If those who were in the prisons were taught reform measures and a trade they wouldn’t be brought back into the system over and over again. Another point that she makes is about how a homeless girl can be asking for a place to stay but if a policeman thinks that she is soliciting she can be arrested on prostitution charges just based off the feeling that he had, even if he is wrong. She will have no attorney or anyone to stand up for her. She will be forced to go through humiliating examinations and asked harassing questions alone. But the men that make the false accusations about the young girls are not held accountable for the lies or considered a lawbreaker.
Gault’s mom came home that day from work and could not find her son anywhere. She then sent Gault’s oldest brother out to look for him. With no luck, they went to Gault’s friend Lewis’ house where they found out the dreadful news. The Lewis family also told them that they had a hearing in the Juvenile Court the following day. (Gerald punishment) The Supreme Court made their decision.
At his high school, Jack is frequently ridiculed and tormented Cohen 2 by a bully who makes several attempts to get into a fight with Jack. Each time, Jack backs off from the bully and uses his words and wit to get the bully to subside. After Tom killed the two men at his diner, the bully cracks a mean comment about Jack’s father and that was the final straw for Jack. Jack beat the bully up very badly. Up until this point in the movie, the audience would never have guessed that Jack
The article claims that efforts targeted to catch offenders are harsh, inappropriate and a waste of time. Since neither prostitutes nor the male customers run to the police to complain about the other's conduct, police must count on trickery and deceit. For example, in some cities, laws against prostitution are converting local policemen into de facto car thieves and policewomen into masquerade prostitutes. Unfortunately, according to the article laws against prostitution bring out the worst among the nation's law-enforcement agencies. Putting prostitutes and their customers in jail will just overcrowd jails which causes hardships to many
She loves the boy who was four years ago and not the man who is now standing in front of her. His son tricked a girl into getting into his car where he raped her and now he is back to spill salt in her kitchen as he did after he ate his breakfast. Because she doesn’t want to look into his face, she pretends that she is sick then she goes to her room. There are many unanswered question in Myrna’s mind, and she couldn’t stay at her home anymore and be her mother so she leave with a note for Kenny that it means he should go away within a week. In my point of view Myrna made a good decision in this situation for two reasons, first it is a good punishment for Kenny as she dose’s want to be her mother any more.
Tobar explains, “The trial attorney he eventually assigned to the case would likely protest his inability to lift The People v. Araceli N. Ramirez over the low bar of proof required for a successful preliminary hearing” (334). Araceli’s case could not be taken to a higher court level, because of the lack of evidence. Instead the trial attorney would, “simply negotiate the charges down from a felony to a misdemeanor in exchange for a plea, give the defendant credit for time served and hand her ass forthwith to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement representatives at the county jail. She would then be swiftly deported, as were the legions of other foregin nationals without papers who landed there” (334). Even though Araceli was charged with a misdemeanor, she was not completely let off the hook.
When Willy arrives, he refuses to listen to Biff, which angers him. Happy tries to get Biff to lie to his father, which Biff slightly does. Willy falls into another flashback hallucination, one in which his son discovers his affair with a potential customer in Boston. From that moment on, Biff had never looked at his father the same. Back in the Lowman residence, Linda scolds her sons for abandoning her father back at the restaurant.
Soon after her fathers death Emily starts to date a much younger man who is in town to work on the sidewalks. His name is Homer Barron, and he is known to enjoy the company of men, but is not the marrying kind. The town is totally against the affair and tries to bring in Emily’s cousins to put an end to their relationship. Next, the story tells how Emily is finally seen outside her home buying rat poison. The town’s people think she is going to kill herself because Homer had put an end to their relationship.
in the beginning Richard didn’t see the whites as being very different from the blacks. He also didn’t see how his grandmother could be called “white”, but not be considered white. Richards attitude toward the whites didn’t start to change until the day he started working for the white man and his son at the clothing store. While working at the store one day Richard saw the boss and his son drive up in there car with a frightened black woman who sat between them. The boss and his son drug and kicked at the woman to get her into the store so that they could beat her.
Eva sees each ethnic group seperately rather than as a whole. A major break through in the movie is when Eva testifies against ‘their own’. Eva’s role in the court room shows that she accepts that the innocent man she is going to put in jail doesn’t deserve it. Silence is used to show Eva is possibily thinking about the similar situation that had happened to her dad. Acceptance of Eva is shown in the conclusion of the movie when Sindy, a Vietnamese class mate offers to share her makeup.