How unfair the justice system is in regards to race and the results of it.

Less is known about the extent of discrimination at the arrest stage, in part because underlying rates of criminal activity by race cannot be easily assessed. Some evidence comes from comparing the race distribution of offenders derived from victims’ surveys with the racial composition of individuals arrested for the same crime. Two studies have found that these distributions are roughly comparable for many violent crimes.

The main purpose of this article is to look at the possible link between race and exoneration, and how race and wrongful convictions lead to the exonerations. There were three reasons that the authors chose this topic to research. The first reason was the research previously done in the field show racial biased in the criminal justice system. This paper looks at how that effects wrongful conviction and the subsequent exoneration. The second reason is because if there is an innocent person in prison that means that the real culprit is still out there, and more than likely committing more crimes. The third reason is racial composition of the dyad, victim and

Majority of blacks never get a trial or end up spending months in jail before receiving one. More than half of the black defendants in jail faced a majority of all white jury. For many of people in our society today crime has a black face. “ African American

You are driving down the highway, obeying the traffic laws. You look in the rear view mirror and you see flashing lights, cop lights, and a siren. You pull over and you are not too sure why. What is clear from research is that race is a consistent predictor of attitude toward the police. A study in Cincinnati found that black drivers had longer stops and higher search rates than white drivers. (www.nij.gov)There are 2.2 million people behind bars in the nation’s prisons and jails today. This is a 500% increase in the last 40 years, prisons are becoming overcrowded and it is only getting worse. Today, people of color make up 37% of the U.S population but make up 67% of the prison population. African American men are six times more likely to be incarcerated and hispanic males are more than twice as likely to be incarcerated than white males. Even white males commit the same crimes, and they still do not get the same amount of time as blacks and hispanics do. This raises questions, is our justice system fair? Is the criminal justice system operated to target people of color? The risk that African Americans are unfairly targeted should be a special concern for the U.S supreme court which it seems to not be. The color of someone 's skin should not be taken into consideration in the justice system, it is unfair to the person being charged, it is unjustifiable and it is

Social class in relation to the justice system adversely affects not only minorities who are concentrated in marginalized communities (Rios, 2011), but also affects White people. Poor Whites compared to poor minorities may face similar obstacles, but they are not treated the same by all agents involved in the justice system. Discretion by police

There is certainly constant controversy about the numerous amounts of conviction cases which involves false allegations and how black men play a significant role. “A Crime by Any Other Name” briefly mentions the concept of how bias and discriminatory our Justice System truly is. Something in particular that we see constantly especially in urban areas is the mistreatment of black men. Black men are blamed and punished for a crime they ultimately did not do for reasons which racist people think that a black man who is suspicious should be arrested or charged. As we all know, police enforcement typically focuses on street crime and low-income neighborhoods. Specifically today, Chicago is still facing numerous amounts of false conviction cases

Race in the justice system isn’t something that is new to the modern worlds talks on how race

The author, Travis L. Dixon, sought to address the association of criminal behavior and race based on news programs portrayals of crime, specifically to blacks and whites. Thus, blacks are classified as the perpetrators, whereas whites are classified as the victims, creating an ideology of whites are most likely to be victimized by people of color. Published on October 1st, 2008, Dixon assets the validity of this by addressing main points such as taking a psychological approach on social cognition, priming process and interracial victimization. As a result, a study was conducted to “test whether the race of perpetrators, race of victims, and level of stereotype endorsement have an impact on participants perception of the featured perpetrator

Society is making you think criminal when you see a black person which is not true, “One study argues that blacks are “demonized” by the faces chosen to depict criminality in crime news stories” (Welch). It proves it because

The hypothesis for this research question would be “If a person is of color, and recognized as a minority, they are more likely to be arrested for violent crimes than a white person.” I expect that this hypothesis will be proven true because of the framing effects of the media, and the stereotypes that minorities face. It also seems like this is a plausible relationship, especially in the current climate. With protests about the police, the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement, there has been racial tension throughout the United States. For example, an analysis by the American Civil Liberties Union indicated that “Minneapolis police officers made nearly 100,000 non-felony arrests between Jan. 1, 2012, and Sept. 30, 2014… African Americans and Native Americans were arrested at rates nearly nine times higher than the rate for whites.” It’s important to note that these are non-felony arrests in one city in the United States. So, it is reasonable to consider, due to the racial disparities, that actual felony arrests rates are even higher. In fact, “African Americans make up less than 19 percent of the city 's population, and Native Americans just 2 percent… The arrest numbers don 't include separate categories for Asians and Hispanics” (Williams, Brandt).

For many years’ crime in America has been an ongoing problem with statistics dramatically varying over the past decade (Walker, Spohn & DeLone 2012). American crime statistics show crime is commonly associated with racial aggregation, crimes include: drugs, burglary, larceny, arson and motor vehicle theft, to more violent crimes, such as, rape, robbery, assault and homicide, in which the rate is exceptionally high (Walker, Spohn & DeLone 2012). Further, racial conflict has been an issue in American history for over a century and continues to be an arguable topic (Beckett & Sasson 2014). According to Walker, Spohn and DeLone (2012) it is argued that the American criminal justice system declares they are not racist and that allegations of

Race often interferes with the justice system and their “objective” punishments for petty crimes. In the courts, most jurors are not black, as prosecutors will strike them out on the basis of a felony background (Alexander, 121). The prison system is not immune to racism and bias - prison society is often racially segregated, and it is unusual to see interracial friendships (Mooallem, 2015). In society, even mundane details such as the appearance of minorities is cause for suspicion. Officers stopped Michael Whren and James Brown, who are both black, although the police had no probable reason to stop and search other than race (Alexander, 67). While the police might pass over a white man when searching for disreputable citizens, they stop and imprison minorities. Consider these ratios from 2006: for every group of 14 black men, one is in jail, compared to the one in 106 incarceration rate of whites (Alexander, 100). Due to current mandatory minimum sentences, minority offenders are eight times more likely to be imprisoned than whites (Toussaint, 2017). Another “objective” law is the Three Strikes law, which arose from the War on Drugs era. The law raises the punishment for the third offense, often to a life sentence. In California, this law causes “thousands of people – the overwhelming majority of them poor and nonwhite – remain imprisoned for a variety of offenses so absurd … any would read like a joke” (Taibbi, 2013). Many citizens consider these strict crime

Today’s media’s representation of Blacks and race leads to two different but closely related views: The first assumes that crime is stereotypically

The concept of race is an idea that has been socially and historically created. However, as we look closer into race and the role race plays in society, one realizes that education and wealth are unable to provide safety from the consequences of being part of an unfavored racial group. In terms of crime in America, the role of race has been implemented to harm people of color, especially those that are African-American. An African-American and a white person, can commit the same crime, and yet experience the consequences differently.

The justice system is so messed up now at days because of how prejudice it is against minorities and only seems to be getting worse; as well as the average time served for possession of a drug, especially something small as a couple blunts worth of weed. Over 75% of American incarcerations are either black or latino and thats not a coincidence. Shows how racist the justice system is and its a proven fact that white people serve a much shorter sentence for the same crime that a black person commits. It seems as if a less chaotic version of the Malcolm X and MLK era needs to come abt to correct this.