Criminal Justice And Capital Punishment

“The fate of millions of people—indeed the future of the black community itself—may depend on the willingness of those who care about racial justice to re-examine their basic assumptions about the role of the criminal justice system in our society.” This quote from Michelle Alexander gives realization that our justice system is not perfect. While sentencing people to death may seem like the best option when in morn, we neglect the fact that innocents is still at hand. This goes in regards to the presumption of innocence, stating that one is innocent until proven guilty. Too many acquitted individuals have fallen to capital punishment, claiming the lives of more than 1,200 innocent people. With witness misidentification and false confessions
As human we tend to crave revenge when we have been hurt, but when doing so we only hurt others ultimately repeating the circle of hate. While, at the time, capital punishment seems like the most justice thing to do it often brings us back to our sense of morality. Everyone has a different perspective on morality and the ethics that come along with that. While some choose to use theirs in difference is not how you practice; revenge heals you for a time being but the guilt of punishing a person to death row and later finding out they were innocent could haunt you for a lifetime. As we claim the lives of individuals who are innocent due to unconscious racial beliefs and stereotypes, racism continues to exists and the justifications are granted due to media reports that depict what they want to portray. While those in power can state that capital punishment is merely devoted crime control it eventually has no effect, especially when claiming innocent lives. Ultimately, it comes down to the disruption of every human desiring a life with liberty and the pursuit of
Now if this is true, then why are many white police officers who have killed unarmed black men walking free with nothing more than the loss of their job? Because within our criminal justice system we have the inability to hold those legally accountable with regards to race and uniform. When speaking in terms of uniform I don’t just mean those who are police officers, but also those who hold government power and even well known, millionaire stars. These individuals have something that the undereducated, low income people do and that’s money. Money is what fuels the injustice within the system and continues to corrupt those who hold power, denying that there is a fault in the system that’s why it hasn’t been