Inequality in the Justice System by Makayla Lertzman https://padlet.com/mlertzman3/27q9m9pnooyb The justice system is biased en-us 2018-12-11 17:42:55 UTC 2025-12-12 13:20:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png Justice System mlertzman3 https://padlet.com/mlertzman3/27q9m9pnooyb/wish/313526701 Judges and juries have a bias in court ]]> 2018-12-11 17:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mlertzman3/27q9m9pnooyb/wish/313526701 Milestones about Bias Juries mlertzman3 https://padlet.com/mlertzman3/27q9m9pnooyb/wish/313534914
In the fall of 2009, a young man (Christopher) was arrested by the Boston Police Department. He was 18 years old, he was African American and he was a senior at a local public school. He had his sights set on college but his part-time, minimum-wage job wasn't providing the financial opportunity he needed to enroll in school. In a series of bad decisions, he stole 30 laptops from a store and sold them on the Internet. This led to his arrest and a criminal complaint of 30 felony charges.]]> 2018-12-11 18:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mlertzman3/27q9m9pnooyb/wish/313534914 Potential Solutions mlertzman3 https://padlet.com/mlertzman3/27q9m9pnooyb/wish/313545000 Adam Foss, a Law school student, and speaker for prosecutors for a better justice system. Speaks on behalf of Christopher's story in hopes of showing the true colors of what discrimination in the court room can do to a persons life.]]> 2018-12-11 18:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mlertzman3/27q9m9pnooyb/wish/313545000 5 Facts mlertzman3 https://padlet.com/mlertzman3/27q9m9pnooyb/wish/313966105 -There are more African American males arrested and incarcerated than Hispanic or White males. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics in 2010, the Black male imprisonment rate was 3,074 per 1000,000 U.S. Black males in total.
-Black males are sent to prison for drug crimes ten percent more than White males (NAACP, 2012).
-African Americans are more likely to be targeted for stops than Whites are. In 2009, the New York Times reported Blacks were nine times more likely to be stopped by law enforcement in New York (Baker, 2010).
-In 2006, it was reported that eighty-nine percent on non-White pedestrians were “suspicious” per the New York Police Department (Rand Corp, 2006). 
-A study was performed in 2000, which analyzed how minorities experienced the court process (Longazel, 2011). This study found that Blacks experienced more injustice and disrespect inside the courts
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