Innocence project
In Chapter 1 we examined the discrimination-disparity continuum. This continuum illustrates the types of disparities that do exist in the Criminal Justice system.
With these types of discrimination in mind, I would like you to apply this continuum to an individual listed in the Innocence Project. Please explore the website: WWW.INNOCENCEPROJECT.ORG. Select one individual who was exonerated by DNA evidence that you would like to research.
Your paper should relate to how the criminal justice system failed this individual. I want you to base your argument on the discrimination-disparity continuum. Do you believe this individual was convicted based on systematic discrimination or was in contextual in nature? You need to argue your case and try to explain what went wrong.
In arguing your case, you need to explain the details of the person you chose- you may want to look at where in the CJ system failed the individual
Explain if you feel the failure in the CJ system is systematic, institutionalized, contextual, an individual act of discrimination or that there was no racial or ethnic discrimination, also known as pure justice.
Some of the questions you may want to ask yourself are: Have reforms been enacted as a result of this injustice? How has this injustice impacted the CJ system? What could have been done to better ensure that an innocent person would not be wrongfully accused