Prision Sentences

Dashaun Richardson

Conflict with Prison Sentences

How would you feel if you came home and turned on your television to find out that headlining the news is that someone was sent to prison for 9 years for riding over a baby chicken on accident? The judicial system of our nation is made up of laws but the punishment “criminals” receive for breaking these laws are UN-lawful.

Why is it that punishment that should go to criminals with murder charges get small sentences that a person on does petty crime such as making bootlegged movies get 5 years and a $5,000 fine?

How is it that some police officers get so corrupt that they are willing to send anyone to jail regardless if they committed a crime or not just to get awarded? Rick Aleman provided daycare in his home. Aleman tried to perform CPR on Joshua Schrik, an 11-month-old child, after he collapsed on his third day at daycare. When Joshua was unresponsive to CPR, Aleman called 911. Four days later, Joshua died. Aleman was charged with first degree murder, though the charges were eventually dismissed. The Seventh Circuit noted that Officer Carlson played a possibly deliberate "role in screwing up the investigation," and facilitating Aleman's prosecution. While malicious prosecution and false arrest charges are difficult to prove, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals determined that a reasonable jury could conclude that Carlson acted inappropriately to protect Danielle (Joshua’s mother), or at least ingratiate himself to her. If you ask me, if the court have all this evidence to bring charges to Officer Carlson, they should go ahead and pass judgment to him.

Some cases just don’t make no sense what so ever. OJ Simpson court case (officially called the People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson) wikipedia.com ruled not guilty of two counts of murder (his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman). With extraordinary evidence against Simpson, at 10 am on October 3, 1995,...