Are the Traditional Texan Views on Justice Worth the Burden

question 63

Essay

Are the traditional Texan views on justice worth the burden to taxpayers? Is the shift to rehabilitation a good one for the state?

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Definitions:

Equality

A situation where status, rights, and opportunities are the same for everyone.

Plantation Slavery

A system of agriculture in the Americas where large farms or plantations relied on the forced labor of enslaved African people to grow crops like tobacco, sugar, and cotton from the 16th to the 19th century.

Death Rate

The number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.

Household Slavery

A form of slavery where enslaved individuals work primarily in the slave-owner's household, performing domestic tasks.