Justice, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is the administration of law; especially: the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity. In simpler terms, it is the process of using laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals. So when I hear the words “justice is served” I imagine that the guilty are convicted of their crime and given a punishment and the innocent are given freedom.
In our country, Lady Justice is a relatively well-known figure. Lady Justice is perceived as a women, who holds the scales of justice and an unsheathed sword and is sometimes depicted as wearing a blindfold. The blindfold that she wears is a symbol that Justice is blind. If Justice is truly blind, which I do not think it is, ethnicity and gender would not make a difference. In the court of law, the jurors are supposed to look at just the facts and evidence presented by …show more content…
On February 26, 2012, during the night, George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin who was unarmed. The 17 year-old African American, high school student and the 28 year-old neighborhood watch captain had gotten into an altercation when Martin was fatally shot by Zimmerman (Trayvon, 2015). During the altercation, Zimmerman suffered head injuries, afterwards he was released without being charged of any crime because Zimmerman claimed self-defense (Trayvon, 2015). In the state of Florida there is a law called “Stand Your Ground”. “Stand Your Ground” says that a person is justified in the use of deadly force and has no duty to retreat if the person reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself, or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony (Florida’s). This law has caused problems in the state before, but nothing that made it national news before this
In our country, Lady Justice is a relatively well-known figure. Lady Justice is perceived as a women, who holds the scales of justice and an unsheathed sword and is sometimes depicted as wearing a blindfold. The blindfold that she wears is a symbol that Justice is blind. If Justice is truly blind, which I do not think it is, ethnicity and gender would not make a difference. In the court of law, the jurors are supposed to look at just the facts and evidence presented by …show more content…
On February 26, 2012, during the night, George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin who was unarmed. The 17 year-old African American, high school student and the 28 year-old neighborhood watch captain had gotten into an altercation when Martin was fatally shot by Zimmerman (Trayvon, 2015). During the altercation, Zimmerman suffered head injuries, afterwards he was released without being charged of any crime because Zimmerman claimed self-defense (Trayvon, 2015). In the state of Florida there is a law called “Stand Your Ground”. “Stand Your Ground” says that a person is justified in the use of deadly force and has no duty to retreat if the person reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself, or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony (Florida’s). This law has caused problems in the state before, but nothing that made it national news before this