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Corruption in the United States government takes the power away from the people and puts it into the hands of elite groups and politicians. This corruption is prevalent in the film “Mr. Smith goes to Washington”. The film has a strong message about corruption in the government, and places an innocent and naïve character, Mr. Smith in the middle of the corruption. In Washington, Mr. Smith discovers the corruption that has overtaken the capitol, but does not let it falter his integrity. Although Mr. Smith is surrounded by corruption, he is able to fight the system and bring some integrity back to Washington.

The following report reviews the book, “Courting Disaster: How the Supreme Court is Usurping the Power of Congress and the People” By Pat Robertson. The writing takes a hard look at the recent history and current climate within the United States Supreme Court. A great deal of the author’s work centers on the decisions that have taken place during Chief William Rehnquist’s time leading the highest court in the nation. Rehnquist was chief Justice during the infamous Bush v. Gore decision that sided with President George W. Bush resulting in Al Gore losing the election. The book also examines the political machine that determines whether a justice nominee will be appointed and in light of this process, how political control of the legislature

Amy Bach, author of Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court describes the flaws of the criminal justice system. She elaborates from research and her own personal experience as a lawyer. In the final chapter, Show Trial, Bach discusses a story about the wrongful conviction of two innocent boys. Thomas Breen helped convict Michael and Paul, two seventeen year old teens, one of them with special needs. They were sentenced to 200 and 400 years in prison (193). Sam Adam, Michael’s defense attorney, was not able to let the case go, and constantly reminded Breen of the case. Shockingly, after nineteen years, Breen decided to take another look at the cause, because he questioned their guilt (219). Although the competitive nature of prosecutors

In a court system that is ran predominantly by the white middle to upper class, Steve knows he is an outsider” (2). Steve introduces these clues to us suggesting that he is an innocent young man that is suffering from the injustices of the judicial system. We begin to feel sorry for him and angry with the system.

Bogira effectively shows how a lack of ethics in the criminal justice system leads to an anti-defendant bias and an immense miscarriage of justice. The books tells the stories of several defendants- from bond hearings to sentencing- that have been in the courtroom of local Judge Daniel Locallo. Locallo is a great indicator of the contradictions that take place in Courtroom 302. Locallo is a strong advocate of free choice when it comes to defendants taking the stance that poverty, abuse, etc. are no excuse for committing a crime. However, he defends is Uncle Victor stating, “He didn’t freely choose to take the low road, there were circumstances that compelled his illicit career” (Bogira, 155). Locallo is not abiding by the ethics of the court system to ensure that justice is carried out fairly. Another example of how ethics were ignored in Courtroom 302 was the fact that there were several coerced confessions from defendants. “If a defendant happened to have sustained observable injuries, police explained them away in court with one of their stock excuses: he fell down stairs while being arrested; his cellmates beat him up; he rolled off the bench in the lockup; he banged his head on the cell door as he

The book Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court written by Amy Bach reflects upon “ordinary injustice” that members of society fall victim to by the American criminal justice system. In short, the phrase “ordinary injustice” comes from the improper acts that have become second nature to court officials but has yet to be explained and resolved by other actors in the court. It is noted in the text that “ordinary injustice results when a community of legal professionals becomes so accustomed to a pattern of lapses that they can no longer see their role in them” (Bach 2). This recurring pattern has been easy to identify by outsiders but difficult to handle by insiders of the court. Bach supports this idea by making clear that, “proving mistakes, both visible and invisible, [is] very difficult in the criminal justice system, even for those who are insiders” (258).

Brown states “all art rests on a political foundation but it need not concern itself with politics” (530). Accordingly, politics plays a role in a writer's background. Every writer is aware that politicians hide the truth, therefore, writers analyze the political system he or she

Throughout most of the book the judge of the courtroom is up for a retention election. He is a circuit court judge and that means he has to do a partisan election and he must get 60% majority to keep his job on the bench. This makes a huge impact on some of the decisions judges will make in the courtroom. During the trail of white men who were going trail over beating a young black kid who was in their neighborhood. The judge was being affected harshly by this because if he was easy on the men then the black community would vote against him because the beating was racially motivated. On the other hand if he gives them a harsh sentence he could be looked at bad because these men were first time offenders. He gets accused of rushing the case because what he planned on doing was gives the one man who was the one who did the beating a harsh sentences and give the others probation. He wanted to get it on the record that he gave him a harsher sentence, and even after the sentence he was telling the media all about his reasoning for why and how he came up with this decision. He ended up give

In her critical editorial, “What Aaron Swartz Showed Us” (January 16, 2013), Barbara Amiel—a bestselling author, and a successful freelance writer—is implying that the suicide of twenty-six year old Aaron Swartz brought attention to the faults in the U.S justice system. Amiel exemplifies Aaron Swartz as a crucial case of the misconduct of the justice system. She justifies Swartz actions by mentioning his view on the world; a corrupt and fraudulent world that is controlled by multinational organizations, and the government.

Corruption of justice in the prison system is relevant in Stephen Kings, novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. The Cause of this corruption was the greed of the administrators, and the lasting effects it had on the prisoners mentally, physically, and emotionally.

Jeffrey Reiman, author of The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, first published his book in 1979; it is now in its sixth edition, and he has continued to revise it as he keeps up on criminal justice statistics and other trends in the system. Reiman originally wrote his book after teaching for seven years at the School of Justice (formerly the Center for the Administration of Justice), which is a multidisciplinary, criminal justice education program at American University in Washington, D.C. He drew heavily from what he had learned from his colleagues at that university. Reiman is the William Fraser McDowell Professor of Philosophy at American University, where he has taught since 1970. He has written numerous books on political

The injustice of the Mystery/drama novel book Paper Towns written by the author John Green has a multitudinous amount of drama. This drama leads to the essential character of this novel to implicate justice with his actions in relation to other characters from the book. Therefore, personally I acknowledge that the main character of the book made justice.

"Predatory Kill" is an edge-of-your-seat legal thriller that will take readers by surprise and raise some thought-provoking questions about law and justice in the world we live in today." Independent Publisher

Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “People who live in an age of corruption are witty and slanderous; they know that there are other kinds of murder than by dagger or assault; they also know that whatever is well said is believed.” Corruption is the abuse of a position in power intended for personal gain or wealth. Corruption is a pressing issue in society, and has been for an extensive period of time. This is manifested in the novels The Pelican Brief and The Burden of Proof. Both legal thriller novels depict protagonists with a passion for law, facing an issue of corruption. In John Grisham’s novel, The Pelican Brief, Darby Shaw uncovers a conspiracy linking the murder of two Supreme Court justices to The United States government. In Scott Turow’s

There are two main readers who have read “Oleanna” differently: people who have directly lived and experienced the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas scandal whilst the other one hasn’t been involved in the occurrence at all. The main difference between these two distinct groups is that the first one has seen it and has watched the consequences being faced by each party when as one who has been believing the event based on stories consistently being told to them from various people in several manners. Due to this difference, both sides invariably pay attention do different factors in “Oleanna.” On one hand, those who have lived in the time this play was written will pay attention towards the way the government oppresses its citizens, in this case the victim and the victimizer. On the other hand, the group of readers that live the experience based on stories, will looks for certain aspects in “Oleanna” that occur during this time. In conclusion, because both sides look for contrasting aspects in the play, it is an automatic happening that the entire play is interpreted and critically analyzed