Do we need the Bill of Rights? I think so. If we didn't have them, we could get a cruel and unusual punishment for doing a minor thing.

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Nick Jensen

Sunday, October 01, 2000

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        Do we need the Bill of Rights?  I think so.  If we didn't have them, we could get a cruel and unusual punishment for doing a minor thing.  For instance shoplifting, if we shoplifted we could have our hand chopped off.  This may keep people from stealing but I think it’s a bit much.  

        A 30-year-old man was indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the robbery of an Omaha credit union in the summer 1999.  Alonxo Wright of 122 Park Ave. is charged with a count of bank robbery.  Alonzo was accused of robbing the Midwest Industrial Credit Union on July 8 1999.  This article relates to the fifth amendment.  It states no person shall be held to answer for a capital or other infamous crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service, in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property be taken for public use with out just compensation.  

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        Starting on Sunday, October 01, 2000 every new handgun sold in Maryland, the manufacturer will have to give state police a spent shell casing carrying the weapon's ballistic fingerprint.  This is the first law of its kind.  Each casing has a unique mark and that mark will be entered into a database.  So when the police find a casing at a crime scene they know what gun it came from.  This article has to do with the second amendment which is, a well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep ...

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