Criminal Justice Eyewitness
The goal of the criminal justice service is to protect the public, handle convicted offender in a proper way and give equal treatment. The United States has the largest incarceration rate in the world compared to other countries. More taxpayer is having to waste more money because of how much it cost to run the criminal justice system. The criminal justice system is ineffective because of bias law enforcement, mass incarceration and unfair court system Many Police Department in the United States is being criticized for being bias to certain races. These law enforcements that are being called bias are targeting more African-American compared to Whites. According to the Washington Post, “990 fatal shootings the researchers analyzed
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Starting off with a brutal rape case in 1979. Jerome White was sentenced to years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit because the victim picked out Jerome from the line-up. Years later, DNA from the case showed he was not the attacker but the perpetrator was actually in the line-up with him, standing right next to him. Wrongly convicted people have suffered, victims may have suffered also but they were responsible for leaving an innocent man behind bars. It is clear that eyewitness in identification pick out, tends to have a high error rate. As for the court system, according to research at Cornell University, “found that defendants with more stereotypically ‘black features’ were more likely to be sentenced to death.” This suggest are the race of the victim and the defendant will influence the sentencing (Swanson). Even though a great defense team can help the case. Many can’t afford one, around 80% of those charged with felonies are unable to hire an attorney so they have to rely on a public defender. Of course, there are more people charged with felonies than the amount of available public defender so the time spent on their case is very little. A public defender is overworked and for those defendants who want to fight their cases usually stay in jail longer because many other defendants are also waiting. Many will be arrested but they end up making bail within a few hours but for the poor, they will remain behind the bar until their trial. The legal system is unfair and based on your race, personality or wealth, it can decide the outcome of your
Starting off with a brutal rape case in 1979. Jerome White was sentenced to years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit because the victim picked out Jerome from the line-up. Years later, DNA from the case showed he was not the attacker but the perpetrator was actually in the line-up with him, standing right next to him. Wrongly convicted people have suffered, victims may have suffered also but they were responsible for leaving an innocent man behind bars. It is clear that eyewitness in identification pick out, tends to have a high error rate. As for the court system, according to research at Cornell University, “found that defendants with more stereotypically ‘black features’ were more likely to be sentenced to death.” This suggest are the race of the victim and the defendant will influence the sentencing (Swanson). Even though a great defense team can help the case. Many can’t afford one, around 80% of those charged with felonies are unable to hire an attorney so they have to rely on a public defender. Of course, there are more people charged with felonies than the amount of available public defender so the time spent on their case is very little. A public defender is overworked and for those defendants who want to fight their cases usually stay in jail longer because many other defendants are also waiting. Many will be arrested but they end up making bail within a few hours but for the poor, they will remain behind the bar until their trial. The legal system is unfair and based on your race, personality or wealth, it can decide the outcome of your