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During the 1920's there were a lot of laws changing and a lot of debates about what laws should change. Some people wanted to go back to the old days. Though the United States was in a time of change. Also there were a lot of economic problems with the depression going on.

Some law's that were enforced were no alcohol at all imported into the United States. So people started to make there own alcohol and smugglers came in from Canada to sell to people in the United States. An now today Alcohol is aloud to be sole an imported into the United States. Though you still can not rob or murder someone without a penalty. Today penalty's are not as bad as they were in the 1920's. In the 1920's most people were sentenced to death for such crimes. Another law was you were not aloud to teach evolution. An today you can choose what you want to learn about an what you want to believe. An if caught teaching evolution in the 1920's you could be sentenced to jail time. Some famous criminals are Al capon, Sacco and Vanzetti, and John T. Scope.

Today the laws are not as enforced as they were in the 1920's. An the penalties are not a intents. Also your not guilty until it is proven when in the 1920's a lot of people were pinpointed for things they did not do. Today people have the right to a fair trial an in the 1920's some felt if someone murdered someone else they got hung they did not need a trial they were just sentenced.

By Nathan McFetridge