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Phase 2 the Criminal Justice System Today DB Habitual Offender Laws are made to target poor minority groups. More than half of California’s adult male population is Latino or nonwhite (55%), but three of every four men in prison are Latino or nonwhite: 41% are Latino, 29% are African American, and 6% are of another race.
All Contents © Public Policy Institute of California 2012 | New York Times Report Of 1/8/2007 found those with private attorneys served an average of 5 yrs. Less than those with Public Counsel. …show more content…
And in California I can’t help but believe the riots that following the acquittal of 4 white policemen in the Rodney King case didn’t play a big part. I’m not sure about what if any affect it had on other states, but mine will never be the same. On April 29.1992 throughout California race lines were drawn. For the first time middle to upper class white people were seeing how defenseless the LAPD were in controlling mayhem. Thus seeing innocent people dragged and beaten from cars while no one came to their aid. The streets of LA were a war zone. Public option of Law Enforcement forever changed that day. As was seen in later cases such as OJ Simpson Trial. 10/3/1995 Frontline@pbs.org Charles J. Obletreb Jr. The Trials Significance and Lasting …show more content…
I don’t feel anyone should receive a lengthy prison sentence. On the other hand I do believe in the Death Penalty. You’re either a waste to society or we should be doing something to make you more presentable in society. Life without Parole should be off the books as far as I’m concerned. Its cruel and usual treatment. Three violent crimes or two a jay walking, I’m sorry but I haven’t heard of Ted Bundy reoffending. Or even of Mason family members being considered seriously for parole. So how is someone who commits not 1 not 2 but 3 heinous crimes given an opportunity? And the few murderers who were released in the late 80s early 90s to have bought on our tough on criminals actions, would they have ever seen a 3rd? Or was their 2nd always have been life anyway? Psychology and Law Tredoux, Foster, and Alfred