The Media's Power for the Justice System
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In deterrence theories, criminals are prevented from committing further crimes by different punishments. Media takes an important role in this part. Criminal’s names are reported in the news which make them feel shameful and also as a warning to the public. This is especially workable for someone with a high social status, such as celebrities and govereners.
There is an extreme case to show the power of media in the justice system. Anas Aremeyaw Anas, is an investigative journalist in Ghana in Africa. With an inefficient government and justice system, he used his own way to affect society and government and also fulfill justice. His journalism is based on 3 principals: naming, shaming and jailing. In order to send the crminals to where they deserve to stay, he works undercover and show the core evidence of crimes.
He focuses on issues about human rights and anti-corruotion. One of his cases is the ‘Sprit Child’. Unlike Hong Kong, educational level of Ghanaians is much lower. Children are killed in Ghana because the communities believe there are evil spirits. In some villages, children who were born with deformities, were killed by their parents by some concoction. Anas built a fake baby, pretended as the baby had been born with a deformity. When the killers were ready, police was standby already. The killers were sent to the jail. This is an efficient social control to warn the villagers, show them killing someone is not allowed in society.
His latest case is about sex trafficking in this year. Those girls were supposed to be sent to Europe for prostitution. He worked undercover and exposed the methods of transportation and the evidence of immigration officials who accepted bribes and overlooked fake visas and passports. As a...
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...t a chance to explain himselv, the arguments were one-sided. Specialists, friends and boss pointed fingers at him, accused him as a murder by the aspects of mental, personality and lifestyle. Even some small and minor things in his live , including the books he read, words he wrote, activities he joined, were used as evidences to prove how a abnormal person he was. This could be an unfair situation to Tsui. If Tsui was not dead, if he had a chance to explain, everythings may change.
The above 2 cases show the power of media. The relationship between media and justice system is complicated. From the media seats inside a court, we can know that media could be a mean to monitor the fairness of justice system. It can also take part in the punishment of criminals. However, pressure could be formed by the trial by mass media, which may affect the ojectivity of the judge.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that in deterrence theories, criminals are prevented from committing further crimes by different punishments. the media plays an important role in this part.
- Describes anas aremeyaw ana, an investigative journalist in ghana in africa. his journalism is based on 3 principals: naming, shaming and jailing.
- Explains that anas focuses on issues about human rights and anti-corruotion. in ghana, children are killed because the communities believe there are evil spirits.
- Describes how the man exposed the methods of transportation and the evidence of immigration officials who accepted bribes and overlooked fake visas.
- Opines that media is an important element of the correction of criminal behaviors in hong kong, although it may mislead the public or affect the independence of judge.
- Explains that media is responsible for reporting news and transmmitting accurate information, but may not be neutral in different circumstances. the case of tsui po-ko catched the public’s attention because police are involved in a serious crime.
- Analyzes how the public opinion with the embarassing situation of police wanted to sentence the corpse as soon as possobile. although the jury had to vow before the verdict, they may be affected by the media
- Explains that media can monitor the fairness of justice system and take part in the punishment of criminals. however, mass media may influence the ojectivity of the judge.
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