Inequality in the Legal System
Date Submitted: 07/09/2003 19:05:05
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 9 pages (2511 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 9 pages (2511 words)
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
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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.
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