Many judges these days are giving harsher or more lenient sentences based on the race, gender, sexuality, religion, or social class of the offender.
The punishments for marital rape are not as harsh as the punishments for rape itself. The government has took the time to make it a law that raping...
yes, ALL LIVES MATTER; but for right now BLACK LIVES MATTER and are the ones at stake.
The Discrimination affecting our country needs to be discussed so that an action plan to combat discrimination can be establisheed.
The next president has a crucial influence on the future of the Supreme Court, which significantly affects the functioning of our entire country. T...
Ellaina Andrew
The criminal justice system is becoming more unfair for this country more and more every day.
Compared to White people, Black people are getting the bad end of the stick when it comes to law enforcement.
If we don't improve the North Carolina Judicial System, how many lives will be affected in a negative way?
This letter outlines the injustice served to reporting rape victims, the misconceptions surrounding rape, and the reasons rape culture is still bei...
Police Brutality is a growing issue in our nation that needs a valid, long-term solution.
My letter is addressing the issues in racism.
In this day in age police brutality shouldn't be a problem but with social media shinning a light on how bad things are is making things complicate...
The death penalty is unfair, unconstitutional, and ineffective. This needs to change.
Police brutality has been a huge topic to talk about lately. But why hasn't there been any change? There have been too many deaths caused by unprof...
Domestic violence can be as deadly as a gunshot.
A life changing crime with a punishment way too small
Minimum sentence requirements and the masses
Inequality in the criminal court system
An urgent letter examining the many cracks in the once rigid structure of the criminal justice system.
The justice system has jailed many criminals since the first opening case, but is our own people in the court house being biased towards the minori...
I think the problem is that only few states have it.
The American justice system should be restructured to prioritize crimes in order of seriousness, and have pre-determined jail times for each crime.
As a young black male, Mark Jackson worries about police violence every day. He hopes the next president will bring more accountability to the nati...
Capital punishment is just an excuse we make so that we can take revenge. Killing is a huge step backwards for mankind. Therefore, the death penalt...
The Juvenile Justice System is flawed and we need a better way to truly discipline children, not endanger them.
Native American problems have long been overlooked by society, something that is extremely prevalent today due to the problems with the Dakota Acce...
Prisoners being released early from prison for violent or harmful offenses is a serious problem in our justice system, especially when many people ...
In this letter you will read about immigrants like me who should receive citizenship and why we deserve it.
This letter is about immigrants moving to the U.S. who doesn't have their citizenship.
The mandatory minimum prison sentencing is unfair for people who have done minor crimes and it needs to be changed.
I believe the future president should make racial disparities between criminal sentences a top priority.
A letter by Michael Calderon
3 points addressing this huge issue
In this letter I have composed several issues that America faces today. This includes the lack of respect towards rape survivors and the debate ove...
Black men must be treated fairly.
The burden of being raped, sexually harassed, or sexual abused is not understood in America, leading to problems with our justice system and rapist...
The justice system favors one party over the other because they focus more on identifying the criminal before breaking the law rather than their ac...
I feel that the issue of racial profiling in America is a topic that needs to be discussed. I feel that discriminating against people because of th...
Are you being wrongly misjudged by our country's justice system because of your race?
Should the average person of color fear for their life, or are they blowing this out of proportion?
Our Foster Care System needs reform. The life of liberty and luxury is taken for granted. There are children in the United States who have never ...
Riots, protests, and more killings. Police brutality is alive and well. As communities and their officers are driven farther apart, our hopes turn ...
This letter outlines the complexity of the death penalty in the U.S and why it may not be as simple as it seems it should be.
Concerned by recent cases in which police officers accused of violent crimes are acquitted in court, Jackie Payne wants the next president to addre...
America needs to step in to help Dalits over in India who are suffering from discrimination due to India's caste system.
20% of all incarcerated people are in for drug offenses, most of which are non-violent
In many cases, capital punishment is unjust because many people are falsely accused and some not treated equally due to the circumstances of how t...
Dear Next President: Is this really justice? Discrimination by race is unjust. How will you work during your presidency to change these injustices?
