American Justice System Unfair

Unfair police lineups have become a rising issue in the American criminal justice system in recent years. More specifically, unfair police lineups have made witnesses and victims more susceptible to confuse innocent and guilty suspects in a criminal trial. There is a series of research and experimental research that has been done on this topic in recent years that have proven this hypothesis to hold true in many cases. Some research suggests that often times, the witness or identifier on the stand

it is available, justice should be served. That is where the justice system comes in and their job is suppose to allow justice to be served. Over the years, the criminal justice system has lacked in that area according to almost half of the United States citizens. Many may ask the question, "why?", but there is no definite answer for why the justice system has lacked in its area of justice. The real question is, "how?" How can this be changed? That is the question many American Citizens are asking

When individuals think of the criminal justice system, the first images that come to their minds are a judge, jury full of people, the prosecution, and the defense. These images are what make up the courtroom environment, however, no one realizes how skin color affects what happens in the courtroom. Although race should not be a factor in determining said person’s sentencing, it is and sadly results in wrongful convictions as well as riots and protests as of recently. In the Independent.co.uk article

The bias in the American criminal justice system is first reported in the first stages of the system, which includes the (act of asking questions and trying to find the truth about something) and arrest of the suspected people by police personnel (American Civil Liberties Union, 2013). These police personnel discriminately target the minorities as criminal suspects, which eventually skews the racial population of the people arrested, charged, put in jail or convicted (Cole, Smith, & DeJong, 2013)

person doesn’t speak up about unfair treatment, they are allowing injustice to infect everyone. The Webster dictionary definition states, “Injustice is an unfair treatment or situation in which the rights of a person or a group of people are ignored (Merriam-Webster).” There are various examples of injustice in the Criminal Justice System, the occupation field, and the education system that negatively impact the citizens in America. To begin with, the Criminal Justice System is meant to protect citizens

The criminal justice system is unfair because of the discrimination and racism in the United States. “African American are discriminated and targeted in the American justice system more than other races.” According to bueau of justice. “Police are three times as likely to search the cars of stopped black drivers.” Nationally black drivers are more likely to be pulled over and less likely to receive a reason for being stopped. “Police arrest Americans for doing drugs crimes as twice

As citizens of the United States, we must recognize how important it is that the Justice System is fair. We have a common commitment as part of society to abide by the laws the government lays down for us. Because of this, it’s essential that all laws and punishments within the justice system are fair, otherwise, we all get punished, regardless of our arrest record. If a criminal is caught, they must be punished fairly, or else our democracy will become one of two extremes, an anarchy or dictatorship

American society is a great nation made up of rich racial diversity, a situation that brings sensitivity on the way different races are treated, especially in the justice system. Statistics on the field of criminal justice shows unequal racial proportions of people arrested and charged in courts of law. The statistics trigger unfounded theories that some races, especially the African American race, are mistreated may be due to their skin color. The assumptions regarding unfairness in the justice

In the film “American Violet”, it showcases Dee Roberts, an African-American single mother of four, getting unlawfully accused of drug dealing crack cocaine during a drug raid ordered by the district attorney. Roberts thereafter pursued a lawsuit against the district attorney, Calvin Beckett. The film “American Violet” was based on the true story of the civil rights lawsuit Regina Kelly v. John Paschall (Weigant, 2009). The film exhibits several themes of how the criminal justice system targets low-income

The justice system is unquestionably setup in favor for whites. There are multiple statistics and straight facts to back up this statement. The justice system is setup in favor for whites because other races, mostly African Americans, are stopped by the police at much higher rates than whites, trails are unfair and sometimes not offered, and others are punished more aggressively than whites. There were a lot more things that were found to prove the statement, but these few will due. The justice system