Chessie Fanco Mrs Wruble Ap Lang 25 March 2024 A Nation of Change Everyone knows that things are always changing. Things are always being discovered every day and society progresses because of it. In 1791, Thomas Paine wrote the book Rights of Man. In this book he makes a characterization of America at the time and what he believed to be true about it. However, because of how society has progressed and because of the rise of human apathy, the American people have twisted the system through social classes, racial injustice, and the way the justice system is carried out. Thomas Paine’s characterization of America does not hold true today, because of how the people have twisted their original intentions of how the systems in America were set up.
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In Just Mercy, it captures the often forgotten point of how the Justice system is so unfair. This is the point that people who are poorer can only afford to get lawyers that are not as good. therefore causing people who don't have as much money to potentially end up in worse situations just because they didn't get the defense help they needed. In the book Missoula, it goes in depth about the court cases having to do with rape involving a college football team. One of the main problems shown in that book is that there were injustices in the cases because there was favoritism shown towards the suspected rapist just because they were on a sports team and America has grown to love their sports. Furthermore, it can be recognized that the Justice system is now being used in America as a way for people to express their opinions and go after people. This can be shown when looking at how our justice system goes after political leaders. A great example of this is Donald Trump's impeachment in 2021. While it is true, we want to make sure our political leaders are a good fit to run the country and we want to hold them to the same standards as everyone else, as shown in rule of
In Just Mercy, it captures the often forgotten point of how the Justice system is so unfair. This is the point that people who are poorer can only afford to get lawyers that are not as good. therefore causing people who don't have as much money to potentially end up in worse situations just because they didn't get the defense help they needed. In the book Missoula, it goes in depth about the court cases having to do with rape involving a college football team. One of the main problems shown in that book is that there were injustices in the cases because there was favoritism shown towards the suspected rapist just because they were on a sports team and America has grown to love their sports. Furthermore, it can be recognized that the Justice system is now being used in America as a way for people to express their opinions and go after people. This can be shown when looking at how our justice system goes after political leaders. A great example of this is Donald Trump's impeachment in 2021. While it is true, we want to make sure our political leaders are a good fit to run the country and we want to hold them to the same standards as everyone else, as shown in rule of