The Pros And Cons Of Criminals

Criminals in the United States often get an unfair prison sentence due to the current imperfect system. The laws and guidelines that are used to determine an offender 's sentence are greatly flawed. Some crimes are much more severe than others; therefore using the same rules and regulations for all crimes as if they are all the same is unfitting. A drug dealer, a murder, and a fraudster could receive the same amount of prison time which is clearly unfair and unreasonable. Changing the guidelines that are followed would be lawful and the morally right thing to do.

In 1989 there was an appalling(or shocking) case where a man and a woman had both been killed. The man had been shot in the back of the head, and in several other places, including the kneecap, the woman was shot in the leg, the arm several times and the kneecaps as well to make it seem as if it were an organized crime. Later the

A man from Mississippi with a criminal drug history was sentenced to 100 years for a felony drug offense. An African American man was given an outrageous sentence for selling cocaine, running from the police, and probation violation. This man was sentenced based on maximum guidelines and not based on the severeness of the crime. A street drug dealer’s profit was most probably nowhere near in proximity to Madoff 's 13 billion. In fact, according to the article, punishment for drug offenses beats murder wrap, in the U.S. news, Venkatesh stated that, “Ninety-five percent of the dealers are working for less than minimum wage.”. The purpose of having trials, convicting, and sentencing criminals is to have justice; Justice for the people and families who have been affected by the crimes committed by others. Therefore giving a much longer sentence to a man selling drugs is certainly not serving