Inconsistencies in the Justice System
Why does the justice system have different penalties for the same crime? Why should money be allowed to persuade the severity of the punishment? Both of these questions have a lot to do with the inconsistencies of the courts and the questioning of their decisions. The Huffington Post came out with an article that was titled “Men sentenced to longer prison terms than a woman for the exact same crime.” If a person does the same crime as someone else, they should get the same sentence regardless of gender, race, or the amount of money they may have which also seems to alter the amount of time they spend after a wrongdoing. This is a problem because race, economic status, and fame should not get someone any special treatment. Why is the justice system like this and what can the system do to change this? A way this can change is to limit bias through activities to help juries in order to create a fair trial in all criminal cases.
The system is ruining lives, not changing them. Inconsistencies in the justice system are what causes many problems in the society. An individual deserves a complete and ethical punishment based on the level of austerity of the crime. …show more content…
This is why the system needs to become morally aware of the punishments they give. Taking punishment into consideration it is also the after effect that needs to attract the systems concerns because again this is someone 's life they are dealing with whether it is life in prison or the course of getting through life with a record. Instead of focusing on whose pocket the system is going to empty cause the sentence and punishment is “unfair” the focus should be pointed towards the decision of a punishment between a case where someone is raped versus someone who forgot to pay a traffic violation. Who deserves the more severe punishment? The answer is obvious but in the system, things are
Why does the justice system have different penalties for the same crime? Why should money be allowed to persuade the severity of the punishment? Both of these questions have a lot to do with the inconsistencies of the courts and the questioning of their decisions. The Huffington Post came out with an article that was titled “Men sentenced to longer prison terms than a woman for the exact same crime.” If a person does the same crime as someone else, they should get the same sentence regardless of gender, race, or the amount of money they may have which also seems to alter the amount of time they spend after a wrongdoing. This is a problem because race, economic status, and fame should not get someone any special treatment. Why is the justice system like this and what can the system do to change this? A way this can change is to limit bias through activities to help juries in order to create a fair trial in all criminal cases.
The system is ruining lives, not changing them. Inconsistencies in the justice system are what causes many problems in the society. An individual deserves a complete and ethical punishment based on the level of austerity of the crime. …show more content…
This is why the system needs to become morally aware of the punishments they give. Taking punishment into consideration it is also the after effect that needs to attract the systems concerns because again this is someone 's life they are dealing with whether it is life in prison or the course of getting through life with a record. Instead of focusing on whose pocket the system is going to empty cause the sentence and punishment is “unfair” the focus should be pointed towards the decision of a punishment between a case where someone is raped versus someone who forgot to pay a traffic violation. Who deserves the more severe punishment? The answer is obvious but in the system, things are