Race And Wealth Role In The Justice System

Justice in the United States has varied from person to person since the establishment of this country. Justice is defined as the process or result of using laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals (Merriam-Webster, 2015). That specific definition decodes as each person is treated equally and fairly, there should be no person above the law. This is not true for our country. A more appropriate definition is “Someone has to pay for whatever the wrongdoing may be. If you cannot afford a $200 per hour attorney, one that has no concern for your best interest during litigation, will be appointed to you. The easiest societies to convict are customarily underprivileged people of color. If you just so happen to be poor and of color, you’re in for a bumpy ride because you’re guilty without a shadow of a doubt, until proven innocent.” These are sad but true realities of our “trusty” justice system. Race and wealth definitely play significant roles in our justice system. As bad as it seems, that statement holds relevant …show more content…
The list of unarmed African Americans men and women who have been discriminatorily murdered by police officers could flood far too many pages. However, of the unfortunate 10 listed below, there have only been indictments for 2 of the despicable murders, and 0 convictions.
Police officers have acted as judge, jury, and executioner for a disgusting amount of people. The same justice system we are persuaded to depend upon falls short time and time again by proving to be completely incapable of providing convictions of these officers whose sole job is to protect and serve. They’ve demonstrated they will protect each other and serve fabricated police reports of the events leading to the