The Role Of Discretion In The Criminal Justice System

When speaking about morality, subconsciousness and consciousness play a detrimental role into the recognized idea of good and bad. When identifying morality in the criminal justice system, it can play one of the vital ingredients to the morality pie: discretion. Every public servant has to utilize discretion, to idealize the consequences of the public, they are serving, there is never a right or wrong. The nature of discretion is within the morality of the common public - for example, whether a red shirt is blue or a blue shirt is red… there is an obvious answer for either, but depending on who is asking the question… it can have many different answers. Discretion for the sake of natural good is one that is never forgotten. Enter: Francesco Vincent Serpico. A fresh new police officer with a heart of gold and a naturally kept mind who was wrought with the hardest decision of his life: ratting out the New York police department. The lack of immoral boundaries and moral ones were a cracking case on Serpico’s neck whilst he had to keep moving on even if his counterparts were involved in definitive corruption. He continued …show more content…
People have been rivaling this power for as long as it has existed, but the destructive capabilities it has are unmatched especially when it hits home. The idea of nurturing has evidently failed, doubly so in the case of corrupt policemen, as they are under oath to carry out their duties justly yet they purge society of what justice they are entitled to. The judges are beginning to take a role in fighting against this, but just like the policemen it is up to their jurisdiction to decide what is good and what is bad. Perhaps another branch of power is in order. An unbiased branch that would be able to overthrow decisions based on sheer number and not authoritative processes in power. The branch that could save the lives of many and flesh out justice in its most true form might be within