2017
NO Redemption, NO Justice, & NO Mercy Bryan Stevenson, a young lawyer, found the Equal Justice Initiative in the need of the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the criminal justice system. Stevenson took multiple cases, one considerably drawing his attention; a case of a young man sentenced to death falsely accused by the federal court system. This lead Stevenson to finally think of conspiracy, political machinations, and legal brinksmanship towards the United States. Later, this helped Stevenson to his quick learning of mercy and justice for the misfortune. In the manifestation of how poverty affects justice there are multiple different opinions and statistics throughout the United Sates. Poverty is the …show more content…
Poverty affects those in society and brings them to be broke, so they cannot gain equal justice as those of rich, who are being helped. In Shaila Dewan explanation, she claims that, “Using the Equal Protection Clause to argue that the poor cannot be detained for mere wan of money if a wealth person in a similar situation would go free.” Abusing those who are broke can only break them into depression that will hinder them in the future towards the world. This leads to multiple homeless individuals with low income and low self-esteem, fighting poverty and being judged by the outside world. Therefore, poverty plays a major role in the United States to the once justice promised and stripped away from them. Because of federal laws and judgement, some are sent to jail for not being able to pay these outrageous hiding fees. “Justice that is blind to poverty and indiscriminately forces defendants to pay for their physical liberty,” Myron H. Thompson, a federal judge in Alabama’s Middle District, wrote in the case, “is no justice at …show more content…
In the video, people are set under fines and then sent to court where they are not able to pay the fees. Therefore, they are set under probation and or incarcerated until they can uphold their fines. After probation, a fee is owed to the state to be released from jail. Kassie Bracken and Jessica Naudziumas explains how, “The courts were signing fines and fees to ensure that the court system in guaranteed pay.” Meanwhile, how can one be forced to pay what they do not have money for and these individuals cannot be sentenced to jail for being poor. Now, the showing of poverty is starting to effect those of justice more and giving them a disadvantage to
NO Redemption, NO Justice, & NO Mercy Bryan Stevenson, a young lawyer, found the Equal Justice Initiative in the need of the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the criminal justice system. Stevenson took multiple cases, one considerably drawing his attention; a case of a young man sentenced to death falsely accused by the federal court system. This lead Stevenson to finally think of conspiracy, political machinations, and legal brinksmanship towards the United States. Later, this helped Stevenson to his quick learning of mercy and justice for the misfortune. In the manifestation of how poverty affects justice there are multiple different opinions and statistics throughout the United Sates. Poverty is the …show more content…
Poverty affects those in society and brings them to be broke, so they cannot gain equal justice as those of rich, who are being helped. In Shaila Dewan explanation, she claims that, “Using the Equal Protection Clause to argue that the poor cannot be detained for mere wan of money if a wealth person in a similar situation would go free.” Abusing those who are broke can only break them into depression that will hinder them in the future towards the world. This leads to multiple homeless individuals with low income and low self-esteem, fighting poverty and being judged by the outside world. Therefore, poverty plays a major role in the United States to the once justice promised and stripped away from them. Because of federal laws and judgement, some are sent to jail for not being able to pay these outrageous hiding fees. “Justice that is blind to poverty and indiscriminately forces defendants to pay for their physical liberty,” Myron H. Thompson, a federal judge in Alabama’s Middle District, wrote in the case, “is no justice at …show more content…
In the video, people are set under fines and then sent to court where they are not able to pay the fees. Therefore, they are set under probation and or incarcerated until they can uphold their fines. After probation, a fee is owed to the state to be released from jail. Kassie Bracken and Jessica Naudziumas explains how, “The courts were signing fines and fees to ensure that the court system in guaranteed pay.” Meanwhile, how can one be forced to pay what they do not have money for and these individuals cannot be sentenced to jail for being poor. Now, the showing of poverty is starting to effect those of justice more and giving them a disadvantage to