African Americans get the death penalty and there injustice to them in the prison system.In The United States, the death penalty and injustice is not acknowledged enough beg the justice cause innocent people are still not getting what they deserve and keep getting racially profiled.
This is a problem because in the African American community, even young kids are being put on death row or in prison for older people instead of juvie. People of color are being treated harshly during their sentencing of the death penalty, this shows how injust the system is. This problem might be the downfall of the country because they show little interest and accountability police and prosecutors have when dealing with black men on death row, black Americans …show more content…
According to the text, it states, “The prosecutors argued that Herbert was not just tragically misguided and reckless; he was evil”. Even though Herbert was convicted for murder, his background was completely ignored and it could be a reason why he was convicted for murder. Herbert Richardson developed PTD due to his background and it isn't fair that he is being sentenced to death. Based on the memoir “Stevenson attempts to prevent execution of two men Michael Lindsey and Horace Dunkins”. Stevenson seems to have gathered a lot of background information to prevent them getting the death penalty for valid reasons such as mental issues, unstable childhoods, etc. For example Herbert served in combat which gave him ptsd and Duncan was not mentally stable with an iq of 69 and a reasoning skills of a 12 year old but this evidence was never presented to the jury this seems very reasonable because ages below 18 get punished as a juvenile due to immaturity Duncan was basically a 12 year old in a grown man body. Therefore, many death penalties were unreasonable in the memoir, just because they ignored background and mental …show more content…
They take advantage that colored people get no power, so police falsely accuse For example in the book “Just Mercy” page “37” it states “ president reported that they were still being beaten by correctional staff, and subjected to humiliation in stockades and other degrading punishment” this proves that many prisoners don’t get there justice. Even after more than one person reported it, another piece of evidence on page “40 “ states “ As soon as I opened my car door and got out, the police officer who had started walking toward my vehicle drew his wry and pointed it at me.” This proves that without any problem or evidence, police target a lot of black people just because of their color and they take them as a
This is a problem because in the African American community, even young kids are being put on death row or in prison for older people instead of juvie. People of color are being treated harshly during their sentencing of the death penalty, this shows how injust the system is. This problem might be the downfall of the country because they show little interest and accountability police and prosecutors have when dealing with black men on death row, black Americans …show more content…
According to the text, it states, “The prosecutors argued that Herbert was not just tragically misguided and reckless; he was evil”. Even though Herbert was convicted for murder, his background was completely ignored and it could be a reason why he was convicted for murder. Herbert Richardson developed PTD due to his background and it isn't fair that he is being sentenced to death. Based on the memoir “Stevenson attempts to prevent execution of two men Michael Lindsey and Horace Dunkins”. Stevenson seems to have gathered a lot of background information to prevent them getting the death penalty for valid reasons such as mental issues, unstable childhoods, etc. For example Herbert served in combat which gave him ptsd and Duncan was not mentally stable with an iq of 69 and a reasoning skills of a 12 year old but this evidence was never presented to the jury this seems very reasonable because ages below 18 get punished as a juvenile due to immaturity Duncan was basically a 12 year old in a grown man body. Therefore, many death penalties were unreasonable in the memoir, just because they ignored background and mental …show more content…
They take advantage that colored people get no power, so police falsely accuse For example in the book “Just Mercy” page “37” it states “ president reported that they were still being beaten by correctional staff, and subjected to humiliation in stockades and other degrading punishment” this proves that many prisoners don’t get there justice. Even after more than one person reported it, another piece of evidence on page “40 “ states “ As soon as I opened my car door and got out, the police officer who had started walking toward my vehicle drew his wry and pointed it at me.” This proves that without any problem or evidence, police target a lot of black people just because of their color and they take them as a