“Freed Man Talking; Death Penalty System Broken” by Ray Krone, can help our lives because it identifies one of our defects in our justice system which is innocent people being convicted of a crime they had no involvement in. In the Article “Frees Man Talking; Death Penalty System Broken”
Innocent people who are being condemned have negative effects on them. Being arrested for a crime that they did not commit looks bad on their record. Even though they are not guilty, people “... label them ‘criminal,’ ‘murderer,’ ‘rapist,’ thief,’ ‘drug dealer,’ ‘sex offender,’ [and] ‘felon’...” (Stevenson 15). These labels can not be removed, and people have to live with them for the rest of their life.
Putting a man away for a crime he didn’t commit, isn’t justice for the crimes
Even out of some of the unfortunate poor men, women and who have been languishing in jail for years, some of them were ordered to be released on bail during the pendency of their trial by various courts on certain conditions. There under-trial prisoners could not be released despite release order not only for day or months but for years for not fulfilling the conditions which were attached to the bail orders, because of their extreme poverty and ignorance. The court in the larger interest of justice, deemed it appropriate to depart from the practice of only giving general directions but passed fresh bail order in all such cases after relaxing the conditions attached to the bail order so that hundreds of these languishing under-trial prisoners
The cause to not put them in prison may be right but it has a negative affect. Mass murderers that are convicted as not guilty by reason of insanity are turned lose to the public and are a threat to society. Mental institution hold those who are condemned as mentally for a period of time till they see and the court sees that the person has changed. Due to the releases of these criminals they only cause grief on communities. A cover story by the Atlantic Monthly releases in 1997 A Grief Like No Other.
As distorted as that is, there are sometimes far worse outcomes than over punishing the guilty. In some instances, we punish the innocent. In 2004, a man was put to death in
With the presumably guilty people incarcerated, the actual guilty ones get to walk free without worrying if the police are going to come for them. This was a theme in Damien Echols’ book; Life After Death, saying many times that he was one of the individuals that was innocent. He has a different point of view than most people considering that he was in prison and he uses that to help show that there are others that are innocent besides him.
Being in jail is better than a death sentence in many ways; they get good meals, they have clothes or someone could escape. They have everything that any normal person would have besides independence and sometimes connections to the outside world. The inmates
Believe it or not, innocent people do end up on death row, even with all the safeguards that are applied. For example, in the CNN article “Death Penalty: Why America needs a rethink,” it mentions a study that showed that “more than 4 percent of inmates sentenced to death in the United States are probably innocent”(Holloway 2). This information goes to show just how weak the United State’s justice system is. Even after 400 years, they still haven't been able to decide whether a human is innocent or guilty. Now, we come to the point that death row isn't the worst thing that could happen to an inmate.
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.
It can affect someone in many ways, whether relationships, mental deterioration, trust issues. While being in prison many learn to cope with the trials and tribulations of imprisonment but the lasting impact of knowing deep down in your heart you had nothing to do with the crime you are being accused of, that makes you lose a certain sense of hope and lose faith in people and the justice system. Finding a means to manage prison violence must have been a struggling reality, not only that being publicly accused of a crime, have your name and reputation tarnished for the years of the trail and the time you are incarcerated everyone builds a negative mental image of you and judge you before you can justify
Sentencing Sentencing occurs after a defendant has been convicted of a crime. During the sentencing process, the court issues a punishment that involves a fine, imprisonment, capital punishment, or some other penalty. In some states, juries may be entitled to determine a sentence. However, sentencing in most states and federal courts are issued by a judge. To fully understand the sentencing phase of criminal court proceedings, it is important to examine how sentencing affects the state and federal prison systems, learn the meanings of determinate and indeterminate sentencing, and understand the impact Proposition 57 has had on sentencing in California.
Jail or prison is probably the last place any person would want to be, unfortunately there are people that for one reason or another end up in a jail. The experience of being locked up is definitely traumatizing, being deprived of your freedom, not being able to do what you want, so many rights taken away. However losing your freedom is not the only issue you face once you go to jail, being there and surviving is the most difficult part. There are so many issue one has to face when going to jail, you find yourself trying to adapt to something you probably have never lived before. Everything is new, there is violence, there is racism, overcrowding, and issues with health care, besides a plethora of other issues.
Yes, everyone feels bad that a thirteen year old is going to prison, but do they feel bad that the victims’ parents will no longer be able to see their son or daughter again? The families that are emotionally hurt have to live with the sorrow forever throughout their life, whereas a criminal is still given the choice to live, even if it is in a prison. The criminal’s parents are still allowed to visit as well. So why feel bad for the young criminal but forget about the victim and his or her family? Without justice, the world would be chaotic.
There is a worldwide trend in the use of penal imprisonment for serious offenses as capital punishment has been renounced by an increasing number of countries. Harsh punishments include capital punishment, life imprisonment and long-term incarceration. These forms of punishments are usually used against serious crimes that are seen as unethical, such as murder, assault and robbery. Many people believe that harsher punishments are more effective as they deter would-be criminals and ensure justice is served. Opposition towards harsh punishments have argued that harsher punishments does not necessarily increase effectiveness because they do not have a deterrent effect, do not decrease recidivism rates and do not provide rehabilitation.
