In America today, we face several problems with our judicial system. Our judicial system sometimes is not fair to people when it comes to their acts and crimes they have committed. For example, a person could murder someone and have less time in prison than someone who were trafficking drugs. This is not fair at all. The court systems today need to look at where people are coming from. Sometimes, there are reasons behind people on why they committed the crime they did. They need to take in factors such as mental disabilities, ways they were treated as a child, and age. In the book, Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson, there are several cases where people were wrongly accused. The United States Judicial System has many flaws in regards to imprisonment
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The ways we were raised, how we were treated, and taught right from wrong all play a role in our individual lives. Some people have reasoning behind on to why they committed the crime, while others do not. Health problems that disable your function to think or prevent you from functioning properly affects this as well. In Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson, a girl by the name of Trina was fourteen years of age who was charged with second-degree murder because she caught a home on fire. She was a homeless girl who had suffered from abuse as a child and had a mental disorder: "Edith (Triana's mother) died when Triana was just nine. Triana's older sisters tried to take care of her, but when Walter (Triana's father) began sexually abusing them." (Stevenson, 149) The justice system did not see what took place during her early life, which could have had a possibly reasoning on to why she committed the crime she did: "But under Pennsylvania law, the judge could not take the absence of intent into account during sentencing. He could not consider Trina's age, mental illness, poverty, the abuse she had suffered, or the tragic circumstances surrounding the fire." (Stevenson, 150) As you can see, Trina suffered a rough childhood and had no one to look up to. Our judicial system needs to factor all the possibilities on why someone committed the crimes and …show more content…
People get put in prison for years, until someone finally realizes that they did not have anything to do with the crime. After all the time they were in there, they have wasted their life and this is wrong. If you do not have factually proof and information saying this was the person who committed the crime, then they should not go to prison. In the book, Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson, a man by the name of Walter McMillian was convicted and sentenced to life in prison because he murdered a young, white woman. There were three witnesses who testified for Walter's case, which were all black, and told them Walter did not commit the crime. He was at a local church at a fish fry when the crime happened. The jury overlooked the witnesses and sentenced McMillian to life in prison. After all, Walter never committed this crime and spent almost six years on death row. The judicial system wants money and that is all they care about. They could care less about the people of the United States. In Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson, there were two lawyers who appointed a case on a car accident. They were representing the man involved in the accident and all they cared about was getting their money: "The two lawyers who were appointed to represent him at his capital trial were primarily concerned that only one of them would be paid the $1,000 for out-of-court time that Alabama provided
The ways we were raised, how we were treated, and taught right from wrong all play a role in our individual lives. Some people have reasoning behind on to why they committed the crime, while others do not. Health problems that disable your function to think or prevent you from functioning properly affects this as well. In Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson, a girl by the name of Trina was fourteen years of age who was charged with second-degree murder because she caught a home on fire. She was a homeless girl who had suffered from abuse as a child and had a mental disorder: "Edith (Triana's mother) died when Triana was just nine. Triana's older sisters tried to take care of her, but when Walter (Triana's father) began sexually abusing them." (Stevenson, 149) The justice system did not see what took place during her early life, which could have had a possibly reasoning on to why she committed the crime she did: "But under Pennsylvania law, the judge could not take the absence of intent into account during sentencing. He could not consider Trina's age, mental illness, poverty, the abuse she had suffered, or the tragic circumstances surrounding the fire." (Stevenson, 150) As you can see, Trina suffered a rough childhood and had no one to look up to. Our judicial system needs to factor all the possibilities on why someone committed the crimes and …show more content…
People get put in prison for years, until someone finally realizes that they did not have anything to do with the crime. After all the time they were in there, they have wasted their life and this is wrong. If you do not have factually proof and information saying this was the person who committed the crime, then they should not go to prison. In the book, Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson, a man by the name of Walter McMillian was convicted and sentenced to life in prison because he murdered a young, white woman. There were three witnesses who testified for Walter's case, which were all black, and told them Walter did not commit the crime. He was at a local church at a fish fry when the crime happened. The jury overlooked the witnesses and sentenced McMillian to life in prison. After all, Walter never committed this crime and spent almost six years on death row. The judicial system wants money and that is all they care about. They could care less about the people of the United States. In Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson, there were two lawyers who appointed a case on a car accident. They were representing the man involved in the accident and all they cared about was getting their money: "The two lawyers who were appointed to represent him at his capital trial were primarily concerned that only one of them would be paid the $1,000 for out-of-court time that Alabama provided