Convict

complex is rife with racism and injustice. There are 5 times as many Whites using drugs than African-Americans, but African-Americans are being convicted of drug related offenses 10 times the rate of Whites. But, the real injustice starts when former convicts are released from jail and are labeled as felons. In The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander claims that felons show the same loss of liberty as African-Americans living under Jim Crow laws in Alabama. Felons, especially those who are African…

In Oskinsky’s book, Worse Than Slavery, he constructs a view of life of the post antebellum period after Reconstruction has ended and how in the deep south of Mississippi and the rest of the former Confederacy, local and state governments institute laws and acts that are made to punish the black man and oppress him back to when he or she would have been a slave. During the Civil War, Mississippi lost a quarter of its white male population, leaving most of the work to the women and elderly and…

jail they offered him probation, but since he can’t get a job because of his record he ends up working at a drug spot. One way to improve this type of community supervision would be by not running employees’ background checks to “ensure... [that convicts don’t] put their ‘“worst foot forward”’ when applying for jobs.” (ICJ, 364).…

The Use of Future Technology To Force Individuals To Comply to Mandatory Expectations Through examining the use of technology and how the idea of this futuristic practices and institutions influence the non-compliant convicts. In Bitch Planet the theory of a panopticon, transparency; holographic and artificially intelligent technology create an unruly prison that is constantly under surveillance. Focusing on the corruption in future technology and how it affects individuals that are…

The struggle between good and evil is a powerful theme in the book. The most prominent example of this is Valjean's battle to transform from an immoral, miserable convict to a truly good man. The candlesticks are a very powerful symbol of love, that drives Valjean through his transformation. Misery is represented at the very beginning of the book, with the imagery of the protagonist and his interactions and dialogue with other characters. He has just gotten out of prison and is looking for…

important question to be asked, I believe, would be: Is the criminal 100% guilty of committing the murder? If it were up to me, if more than 90% of the evidence concludes that the convict is guilty of murder, then the death penalty should be an option. Sometimes, inmates who are on death row do not deserve to be there. Some convicts really are innocent and are paying the price for someone else. This is one of the main reasons why I am not in complete agreement with the death penalty. In…

Locking Up for The Good of Society Mental health disabilities are one of mankind’s greatest weaknesses. There is much debate on whether or not mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, paranoia, and depression even truly exist or people make up false symptoms to gain attention or get prescription medications. With a lack of mental institutions for people to get help, the illness can cause outbursts of negative behavior which can lead to criminal acts. Jail time can only help those who are…

A wrongful conviction is when an innocent person is sent to jail for a crime they did not commit. There are numerous characteristics involved in wrongful convictions but the most consistent contributors are eyewitness error, police misconduct, mistaken identity, and race. An eyewitness can be a key contributor for law enforcement or they can be a detriment. A person who witnesses a dramatic event or a crime is often called upon by law enforcement personnel to testify in court as to what he/she…

hero of the novel Pip who an orphan, who lives his sister & her husband, Joe Gargery, who is the village Blacksmith. The theme Crime, Guilt & Innocence is very much propound in the novel as its first evidence can be traced when he meets an escaped convict in the marshes who forces him to steal some food and a file from Joe’s forge. Mr. Gargery had always been a good friend to Pip. Although, Pip is a young and an innocent boy and has many laudable qualities such as his concern and loyalty towards…

Imagine your life was held in some else's hands. Them having the ability to throw it away in a cell, or let it be free and grow. You sitting across the room, knowing you did nothing wrong. How confident would you be they would make the right choice. Seventy percent of them would make the wrong choice. Seventy percent of all witness have been proven wrong by DNA evidence (Bonaguidi). Witness are a major flaw in our social justice system, they are unreliable because to many variables that can…