Plato's Republic sparks this questions of authority and advantage in connection with justice, or just actions. By default it seems as those holding titles of wealth, class, or even social power, have this authority and advantage over what is to be done about justice, how to act in just ways, or even more what is to be considered just. By this influence of a hierarchy, citizens then become in a way infected with the thoughts and ideas put upon them. This can correlate to the New York Times article "Wrongfully Convicted of Rape, a New Jersey Man Finds More Punishment After Prison". Authority figures because they had believed that a man was the rapist of a young women, put this man though years of sufferance. Although pleading not guilty to the