American people convicted of murder

on a specific race of people. The highest percentage of misconduct was excessive force, with sexual misconduct receiving the second highest percentage. Therefore, my argument is that some officers have selective enforcement depending on race. I believe that because in one case we have a white male, which killed multiple black people, and the other case, we have an unarmed black male and he was killed by the police officer while the white male that killed innocent black people are protected by…

“Except for punishment of a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted” This loophole in the 13th amendment of the Constitution provides the basis for The 13th documentary. The documentary travels through time detailing events from the convict leasing in post- Civil War America to the war on drugs and Black Lives Matter movement of today. Director Ava DuVernay’s takes a thoroughly researched and well-informed look at the incarceration system of the United States. An incarceration…

appear, as the individuals in question were refugees from Iraq who did not see anything wrong with their actions. The men involved had recently immigrated to America, and believed they were simply following their ancient traditions, unaware that American law would find fault with this, as they had not been properly informed of all of the laws in “the land of the free”. The issue stems from the fact that “In…

Over the course of the years, many have been wrongfully convicted and accused of crimes they did not commit. The mission of the judicial system is to prove your guilt and if they can successfully do so beyond a reasonable doubt, then you will be convicted of that crime. Everyone walks into the court innocent until proven guilty, but unfortunately some proven guilty people are still very much innocent. In one case where this so happened to be true was during the case of Brenton Butler. Brenton…

meaning “Thus always to tyrants.” Killing Lincoln is an historical non-fiction book that thoroughly explains the events of the most well-known conspiracy in America; the assassination of the sixteenth US President, Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted murder of Secretary of State, William Seward. It was written by, quite possibly, the most talked about political commentator in America, Bill O’Reilly. He wrote it to inform the reader about the true final minutes of Mr. Lincoln. An important fact…

mistakes have been made in sentencing people to death. Since 1973, there have been 143 people who have either been acquitted of all charges related to the crime that placed them on death row, or had all charges related to the crime that placed them on death row dismissed by the prosecution, or have been granted a complete pardon based on evidence of innocence. During the same period of time, 1355 people have been executed. Consequently, for every nine people executed there is one person on…

shocked the people of the United States and across the world. People were glued to their televisions as the trial carried on. The verdict of the O.J. Simpson trial was wronged by many factors. Starting with the race of the suspect, to the selection of the jury, concluding with the prosecution’s failure to collect all of the substantial information and evidence to prove the guilty verdict of O.J. Simpson. This country has never seen something quite like the O.J. Simpson trial. An American…

Bumpurs. Aiyana Stanley-Jones. Tarika Wilson. Rekia Boyd. These names are part of a growing list of African-American men and women who are unjustly murdered by those purposed to protect and serve. The police. In the alleged “post racial America”, Black Americans are being marked for murder by the zealots of the police force. In each case listed above, the victims of these murders were unarmed, and presented no threat to the police. In each case, the victim was villainized by the police…

it is considered fair and logical to kill someone to “show them” that is not okay to murder? Capital punishment is currently one of the most controversial issues in the United States. Among the Western parts of the world, the US is the one of the only countries allowing it to remain legal. Capital punishment--also known as the death penalty--involves the execution of one condemned for a serious crime, such as murder, kidnapping, or treason--that is carried out with the due process of law…

There has been countless unjust trials in American history. Many of them spark debates that last for decades. During the late 1970’s there was one particular trial concerning the murder of the of two FBI agents by a Native American. Leonard Peltier was convicted and tried for murder. The evidence the government used to try Peltier was almost entirely falsified. Leonard Peltier’s trial was a shameful event in our history as he extradited for false affiliates, tried with false evidence, and never…