Is Justice a Commidity
The topic of an unequal, almost a binary system of justice for those able to afford private counsel and those who cannot, is not a new subject. The fact that nationwide, almost 75% of inmates in state prisons, and 58% of defendendants sentenced to prison in the Harris County court system relied on a publicly provided attorney warrants further inquiry. Is justice a commodity? If not, the disparity is so extreme that it would require a plethora of evidence to prove otherwise. The ability to afford an attorney does not seem to be the only ingredient in sentencing, but the perception of social class provides for a disturbing influence in and of its self. Justice may indeed be blind, but her pockets are deep. Judge Lois G. Forer addresses the problem of unequal justice in Money and Justice, who owns the Courts? “If the courts are not available equally to all, then the fundamental basis or our jural society is seriously flawed” (LF, 14). Commenting further, the author suggests that “Justice cannot be classified with food and shelter as a necessary of life. The vast majority of people in the world today and almost all people throughout history have been denied what Americans consider justice and due
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Approximate Word count = 1575
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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