Brock Turner's Lack Of Justice

In the book “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson, the author is a lawyer and founder of the Equal Injustice Initiative who helps and defends those that are in desperate needs. Stevenson tells different stories of different cases that he had through the course of his professional career. One of the most heartbreaking stories that Stevenson shares on his books is about a boy named Charlie. Charlie is a fourteen years old who murdered his stepfather because he was abusive with his mom and left her unconscious on the floor. Charlie was sentenced to an adult prison because his stepfather was an ex-police officer. When Steven heard about Charlie’s case he ran to the prison to go see him and the first thing that Charlie tells Stevenson is how every night he would get sexually abused in prison by so many men ,and how they would do really awful things to him. “Florida is one of a few states that allows the prosecutor to decide to charge a child in adult court for certain crimes and has no minimum age for trying a child as an adult.”(Stevenson). Charlie’s case is not an unusual one. There are hundreds of prisoners currently in US prisons who are suffering ridiculous prison sentences while other prisoners with more violent, heinous, and terrible crimes have been sentenced to lesser time in jail or are already out. In order to understand why this is still a problem, it’s important to first understand the current issues facing prisons today and what effects come from these issues. Then

Many believe that the justice system is too forgiving, but do they know that our prisons are overcrowded because of the sentences the offenders get. The courts give these harsh sentences because they believe that crime will reduce. Public order sees over our society,

Society has a lot to do with this they are wanting to see certain offenders serve longer sentences than appointed by the justice system. For example a lot of

The overall problem with our criminal justice system, I believe is that at its core it is founded on the idea of redemptive violence, and that is because as a society we believe in this idea and perpetuate it all the time. This is a concept as old a civilization and rottenly plays in most of are media and fiction, even are daily thinking habits. The concept is

As a community we long to know that we are safe from criminal activity on all levels. If we have property stolen or vandalized we expect that the perpetrator will be caught and held accountable for their actions and restitution will be brought forth. If a “mad man” is on the loose raping and kill members of our community we expect they will be caught and sentenced in the legal system and order will be restored. In reality we know that this is not an actuality. Often criminals accept plea deals, overcrowding of jails provide sentences to be reduced, and lawyers find “loop holes” for their defendants and no time is served.

When we think about prisons, jails, and courthouses, our minds are meant to draw a connection to cold, hard, justice and fair punishments for guilty and deserving parties. Yet, in our judicial and prison systems around the world, this idea is nowhere close to reality. From inhumane punishments, to mass incarceration, and “trapping” people in the system based on race or financial status, justice is far from being served.

We live in a society today filled with crime and fear. We are told not to go out after a certain hour, always move in groups, and even at times advised to carry a weapon on ourselves. There is only one thing that gives us piece of mind in this new and frightening world we live in: the American penal system. We are taught when growing up to believe that all of the bad people in the world are locked up, far out of sight and that we are out of reach of their dangerous grasp. Furthermore, the murderers and rapists we watch on television, we believe once are caught are to be forgotten and never worried about again. We wish on them the most horrible fates and to rot in the caged institution they are forced to call their new home. But, where do

It's not often that I voice my opinions on social media, but this has not been an ordinary week. So excuse me while I discuss an issue that has pissed me off.

One of the many reason victim’s right advocates are for truth in sentencing laws is because “with probation, indeterminate sentencing, parole, and good time, the average time spent in prison by someone who wrongfully takes a human life is 7 years”

One of the problems with the law is its principle of removing judicial discretion. This severely hinders a judge's ability to make a punishment fit the crime. While some felons

Many families of rapists or sexual offenders believe they are punished to harshly because they are never given the chance to attend services like counseling to better themselves before being punished as a major criminal. Many families of rape victims and other citizens believe a rapist goes nearly free compared to what the victim goes through, and believe it is unfair. Although it is true that offenders don’t get the chance to better themselves before being convicted as a hard felon, they should be convicted even harsher and differently than they already are in Arkansas because: they cause their victims to go through a lifetime full of pain, worry, and stress; they currently go to jail

I feel like the criminal justice in United States is too lenient but on the other hand too harsh. In today's society the justice department is too worried about petty crimes such selling drugs, trespassing, and theft. They would rather lock people up in prison for petty crimes instead of rapist, murders, kidnappers and letting these types of people roam free. Then the justice department is so corrupt it is hard to find someone you can actually trust. I feel like the reason victims or witness do not come forward about a crime is because they feel like the justice department is going to sweep it under the rug. Another reason is the person the hurt them threaten them not to say anything and they feel like the only way out is through suicide. Then

In America, the justice system is flawed and biased in most cases. Many cases are overlooked and have exaggerated sentences that sets a person’s fate in stone. In the documentary, Time: The Kalief Browder Story, Kalief Browder was wrongfully put in Riker’s Island Jail for three years. He endured beatings, starvation and torture without ever being convicted of a crime. He spent most of his time in solitary confinement and it drove him to the brink of insanity. His whole life changed the night he got arrested for supposedly stealing a man’s backpack. Without having the funds for bail, Kalief stayed in one of the most violent prisons in the country and it affected him immensely. He was paranoid and did not trust anyone around him because he thought they were the police. No matter what he did to try and work through the suffering, he still ended up in a psychiatric hospital on a couple occasions after his release. And because of the effects, he committed suicide at his mom’s home only a few years after he was released from prison. The justice system is fatally flawed and needs to be revised for the fact that Kalief’s story is not so unusual. Although the justice system was made to protect the innocent and reform the guilty, it failed to provide justice.

For many years this topic has been back and forth whether it is a good thing. The topic about whether or not parole should in place has also became a very controversial topic. The debate is usually fifty-fifty on whether it is a good idea or not a good idea. Many people believe in the idea of allowing someone to have a second chance and for them to be able to show that people do change if given an opportunity to show it. While others believe that no matter how many chances you give someone they will still do what they want and keep breaking the rules. I would say I am on the side of those who believe parole should not exist and that the criminal should serve their full sentence not just a percentage of their sentence. Many innocent people

The purpose of the prison system was meant to be a deterrent to crime, as a preventative measure and to those who have already committed crimes, it is supposed to keep them from coming back. Obviously this did not work, today there are overcrowded jails and courts that look to any other way to punish a criminal besides jail time. The other options do not work either, they have not reduced the prison population nor have they created a sort of fear of being punished that a tougher system might do(Faugeron 5). I think the prison system should be made tougher, and that the alternatives to prison be used in cases where the crime was very small and the criminal would benefit from some other form of punishment than prison. If the criminal has