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Daryl Hunt Injustice

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Injustice Within Our Justice? What causes you to be more anxious, a cop’s presence or a white van’s? Despite the heavy belief that white vans are suspicious or dangerous, would you believe many are more uncomfortable with the police around? This is because we fear their power over us. We learned to be obedient and to respect those with authority. In our minds resisting the formal social controls is a deviant act and would result in a negative consequence. Should we fear and question those in power? According to Annie Sunderberg and Ricki Stern’s film The Trials of Daryl Hunt this just might be the case. The film sets place in 1984 North Carolina, where Daryl Hunt was convicted of raping and murdering 25 year old Deborah Sykes. That is to say that Hunt was convicted of these allegations, not that he had committed these crimes. …show more content…

Hunt’s friend Sammy Mitchell was constantly at odds with the police, and although Hunt had no previous criminal record he was considered a prime suspect. Had a phone call not come to 911 operators the day of the crime, claiming to be a witness by the name of Sammy Mitchell, Hunt no doubt wouldn’t have been a suspect at all. The caller had the power to alter the attention of the police towards Sammy Mitchell, and along with him, Daryl Hunt. Actual caller and witness Johnny Gray had identified two suspects. One of which was Daryl Hunt, and a man who was supposedly locked up. Police were determined to calm the masses by convicting Daryl Hunt of the murder and rape of Debora Sykes. Nevrmind having rookie defense attorneys, but against all logic and evidence, Hunt was sentenced to life in prison. Hunt would be wrongly placed in prison for almost 20 years. No matter how many times the defense attorneys had tried, it was not possible to give Hunt his freedom. The only exception being that the true criminal was

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