Imprisonment and detention

The docu-series titled “Kalief Browder’s Story” tells the story of a young man caught up in a failing justice system. Sentenced to the harshest prison in New York, and never convicted of an actual crime, a twenty-three-year-old Browder is ready to tell his story to the fullest extent. Deposition day for Browden was Dec. 2014, and within that day there were many questions. Questions that not only delved into what happened the night of the supposed crime but into the early life of Kalief. Born…

In 1993 Walton Liverpool, the murder of James Bulger occurred. The felons were Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, who are known as the youngest convicted murderers in modern English history. Both boys were only at the age of ten when they abducted, tortured and murdered James Bulger, a two year old toddler. The case is considered one of the most unimaginable and horrific case in England. Both Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were born to ill-educated, working class parents, the details of the…

T.J Parsell and Sexual Assault in Prisons “They’re coming back into society indelibly marked by what they’ve experienced – either traumatized by sexual assault, or hyper-violent by having learned to fend off threat,” said T.J. Parsell. He talks about how he relates to Linda’s son who was sentenced to prison over a petty crime, he set a trash bin on fire, at the age of seventeen and was the victim of multiple rapes while incarcerated with adults and he later took his life by hanging himself in…

There are people who commit crimes punishable by life sentences, some are old, and some are young, very young. Juveniles over the age of fifteen should be tried as adults in the court of law. Children under the age of sixteen probably had good reason to commit serious crimes, but that doesn’t mean they are innocent, and there may be a good reason why some juveniles may have done what they did. If someone is sixteen or older, and you commit a crime, you are old enough to be held in court, and…

Many teens today chose to treat others with violence and unfair treatment. From physical to mental kids make the choice to hurt others. Teens don’t think about what they do and how it is affecting the way people see them. From the article “Justice is served: MacNeill, 57, likely to die in Jail” MacNeill a father killed his wife to hide his affair from his wife now looks for life in prison. His own children are pleased with his punishments. They see their father as a killer and no longer their…

I don’t agree with the majority of supreme court justices who believe that mandatory life sentences are acceptable. Teens that commit a second degree murder or any other crime should not receive a mandatory sentence of life without parole. They should not receive it because they young teenagers that need a second chance and get their life back together. Most states have banned this kind of punishment and cannot be sentenced to life, that the life punishment is a disproportionate punishment for…

Computer forensics started in the late 1970's when it was determined that there was evidence to be found on computers that could assist in the apprehension or conviction of a suspect. Since then there have been many different ideas as to what is considered the proper process of attaining the data and what is legal for either the government or corporations. Today, almost anyone that you meet will have a cell phone that is a considerably more powerful computer than the one that guided the Apollo…

Evaluating Judges Before They Are Sworn into the Courtroom Imagine this: a middle-aged African-American man is homeless and desperate for food, willing to do whatever it takes to satisfy his aching stomach to stay alive. Suddenly, a normal-looking man approaches him. The homeless man asks the mysterious person what he needs, to which he replies, “A girl and some weed.” Prostitutes are common around the area where the homeless man resides, and weed is also prevalent. The man decides to follow…

If a juvenile has committed an act of murder, they must be sentenced to life in prison. A crime is a crime so punishments should be set equal for everyone depending on the intensity of the crime. There should be no excuses as to why a juvenile should be let off the hook for committing a crime of murder. If juveniles are capable of committing adult crimes then they are capable of doing adult time. Provided that juveniles be let off the hook, there would be no justice for the victim, nor would the…

In 2001, a fourteen-year-old juvenile by the name of Lionel Tate was charged as an adult with murder in the first degree. In relation to the Criminal Justice System, multiple articles and other numerous sources, such as Michael J. Dale (2004), state that Lionel Tate “was considered the youngest person in the United State to have ever been given the sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.” At the age of 12, Lionel Tate murdered a little 6-year-old Tiffany Eunick in Pembroke…