Injustices in the American Justice System

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The Justice system seeks to prevent crimes and to capture those who have committed crimes. But what are the causes of crime, maybe poverty, or greed, or is sometimes caused by the system. Is the risk worth the reward and is reward the worth risking the punishment? Power and influence is threaded deeply into the Criminal Justice System. Are all offenders caught and processed with the same demeanor and given the same punishment? The system needs to be impartial to all offenders regardless of the offender’s social position, job or yearly income. The general punishment for most crimes is incarceration in most states with a difference in duration to adjust per each crime. This is the deterrent against crime. This is what should be keeping people from committing a crime. When comparing the reward and the punishment criminals should be realizing that it’s not worth it. The punishment is itself is flawed, once incarcerated, a person is branded a criminal, job interviews, travel, everything will be more difficult for the criminal. Incarceration rates of both men and women have been increasing every year. If a deterrent is working, incarceration rates would be dropping rather than increasing, yet instead of changing and creating a better deterrent, the Justice system keeps using a flawed system.
Racism and prejudice a problem that the Justice system has been experiencing for centuries. People can’t help but be racist or to hold some prejudice, everyone is racist and prejudice to some degree, it all depends on our surroundings as we grow and mature. Racism and prejudice will cause the system to prosecute the wrong people. Even if the offender is guilty, this can cause the system to keep arresting the wrong people in hopes of catching the ri...

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