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Kim Bennett Mrs. DeJong English IV 7 January 2001 Inequality in the United States’ Legal System In the United States, true equality has never existed. From the Declaration of Independence to modern times, the US legal system has failed at any attempt at equality. ‘...all men are created equal...’ may be what the Declaration says, but ‘some men are more equal than others’ is how the legal system interprets that phrase. The actual reality of the Declaration …

…be changed to eliminate those inequalities, such as racial profiling, discrimination among prisoners and the disproportionality of death row, but that will not likely happen. So long as there is a majority dependent on the disparities of a minority, the system will maintain its current sanctity. In doing so, the system will remain dependent on inequality and provide means for future inequalities. The US legal system will always adapt to allow for inequalities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**