THE ESSAY OUTLINE

Topic: The concept of justice in North America

Introduction

a) Thesis: Justice should judge everybody equally, regardless of their socioeconomic

status.
b) Sub-topic 1: Celebrities and wealthy individuals receive a special treatment in trials that
common citizens don’t. Sub-topic 2: Condemning blacks and minorities for their race is
morally unethical, and it doesn’t deter crime either. Sub-topic 3: Low income individuals
are harmed by lawyers with a lack of experience and/or concern

Sub-topic #1: Celebrities and wealthy individuals get special treatment when breaking the law

a) Among those entering prison in 1991, about 70 percent earned less than $15,000 a year
when they were arrested
b) 45 percent didn't have a full-time job
c) One in four prisoners is mentally ill, and 64 percent never graduated from high school.

http://socialistworker.org/2002-2/419/419_06_CorporateCrime.shtml

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/aug/19/assange-witch-hunt-release-manning

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/julian_p_assange/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson

http://articles.courant.com/2011-09-29/mobile/hc-green-probono-0930-20110929_1_funding-for-legal-
aid-justice-system-lawyers

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/death-penalty-black-and-white-who-lives-who-dies-who-decides

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-550986.html

Sub-topic #2: Targeting racial groups doesn’t deter crime

a) Targeting racial groups is only fueling and stirring the debate about the social differences
b) Whites commit about half of the homicides in America
c) States with strong justice measures like Texas still have one of the highest criminality
rates of the country

Sub-topic #3: Low income individuals are more likely to get sentences
a) Low income individuals don't have enough resources to afford a competent and efficient
lawyer
b) Instead they are assigned unexperienced lawyers that showcase a lack of concern about the
victim's case, and succumb to the pressures exerted by the media
c) Unlike rich people, lower-class individuals don't have the chance to bail themselves out of jail;
they don't have the economic means to do so