The Ethical Treatment Of The Stanford Rape Case

The United States currently has the number one incarceration rate in the world and in history. According to the Business Insider, there are currently 2.4 million people behind bars, which is the highest in the world. When a Barclays Analyst toured a private prison looking for investment opportunities; it declared a ‘War on Drugs.” The areas that began to get targeted were areas highly populated by Hispanics and African Americans and in financial constraints. Despite the fact that there are more drugs being used on college campuses, yacht clubs, and country clubs. According to prisonpolicy.org; African Americans and Hispanics make up a larger portion of the incarcerated. African American men receive a twenty percent longer sentence than white men who commit the same crime. In this paper I will discuss the unethical treatment of the Stanford rape case compared to the 2013 Cory Batey sexual assault case and the Brian Banks case in 2002. The person behind the famed Stanford rape case is 20-year-old former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner. He is convicted of raping an unconscious woman behind a dumpster after a fraternity party that happened in 2015. Witness’ describe the victim as, “…laying there motionless.” In court, the victim read an emotional letter stating, “…you made me a victim. In newspapers, my name was …show more content…
One would think that color or social class would not play a part in the convictions of a crime. If African Americans and Hispanics were incarcerated at the same rate as Caucasians, the population in prison would be decreased by at least 50%. The truth is; at this present moment there is someone currently incarcerated purely based on the biased opinion of a judge causing unequal sentencing in an ‘equal’ justice system. The judge made an indirect utilitarian judgement with an obvious bias of social class and probably