The Criminal Justice System

The criminal justice system has a lot people and organizations incorporated within it. Within this system there are police, correctional officers, offenders, lawyers, etc. The criminal justice system is set up for people to keep the society in order. For my semester project I interviewed a friend of mine who I gave a pseudonym of Bart Malone. Mr. Malone was unnecessarily arrested a few months ago while in the passenger seat. He was accused of committing illegal acts which caused him to become a victim. I conducted an interview over the phone with Mr. Malone so he could share his story and give detailed information through the questions I asked him. After the interview I replayed the tape and really focused on the answers he gave to the questions. I was able to gain knowledgeable insight about the criminal justice system. The interview was conducted March 23, 2016, late afternoon I contacted Mr. Malone via cell phone. I then stated my name and introduced the topic of the interview. Afterwards I informed Mr. Malone about the types of questions I was going to ask him and told him to speak freely and not to answer anything that makes him uncomfortable. All of the questions I asked were good but there was a few that

Malone did the altercation alter his reviews on the police. His response to that shocked me a little because I expected him to say yes but, in actuality he said no. Mr. Malone continued by explaining that growing up in Philadelphia he always hears about how police try to abuse their power, he wasn’t shocked when it happened to him. After hearing this it changed my views on the police and on the criminal justice system because it makes me feel like offenders do not receive a fair chance in the beginning. From class, I learned how the justice system try to make all cases fair and the expenses that goes into the legal process. But, if cops did a better job of making sure a person is guilty before arresting, it would save money and