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  2. Ethic of ultimate ends - Wikipedia

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    However, there is an abysmal contrast between conduct that follows the maxim of an ethic of ultimate ends—that, is in religious terms, "the Christian does rightly and leaves the results with the Lord"—and conduct that follows the maxim of an ethic of responsibility, in which case one has to give an account of the foreseeable results of one ...

  3. Selective prosecution - Wikipedia

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    In jurisprudence, selective prosecution is a procedural defense in which defendants argue that they should not be held criminally liable for breaking the law because the criminal justice system discriminated against them by choosing to prosecute. In claims of selective prosecution, defendants essentially argue that it is irrelevant whether they ...

  4. Criminal justice ethics - Wikipedia

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    Criminal justice ethics (also police ethics) is the academic study of ethics as it is applied in the area of law enforcement. Usually, a course in ethics is required of candidates for hiring as law enforcement officials. These courses focus on subject matter which is primarily guided by the needs of social institutions and societal values. Law ...

  5. Racial stereotypes used in court against Adnan Syed weren't ...

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    Following Adnan Syed's release after his murder conviction was vacated, experts and advocates are calling attention to how his race and religion were framed in court. ... with law enforcement in ...

  6. Conscientious objection in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Seeger, 1965, ruled that a person can claim conscientious objector status based on religious study and conviction that has a similar position in that person's life to the belief in God, without a concrete belief in God. [4] United States v. Welsh, five years later, ruled that a conscientious objector need have no religious belief at all. [5]

  7. Religious police - Wikipedia

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    Religious police are any police force responsible for the enforcement of religious norms and associated religious laws. Nearly all religious police organizations in modern society are Islamic and can be found in countries with a large Muslim populace, such as Saudi Arabia or Iran .

  8. Scientology and law - Wikipedia

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    Religious Technology Center v. Gerbode In Religious Technology Center v. Gerbode, 1994 WL 228607 (C.D. Cal. 1994) (against Frank A. Gerbode, inventor of Traumatic Incident Reduction), a Rule 11 sanction of $8,887.50 was imposed against Helena Kobrin, an attorney for the Church, for bringing baseless and frivolous claims.

  9. The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics, but ...

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    The Supreme Court on Monday adopted its first code of ethics, in the face of sustained criticism over undisclosed trips and gifts from wealthy benefactors to some justices, but the code lacks a ...