Friday, December 3, 2010
Do you feel our Criminal Justice System is strict enough
In my opinion, i feel that the criminal justice system plays a huge role in our society. Having a brother as a police officer i hear all about our court systems and how they are not strict on enforcing punnishment. Citizens are required to go to court after being issued a citation from as minor as a traffic violation to as high as felony cases involving rapes and murders. From what i have seen and heard our court systems do not enforce strict punnishment creating many problems. Illeged criminals get off on minor charges and are let back into the society with as little as a fine to pay. I feel that our criminal justice system needs to be much stricter in enforcing punnishment, so that offenders do not become repeating offenders and cause a threat to our socity. What do you think should be changed to enforce greater punnishment on illeged criminals, and minor offenders.
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ReplyDeletei do agree with you on this matter. as a criminal justice major, i have realized that the justice system in the united sates has many issues. one of them is the death penalty, which many states dont have. maryland for example has life sentences, which is only 20 years. for a first degree murder a person could be sentenced to life in prison, however they can get out on good behaviour after serving only 10 years. so i agree that the justice system is not strick enough.
ReplyDeleteOur criminal justice system i think needs to be thought out more. The reason for sentences not being able to afford such long term punishment is we simply can't afford it. Recently the criminal justice system is being shifted to other sanctions like house arrest. Perhaps if they shifted to a more rehab oriented prison sanction there wouldn't be any re offenders. But the idea of just releasing them for good behavior doesn't necessarily mean there not going to commit another crime but just means they played the system.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Kevin's comments about rehabilitation programs. The United States has one of the highest prison populations in the world, higher than countries like Russia and Iran. We already have very harsh punishments for people who have committed petty crimes thanks to legislation like the three strikes rule. Rehabilitation programs are the key to making this a safer place, not an increase in punishment. Rehabilitation programs have shown to decrease recidivism which lowers crime overall. Obviously, our system is not working as it is, but that isn't because we don't punish our citizens enough, but because we would rather lock criminals up than rehabilitate them.
ReplyDeleteI think our criminal justice system is too strict for street crime, but nowhere near strict enough on white collar crimes. There have been cases of people spending 35+ years in jail before it is revealed that they were innocent the whole time. That wouldn't happen in a system that wasn't as "tough on crime" as us. Meanwhile, people break the law every second on wall street, but no one is ever held accountable.
ReplyDeleteI think the problem with out justice system is the lack of consistency and the overreactions with non violent crimes. We live in a world where we feel like once someone goes to jail that they are a lost cause and we continue to treat them that way. We have hardly any systems in place to further assist prisoners once they are released from jail or prison and because of that they are destined to fail.
ReplyDeletefor really no disrespect to ur brother i dont fk with the police at all... i dont kno about yall personal experience with the police but they've always been more the strict enough when dealing with me and alot of people i know. idk y but they feel threaten by us and are quick to be violent disrespectful and quickly use poor judgment in trying to figure out whats really going on. like dude said above they be to strict on petty street crimes and but softer than cotton candy of white collar crimes.
ReplyDeleteI recently dealt with the Circuit Court of Carroll County. I am dealing with a tenant who hasn't paid rent in 3 months, was supposed to move out Sept 1st and isn't leaving until the 7th. The Judge ruled in my favor of being paid the full amount and vacancy by Sept 1st. However, she has not done either of the two and there is nothing I can do, other than continue filing, racking up attorny fees and never seeing the money that she has skipped out on. She's been squating in my townhouse for 3 months, has offered no solution or payment arrangements and just had been ignorant and rude.I feel like there should be some kind of restitution for this behavior; garnishment of wages or whatever else to get my money back. Why does the justice system always protect the thief? I am at a loss..... What is the proper justice for this situation and how long do I pursue the situation before I go broke and pay out more than I will ever get back, if I do ever get the money back?
ReplyDeleteThe US Justice system is the strictest of the Western countries, punishment can count as its own religion there. Liberally pile on the years, it's for the greater good... Sometimes you can evade conviction for some formality, however the same can make you lead an endless, grotesque existence which cannot even be imagined, and which goes under the labels of decency and order. Just saying, people don't seem to bother about this at all.
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