My AccountCategory: Justice
Wrongful Convictions
Introduction In the year 2002, the New York Post covered the reversal of the guilty verdict for five New York residents convicted of rape and assault in 1989 (Wieser, 2014). Statistics indicate that this case is not an anomaly but rather the part of a trend in the USA. Since 1989, nearly 2,000 convicts have been exonerated after the determination ...
Environmental Justice and the “Cancer Alley” of the United States
Environmental justice is a very serious problem in the United States. The scope of its influence is illustrated with the fact that the country has some severe issues in ensuring equal treatment to all its citizens; however, in order to develop the solutions, it is critical to acknowledge the degree of its impact on the people’s lives. Thus, the e...
How the Penitentiary System Developed and Operated
Detention in prison, sometimes referred as a correctional facility or penitentiary, is the most common form of punishment that courts opt for when hearing serious crimes. Those who commit lesser crimes are often punished by short-term custody in a detention facility or jail (Clear & Frost, 2015). The confinement of criminals for extended time d...
Administrative Search Exception
In the United States, as in most countries, there is a legal principle that individuals have a right to have the police, and other government agencies not to search them and their property except under certain circumstances. In the United States, the Fourth Amendment requires authorities to receive a search warrant based on probable cause for them ...