Access to justice is a fundamental right and principle of democracy and rule of law. Equal access and protection under the law require that individuals have legal representation when before the court in serious matters. This is reinforced by the Charter and the justice system through formal equality. However‚ the justice system in Canada does not make accessibility easy and is limited‚ especially in regards to those living in poverty. People living in poverty face many obstacles to accessing the
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Distributive justice concerns the proper and equal distribution of goods and attention‚ mostly from a monetary basis such as taxes‚ compensation and re-imbursement. This distribution is most often based on the needs and merits of individuals and organizations. The difficulty lies in deciding how and to whom allocations are dispersed as well as fairness of disbursement of funds based on individual and organizational entitlements. It mainly deals with what is fair monetary compensation for labor
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The criminal justice system has been altered in several ways to make it a fair system for all races‚ religions‚ and genders. Though this was the goal since the beginning‚ the system has not fully accomplished this. The justice system has become corrupt and incredibly unfair‚ especially to those of color. People of color are stereotyped and scrutinized excessively during their sentences. There are several cases that show how corrupt the justice system really is. The cases of Adam Bollenback‚ Brock
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“According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ which is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice‚ 1 in 3 black men can expect to be incarcerated in their lifetime. For Latino men the imprisonment rate is 1 in 6‚ and for White men it’s 1 in 17”(2015‚ Top 8 Most Surprising Facts about Race and the US Criminal Justice System). Racism has tainted our history books for centuries and continues to plague our world to this very day . The Bureau of Justice statistic worries me‚ because even though that
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The justice system in America on multiple occasions has shown how unfair it is. Police brutality towards minorities is at an ultimate high and no officers are being held responsible for their actions. Many people who are incarcerated did not actually commit the crime but cannot be cleared for years because of all the other prisoners with them. People who are better off financially are able to get easier sentences while having special treatment from the justice system. These reasons support my statement
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What the American Justice System addresses is that sometimes the system pushes toward the wrong side. For example‚ it seems that the American Justice System would rather excuse a couple of innocent men and to punish an innocent man. Sometimes‚ they don’t have enough evidence to say who did a crime. So‚ the Justice System has many flaws that need to be addressed. I found the documentary‚ “Making a Murder” and the podcast‚ “Serial” very similar because in both stories the authorities made a big
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The American criminal justice system makes up a huge part of a society. Not only in the sense that many people actively work in this system‚ but it impacts our society in a major way. Crime‚ according to the chapter‚ is when people in the community deviate from the norm of that society. Crime will always exist‚ in any place where there is a group of people. The consequences of one or more people committing a crime can help improve the society. The government has tried many times to pass legislation
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The criminal justice system is constantly degrading the African American life. Some of the law enforcement personnel at times target only the minorities as criminal suspects‚ which eventually scolds the racial population of the people arrested and charged(Cole‚ Smith‚ & DeJong‚ 2013). This causes a big conflict between the black and the white race. Racial profiling is a major problem that the U.S. criminal justice system has (Cole‚ Smith‚ & DeJong‚ 2013). This involves the classification of criminal
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Domestic abuse intersections or race and ethnicity‚ social class‚ gay and lesbian battering‚ and gender asymmetry provide various actions the Canadian criminal justice systems can take to assist in reducing the socially structured invisibility of certain victims‚ and their reluctance to use the criminal justice system. The criminal justice framework in Canada respond to domestic violence pro-charging and pro- prosecution policies‚ dual arrest –when the police are unable to ascertain the ‘primary aggressor’
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The Criminal Justice System is the system of law enforcement that is directly involved in apprehending‚ prosecuting‚ defending‚ sentencing and punishes those who is suspected or convicted of criminal offenses. The two main systems are the State and Federal: The state criminal justice systems handles crime committed within their state boundaries while the Federal criminal justice system handles crimes committed on federal property or in several states; Federal crimes compared to state crimes are more
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