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 occur
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