Analysis Of Francis Flaherty's The Ghetto Made Me Do It

In The Ghetto Made Me Do It, Francis Flaherty puts forth that if individuals grow delineated by severe violence, then they ought to be given a lighter verdict in case they commit a felony in the future. These people are entitled to a lighter jail sentence because of all that they have experienced. This essay discusses the statement “Lisa was a victim and product of her environment and was not responsible for her own actions”. Lisa at such a young age endured several tragedies that changed her life forever. She was raped at the age of 12, experienced the death of several family members as well Morgan lacked parental guidance, she was constantly abused and dealing with her mother’s drug addiction. According to Flaherty, her mother who was supposed to be her guardian was actually her …show more content…
The argument about veterans from the Vietnam war using the same PTSD defense trauma from the war and why there was not a homologous defense for young black teens struggling with their lives in violent neighborhoods rose divided opinions among the society. Shellow’s strategies in the ghetto defense give lawyers hope of the future of the pioneering strategy of Shellow. However, some lawyers do not think this will ever happen, for instance lawyer William Kunstler. He states that the American justice system most of the time favors the rich and powerful over the ones with less recourses. Kunstler is hesitant about it because “The ghetto defense protects the poor instead the powerful”(17). Moreover the ghetto defense might break the justice system as every individual committing crimes will be innocent of their own actions, but also a victim of their violent society they live in. As everyone brings out their past to justified their actions who will society make responsible for their crimes? or even further they will have lower exception about these individuals and the lack of personal