In the excerpt from King Lear by William Shakespeare, Lear states that there is a relationship between one’s wealth and justice; where the richer are given more leniency when it comes to justice, while those who are not as wealthy receive less grace from the law. Lear argues that the wealthy are virtually above the law when tried for a crime, while the poor are unfairly tried and even receive the harshest of punishments. Though there have been many cases of many celebrities and million-dollar bigwigs
Prisoners of War The United States angers terrorists and other foreigners on a daily basis, but we find it hard to understand why. Examples abound and most often relate to ignorant decisions on behalf of the government concerning the welfare of these foreigners. The situation on the island of Cuba at the Naval Station of Guantánamo Bay has grown out of hand. Here, the U.S. holds the prisoners that it has captured as part of its war on terrorism in a camp. They hold ver 600 men there without
of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp Guantanamo Bay, also known as Gitmo, is a United States Detention Camp located in the Guantanamo Naval Base in South Eastern Cuba. The United States gained control of the Guantanamo Bay area in the 1903 Cuban-American treaty in which the United States gained the right to control the Cuban territory while at the same time recognizing the Cuban state sovereignty (Nofi, 112). In the year 1970, the United States began to use part of the Guantanamo Naval Base as a
Should Investigate Castro's Prisons Instead of Gitmo The recent hysterics in the press over the treatment of al Qaeda prisoners give the impression that Cuba is some idyllic bastion of human rights save for that American eyesore Guantanamo Bay. The overzealous reporters en route to the communist isle are hell-bent on discovering some form of torture or mistreatment of the prisoners. Upon discovering that the envisioned inhumanity of "Gitmo" in reality is nothing more than conditions of mild discomfort
crimes have been difficult to define with accuracy and its usage has evolved constantly. Before World War II, war crimes were generally accepted as horrors of the nature of war. However, with millions of people murdered and the mistreatment of prisoners of war, the allied powers were prompted to prosecute perpetrators. Thus, the international humanitarian law was implemented. The international humanitarian law (IHL) regulates the conduct of forces when engaged in war or armed conflict. It is
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp was created with unilateral, realist ideals. The American government attempted to assert order through the usage of military power and force by detaining individuals without proper due process and tried them in military tribunals instead. The inherent fear caused by the threat of terrorists resulted in the U.S. hastily applying aggressive methods to prove that they were still a strong country that was to be feared . Therefore, they acted in the heat of revenge and
Prisoners of War What has our society classified as a prisoner of war? A prisoner of war is someone who is a member of regular or irregular armed forces of a nation at war held by the enemy. After two years of war with the Middle East our society wonders what happens to the prisoners in jail. The other conflicts of prisoners of war is how they are treated in jail, also what did they do to be detained as a prisoner of war? In most situations, there is a legitimate reason why these people are
The author Allen S. Keller, M.D., is the director of the Bellevue Hospital Center and belongs to the member’s advisory council on human rights. (p.558) He is well known for his advocacy on the various use of torture tactics used on Iraqi prisoners and other refuges. During a Congressional meeting Mr. Keller stated "To think that abusive methods, including the enhanced interrogation techniques [in which Keller included waterboarding], are harmless psychological ploys is contradictory to well established
How Should Prisoners of War be Treated? In an op-ed piece for the New York Times, entitled "George W. to George W.," Thomas Friedman writes about the treatment of prisoners in United States custody being held in Iraq and Afghanistan. Friedman writes in his "George W." piece that “We killed 26 of our prisoners of war. In 18 cases, people have been recommended for prosecution or action by their supervising agencies, and eight other cases are still under investigation.” Friedman goes on to write
not only affects prisoners, but United States citizens as well. Most people are aware of this fact, however, not everyone knows about the actual effects of it and what can be done to solve this problem. What exactly does overcrowding do to prisoners and what solutions could be used to cease the problem once and for all. Although they keeps dangerous criminals off the streets, prisons are too crowded and need to be fixed soon because of the harmful effects it brings to the detainees inside the facility
In the recent days, the court and law not only recognize that prisoners have rights but respect the rights of the prisoners. In the case Monroe vs. Pape in the year 1961, the ruling of the court allowed suits against government officials under section 1983 of the American law or Civil Rights Acts of 1871. In this particular case, it was ruled that any person who limits or deprives another person of his or her constitutional rights will be held liable. This law or Act also prohibits the states unusual
Terrorism has been affecting the world for many years, but most especially since September 11th. Countless amounts of time and money have been spent; many soldiers and American resources have gone out try to stop the problem, but what happens to the terrorists after they have been captured? A basic level of humane treatment needs to be given to all people even those suspected of or convicted of terroristic offences. Using torture to attempt to find more information is not the most helpful or effective
torture” (Cooper). With terrorist attacks becoming more common events in American life, many have called to continue the questioning of the top jihadists at Guantanamo. The US should continue using Guantanamo Bay as a detention center that is necessary to national security. It is critical to US security to hold suspected terrorists in a prison like no other because the prisoners are like no other. Since 2001, the American government and military has engaged in a conflict with jihadists and other
The United States has the biggest imprisonment rate on the planet, and paying a high cost for it. Imprisonment dependability finished in the mid-1970s when the jail populace expanded from 300,000 to 1.6million detainees, and the detainment rate from 100 for every 100,000 to more than 500 for each 100,000. In any case, there is by all accounts little relationship between the wrongdoing rate and the detainment rate (Clear et al., 2013). One of the reasons for jail stuffing comes about because of
was under attack and thousands of Americans died at the hands of terrorists. This action caused the U.S. Military to invade Iraq because of the idea that this country was involved in harboring terrorist and were believed to have weapons of mass destruction. This was an executive order that came down from our government, for us to go in and attack Iraq while searching for those who were responsible for the death of American lives. This war brought in many prisoners whom were part of the terrorist
known as GTMO is simply nothing short of a manifestation of hysteria and internalized islamophobia. The cause of the creation of GTMO was obviously the 9/11 attacks. However, authority largely created and fueled this hysteria, indoctrinating the American people, teaching them to hold to anti-mohammedanism. 9/11 has inspired a modern day witch hunt, with innocent Muslims as the accused, and unfortunately equating them to characters of the crucible, that had the misfortune of crossing anyone of the
The current administration and the American public criticize military and civilian intelligence on a daily basis. The multiple insider threat scandals over recent years come to mind, but the atrocities at Abu Ghraib will forever stand as some of the most severe. Three main factors resulted in the amoral treatment at Abu Ghraib, substandard working conditions, conflicting leadership, and a lack of moral code. The gruesome events will forever stain the reputation of the Military Intelligence (MI) Corps
the prison to be uneconomical for U.S. taxpayers. The expense of running Guantanamo is excessive, and the money used for its operation could be used for improving security at U.S. federal prisons in preparation for Guantanamo detainees instead. Keeping American prisoners on foreign land has proven to be ineffective. Experts say “that many high-level terrorists have long been imprisoned on U.S. soil without incident (Marshall 797). Mr. Alberto J. Mora believes “the federal prison system has demonstrated
jail framework is the most noteworthy type of lawful punishment/recovery. The jail framework serves as a theraputic type of treatment. Bound to their companion detainees, prisoners were intended to adjust to an all the more socially proper community part. The United States jail framework is an incapable type of treatment for the detainees, does not give an advantage to society, and it is too exorbitant on the economy. In 21st-century America, detainment is turning into a multibillion dollar industry
Why Waterboarding is Torture The US Reservations of the UN Convention against Torture defines torture as “any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining information from a person.” Waterboarding fits into this definition very well. In the “How to Do It” article waterboarding is described as filling up the upper respiratory system with water causing both physical and mental pain. This causes the person being tortured to