The prosecution of George Junius Stinney Jr. evokes sadness and an utter disgust in those people who sought to coerce a child to confess to a crime with the promise of an ice cream cone. The articles and video’s raise so many questions of why this child was accused. First there is no physical evidence connecting this young boy to the girls other than him seeing them that day. Another issues that bothers me is how this child was questioned without having a lawyer or his parents present. It is important to look at the time period in which this occurred. 1944 was a racially charged time, and racial profiling has always been a part of the criminal justice system. Little has been done to root out the problem and to this day we are still dealing with issues and ramifications of such acts. The video raises so many questions about how and why this boy was targeted as the perpetrator, and my belief is that they wanted …show more content…
First, George Stinney had seen the girls the day of the murder. Second, he also led the police to a metal object. Third, he confessed to the murder of the girls. The next step is to look at the circumstances of the case. Stinney had told one of the search party members that he had seen the girls the day they were murdered, which is not an admission of guilt. Stinney led police to a metal object, even though the corners report stated the murder weapon a hammer, and a metal object no way constitutes a hammer. Last but not lease the investigators, said he confessed, however, there was no written confession, no legal representation, nor were the parents involved in the proceedings. Next we must look at the trial itself. The jury was an all-white panel, lasted one day, no written record of the confession, and the defense called few to no witnesses in the case. The jury took 10 minutes to convict. The handling of this case from beginning to end all point to gross fundamental and Constitutional violations of due
The Whole System Failed Trayvon Martin The American journalist Charles Blow in his scandal article The Whole System Failed Trayvon Martin illuminated such deep problems of current society as the credibility of self-defense, the imperfection of the U.S. criminal justice system, criticism of gun culture, and race relationships. This paper focuses on the Trayvon Martin case and explores the stereotypes that created the motive for the homicide. The Trayvon Martin case caused a substantial public interest in racial profiling. According to Charles Blow’s words: “the system failed him when the neighborhood watchman grafted on stereotypes the moment he saw him, ascribing motive and behavior and intent and criminal history to a boy who was just walking home (n.d.).
Larry Buchanan’s “What Happened in Ferguson” first appeared in The New York Times. The article addresses the murder of an unarmed African America teen, named Michael Brown shot and killed by white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. It goes on to explain the events leading up to the shooting, witness evidence as well as the aftermath of the traumatic event. Buchanan aims to inform the general public of factors associated with criminal as well as racial profiling. Buchanan begins his article by explain the events leading up to the fatal wounding of Michael Brown.
In the book The Pact written by Dr. Davis, Dr. Jenkins, and Dr. Hunt; George ends the book sitting at his desk observing a group of teenagers up to mischief. The teens are dressed in red and hanging around a white Honda Accord causing a commotion. He asks himself “Where are their parents? Where are the cops?... Where are our young leaders to show the kids something different from what they see around here?”
Mr. Giles Corey, one of the most upstanding members of our community, has been allegedly accused of withholding information from the official courts. He “...has six hundred acres, and timber in addition….” (Miller 1316). Mr. Giles Corey is over an astounding eighty years of age and in no condition whatsoever to be held in the jailhouse. His third wife in this lifetime, Goody Martha Corey, has been accused as a witch.
The State of California v. George Milton Dear ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I ask you to do one thing, imagine. Imagine you were in a foreign country with no money, friends, or possessions. Imagine you cannot speak the language and the culture is completely different than your natural environment.
Emmett Till, a young black boy of Mississippi, was murdered by Roy Bryant and John W. Milam in August of 1955. The notorious case drew in a crowd of more than a thousand people, all attentive to the decision on whether or not to indict the accused men. However, by the ruling of an all-white-man jury, Bryant and Milam were acquitted on all charges. This decision sparked a national outcry from the African American population, and ultimately fueled the flames to Black Civil Rights in the South. Despite racial barriers established in America, Bryant, Milam, and the town of Sumner, Mississippi recognized the extinguished life of a human being, not just a negro boy, evidenced through the website famous murder trials by Douglas O. Linder.
However, the boy’s parents were not contacted, and he was not told of his rights, although the Miranda case decision authorizes authorities to tell alleged suspects of their rights, such as the right to remain silent or to have access to a lawyer. Although the young boy confessed to the crime, when he was given a lawyer, they sought to suppress the confession because J.D.B wasn’t aware of his
In his essay “Arrested Development: The Conservative Case Against Racial Profiling” published in the New Republic on September 10, 2001, professor James Forman Jr. illustrates his disagreement with racial profiling. Forman Jr. is a professor at Yale Law School. He teaches Constitutional Law and seminars on race and the criminal justice system. In his piece, Forman primary goal is to create understanding about the effectiveness of racial profiling and how this affects the black community especially youths. Forman achieves this by appealing to a liberal audience.
Throughout the novel, people start acting different towards Atticus because of the Tom Robinson trial. A few days before the trial a good friend of Atticus tries to kill him with a group of white men to hurt Tom Robinson, but in between the situation Scout gets involved by talking to Mr. Cunningham casually and the men leave. It was one night when Atticus was acting up, of course because of the Tom Robinson case which is the night before but Jem, Scout and Dill knew something else was going on. A crowd of men and the sheriff, Heck Tate, go to Atticus’s house the day before the Tom Robinson trial.
Unrest, Ferguson, segregation, riot and #BlackLivesMatter are just some of the words that kept its firm place on front-pages of media outlets despite other issues concerning the United States. Recently, with the start of shooting of Trayvon Martin, there have been constant racial profiling cases that have led to many fatal shootings affecting blacks, many of them merely being in their youth. So, what really is “Racial Profiling”? It is an enduring, and extremely concerning problem that have been facing the United States for decades, despite conservative’s claims that it has already entered a “Post-racial era”. This practice involves law enforcement officers, who target individuals or groups on suspicion of crime based on their race and ethnicity.
Martin Luther once said, “blood alone moves the wheels of history.” This is seen to be very true in the unsolved murder of William Robinson. Race played a big part in british colonies; discrimination was subtle, but present in daily life. In the far west of Canada, on Salt Spring island, a senseless crime was committed against a man of colour.
The Casey Anthony Trial In today’s society it is very hard to lead a private life when we live in a world where news is quickly and easily made accessible for the world to see with the constant advancement in technology through the use of cameras, smartphones, the internet and also an increasing media influence to ensure that no is safe from public scrutiny. The Casey Anthony Trial is an example of a recent controversial murder case that received such public scrutiny. It seems everyone has their opinion of the trial, whether they believe Casey is innocent or she is guilty, but come July 2008, the world knew who Casey Anthony was and there was no going back for Casey. Furthermore, this paper will address Casey Anthony’s murder trial starting
They shed light on how the prosecution built their case. The authors also explains in detail on how the media and the people fixation on the case could have undermined it. Walker, C., & Filia, M. (2011). The Casey Anthony murder trial: a modern American tragedy.
During the fall of 1993, Shirley Crook’s, a loving mother and wife, life was horribly cut short in one of the most horrific ways possible, drowning. Seventeen year old, Christopher Simmons, wrapped his victim in duct tape and electrical cords and drowned her in a river with help from his accomplices John Tessmer and Christopher Benjamin. He attempted to burglarize the Crooks residence along with his accomplices, and he only murdered Mrs. Crooks because ‘the bitch seen my face’ (State v. Simmons). He “assured his friends that their status as juveniles would allow them to ‘get away with it.’... Brian Moomey, a 29-year-old convicted felon who allowed neighborhood teens to "hang out" at his home.
Throughout the years of this investigation there have been false accusations of the crime which has made the mystery more complex. When the story of the murder first came out not a lot of evidence was gathered. Many