Issue 3
Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment is defined as “the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime.”
Did you know that the U.S. is the only western country still continuing to apply the death penalty and the are credited with the creation of the lethal injection that five countries have now also adopted?
One of my favorite quotes by Bryan Stevenson (founder of the EJI project) is this; “Capital punishment means people without the capital get punished.”
The U.S. that boasts of life, security and liberty for all and their hallmark message is freedom, yet the quote above is true reality for thousands to some extent.
I do not endorse the death penalty whatsoever, however I think that if capital punishment …show more content…
POLICY PROPOSAL RESPONSE
After exploring the general brokenness of the American criminal justice system and the major problems occurring, we can finally reach a well rounded conclusion to what the solution should be. However, due to the depth and breadth of the problems in this system, one solution would definitely not suffice; A mixture of many different formulas would need to be implemented.
Decriminalization of African Americans and other target minorities
I think that this first point is one of the most important solutions to the general brokeness of the American Criminal justice systems however, I’m also aware that this would be the hardest solution to implement. It would be the most difficult to implement because the government can not physically force individuals to not discriminate or 2. Neighbourhood Integration - See Ya Later Ghettos and Public Housing
African American ghettos play a major role in the rate of incarceration being that they are where law enforcement over policies, they are ravaged by poverty which can cause more illegal activities and the have some of the worst performing schools in the country. 3. An Investment in Education for …show more content…
The Decriminalization of Drug Addicts and Refocus on Rehabilitation
I think our first problem in the War on Drugs was when we started treating drug addicts like criminals and not people who are sick. The War on Drugs came from good intentions -keeping communities safe, stopping drug trafficking.. Etc. However, the War on Drugs quickly and discreetly became a war on people. I think we can be tough on crime without being tough on the people. 6. The Reappeal of the concept of PRIVATE PRISONS
I think it it is morally wrong for corporations to profit off the mass incarceration of millions of people in this country. Private prisons cannot be run as well as public ones, because the profit motive will always cause them to cut corners and deprive the inmates. Whether or not private prisons could theoretically be run as well as public ones, empirically they aren’t. Private prisons create a powerful lobby that will influence legislators to increase our already staggering incarceration levels.
7. The Abolition of Capital Punishment in the
Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment is defined as “the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime.”
Did you know that the U.S. is the only western country still continuing to apply the death penalty and the are credited with the creation of the lethal injection that five countries have now also adopted?
One of my favorite quotes by Bryan Stevenson (founder of the EJI project) is this; “Capital punishment means people without the capital get punished.”
The U.S. that boasts of life, security and liberty for all and their hallmark message is freedom, yet the quote above is true reality for thousands to some extent.
I do not endorse the death penalty whatsoever, however I think that if capital punishment …show more content…
POLICY PROPOSAL RESPONSE
After exploring the general brokenness of the American criminal justice system and the major problems occurring, we can finally reach a well rounded conclusion to what the solution should be. However, due to the depth and breadth of the problems in this system, one solution would definitely not suffice; A mixture of many different formulas would need to be implemented.
Decriminalization of African Americans and other target minorities
I think that this first point is one of the most important solutions to the general brokeness of the American Criminal justice systems however, I’m also aware that this would be the hardest solution to implement. It would be the most difficult to implement because the government can not physically force individuals to not discriminate or 2. Neighbourhood Integration - See Ya Later Ghettos and Public Housing
African American ghettos play a major role in the rate of incarceration being that they are where law enforcement over policies, they are ravaged by poverty which can cause more illegal activities and the have some of the worst performing schools in the country. 3. An Investment in Education for …show more content…
The Decriminalization of Drug Addicts and Refocus on Rehabilitation
I think our first problem in the War on Drugs was when we started treating drug addicts like criminals and not people who are sick. The War on Drugs came from good intentions -keeping communities safe, stopping drug trafficking.. Etc. However, the War on Drugs quickly and discreetly became a war on people. I think we can be tough on crime without being tough on the people. 6. The Reappeal of the concept of PRIVATE PRISONS
I think it it is morally wrong for corporations to profit off the mass incarceration of millions of people in this country. Private prisons cannot be run as well as public ones, because the profit motive will always cause them to cut corners and deprive the inmates. Whether or not private prisons could theoretically be run as well as public ones, empirically they aren’t. Private prisons create a powerful lobby that will influence legislators to increase our already staggering incarceration levels.
7. The Abolition of Capital Punishment in the