What Does 13th Characterize Criminal Justice

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Extra Credit 1. The documentary, 13th, characterizes our criminal justice system and political institutions as corrupt institutions focused on exploiting the human rights of, primarily African Americans but also other minority groups. The documentary showed that the 13th amendment gave freedom to all citizens except criminals and allowed the criminal system to exploit incarcerated African Americans’ rights and still allowed slavery to take place. After the civil war, slavery continued by arresting African Americans for minor offences such as littering. Starting in 1970’s up until today, the war on drugs directly increased the mass incarceration that occurred throughout that time. In class, we learned that there was a huge increase in the incarceration

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