Question 1: Think back to your views before you began to read Stevenson’s book. What, if anything, in this book surprised you? How did this book challenge your beliefs on any of the following? The criminal justice system Capital punishment Legal representation Poverty Race Mental and intellectual disabilities Women Juvenile offenders Answer: Many of my views about race, legal representation, and different types of offenders were either solidified or drastically changed throughout this book. One of the main reasons for this was my lack of knowledge on how the legal system really works and how it brutally discriminates against people of a certain class, race, age, or physical/mental ability. Some of the discrimination against Black …show more content…
Virginia. What surprises you about this case? Do you think the issues within this case are still prevalent in today’s society? What evidence can you provide to support your view? Answer: The case in itself does not surprise me. I know that Bi-racial marriage has had a very tumultuous history. However, what does surprise me is the year that this occurred. 1967, the year that this occurred, was 50 years ago. 50 years ago, It was illegal for a black women and a white man to travel in a car together. “The Lovings left Virginia and went to live with relatives in Washington, D.C. When they returned to visit family five years later, they were arrested for traveling together.” I think interracial marriage is still looked down upon by a minority of people, but the amount of bi-racial couples has increased from 50 years ago, which makes me suspect that there has been an increase in acceptance for it. According to and NBC report of a pew research study, interracial marriages have jumped from 50 years ago by 14%. “In 2015, 17% of all U.S. newlyweds had a spouse of a different race or ethnicity, marking more than a fivefold increase since 1967, when 3% of newlyweds were intermarried, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau