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Vigilante Justice Case Study

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When police searched Aaron’s house back in June 2013 they found that Aaron was in possession of two firearms but did not have the proper license to carry around a guns. He was then charged with two account of possession of firearms without a Firearm Identification card. Aaron was also charged with carrying a firearm without a license. Aaron was charged with one of the highest felony charge, which was first-degree murder. First-degree murder is when the crime is committed willingly and it was planned out. Aaron was charged with three counts of first-degree murder because he was willing to kill Abreu, Furtado and Lloyd and evidence shows that he had a plan on how to kill them. His plan to kill Abreu and Furtado was to follow them on their way …show more content…

With all these charges police then proceeded to arrest Aaron in 2013 because they had reasonable proof to show that he was a danger to society. Each law has a punishment to fit the crime. According to the General Courts of Massachusetts the punishment that Aaron Hernandez had waiting for him if he is found guilty, which in my opinion with all the evidence the police have he is, he could either be facing the sentence of a life sentence without a chance of parole.
Concept of Justice One of the concepts of justice that could describe Aaron’s behavior would have to be Vigilante Justice. Vigilante Justice is when a person feels they need to “take the law into their own hands” because they believe that it is what is necessary to protect them (Owen 2012). This explains Aaron’s behavior because he felt that Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado were trying him and decided to take matter in to his hands and seek justice. He was seeking justice due to the fact they never apologized for spilling their drink on him. Aaron could have taken it up with the police especially after seeing them in the second club because he could have said that they were out to get him. But Aaron did not

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