What Is The Role Of Religion In The Criminal Justice System

Before formal laws and institutions were established in the U.S Americans relied on religion and sins as means of shaping society. As American society expanded, in population and location the use of religion to guide criminal justice became less frequent. This change led to more laws and more violations, which is again another development we still see today. Many believe this development is because laws of standards are less adopted than laws of religion, making them less effective at shaping acceptable behavior. The progress from small, religiously similar towns to large diverse cities where religion and cultural customs were vast, forever changed the landscape of the criminal justice system, creating a need for official police, courts, and corrections. The U.S. criminal justice system is based on federalism. Governmental power is divided between federal and state governments. The majority of criminal justice services are performed at state government levels.
I honestly think it’s unfair and deeply flawed. I feel that the justice system is hard when it comes to sentencing on certain crimes. For example; drug possession. Someone who get caught with selling drugs get more time than someone who murder or rape someone. People are getting wrongly convicted and sentence to later find out to be actually innocent or people who actually committed the crime can have all the evidence and get off free with no