ipl-logo

Argumentative Essay On Time Sentence Reforming

383 Words2 Pages

Modern sentencing practices are outrageous and out of control. People go to prison for 162 years for stealing a car or 25 to life just for simply making a mistake of leaving their child in the car for no longer than 20 minutes without killing or harming the child. Even the innocent get sentenced major years for crimes they didn’t even commit. Lately sentencing has been crazy, so at this point in time sentence reforming is relevant in this case. To begin with, sentence reforming needs to take place because people are getting way to many years for petty crimes they didn't commit. For example, "we are not moving nearly fast enough to reduce incarceration. Over 2 million Americans live caged behind bars, a 550 percent increase in the last 40 years." Thus, this shows that due to us still following the old system to many people are in jail for crimes that don’t deserve that crime. Another example is shown in article 2, line 2 "One in 35 American adults is under …show more content…

But they fail to realize that the system we have now throws anyone in jail no matter if the person committed the crime or not. They also fail to realize that the current system sentencing isn't organized or fair because there are people out there innocent and people who don’t deserve that time that was given for petty crimes. The current system doesn’t seek for justice, they see everyone who gets arrested as a criminal and feels they should be thrown away for a very long time and that isn't fair. Sentencing reforming is highly recommended due to the outrageous modern sentencing practices we have today. People go to jail or maybe even prison for such petty crimes that doesn't deserve the many years that were given to them. Even the innocent get sentenced major years for crimes that weren't even committed by them. Sentence reforming needs to take action.

Show More
Related
1486 Words | 6 Pages

A prison sentence is designed to punish people who break Society’s laws, but that isn’t always the case. In March of 2016, Star Student athlete Brock Turner at Stanford College was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious and intoxicated woman behind a dumpster, while he also was intoxicated, he was possibly facing ten years. June 2nd, 2016, Turner was sentenced to 6 months in Jail by Judge Aaron Persky, his reason being that “A prison sentence would have a severe impact on him. I think he will not be a danger to others” (Why Brock Turner Only Got 6 Months in Jail, 1). Although his sentence was light, he also had to register as a sex offender.

Read More
976 Words | 4 Pages

In society crime is something that the government tries to prevent from happening. If a crime were to occur then the government would take control of the situation and take steps to properly punish the wrongdoer. Whether it be a misdemeanor or a felony society believes that crimes are a blemish on who they are as whole and make them look bad. Many people feel that whenever some breaks the law they should be punished in a way that will correct their behavior and teach others not do the same type of behavior. Georgia man Justin Ross Harris has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the death of his 22 month old son which occurred in June 2014.

Read More
333 Words | 2 Pages

People get incarcerated due to many reasons and sometimes they get harsh sentencing due to their crime. The crimes may either be intentional or accidental, but that is no excuse for the bureau of prisons. The prison sentences are sometimes doubled and tripled. These sentences are so harsh sometimes that the prisoners don’t get to see their family members anymore. Sentencing reform should be able to be in prisons not only statewide but globally because it will give prisoners a chance to fix their mistakes.

Read More
509 Words | 3 Pages

For example in the story in source two it stated "while incarceration renders many unable to find gainful employment upon release, consigning them to underground economics where disputes are resolved by violence. This shows that when people get out of jail, they are unable to get a job so they go back to jail. The government should do a sentencing reform to help people get jobs who have been in jail. This will decrease the jail population. Another example that is stated in the text in source two is "we should heed the call of black lives matter and other voices for change that connect criminal law reform to broader social and fiscal policy reforms to reforms that would reduce violence by revitalizing our communities, providing employment to disaffected youth, funding drug treatment and quality health care, investing in education and shelter fit for human beings, and ending our shameful practices of mass incarceration".

Read More
493 Words | 2 Pages

Criminals are not allows willing to change and most of them always end up going back to their same routines and crimes over and over again. By placing those criminals in jail, it lets society put a stop to ever

Read More
2203 Words | 9 Pages

Plenty and when the cases are in the papers and on television we see that some of these criminals receive 5 or 10 year sentences and do we think that is enough of a punishment? No, sometimes we see things that are incredibly disturbing happening around us and it’s a joke when we see that these people only get such a short sentencing or plead

Read More
589 Words | 3 Pages

The justice system in the United States of America is not fair. Michelle Alexander writes a great article “Locked Up In America” describing how people gets into the justice system and how their life is when coming out of jail. People that are convicted of any crime they are labeled as criminals and felons. Criminals does not get properly punished for their crimes if they did they wouldn’t be so many people going in and out of jail. The justice system should have different ways of punishing a person according to the crime they commit, just by putting them in jail and assuming that is going to change them is not a good way of going about that.

Read More
1232 Words | 5 Pages

One thing all these reform-minded lawmakers seem to agree on is that the beneficiaries of a more lenient criminal justice system should be strictly limited to nonviolent offenders.” By Leon Neyfakh March 4 2015, Everyone wants to reduce America’s prison population Retreivedfromhttp://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2015/03/prison_reform_releasing_only_nonviolent_offenders_won_t_get_you_very_far.2.html. Now I know what soon are thinking, Why would the elderly want criminals around their home. When I speak of non-violent offenders I 'm talking about people convicted of; unpaid parking ticket ( in the state of texas, you can serve time),DUI, Non-payment of child

Read More
1072 Words | 5 Pages

These agencies argue that raising the age of criminal responsibility would make it more difficult to hold young offenders accountable for their actions and would undermine the prevention value of the criminal justice system. They argue that there are children who can understand the consequences of their actions and should be held for their criminal behaviour. 4.0 Legal alternative to reform

Read More
775 Words | 4 Pages

There should be more restrictions for the family that decides. There should be a good reason for the family to decide such as murder or rape, not for little crimes like theft or grand theft auto. The criminal should understand the extent of the crime before they are put on

Read More
707 Words | 3 Pages

In 1972, former President Richard Nixon made his infamous statements regarding crime and drug abuse. In this speech, he declared a war on crime and drugs and intended to decrease the number of people using drugs and the amount of crimes that were committed. Since this declaration, incarceration rates in the U.S. have gone up by 500%, even though the amount of crime happening has gone down. One of the reasons why I feel our rates have risen, is because sometimes, we put people in jail when they don’t need to be there in the first place.

Read More
681 Words | 3 Pages

Criminals that have been convicted of murder, rape, child abuse, and other violent crimes due deserve some punishment. They get thrown in jail where they suffer boredom and other minor difficulties, but typically they do not suffer the way they made their victims suffer. Non-violent offenders, crimes like auto-theft or burglary, should not suffer beatings and other harmful things that other inmates might force upon them. They broke the law without hurting people physically, so they should have to suffer through assault in prison. No, inmates should not be harmed physically, emotionally, or physically, but it will happen in prison and when it happens it should be the violent contenders that are

Read More
866 Words | 4 Pages

Criminal Justice Reform addresses structural issues in criminal justice systems such as racial profiling, police brutality, overcriminalization, mass incarceration, and recidivism. The United States incarcerates its citizens more than any other country. Mass incarceration disproportionally impacts the poor, and people of color, and does not make us safer. In an attempt to balance safety and justice for those accused of a crime, many jurisdictions have enacted new criminal laws. Some examples of this new approach include the elimination of cash bail, decriminalization of actions previously treated as crimes, and refusal to prosecute persons arrested for crimes.

Read More
565 Words | 3 Pages

However, innocents were inevitably punished for crimes they did not commit. A builder's poor construction that led to the collapse of a house and the death of the family's daughter would culminate in the death punishment of the builder's daughter. As for our modern justice system, it would be unfathomable to think that innocents could be punished for crimes they are not involved in. The modern justice system also provides the alleged due process and trial by jury guaranteed by the constitution. However, failure to enforce laws properly and strictly has resulted in many people being exonerated from the crimes they commit.

Read More
501 Words | 3 Pages

Prison is a very harsh and bad place that no one should want to be in. Little freedom can make a person really aggravated. Nobody wants to be away from their family with little contact allowed. Little space and little privacy can only go for so long. Personally I think prison doesn't reform people because there are many repeat offenders, some people act worse when they get there, and also some people just don't like help and never want to change.

Read More

More about Argumentative Essay On Time Sentence Reforming

Open Document