirtheen other surveys ...

(2 pages) 75 5 2.5 Dec/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Continuous writing :End your essay with '....are the keys to my past, present and future.'

(2 pages) 29 0 3.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Paying College Athletes

Paying College Athletes It is six o'clock in the afternoon at Florida State University. A young college football player has just finished a three-hour practice an ... red over $40 million that sponsors put up for the games. In the 1995 Fiesta Bowl, both Nebraska and Florida each received $8.6 million for sending their football teams to play for the College National ... get money to cover day-to-day college expenses. Fred Weary, former cornerback for the University of Florida comments, "It's especially unfair for those like me whose family doesn't have much. As an at ...

(8 pages) 56 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

American Indian Mascots

s must begin at the capitol of our country, to step forward and set an example. As one student from Florida State University said, "...our honor of Native Americans has been a tradition that has been ...

(3 pages) 17 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Voluntary Childlessness

t and disagreement and an increasing disenchantment with their overall relationship. Robin Simon of Florida State University conducted several parenting studies and concluded that parents experience l ...

(3 pages) 14 0 0.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology