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How are minorities treated by the American Legal System? Explain the bias that exists at each step of the process. Apply "Incident at Oglala" (the story of Leonard Peltier) to the steps of the process.
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Punishment and Corrections Final Exam Mandatory Question: How are minorities treated by the American Legal System? Explain the bias that exists at each step of the process. Apply "Incident at Oglala" (the story of Leonard Peltier) to the steps of the process. How was the treatment of the first two defendants different than the treatment of Peltier? Why do you think the outcomes of the first trial were different than the outcome of the second trial? Why is there such resistance to release Leonard Peltier from federal prison? Defend your answer. The differential treatment of minorities in the American criminal justice system begins at the very first stage of that system: the investigation of suspected criminal activity by law enforcement agents. Police departments disproportionately target minorities as criminal suspects, skewing at the outset the racial composition of the population ultimately charged, convicted and incarcerated. The racial generalizations that inform policing strategies...
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