The Criminal Justice System and Racism

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This work reviews several different sources to gain an understanding in facts of the nature of the justice system and considers the fact that justice often is most afforded to those with political, social or financial standing in the community and those who are not of a minority race.
In this paper, the writer researches and examines one Internet news article, 2 books or other forms of literature and one first person narration in order to explain how race, social class and political involvement can be influenced to staying out of trouble in general and to show that money is a major influence along with any other information explaining that the justice system is tainted with racism toward color except towards that of the color of money.

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Native American Youth
African-American, White and Latino Youth
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"People have claimed many times and over many years in time that the justice system is tainted with racism and furthermore that with the correct political connections and influences that an individual can stay out of trouble and particularly this is claimed to be true if the individual also has money to back them. The high-profile trial of O.J. Simpson is one example of this problem in the justice system. Practically all of the United States witnessed the highway chase that took place when police officers attempted to arrest Simpson, and yet, in a nationally televised trial the celebrity was found to be not guilty. If Simpson had been a poor black man from the ghetto accused of killing his white wife then he most assuredly would have been found guilty and sentenced to either life in prison without possibility of parole or indeed sentenced to death by electrocution. However, Simpson had fame and he had money and all of that combined with his many connections both socially and politically made all the difference in how the justice system treated him."

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