Incarceration: The Case Of Tamir Rice And Steven Avery

Final Essay

America, the home of the free, but how free are we really? Incarceration rates over the past 30 years have soared, and currently 25% of all inmates in the world lie behind the bars of American prisons. (Approximately 716 per 100,000 peoples). Whether justified or not, our country locks up more people per year than any other country. Cases such as that of Tamir Rice, and Steven Avery exemplify both spectrums of the exploitation of our judiciary system. In the instance of Mr. Avery, his conviction is very controversial and it's not until years later, that more intuitive information regarding his case surfaces and released to the public through the platform of the Netflix documentary: Making a Murderer. The year 1985 marks the

He is sentenced to 32 years in prison, and investigated by lietenant Lenk, and sergeant culbourn, whom which will play a pivotal role in Mr. Avery’s court reputation later on. 10 years later, Gregory Allen is arrested for sexual assault and confesses to the assault of Penny Bernsteen. This evidence is filed and not taken action about until 2003, illustrating the bias and corruption of the Manitowoc county Police department, to protect its own reputation. It wasn't until 18 years of wrongfully served jail time that he was released. 4 years later, in 2007 at the disappearance of Teresa Halbach, Steven Avery is immediately profiled for the crime and taken into custody when her vehicle is found at the Avery auto yard. Fabricated evidence, case manipulation, and possible judicial bribery were all present in Mr. Avery's case against Halbach. With the coerced confession of his learning impaired nephew, 16 year old Brendan Dassey, to the rape and murder of Ms. Halbach, the demeanor of almost all Wisconsin was for putting Steven Avery behind bars. During the trial, Judge Willis removed Avery’s

November 22, 2014 Two police officers, 26-year-old Timothy Loehmann and 46-year-old Frank Garmback, responded after receiving a police dispatch call "of a male black sitting on a swing and pointing a gun at people" in a city park. Within two seconds of arriving on the scene, the officers shot 12 year old Tamir Rice dead. It was soon after discover that Tamir was in possession of a toy replica gun, and was not endangering any lives. The video taken from a street camera was soon viral and antagonized social awareness groups such as black lives matter, and the reputation of the Cleveland Police department. The measures taken by the officers were not seen as actionable to try in court until the shooting received the attention that it did through social media outreach. “Officer Timothy Loehmann should be charged with several crimes, the most serious of them being murder but also including involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide, negligent homicide and dereliction of duty” Loehmann refused many interviews, and questions considering the contradicting statements made by the police department that he has shouted “show me your hands” 3 times before firing at Tamir. Cuyahoga County police department took all possible measures to cover up the case. On October 10th, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office released a report that the court had come to the conclusion that the shooting of Tamir Rice was reasonable under the