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    A Time To Kill

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    The document provides an analysis of the movie "A Time to Kill" and how it highlights issues of racism in the American criminal justice system. Specifically, it discusses how the prosecutor in the movie seems to manipulate the case and favor white Americans at the expense of Carl Lee Bailey, who is black, getting a fair trial after killing the men who raped his daughter. The document argues that the prosecutor tries to dismiss empathy and only focus on a black-and-white view of the law, avoiding true justice. It concludes that for justice to prevail, the criminal justice system needs to consider all aspects of a case rather than just influential rule-based reasoning.

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    The document provides an analysis of the movie "A Time to Kill" and how it highlights issues of racism in the American criminal justice system. Specifically, it discusses how the prosecutor in the movie seems to manipulate the case and favor white Americans at the expense of Carl Lee Bailey, who is black, getting a fair trial after killing the men who raped his daughter. The document argues that the prosecutor tries to dismiss empathy and only focus on a black-and-white view of the law, avoiding true justice. It concludes that for justice to prevail, the criminal justice system needs to consider all aspects of a case rather than just influential rule-based reasoning.

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    The document provides an analysis of the movie "A Time to Kill" and how it highlights issues of racism in the American criminal justice system. Specifically, it discusses how the prosecutor in the movie seems to manipulate the case and favor white Americans at the expense of Carl Lee Bailey, who is black, getting a fair trial after killing the men who raped his daughter. The document argues that the prosecutor tries to dismiss empathy and only focus on a black-and-white view of the law, avoiding true justice. It concludes that for justice to prevail, the criminal justice system needs to consider all aspects of a case rather than just influential rule-based reasoning.

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    A Time To Kill

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    The document provides an analysis of the movie "A Time to Kill" and how it highlights issues of racism in the American criminal justice system. Specifically, it discusses how the prosecutor in the movie seems to manipulate the case and favor white Americans at the expense of Carl Lee Bailey, who is black, getting a fair trial after killing the men who raped his daughter. The document argues that the prosecutor tries to dismiss empathy and only focus on a black-and-white view of the law, avoiding true justice. It concludes that for justice to prevail, the criminal justice system needs to consider all aspects of a case rather than just influential rule-based reasoning.

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    Submitted by: Angela Mae M.

    Ingeniero

    Bachelor of Arts in Political Science 2-A


    Criminal Law: An analysis paper to the movie “A time to kill”
    A time to kill is one of the movies that highlighted the whole issue of racism and discrimination as it
    happened in ancient American society. Racial prejudice also happens even to powerful systems in
    society such as the judiciary. The actions of the prosecutor, for instance, tend to change between two
    decisions, the initial decision that Tonya's father is guilty of revenge and the other decision that actually,
    carl Bailey was justified to revenge for his daughter since the compromised judicial system could have
    easily let the suspect enjoy their freedom despite what happened.
    In his submission, the prosecutor portrays carl Lee Bailey as an unruly character who doesn’t care about
    the law of the land, a case of insanity. His plea is that Tonya's father had committed a serious felony that
    requires no other punishment other than the death penalty. In fact, as a lawyer, the prosecutor has all
    that it takes to convince and influence the final verdict of the case. He doesn’t show any emotions even
    towards a suffering young girl who was forcefully raped and almost murdered. The irony, in this case, is
    that the court has set the perpetrators free.
    According to the prosecutor, nothing whatsoever can justify carl's actions of shooting the two suspects.
    In fact, to a great extent, the submissions of the prosecutor influence the presiding judges ruling to deny
    Brigance change of venue. In an open court system, the prosecutor tends to manipulate the entire
    system to believe that blacks, such as carl lee should be extremely punished for nay, the offense they
    commit, regardless of the circumstances, while the same law should be loosed when it comes to
    prosecuting white offenders.
    The prosecution defense as presented in the movie is likely to hinder the justice to Tonya, a victim of
    rape, and attempted murder. The trial, in this case, seemed to be inclined towards upholding the
    prosecutor’s version of the care, especially during the preliminary hearing. However, the prosecution
    trial attorney was quick to note the genuine facts in the submissions of Carl's attorney. For instance, it is
    the cross-examination of the lawyer that changed the fate of the case. While it was initially destined to
    fail, the truth witness story as narrated by Brigance brought in emotions that prompted the attorney
    who overruled the submissions of the prosecutor.
    In conclusion, the decision of the prosecutor tends to compromise the entire effect of the criminal
    justice system. While he is expected to remain impartial and submit facts, the prosecution in this movie
    seems to have a racially determined, a move that further fuels the animosity between white and black
    Americans. He seems to favor the white Americans at the expense of a free and fair trial. As a result,
    therefore, there’s little hope that due justice will prevail in such a system. For instance, such prejudiced
    prosecutions can easily grant impeachment of office bearers where is no reason or even authorize
    unfounded sequestration. The summation of the evidence set the convicted free of any guilt and
    contempt if the court and thus the objection by his lawyers were listened to and acted upon.
    The law is thought to provide justice in a way that deals out proper punishment to correspond to a
    committed crime; but, to create and ensure justice, the law needs to personify each case in it’s entirety
    rather than to try and dismiss empathy's role in the decision-making process of the jury. The law puts
    too much emphasis on cases being black-and-white, and this movie demonstrates that in more ways
    than one. When the law doesn’t take into account the gray areas, justice is avoided, and the real victims
    can be left feeling despondent and belittle. It is important to realize that the criminal-victim roles that
    exist in the court can be morally reversed. Such a realization results in a situation that requires more
    than an influential rule-based system to come to a verdict that not only maintains the integrity of the
    law but also corresponds with the morale of the community.
    Throughout the movie, and in a broader context can easily be applied to societies where socio-legal
    discrimination is still prevalent against racial minorities.

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