Human Error In Criminal Justice

In law and rulings many things affect the outcome like criminal record, time period, and precedent amongst a few things but our main goal should always be justice. Procedure and process are key by all means but you may follow every step in a manual or recipe right and still produce an outcome unlike you are supposed to its human error our main goal should simply be that of justice. If we can simply take our time and be persistent the truth of every situation will make itself evident we shouldn’t just follow the steps to create a ruling and apply it without truly knowing who is in the right and who is on the wrong, this only leads to the incorrect punishment as well as incorrect offenders. Process and procedure are key to judgements but simply …show more content…
Procedure and process was followed throughout cases like Joyner v. Joyner, State v. Pendergrass, and State v. Rhodes precedent even played a role in each of these cases, yet even though procedure was alike in all three cases and all three dealt with very similar variables the rulings of each would be overturned in today 's world. When these cases were decided it wasn’t procedure that determined the ruling it was the culture and the fact that men and power figures were often allowed to act as they wanted towards those they were seen to be in control of. Today these rulings would be looked at as unjust and those who were in the wrong would be punished, but each punishment would likely be different given who was involved, where as well as why the actions occurred, and the records of those involved. Procedure will always be followed and it is important we follow procedures we can’t rule on things if at any point evidence was gained illegally or the court is conducted in an unprofessional way procedure can structure the courtroom and it provides a good set of guidelines but like precedent it shouldn’t be the largest player in judgements. In cases like the Queen v. Dudley and Stephens …show more content…
Simply following procedure and not taking in all the case has to offer can result in wronging those accused like the original ruling in the Queen v. Dudley and Stevens. Our justice system need to see all parts of cases instead of hopping to conclusions there’s a reason we have a rather median population, yet the largest incarceration rate. In experiments like the Forgery Case we see judges either ruling in order to deter, judge’s ruling while taking in all the circumstances of the case, and judge’s ruling in order to rehabilitate the accused. In cases like Cook v. State though the ruling does seem harsh and somewhat unfair it takes into account all of the events prior and circumstances surrounding the case in order to create a ruling that will affect the accused, but in fewer ways than if the ruling had went the other way. Our justice system needs to see to it that rulings fit given what is just and what will help those effected the most. There are people who do deserve sentences like life and death, but at the same time it has been well documented there are also people facing those rulings who are innocent. We need to see law as less of a dominating force and more of a way in which we can condemn those who truly deserve it and rehabilitate those who may still be able to impact our society in a positive way like Judge Shauer and Dell in the Forgery Case experiment. We need to view take in all the things