All those fucking VCs, they should all get killed. Nam should be entirely destroyed! TNT should be placed all over Vietnam so this bitch would disappear from the map. That’s all it deserves after taking away my freaking best friend. I did see plenty of people die in Vietnam, but this was fucking unbelievable, partly because he was my fucking best friend and partly because of the way it happened. Just like we used to, Curt and I went to play catch with a smoke grenade, which was certainly the greatest game ever thought, under some huge trees; the biggest I’ve ever seen of my life. We were having a great time. In fact, everyone always had a great time with Curt; he was such a nice guy, a respectable guy. However, this bitch…
The Innocent Man is non-fiction examining several particularly unjust criminal convictions in the Oklahoma justice system. But as non-fiction, you will not believe how innocent people can be railroaded onto death row on almost no evidence whatsoever, coerced confessions and unscrupulous prosecutors who want someone's head on a stick without truly looking for the killer.…
I am writing to bring to your attention the unfair trial of Tom Robinson. I think we all knew that the jury would say that he was guilty of the crime, but was he really? I don’t think he was, and I hope you and the readers of The Maycomb Tribune will help me fight this injustice. Good people like Atticus Finch, tried to prove the innocence of Tom Robinson. The real criminals here are Mayella Ewell and Bob Ewell for taking a man’s life simply because he was colored. Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.…
In “Searching for truths, Searching for justice” Nancy A. Heitzeg thesis talks about the controversial issues that we as Americans have going on. Getting the facts, understanding values, truths, and justice is what Heiteg is trying to do in her writing. “The truths created by the social world call out for evaluation, for analysis, for judgment” (131). The unfairness of the world isn’t fair or equal. Heizeg points out some situations that have ruined the society of America.…
Chapter four in Sandel’s book “Justice” talks about markets and morals. In this chapter we consider the morality of paying people to perform different types of work such as fighting wars and bearing children. The question that stands is whether there should be a market, when money is involved, to the aspect of morality. One good example that Sandel portrays in this chapter is “Pregnancy for Pay.” Thinking through the rights and wrongs in this example helps clarify the differences among leading theories of justice.…
A true story of how a man was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death, May God Have Mercy exposes the imperfections in the criminal justice system and how it led to the death of an innocent man. Roger Coleman's case became the main story on nightly newscasts and prominent television shows such as Larry King Live, Nightline, Good Morning America, and the Today Show. Many crucial, yet harmful decisions were made that ultimately resulted in an innocent man's execution at the death house in Greensville, Virginia. The police, the prosecutor, and the Judge can all be held responsible for Coleman's death. However, the reason Roger Coleman was not acquitted of the murder of Wanda McCoy in the first place and thus in a position to be executed was because his original lawyers, Steve Arey and Terry Jordan, did not provide him with adequate representation, as required by the Constitution of the United States of America.…
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson gives an inside look at the twisted justice system, and how innocent lives are lost & ruined due to bias and injustice in the justice system. The book reflects on how there is corruption in the courts, how Bryan Stevenson overcame these difficulties to help Walter McMillian.…
Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle does a lot more than tell an account of an incident in 1920s Detroit, it goes deeper into the problems of people within the city as well as the city itself. The story focuses on Ossian Sweet, a man from a small town called Bartow, Florida whose parents sent him up north so he could have a chance to make something of himself, which he did. This, however, did not change the fact that he was a black man living in early 20th century America, and moved into the city of Detroit which was known to be the most segregated city in the United States (p. 344) Boyle digs into the personal life of Sweet, as well as the lives of people around him- black and white- to give the reader a clear, realistic aspect of how life was…
Understand who is an employee and who is an independent contractor and know the risks of misclassification.…
In The Ultimate Punishment, Van Den Haag talks about the death penalty in the United States and takes the stance that it is morally justifiable and sometimes needs to be a punishment that is used to gain retribution. He states, “It ends the existence of those punished, instead of temporarily imprisoning them.” A murderer has taken away the lives of other people, as well as punishing the family members indirectly causing them pain. Therefore not only is this retribution to the person who was killed, but also to the people that the victim was survived by.…
Gentlemen of the jury, we have gathered to decide the fate of a boy, a life or death decision. This is a responsibility that must not be taken lightly, a guilty child born into a corrupt system shouldn’t be culled due to the ignorance and failure to achieve the justice he deserves. This boy, who is in good health, and should live to a good age, will come to a permanent end. In my many years of law it has never been clearer to me the suspect has been falsely accused. It is your duty as the jury, the established law that is supposed to keep the innocent out of jail, to decide the fate of an innocent man.…
While proposition 47 reduces many drug related felonies to misdemeanors this may help whites being released from prison as incarceration even for a misdemeanor can have long reaching stratifying effects for Blacks and Hispanics when it comes to jobs, housing and other resources. Which leads to higher recidivism rates for blacks and Latino as the stigma of incarceration adversely impact their life chances chance as they find it hard to rebuild relationships with loved one or find support services once released from prison. Studies have shown black and white felons sent on the interviews with the same, resume information and Felony convictions yielded better results for receive call backs for or a job, while blacks with the no call back s our job.…
For my observation paper, I chose to visit the Wayne County Circuit Court (Family Division), which is located at 1025 East Forest in Detroit. The date of my visit was March 6th and I was there from 8:45 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.…
In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing.…
I believe that current state of victims’ right in America is better than it has been in the past thirty years. Thirty years ago, victims had few legal rights to be informed, present and heard within the criminal justice system. Victims did not have to be notified of court proceedings or of the arrest or release of the defendant, they had no right to attend the trial or other proceedings, and they had no right to make a statement to the court at sentencing or at other hearings. Moreover, victim assistance programs were virtually non-existent. Today, every state…