Persuasive Essay On Crime And Punishment

The American Criminal Justice System are sets of agencies and process made by the government to control crime and to penalize those who commit it. The justice system is different based one’s jurisdiction, meaning city, state, federal or tribal government or military installation. The Criminal System is divided into two main parts, the state and the federal. The state portion handles crimes within its state boundaries. The federal portion handles crime committed on Federal property or in two or more states (“Criminal Justice” 1). The American Criminal Justice System needs reform because of its emphasizes on incarceration punishment rather than Rehabilitation. Our justice system especially enforces punishment on blacks and Latinos resulting of overpopulation of prisons like Rikers Island for petty crimes. Also, another reform needed the juvenile cases. For example, juveniles who commit petty crimes shouldn’t be sent to adult prison and shouldn’t be near more dangerous and serious inmates.

Capital punishment is one of the most controversial topics in today’s world. Many people believe that it is morally wrong to have capital punishment as a sentence to a crime. People also do believe that it is morally permissible for a severe crime. Capital punishment is also known as the death penalty. It can be given as a sentence when somebody is convicted of an extremely violent crime. The biggest issue that can be seen with this is that somebody could be innocent and sentenced with the death penalty because of the nature of the crime that they have been accused of even if they didn’t commit it. I believe that there is a moral line between using the death penalty and using other forms of punishment.

The religious call to forgiveness is not a call to being a sucker. If someone has lied about you or to you, it is appropriate that you not pretend it didn't happen or that it doesn't matter because lying does matter. It matters to everyone involved with the liar and those who are suckered into the lie by affiliation.

In Bryan Stevenson's book “Just Mercy”, he discussed how many people are put on death row. He is a real lawyer who had to deal with inmates who were put on death row even if they said they were innocent. It made him realize how bad our criminal justice system is. Injustice, racism, and socioeconomic statuses were the main huge reasons why some were executed. Wealthy, poor, having no criminal records or having a few; there will always be discrimination towards those who are black.

Criminal justice has garnered massive national attention in the past few years in America. Multiple police shootings, the Black Lives Matter movement, and other hot-button issues have occupied the media on a daily basis. This attention has led many Americans to question the integrity and efficacy of the government institution that was designed to uphold the law and seek justice for its people. However, this system is severely damaged and its definition of justice has been perverted and contorted beyond recognition, resulting in unfair and discriminatory treatment of the people it has been sworn to protect.

Dr. Seuss addresses various social issues through his children’s books. Horton Hears a Who, published in 1954, targets discrimination against minorities. The Sneetches, published in 1961, takes aim at racism. In the story, Plain-Belly Sneetches are discriminated against because they lack a star, which signifies higher social status in their Sneetch community. Unfortunately, Seuss’ children’s story parallels contemporary society. Recently, children in the United States have experienced horrible mistreatment by law enforcement. In order to subdue misbehaving elementary school students, campus security guards and the police, who tend to be white in most cases, resort to extreme measures like handcuffs. Disabled African American children are often subjected to such abuse. They receive more severe, traumatizing punishments based on their skin color; they do cause disturbances and should face the consequences of their actions, but such force should not be used. Although these children can and should be handled in a less humiliating fashion, law enforcement accepts criminal punishments as a reasonable way to restrain African American children because their skin color makes them less than human and a greater threat.

Nonetheless, despite such ideation compelling people to lie, these les tend to damage their reputation and thus cause more harm than telling the truth. The defunct nature of the social system has created a self-preservation phenomenon that instinctively compels people to cover up for their mistakes (Von Hippel & Trivers, 2011). However, people with the habit of lying tend to think that they have permission to be irresponsible and thus the likelihood of engaging in socially unacceptable practices increases with time. The more a person gets away with challenges through lies, the more that person will engage in such uncouth behaviors. A person with a recurrent lying habit no longer keeps track of his/ her lying habits and thus becoming a hindrance for such a person to have close connections. The consequences of lying are dire once the truths about the situation or a series of situations emerge. Although some of these truths may not cause harm, they are sometimes acceptable.

Imagine you are a teen walking down the street with a friend. Now imagine being surrounded by police and getting searched for something that is not there. Since the item in question can not be placed the accuser changes their story; After multiple versions of what allegedly happened the police arrest you and your friend. Due to having a history of theft, a judge charges you with second degree robbery, even though there is no evidence to prove any wrong doing. Thinking the justice system will come through, and knowing your innocence, a trial is requested. Bail is set and cannot be paid due to economic hardship. Another consequence of not having money for bail, is there is also no money for a private attorney. A public defender, who has to many cases to keep straight, is assigned to help defend in court, yet he is trying to lessen his load and recommends several times that a plea deal is the best option that should be taken, even in the case of innocence. Picture holding out hope that if the case could just go to trial all would come to light. Four years pass by, mostly spent in solitary confinement, where the harsh circumstances begin to take a toll, mentally and physically. Imagine conditions so horrible, death seems better than enduring another day. Now picture the day for “justice” is finally here. No sooner does court get started it ends. The case gets thrown out due to the person who started all of this not being present. All the suffering that has been endured,

In an effort to make sure that innocent men and women are not wrongly convicted in capital punishments cases, they are given a wide range of appeals procedures. Immediately following sentencing an automatic appeals process called Direct Review begins. It is during this process that appellate courts review the lower trial court’s decision, checking for errors and making sure the case was tried on sound judgment. If any errors are found

In most cases, people don’t intend to lie. Sometimes our memory becomes defective and we may remember events a bit differently than how they

Getting told a lie is a very unpleasant feeling for some while for others. They have a stronger mentality and can withstand being told a lie. Personally in my opinion, being told a lie makes one feel as if they can’t trust the person anymore due to the fact that they are hiding something. For the person receiving the lie it is much more

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you killed a person and what it would feel like trying to justify the murder based on a person’s morality? In the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky the protagonist Raskolnikov faced with this exact situation in which he commits a murder and goes through the process of trying to justify his horrible act. He creates a fantasy that it was all right to murder this person because he can help more people that what he killed. An analysis of Fyodor Dostoevsky and his novel Crime and Punishment reveals that Dostoevsky was very depressed, due to the philosophies of that time, and this depression influenced the morality of Raskolnikov.

Perhaps we should give the judge a knife and tell her that if she has

Lying can be deceiving, yet sometimes it’s for the protection of others. Someone might lie because they’re protecting someone, but not emotional wise; it’s

“Americans have always had ambivalent feelings about crime and punishment” (71). Many say our American System of Justice is broken, for they believe the system is looking to just punish those who have done wrong and is not looking to rehabilitate them, especially for juveniles. Then there are some who say, the American System of Justice does not need to change for it already punishes criminals with due process, and rehabilitates them. The American System of Justice should change the way they punish criminals, because those who are incarcerated for nonviolent crimes are taking up space in our prison system, juveniles are being put in solitary confinement and coming out more damaged than they were, and lastly some offenders are serving to long for the crime they committed.