Convict

All throughout history, the civil war is one of the most impacting war’s that occurred in the united states. It was americans against americans, which is quite deranged. Even though I have been taught a lot of things about the civil war, I was never informed about the after effect. I never knew both separate sides recuperated post war. Mississippi becoming bankrupted with plantations completely destroyed was not overall shocking, but I was quite baffled. I didn’t know the whole entire state went…

Contemporary Australian identity can be regarded as an invention (White 1981) or a product of its own history. A multitude of identities, like mate-ship, fair go and larrikinism, be it a stereotype or a true reflection, resonates among the Australians. Of which, egalitarianism is one identity that is distinct yet debatable in today’s context. Today’s Australia is not a nation where everyone is equal as there are indeed, clear differences in wealth, clearly defined hierarchies in its…

seriously. Furthermore, in other way- it can be seen as a financial abuse as the convicts were misusing Mr. J’s resources and were trying to take advantage of Mr. J’s vulnerability. It was a criminal act and no charges were made against the theft! This was like an act of encouragement for those offenders. It cannot be guaranteed that the same act will not be repeated by simply ignoring the wrong doings of the convicts. The probability of getting these kinds of act being repeated with larger…

is cruel and unusual must be living in the sense that the decision is maturing equally with today’s society. Another important US Supreme Court case is the case of Tyson V. Arizona. The US Supreme Court approved the use of capital punishments for convicts that participate in…

Blood oozed out of the fresh wounds of a young boy, creating a pool of blood that soaked the streets of Ferguson, Missouri. Knowing it was his hands that dealt this execution, Officer Darren Wilson stood just as motionless as the boy that was laying face-down in the pool of his blood. Who was the young boy? He could have been any of the 300 million people that lived in the United States, but he was Michael Brown, an 18-year-old boy from Ferguson, Missouri. Like Michael Brown, many American…

In the literary work, Slavery by Another Name: The Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, by Douglas A. Blackmon, a critical piece of untold history regarding the issue of slavery is explored in a captivating and compelling argument stating slavery had not truly been abolished until forty-five years after the emancipation proclamation. To any human who has completed grade school through high school this claim might come to shock you, as we are told that Lincoln had…

to work off their sentences by providing free labor to whites. What’s impoant to understand about black code laws, convict leasing and racial profiling is that they all violate fundamental principles of our democracy, which is equal protection under the law. The 14th Amendment, amended of the Constitution in 1868, was partially drafted as a response to black codes and convict leasing as they showed that laws were being applied differently for blacks and whites. The 14th Amendment was…

Javert’s serve obsession with finding Jean Valjean, the circumstances under which this is achieved forces Javert to examine his own perception of justice. (3) Jean Valjean’s numerous selfless actions conflict with Javert’s label of him as a dangerous convict. (4) Javert’s fixation on punishment does not allow any room for compassion, and to his mind, the only way he can show mercy to Jean Valjean is to punish and destroy himself. (5) By illustrating the relationship between compassion to an…

southern; however, the upbeat music seems to only match Nelson’s spunkiness since the rest of the people have torches, serious looking faces, and are yelling harsh words. Another diegetic song is sung by the men who had just finished digging the three convicts’ graves. The song is slow and the deepness of the mens’ voices represents the harsh reality that the men are about to face. The song continues as a large waves crashes into the valley and consumes all the men including the escapees and the…

increased. In 13th amendment there are loopholes that allow convicts to be treated like “slaves”. Many major industries have inmate labor because they can pay lower wages and sustaining their productivity.…