Justice
What is justice? Justice is defined as administering a deserved reward and rightfulness or lawness, according to Funk & Wagnall's Standard Dictionary. Although this definition proves to be true in most cases, it is not always used correctly. If justice is supposed to be fair, then why are so many people found innocent-after already serving a sentence for a crime they didn't commit. Jon Benet Ramsey's killer is still on the loose. However, twins received justice after their molestation. On the other hand, 3 men are serving time in jail because they were at the wrong place at the wrong time. Justice in the court system is usually unfair. The application of justice should be a fair and simple one. Justice should be used the same way on everyone. However, fairness is not always used. Justice should not be based upon a person's age, sex, race, or family background. Teenagers get pulled over more frequently, and in turn are hassled more. Men usually receive harsher punishments than women in the court system. In the United States, a predominantly white country, minorities such as blacks and Asians receive unfair discrimination. It's interesting, however, that these rules bypass celebrities. It seems that if a
Nevertheless, justice is not always accurate. A case of gamma-hydroxybutyrate, or GHB, poisoning occurred in January of 1999. Three 15-year old girls went to a man's apartment with guys 3-11 years older than them. All 3 of the girls lied to their parents about their whereabouts and engaged in smoking marijuana and consuming alcohol. Somehow, throughout the course of the evening, one of the girls unknowingly drank a beverage that contained GHB. Two of the girls fell asleep only to awake later violently vomiting. Eventually, 2 of the guys and the remaining conscious girl took the unconscious girls to the hospital. None of them knew what was going on; they thought the 2 girls were just drunk and high. That was a misconception. One girl died and the other suffered through a coma, but later recovered. When sentencing came for the 4 men, the trial went on for over a year. The man who owned the apartment and the GHB faced the highest sentence. He, however, told the police who supplied him with the GHB, thus lowering his sentence to 2 years in jail. The other 3 men were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. The ruling equaled 4 years in jail for each of them. Was this fair? Should the girls' parents accept responsibility
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