Circle Justice vs. US Criminal Justice System
By: Kayla
Have you ever read the book Touching Spirit Bear? Touching Spirit Bear is a novel about a troubled, teenage boy named Cole Mathews, who almost gets sent to jail, but many people help him in Circle Justice where he is banished to an Alaskan island for a year. After the year is over, Cole has changed and regrets his past decisions. He helps heal his school from suicide and bullies to help those around him.
Circle Justice is a Native American form of justice that seeks healing and forgiveness. Some positive things about of Circle Justice is that the criminal can change his ways, may it be forced or chosen, but the criminal can’t change unless he accepts it. Another thing is Circle Justice can help heal the rift between the bully and the victim like Cole and Peter. The criminal is also getting a second chance of fixing his mistakes instead of going to jail. (Circle Sentencing: Part of the Restorative Justice Continuum, 2002) With positive things there are …show more content…
Whether he’s hurt people or robbed a bank, he gets punished for it. The Criminal Justice System helps stop illegal activities. Another good thing is that the wrongly accused can defend their innocence in a court of law. (Gupta, 2011) With good advantages, there are also disadvantages, for example, if the criminal doesn’t go to Circle Justice then they don’t change, what I’m saying is if the person goes to jail they will be the same person and when they get out they will commit more crimes. Sometimes the wrongly accused can go to jail instead of the person who actually committed the crime. People could threaten the witness to lie so the defendant goes to jail. For example, a lady testifies against a man who people say shot two FBI agents, but the FBI threatened to take away the lady’s daughter if she didn’t lie about the man killing those FBI agents. (Kroll,
By: Kayla
Have you ever read the book Touching Spirit Bear? Touching Spirit Bear is a novel about a troubled, teenage boy named Cole Mathews, who almost gets sent to jail, but many people help him in Circle Justice where he is banished to an Alaskan island for a year. After the year is over, Cole has changed and regrets his past decisions. He helps heal his school from suicide and bullies to help those around him.
Circle Justice is a Native American form of justice that seeks healing and forgiveness. Some positive things about of Circle Justice is that the criminal can change his ways, may it be forced or chosen, but the criminal can’t change unless he accepts it. Another thing is Circle Justice can help heal the rift between the bully and the victim like Cole and Peter. The criminal is also getting a second chance of fixing his mistakes instead of going to jail. (Circle Sentencing: Part of the Restorative Justice Continuum, 2002) With positive things there are …show more content…
Whether he’s hurt people or robbed a bank, he gets punished for it. The Criminal Justice System helps stop illegal activities. Another good thing is that the wrongly accused can defend their innocence in a court of law. (Gupta, 2011) With good advantages, there are also disadvantages, for example, if the criminal doesn’t go to Circle Justice then they don’t change, what I’m saying is if the person goes to jail they will be the same person and when they get out they will commit more crimes. Sometimes the wrongly accused can go to jail instead of the person who actually committed the crime. People could threaten the witness to lie so the defendant goes to jail. For example, a lady testifies against a man who people say shot two FBI agents, but the FBI threatened to take away the lady’s daughter if she didn’t lie about the man killing those FBI agents. (Kroll,