Over the past five centuries, black people have endured violence in many different ways. In history, racist violence, police brutality, has been used to suppress the racial blacks and to preserve power and privileges for the white race. The practice of police brutality has a strong affect on a main segment of the American population. Those affected are minorities and the elderly causing them to have strong hatred towards the whites in America. Police brutality is abuse by law enforcement, where a police officer feels that because he/she has a badge and a gun therefore it puts them above the law and they can use unnecessary force against another individual.
Research shows that minorities are overrepresented on death row; that murders involving white victims are more often sentenced to death, while murders involving black victims are almost never sentenced to death. Even though African Americans account for less than 20% of America’s population, they account for over 50% of death row inmates. Some people argue that there are no racial disparities in the death penalty; that more blacks are on death row because more blacks commit crimes that are punishable by death. I believe that more blacks are on death row, not because they deserve it, but because the majority of the prosecuting attorneys that request this sentence, and the majority of jurors that vote for this sentence are predominantly
The main thing that is hurting our country right now is violence, when you read the news about Chicago they had more murders then the soldiers in Iraq due to gang violence. Furthermore if the police love arresting criminals they should arrest all the thugs and send them to prison because they are the problem. Arresting somebody for drugs is not that Title: Non-Violent Criminals Should Be Punish With Fines serious for being put behind bars that person should pay a fine for his or her punishment. Non-violent criminals have a recidivism rate of 3% according the Department of Justice. In other words a non-violent criminal has a slight chance of repeating the same
Although our country’s legal system has evolved greatly since that time, there continues to be great debate about the issues surrounding life in prison versus the death penalty. When we look at the death penalty system in action, many argue that the only purpose it serves is retribution or revenge. It is seriously flawed in application and there is a serious and continuing risk of executing innocent people. Over the years, one hundred thirty people on death row have been released with proof that they were wrongfully convicted. DNA evidence, available in less than ten percent of all homicides, cannot guarantee that we won’t execute innocent people (ACLUNC, 2013).
The Wayward Ways of the American Judicial System Candace Thompson ENG 122: English Composition II Instructor: Michael O’Donnell February 11, 2013 The Wayward Ways of the American Judicial System America’s prisons have been overflowing for the past few years. And a majority of these inmates are minorities. So, it leads one to believe that minorities are more prone to commit criminal acts. However, recent revelations including statistics and personal accounts have led some to believe that this is not true. That instead it is due to an unfair judicial system that is targeting minorities.
Jehad Saleh September 12, 2012 Prof. Hakim English 102 Racial Bias in the Juvenile Justice System In the Criminal Justice System, people are taken into custody and normally they are of minority background. This is also true for the Juvenile Justice System in the United States. Most juveniles that are in these detention centers come from poverty backgrounds and areas where they seen violence everyday. The reason for this may be caused by the fact that most of these kids don’t have a father figure in their lives to keep them off the streets. Most people though don’t realize this and automatically think because of the color of their skin that they are a lost cost.
Women are most vulnerable to different forms of discrimination, including sexual harassment or abuse. Women that do not fit the “norm”, such as lesbians, face increased risk of torture and abuse. Racism and economic discrimination are totally linked to sexism in our culture, creating severe inequalities in the court system and the prison system. For example, black women are twice as likely to be convicted of killing their abusive husbands than are white women, and black women receive longer jail time and higher fines than do to white women for the same crimes. Stiffer punishment for crack cocaine use also has landed more black women in prison, and for longer sentences than white women (and men).
Hate crimes are still very real in today’s world. There is more than one type of hate crime in the United States. Hate crimes are attacks against a person, property or even the society and are because of racism. Even though the Civil Rights Act was passed the people are still acting out and violating harmless victims because of racism. It is surprising the statistics even for 2012 of the violate attacks against the victims.
Solitary confinement would serve the same purpose. Stopping a prison inmate from committing another crime is as simple as placing him or her in solitary confinement and simply “throwing away the key.” Individuals are not deterred from committing crimes, or murder, because of the fear of receiving the death penalty. However, should the justice system be deterred from capital punishment because of cost? It is much cheaper to keep someone in prison for a lifetime than it is to put him or her to death. This is due to the legal issues that arise and the court costs.
Even in 2011, it still seems to accept the idea that discrimination still exists in every level of the American Criminal Justice System. The subjects of disparity in sentencing patterns and of the impact of sentencing decisions have been evaluated often in the research over the last several years. Minorities, especially Black and Hispanic groups, appear still to be victims of discrimination in criminal courts. According to Rossi and Berk (1997), Blacks and Hispanics are usually overrepresented as defendants in the criminal courts, and as inmates in prison. This disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic minorities remains a source of considerable concern and perhaps leads to additional problems with discrimination in criminal justice