Justice

Title	Justice
# of Words	791
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	3.16

Justice

Justice

     Every action or decision we make is either justifiable or unjustifiable.
Justice is usually decided by society or the "norm."  The "norm" changes from
one society to another.  However, there are always laws that can be broken,
consequences that must follow, and punishment that must be imparted.  Justice
can be seen in two different ways, social and criminal. Justice is in the eye
of the beholder because we all have different attitudes about right and wrong.
     Criminal justice is a term that refers to the area of social laws which
a group of people deem valuable in order for the day-to-day mechanics of society
to function.  When these laws are broken, the infrastructure of a society breaks
down, and this deviance from the "norm" must be corrected. Personal feelings,
morality, religious beliefs, and inflammatory, biased feelings towards certain
laws cannot supersede the concrete social laws.  This type of high emotion was
apparent when dealing with the facts in the murder of a Topeka police officer.
In the recent trial Steven Shively was prosecuted for shooting a police officer.
The prosecutor was caught up in the media and emotional hype of this case.  She
apparently thought that she could win simply because a police officer was shot
and the public was behind her.  It was a case of public revenge where the mind-
set was "We're going to get the guy that did this horrible crime.  It doesn't
matter that he was defending his home."  This type of public revenge could
include the execution of Shively. No matter what verdict would have been
handed-down, someone, somewhere would have been unsatisfied.  If Shively were
sentenced to be executed, then his family and friends would have had to fight
for justice until the day he died.  As the verdict of "not guilty" arrived,
Paterson's family, many police officers, and friends of the family cried for
justice.  Yet, justice had been served.
     Equal and satisfying justice has always been a problem.  On May 30, 1939
a group of Texas Rangers decided to ambush  and murder two people they wanted
to destroy.  They shot seventy five bullets into a man named Clyde and fifty
four deadly bullets into a young lady named Bonnie.  Of course, this is the
famous story of the outlaw couple, Bonnie and Clyde.  This action branched
across the guaranteed right to due process.  Another incident of the criminal
justice's injustices occurred when the ATF decided t...

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